to argue from the theology of Socrates‚ Kant‚ or various other philosophers to reason what is good or bad‚ whether morality is universal‚ and what it means to have a full life. I prefer an Aristotelian approach. Aristotle believed that voluntary action is characterized by a rational choice‚ where the person determines the best course of action by reasoning how to achieve the desirable end goal. In layman’s terms‚ a good life is based on the ideas belonging to that person how they themselves feel about
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1. Jacques Reeves Dallas Cowboys — No. 35 Cornerback Date of Birth: October 8‚ 1982 (1982-10-08) Place of Birth: Lancaster‚ Texas Height: 5 ft 11 in Weight: 192 lb National Football League Debut: 2004 for the Dallas Cowboys College: Purdue NFL Draft: 2004 / Round: 7 / Pick: 223 Teams: Dallas Cowboys (2004-present) 2. I-35 Interstate 35 northbound begins
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As soon as I was told that I would have to type a reflection paper my mind went literally ninety to nothing. I thought of passage after passage to write upon. I tried to think of narratives that really applied to me and my life. Honestly‚ it seemed as if a lot of the stories could apply to me in some way‚ shape or form. However‚ there is a passage that has really hit close to home and spoke straight to the heart. I have pondered on this so much lately. I have heard this passage time and time again
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The title sounds easy right? Eat to live‚ don’t live to eat. Simple enough. So why do I go to the park and half of the people I see are overweight or severely obese? Why are their kids fat? Why do my coworkers have fat rolls that hang off the back of their chairs? It’s a question I have asked myself over and over again. There have been many theories as to why people are fatter today than they were 100 years ago. Now you can choose to believe the BS about good calories and bad calories or
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I recently read your article ’Live lazy‚ live long - look at Britain’s oldest man’ that was published in ’The Guardian’ on 5th November 2012. After reading your article‚ I felt it was important to write to you explaining why I disagree with the message within your article. My first criticism is that initially you stated‚ “It seems to make sense that slow lives‚ as well as being enjoyable‚ are long lives.” I would like to point out that there is no proof that
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Why are people living longer? The fact that people today are living longer than in the past is obvious. A certain number of people can live over a hundred years these days. But why is that? There are many factors contributing to this which I would like to describe in the following paragraphs. It is commonly known that the cause of most deaths is illness. Thanks to technological and scientific advancement‚ we have discovered lots of ways to prevent them. Medicines‚ medical
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People come and go in our life. The most important thing is that they all influence you‚ either with a big effect or in a small way. Even if they are come in our life only for a short period of time‚ things they say‚ and things they do can make a big difference. These effects can lead you to take other turns in your life‚ choose different ways and make you think in sundry way. In my life there are few people who I can say influenced my life. One of them is my grandmother. She was a very energetic
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What makes you happy? Before I answer this question I want to tell something . Do you know what really means to be happy. I think everyone will say yes. But if you don’t know the true meanings of sadness‚ pain and loneliness it means that you don’t know the real happiness. There are 6 billion people living in this world. They are all different and they all have their own lives to live. What I’m trying to say is “Happiness comes with a price”. Like after you finish some hard task successfully
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By Dave Hood Many of the great philosophers have attempted to answer the question: What makes people happy? World religions‚ such as Christianity‚ have attempted to explain what makes people happy and how to live a happy life through faith‚ the belief in God‚ by reading scripture‚ by living life according to the moral code‚ and by the religious doctrine imposed by the church. The philosophy of Buddhism preaches to its followers how to live a peaceful and blissful life–which ultimately leads
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One of the many ways people describe and perceive each other is culture. Culture‚ a term which the definition can be altered in many ways by every person alive. Because of the way I saw society‚ I have come to believe that culture means the pre-born beliefs you are supposed to spread and live by. However because I‚ Tomas Watts am a free thinker‚ I can leave the preset definition of culture. Culture to me means an aspect of life that you love and will always be willing to change. My culture is
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