In the first chapter of Freakonomics‚ the authors of the book used a quote that in my opinion best describes the whole idea of the chapter. That quote is “a thing worth having is a thing worth cheating for” by W. C. Fields. This quote perfectly summarized the whole chapter’s idea incentives‚ the idea that incentive “is simply a means of urging people to do more of a good thing and less of a bad thing” and how incentive “is a bullet‚ a lever…‚ [and] an often tiny object with astonishing power to
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In chapter one this short chapter lays the foundation for Machiavelli’s book. All kinds of authority‚ he says‚ can be divided into two large categories the republics and the principalities. Principalities can be either hereditary passed down from father to son or they can be new states acquired through military force or political fortune. Machiavelli continues by admitting that hereditary principalities are much easier to govern than those that are newly developed since the prince who rules by
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To summarize this Mill’s chapter two about what utilitarianism is‚ basically meaning that individuals would find some kind of pleasure that are more desirable and more valuable to themselves are inherently good. Utilitarianism is pleasurable when the actions are good; when the actions are bad the pleasure decreases. To Mill he compares human pleasures are as equal as animalistic pleasures. It depends on what kind of pleasure people are seeking. For this purpose‚ Mill mentioned that people would have
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Chapter 1 Introduction Christa Knellwolf and Jane Goodall When Evelyn Fox Keller wrote that ‘Frankenstein is a story first and foremost about the consequences of male ambitions to co-opt the procreative function’‚ she took for granted an interpretive consensus amongst late twentieth-century critical approaches to the novel. Whilst the themes had been revealed as ‘considerably more complex than we had earlier thought’‚ Fox Keller concludes ‘the major point remains quite simple’.1 The consensus
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station and turned up the volume. She plugged in the hot Iron and placed it on the nightstand. Alivia sat on the edge of her bed‚ staring at Erica as she threw a blanket over the mirror. "I want to surprise you when I’m done‚" Erica said. A lump formed in Alivias’ throat and she swallowed. Erica picked up a white bottle of nail polish off the quilt and opened it. She sat down on the bed facing Alivia with one
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Chapter 22 Exile in Dapitan‚ 1892-96 Rizal lived in exile in faraway Dapitan‚ a remote town in Mindanao which was under the missionary jurisdiction of the Jesuits‚ from 1892 to 1896. This four – year interregnum in his life was tediously unexciting‚ but was abundantly fruitful with varied achievements. Beginning of Exile in Dapitan Steamer Cebu – brought Rizal to Dapitan carried a letter from Father Pablo Pastells‚ Superior of the Jesuits Society in the Philippines‚ to Father Antonio Obach
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Die römische Republik (510v.Chr-45v.Chr) Inhaltsverzeichnis Die Verfassung der römischen Republik Ausdehnung der Macht über Italien (Italischer Bund) Ständekämpfe Die Punischen Kriege 1. Punischer Krieg 2. Punischer Krieg 3. Punischer Krieg Die Verwaltung des Mittelmeerreiches Soziale Unruhen Die Gracchen Das Ende der Republik Alleinherrschaft Sullas Sklavenaufstand Das erste Triumvirat Caesars Weg zur Alleinherrschaft
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The reading for today started on Chapter 9 on the day of Paige’s big breast cancer gala. Chloe had came home after being gone the night before and shared the news about her and Chris getting back together. They were still planning on going to California‚ and were leaving the next morning to start their road trip. Paige was upset because she did not want to see Chloe leave‚ but she knew Chloe was doing what she wanted and that she would be happy. Spencer came home from his trip to China minutes before
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have pointed out as the essential attitude in writing history: being self-reflexive and letting the reader participate in the process of writing. It can therefore be stated that Scott provides an example of how writing history should look like. In chapter 4.2 it is elaborated how literature can occupy an important role in rethinking how the past should be processed. It is also mentioned that for some marginal groups‚ e.g. Aboriginal Australians‚ literature is the only way to tell their version of (his)story
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Book of Luke Chapter 3 starts with describing John the Baptist‚ and his interactions with preaching the Gospel to those who pass by. He then rebukes Herod and is then locked up in prison. Jesus is baptized by John the Baptist‚ whom is his cousin. At the end of the chapter there is a specific list of the genealogy of Jesus starting from Joseph all the way back to Adam and God in the beginning of creation. Breakdown The Book of Luke within the Hebrew Bible goes over at the end of Luke chapter 3 it traces
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