Socrates and Aristotle were both Greek philosophers who contributed philosophies. Socrates believed that all people contained real knowledge within them and that self critical examination was needed to bring this knowledge out. Socrates once stated‚ “The unexamined life is not worth living.” In this philosophical idea‚ Socrates is suggesting that an individual‚ who chooses to not think about their own actions‚ does not truly care about their own life. Aristotle believed in the concept of examining
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The Ancient Olympics Today‚ the Olympic games are known world wide‚ but it did not always used to be this way. Early Olympic games were much different than they are today. The games played and those who attended them were some of the biggest differences. Today’s Olympics have competitors from around the world. There are now hundreds of events in the modern athletic competition. This is a significant difference compared to the amount of events in the ancient Olympic games. The modern Olympics
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Ancient Greece Olympics Today’s Olympics have changed a lot. The Olympics in Greece focused mainly on the gods. The Greeks made sacrifices to the gods on the first and third day of the Olympic Games (Ancient). That is not how they focus today at all. In fact‚ many people don’t believe in the gods being more than myths made up by desperate people in desperate times. The athletes have changed as well‚ there are female athletes as well as male athletes in today’s Olympics. There used to be only free
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Sports play a huge part in the lives of people all around the world. People play sports for exercise‚ entertainment‚ and some even play for money. Everybody who participates in sports should understand that the amount of different sports that exist is enormous. Some sports require the use of a ball while other sports concentrate on running. Sports may concentrate power‚ agility‚ or just plain coordination. Because the variety of sports is so vast‚ athletes must find different ways to train for each
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Ancient Olympics is 776 BC; this is based on inscriptions‚ found at Olympia‚ of the winners of a footrace held every four years starting in 776 BC.[4] The Ancient Games featured running events‚ a pentathlon (consisting of a jumping event‚ discus and javelin throws‚ a foot race and wrestling)‚ boxing‚ wrestling‚ and equestrian events.[5][6]
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Chapter 4 Problems 1‚ 2‚ 3 = straightforward‚ intermediate‚ challenging Section 4.1 The Position‚ Velocity‚ and Acceleration Vectors 1. A motorist drives south at 20.0 m/s for 3.00 min‚ then turns west and travels at 25.0 m/s for 2.00 min‚ and finally travels northwest at 30.0 m/s for 1.00 min. For this 6.00-min trip‚ find (a) the total vector displacement‚ (b) the average speed‚ and (c) the average velocity. Let the positive x axis point east. 2. A golf ball is hit off a tee at the
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What is a drug? A drug is a chemical substance that‚ when absorbed into the body‚ can alter normal bodily function. Many drugs have been banned in sport if they are deemed to provide an unfair advantage‚ pose a health risk‚ or are seen to violate the ‘spirit of sport’. The use of banned drugs by athletes is referred to as ‘doping’. The International Olympic Committee (IOC)‚ and more recently‚ the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) have been leading the way in the battle against drugs in sport.
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Horseshoe pitching has existed as a sport for over a thousand years. The origins of this sport are most likely based in athletic competitions that involved throwing a heavy discus (imagine a stone Frisbee®). It is believed that fans of the Greek discus competitions created their own game by using discarded horseshoes and throwing them towards a stake in the ground. In 1869‚ the British devised the first actual rules for the game of “horse-hardware” pitching. There were limitations to the size of
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What is sport? Sport: “an organized‚ competitive‚ and skillful physical activity requiring commitment and fair play‚ in which a winner can be defined by objective means. it is governed by a set of rules or customs... Non-competitive activities‚ for example as jogging playing catch‚ are usually classified as forms of recreation.” Physical events such as scoring goals or crossing a line first often define the result of a sport. However‚ the degree of skill and performance in some sport such as
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