approach. These behaviors are looked at from modern readers as being both humanistic and non humanistic. Jacob and Joseph are similar because they both have goals‚ obstacles that hindered them achieving their goals‚ and they both used honorable and dishonorable means to reach their goals. Inside the womb Jacob knew the obstacles he would face in order to reach his goals in life. The Lord said to Jacob’s mother Rebekah‚ “Two nations are in your womb‚ and two peoples born of you shall be divided; the
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Laura Rodriguez‚ the Spanish continued to fight in the war because they viewed Cuban “as part of Spain itself”. Many of the residents of Cuba were Spanish and the country had Spanish culture. Sagasta considered that not fighting the war would be dishonorable for Spain. 8. Aside from Spanish culture in Cuba‚ what other means did Cuba provide for Spain that made its state as a Spanish colony ideal‚ as Cuba traded less with Spain compared to other
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and passes control of Geatland to Wiglaf. He later shows honor in his own way when he refuses to pull back in battle‚ “A warrior will sooner / die than live a life of shame” (Lines 2890-2891).he is stating that abandonation would be shameful and dishonorable. Many of his soldiers did abandon him. At
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tragic hero. Qualitys: Okonkwo was a very loyal‚ and hardworking man‚ but he was also kinda violent and beat his family. Okonkwo is one of the people who came from nothing and made something out of his life. His father was in all words‚ Dishonorable. Okonkwo ended up being one of the most respected men of his tribe‚ “Okonkwo returned from the bush carrying on his left shoulder a large bundle of grasses and leaves‚ roots and barks of medicinal trees and shrubs.”(pg.85) Anger:
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State under a Machiavellian Ruler vs. Utopian State By Donald Collett A Machiavellian society is ruled by a princedom in which peasants worked most of the occupations. Nobles did not perform any physical labor. And the military is strong and follows the prince. In a Utopian society there is a community of senior phylarchs who discuss state issues. Everyone spends time in the farmlands for two year periods. The Utopians despise war and at all costs do not get involved in war. In Machiavellian
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Means are more important than end This is a well- known proverb that we have heard many times. The ends are our goals and the means are the specific actions are take to achieve these goals. This proverb is often misleading as it gives the idea that we can achieve this goal through any means. I don’t think that the means is less important than the end. We all have so many goals to achieve. We also have our own ways of accomplishing it. Getting the desired result by any means is not at all correct
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the names of “Brave‚ Chief’s‚ Apache‚ and Seminoles” chose to label their team after legendary historical warriors‚ or brave fighting figures. Just like some other schools mascots are Lions‚ Tigers‚ and Panthers. It is not meant to be directly dishonorable or to look down on the Native American population. Along with the Mascots‚ which are made to be more comical and fun for the crowd to have fun at sports events‚ they are not meant to be real life Indians‚ Just like a lion mascot jumping around
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John D. Rockefeller has earned a spot in the hall of shame. He became wealthy because of ruthless and dishonorable business tactics which then hurt the nation. Rockefeller became wealthy because‚ he lowered his prices way down and forced the Pennsylvania Railroad to lower their prices‚ and he also ran smaller companies out of business and then took them over for his own. After he took over most of the smaller businesses‚ he raised his own prices back up in order to bring in a bigger profit. Rockefeller’s
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The first premise that Socrates presented to support his choice of staying in prison was “that some opinions‚ and the opinions of some men only‚ are to be valued‚ and other opinions‚ and the opinions of other men‚ are not to be valued.” He formed this premise in response to Crito’s reason to why Socrates should escape the prison with him. The reason is that the people will think that Crito values money more than friendship‚ and people will also think that Socrates is betraying his life and his children
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have the money put to good use‚ he thought that the donation should be given to people who were willing to help themselves. He also had the idea that the people who died rich because they never contributed to society were considered shameful or dishonorable. He viewed inequality as being something good and challenging to us humans because it helps us fight and survive for what we want. In other words‚ he saw Social Darwinism as an excellent test to view someone’s willingness and effort. Carnegie
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