QUOTE The Burial at Thebes: A Version of Sophocles’ Antigone translated by Seamus Heaney. There is a war between brothers over power and the two are clashing over the crown in Thebes. Over a ferocious battle‚ they both perish in the mighty battle‚ Eteocles and Polyneices. After the Battle‚ Creon comes to Thebes and is pronounced the current king. Creon decides to give Eteocles a proper burial since he fault in favor of Thebes‚ but denies Polyneices any type of burial and this is a big shock since
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Buddhism developed very differently. It was created by a Hindu prince. The prince‚ in ancient Nepal‚ was named Siddhartha. Over time‚ he found enlightenment and the Four Noble Truths through mediation. Once Siddhartha became enlightened‚ his name was changed to Buddha or the enlightened one. Polytheism is the worship of many gods. Hinduism is a polytheistic religion with three hundred thirty million deities. Hinduism says that all deities are a manifestation of one god. In contrast‚ Buddhism is a monotheistic
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mine to see the darkness. Let it flow and get the best lessons out of it. I think I’m making a pretty good example here‚ though there’ll always be one or two people who have a problem with me not being enlightened. I guess these are the people who can’t accept themselves not being enlightened. Moving on. The dark side of money. What is it? Well I think that‚ fundamentally‚ the existence of money is rooted in darkness. In a world of light‚ there would be none. People would give to each other
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I thought Dr. Satterfield’s talk was enlightening and insightful. He talked about The Aeneid and described the whole book based on the historical context of ancient Rome. Dr. Satterfield described ancient Rome as productive and that even with a bad leader‚ Rome was still rich and efficient. It gave me a better picture of how Rome looked like and functioned back in the day. He also went into great detail by showing us pictures of maps‚ historical sites‚ and ancient statues in the time of when the
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slaves that are still living within the depths of the cave(521‚ a). The interesting part of this allegory is that it shows that this cave has an entrance and hence shows the possibility there is a light out of the tunnel and be able to reach the enlightened state. Plato clearly explains the difference between the people that are left behind the cave and those who ventured out on their journey to discover the universal truth: “…the author of light and itself in the intelligible world being the authentic
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Organizational climate questionnaire After completing the organizational climate questionnaire and scoring an 18.7 puts my organization under the Pattern IV Leadership (enlightened). To be in pattern IV (enlightened)‚ means that leadership delegate’s power to interest and concern for a problem. Freedom is highly expressed to initiate‚ coordinate‚ and execute to complete goals. Communication is open‚ honest‚ and uncensored and people are treated with trust. All these are examples of what my organization
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their voyage west. Reading: 18-5 Immanuel Kant‚ “What Is Enlightenment?” This reading is an essay by Immanuel Kant going into detail about the lack of enlightenment‚ explain what enlightenment is and what the public needs in order to be enlightened. Kant explains what dependency is and how it is hard for someone to work themselves out of it and that enlightenment is a person’s emergence from their own dependency. He says that the public can only achieve enlightenment slowly. Freedom is required
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wealth behind and spent 12 years living a disciplined lifestyle and searched for the truth. He gave up all of his possessions‚ which included even his clothing‚ and eventually found what he was looking for. He became "Mahavira‚" which means the enlightened teacher. At his death‚ he escaped the cycle of birth and death‚ which means his reincarnation cycle ceased to exist‚ and entered Nirvana. His followers hope that‚ in following his teachings‚ they will be able to do the same. Jainism stresses the
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the Ganges through the air. When King Bimbisāra heard of this‚ he abolished the toll for ascetics. When Gautama Buddha found his five former companions‚ he taught them‚ they understood and as a result they also became enlightened. At that time the Sangha‚ the community of the enlightened ones‚ was founded. The sermon Buddha gave to the five monks was his first sermon‚ called the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta. It was given on the full-moon day of Asalha Puja.[5] Buddha subsequently also spent his first
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Analyse/evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the reign of Gaius After the death of Tiberius in AD 37‚ the Praetorian Prefect Macro commended the 25 year old Gaius to the Senate as the new Princeps. He was welcomed by the Senate as they saw in him a welcome relief from the elderly and pessimistic Tiberius. As the son of Germanicus‚ Gaius was enthusiastically welcomed by the soldiers and civilians as they took oaths of allegiance to him‚ giving him much prestige. Suetonius states that to the people
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