According to Socrates‚ the Socratic Gospel is a set of guidelines or values that leads to living the good life. Socrates thinks that these guidelines or propositions will lead us toward the right direction to the attainment of the excellence of the soul. The Socratic Gospel is not like the teachings of the ten commandments or a written like book like the bible‚ they were part of Socrates words which was said during his conviction. Plato happens to be one of Socrates devoted students. He was very
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This week‚ I could think about the feminine aesthetics in a dancing body. In Witch Dance‚ Mary Wigman denies performing femininity. Unlike the conventional female dancers‚ she makes grotesque movements. For instance‚ as sitting on the floor‚ she holds her ankle and stamps her feet on the ground. It seems like an evil witch gets ready to aggressively devour her prey. Besides her dance‚ a wacky mask erases any emotion from her face‚ and a series of explosive sound generate fear and tension in her stage
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good news of Jesus Christ‚ the Son of God” Is the first opening line in the Gospel of Mark. The initial passage has already been a representation of good news--delving straight into accounts of the good news which is heavily infused in Mark’s Gospel. Mark who is also known as John Mark‚ depicts a portrait of Jesus that is striking‚ compelling and focused on Jesus’ miracles and divine Sonship. Which is unlike the other Gospels. Mark wrote for an audience of people who most likely were of Gentile descent
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love theme seems to be forbidden and secretive. This is shown When Duffy writes‚ "When you come on Thursday‚ bring me a letter. " A letter is something that to me seems very secretive‚ I think this is what Duffy uses to make it‚ relationships in this poem seem very secretive. In the poem Lovesick the poem seems much happier and upbeat‚ the poem seems to be about someone who wants their love to be known. In the opening line Duffy writes "I found an apple" I believe that the apple is representative
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The gospels began because of parables and teachings that Jesus had said‚ that were passed down from person to person and through generations by retelling the stories. They originated by passing down traditions of what Jesus did while he was preaching and teachings. The gospels were formed in three stages‚ the first stage of the formation of the Gospels is the teachings and preachings done by Jesus‚ in 30 - 33 AD‚ the second is the Oral Tradition‚ between 33 - 70 AD and the third is the Gospels being
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Jorge Luis Borges THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MARK (1970) Translated by Norrnan Thomas di Giovanni in collaboration with the author Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986)‚ an outstanding modern writer of Latin America‚ was born in Buenos Aires into a family prominent in Argentine history. Borges grew up bilingual‚ learning English from his English grandmother and receiving his early education from an English tutor. Caught in Europe by the outbreak of World War II‚ Borges lived in Switzerland and later
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Samantha Rhoads Literature Humanities Essay One‚ Wordcount: 2029 4 October 2014 The Role of Feminine Rhetoric Aeschylus’s The Oresteia explores the nuances of persuasive rhetoric. One of the most verbally powerful characters of the play‚ Clytaemestra‚ maintains her command solely through her effective use of persuasion. At the point in Greek history when The Oresteia takes place‚ war is in an interlude and the remaining warriors of the Trojan War carry out with their nostoi‚ or homecomings. Since
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What connections have you found between the ways Duffy and Pugh present social attitudes in their poems? Plan Intro: Duffy and Pugh present social attitudes in different ways... Duffy empowers women‚ Pugh has negative views on aging. Core Poem 1: standing female nude is about a woman who works for a poor wage for something which is out of her comfort zone… hello is about aging and how you get forgotten about. Isolation‚ powerless. Core Poem 2: Mrs midas is about the consequences of midas’s actions
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Kelley O’Toole Professor Goldstein CWL 412 21 March 2013 Paquita and Oriental Art The “feminine” in the novella The Girl with the Golden Eyes is most exemplified in Paquita. Her femininity is desired by many of the characters because she exudes all things associated with the Orient – decadence‚ sensuality‚ indolence‚ femininity‚ and brutality (in her death). These qualities are not part of Western culture as Balzac says‚ “it is only in the Orient that the human race presents a magnificent feature”
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Cotton Patch version of the Bible. In the following paper we will use research about the Cotton Patch Versions‚ Clarence Jordan‚ the Southern Baptist Church‚ Harry Chaplin’s music‚ and Tom Key to discuss how Jesus is portrayed in The Cotton Patch Gospel. Clarence Jordan wrote his Cotton Patch Versions of the Bible beginning in the early 1960’s until his death in 1969. During this timeframe in Georgia‚ where he was from‚ the Civil Rights movement was picking up speed‚ but only gradually did he realize
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