Socrates was a Greek philosopher‚ who is often considered to be the father of Western philosophy‚ and a key figure in the development of Western civilisation. "The unexamined life is not worth living for a human being." Socrates - Republic 38c He left no actual writing so impressions of Socrates have come primarily from the writings of his student‚ Plato. There are also other contributions from Xenophon and a contemporary playwright - Aristophanes. It is possible that Plato embellished the legacy
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In Martha C. Nussbaum’s The Use and Abuse of Philosophy in Legal Education‚ she covers topics ranging from Socrates and his role in Greek government to Aristotle’s claims that philosophy plays a major role in the education of our judicial officials. She begins the article with an event from Socrates’ life. Socrates goes up to a leader of the time and asks him for some definitions of basic legal thoughts. The leader proves to be unable to answer any of Socrates’ questions‚ showing his lack of knowledge
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Philosophy 101 Final Paper: Answer to five Questions on Castell and Borchert’s Introduction to Modern Philosophy‚ 4th ed. (Pearson-Macmillan‚ 1983). Question #1: Why does Hume think that the “design” in nature cannot prove God’s existence? Answer: One of the most common reasons why people say they believe in God is that the universe seems to have been intentionally designed. Hume observes that while we may perceive two events that seem to occur in conjunction‚ there is no way for us to
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Pre-Session Rationale My aim is for my learners to use non traditional methods to challenge preconceptions of drawing. This will be achieved by creating a paper cut-out that demonstrates drawing through new techniques‚ tools and processes to depict works of art from observation. The activity will create a fun environment‚ which will subsequently aid learning. This session will help me visually assess learner’s ability to work with equipment and to follow simple instructions. The outcome of this
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Philosophy 1. How are Plato’s and Descartes’ views of the soul/self similar? Both Plato and Descartes believe that the soul/self is best (or only) to think and learn separate from the body and its faculties. According to Plato‚ “the soul reasons best without bodily senses.” Plato claims that sight‚ hearing‚ pain‚ and pleasure are a distraction to the soul in its search for reality‚ and that true knowledge can only be achieved with pure thought alone. “The body confuses the soul and prevents
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POLI 1: Introduction to American Government and Politics Course Syllabus (a.k.a. your most valuable tool in the course) Spring 2014 Sara Callow Office Hours: M from 2-4pm 5021 Email (during the week‚ I commit to a “next day” turnaround time). Messages sent over the weekend or school breaks may not receive a reply until sometime on the first regular school day. callowsara@fhda.edu COURSE OBJECTIVE: As described in the course catalogue‚ this course focuses on a “contemporary analysis
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Moral Issues in Business Paper Assignment Crain Spring 2013 Discuss a current policy/practice‚ or recent event pertaining to an issue of Business Ethics. Your paper should proceed as follows: 1. Choose an issue pertaining to business and do some research on your topic. I recommend looking through the business sections of newspapers‚ or finding articles in magazines related to your issue. You may do all of your research on the internet‚ but be sure to assess the credibility of your sources
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Discuss the rationale behind the WS and PS curves (12 marks) Keynesian macroeconomics assumes that markets are imperfect and this as the result of lack of competition. The implication of imperfect market is that agents are no longer price takers as in perfect markets‚ but become price setters. In product markets the firms are price setters considering the elasticity of demand which is partly dependant on competition. In the labour market‚ workers are the wage setters. Through collective bargaining
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Compare Browne and Nagel and give their arguments for why we should‚ or should not‚ be selfish. Give your own opinion and justify it. Harry Browne “The unselfishness Trap” page 153 Nagel “ The objective Basis of Morality” page 121 -Word count on the first page 1500-2500 words -Work site and bibliography -Give the authors reason for their view - Give your opinion for your view -Are there any possible objections to your view‚ if so what are they -Write as if someone who never read the
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Philosophy hw Fast car and a good woman October 3‚ 2011 Raymond Martin talks about the problem of the meaning of life in his work in a fast car and a good woman. He brings up thought provoking questions life what is the meaning of life and what will satisfy our minds and make us happy. We all have everyday struggles to satisfy our hearts and the problem with us as Americans is that we try to do too much in a sense there are way too many things that we think will make us happy like money‚ a person
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