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    Quotations about Teachers and Teaching A teacher affects eternity: he can never tell where his influence stops. Henry Adams What nobler employment‚ or more valuable to the state‚ than that of the man who instructs the rising generation. Marcus Tullius Cicero The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught‚ as that every child should be given the wish to learn. John Lubbock Those who educate children well are more to be honored than parents‚ for these

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    Arkesilaus (315 - 241 B.C.) [Pitane‚ Athens]. As leader of the academy‚ Arkesilaus emphasised Plato’s contention that there is no final truth in sense perception. He opposed the Stoic doctrine of the "irresistible impression" with the contention that even an "irresistible impression" sometimes proves to be false. Therefore‚ he concluded that the wise thing to do is to suspend judgement and not to commit oneself to any belief as final. The best one can do is to calculate probabilities and follow

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    Every relationship has its complications and everyone tries their best to make it work. But if a relationship has to break‚ then nothing in the world can stop it‚ but people try their best to save it. If a relationship was meant to be‚ then people should be lucky to have that person in their life. In relationships‚ people assume that there’s only the romantic type of relationships. However‚ being in a relationship can also mean being in family relationships with some degree on kinship through blood

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    The life and theories of Psychologist George Kelly PSY 330/ Theories of Personality/ Ashford University December 6‚ 2010 The American psychologist George Kelly was born in 1905 and raised on a farm in small town located in the state of Kansas. His family moved out west and was one of amongst the last homesteaders located within the west. For four years his family struggled to raise and grow crops and livestock. Due to having limited water the family was unable to stay in Colorado‚

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    The Mind Locke The notion of personhood was introduced by Locke. For him the stream/continuity of consciousness defines a person. In other words the memory‚ since being conscious of something implies remembering it. When someone is drunk and is not co Locke diverted from the traditional understanding of the self. In dualism it is the soul‚ which is conscious of what he is doing‚ then he will not remember the event. Thus whilst being unconscious of something‚ one is not a person. constant and

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    Unit 2 WIW Tyranny- cruel and unfair treatment by people with power over others Areopagus- the supreme tribunal of Athens Marathon- a contest in which people compete with each other to see who can do something for the longest amount of time Sappho- Greek poet Thermopylae- locality E Greece between Mt. Oeta & Gulf of Maliakós; once a narrow pass along the coast Delian League- was an association of Greek city-states Helots- a member of a class of serfs in ancient Sparta Oligarchy- he people

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    Before the Hellenistic world could make an impact on the world around it‚ first it became part of the culture‚ the language‚ integrate into the cities and religions‚ and then part of the Empires. Despite some resistance‚ the Hellenism world took high appeals to the people. The Hellenistic culture was one that was developed from the small‚ individual city-states and then grew greatly through the entire Mediterranean and then even further. (207) The culture itself was based on “philosophical and political

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    Within the scope of abortion‚ and too ethics‚ religious ideals and politics take strangle-hold on the opinions of all. Judith Thomson‚ presents ’A Defence of Abortion’ through a process of thought experiments and ’reasonable’ reactions or thoughts to such absurd hypothetical situations. As absurd as they may be‚ they shine a bright light on where modern society places itself on the moral pendulum‚ in relation to abortion ethics. However is Sarah morally obliged to carry her unwanted child to term

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    and inordinate; but the latter was an austere and wise man: and therefore it seems (though rarely) that love can find entrance‚ not only into an open heart‚ but also into a heart well fortified‚ if watch be not well kept. It is a poor saying of Epicurus‚ Satis magnum alter alteri theatrum sumus; as if man‚ made for the contemplation of heaven‚ and all noble objects‚ should do nothing but kneel before a little idol‚ and make himself a subject‚ though not of the mouth (as beasts are)‚ yet of the eye;

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