This planet has — or rather had — a problem‚ which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem‚ but most of these were largely concerned with the movement of small green pieces of paper‚ which was odd because on the whole it wasn’t the small green pieces of paper that were unhappy. Douglas Adams‚ in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (1979)‚ Introduction All the perplexities‚ confusions‚ and distresses in America
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Plato was a famous Greek philosopher and mathematician from Athens that is now well known throughout the world. He lived from 427 B.C.E. to 347 B.C.E. He’s famously known for being Socrates’ student and the teacher of Aristotle. He has many writings that explored justice‚ beauty‚ and equality as well as containing discussions in aesthetics‚ political philosophy‚ theology‚ cosmology‚ epistemology‚ and the philosophy of language. His writings were highly influenced by Socrates as he would convey and
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perhaps forgot‚ or you’re lying to me about your lying‚ which is very devious. (Smile) SHOW STADISTICS Lying has been used in the past and is not a recent behavior that has been adapted‚ as a result has been carried through evolution. Here we have Diogenes with his lantern. Does anyone knows what he was looking for? A single honest man and he died without finding one back in Greece. Also‚ we have Confucius in the East who was really concerned with sincerity. So let me talk about new deceptions we have
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free from attraction‚ fear‚ and anger he is essentially saying he must get rid of that and instead try to go down the path of devotion. The path of devotion is one of the 3 paths and is the most important one because it leads to Sattva. Sattva is lucidity and one gets this through spiritual
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Octavian‚ the prince‚ is going through many battles in his life‚ but is characterized through his oblivion and being lost. During the beginning sections of the book‚ Octavia is oblivious to what is really going on at the Novanglian College of Lucidity and what positions people hold in the household. For example‚ his “mother‚ I said‚ chose to come here because she had heard… about the town of Boston… she wished to visit it…surely it don’t have anything to do with the sickliest slaves up New England
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statistics of the casualties from the attack (Chalmers 4). Also‚ despite being commuter services‚ “the occupancy of the all four doomed planes was a mere 21%” (6). Reports of premonitions have led researchers to continue studies on REM sleep and lucidity. Some ingoing studies involve “trying to get the dreamer to communicate with observers while he or she is dreaming”
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Distinctive features of Realism and Modernism I. Ideological and philosophical differences ( How Realists and Modernists viewed man) R: 1. Man is a social animal (Aristhotel called it a political animal) 2. Alienation is conditioned by society 3. Reality is solid and objective. The world is palpable and identical 4. Interaction between man and environment (it determines his development) 5. There is always a sense of progress M: 1. Man is seem as ahistorical being
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together for a common cause‚ connecting in a world of strangers. Recognising common humanity Connecting across differences Accountability and responsibility Ethical concerns and empathy Situating Cosmopolitan Cosmo- world/universe + Polites- citizen Diogenes ‘ I am a citizen of the world’ Jonathan Corpus Ong: The Cosmopolitan Continuum Closed Cosmopolitan- reluctant to engage with others within the world Instrumental Cosmopolitan- Ego centric‚ purpose for self‚ class‚ suggests that travel makes you
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In the novel Life of Pi by Yann Martel‚ there are three themes that seem to overpower throughout; religion‚ fear‚ and hope. When the main character in the novel‚ Pi‚ is forced to move the family’s zoo from Pondicherry India to Canada in search for a better life‚ their boat suddenly begins to sink in the middle of the pacific ocean. Miraculously Pi is the only human that survives. But unfortunately for this poor boy he is stuck on a 26 foot lifeboat with a zebra‚ an orangutan‚ a hyena‚ and a three
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create an assonance effect by rhyming “hard by dirt “and “to your shirt”. The author then ends with capitalizing on that perfect parent attitude‚ “Still clinging to your shirt “. This could also be a son wishing for the return of his father. The lucidity and cheerfulness of the rhythm succeed to some extent in hiding the pathos and resentment in the poem. It also exhibits cause and effect because of dad’s alcoholism‚ the boy’s life was harder than those with sober parents.
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