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    Virtuous person is the Happy Person Is virtuous person the happy person? Does virtuousness leads to happiness? Aristotle claims that virtuous activity controls happiness. From this line‚ it is understandable that the virtuousness is the source of happiness. What are the components or the elements that form virtuousness then? How does one become a virtuous person to achieve happiness in a life? What is the definition of happiness? What are the qualifications and necessities to become a

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    There’s one person that has a significant influence on me ‚and that is my dad. My dad has a significant influence on me because he was a hard working man‚ he did anything to be with me and he always had high expectations of me. He always wanted me to make something of myself and he would always tell me “Study hard to earn great things!”.. and my Dad was my best friend. My Dad has a significant influence on me because he worked hard he provided me with food ‚water‚ and milk when I was little he wouldn’t

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    firm believer in representative democracy‚ and believed that everyone should be entitled to an education. Alongside this‚ he believed all adults should be allowed the right to vote‚ including women‚ “Mill saw the emancipation of women as one of the greatest changes that would regenerate society…” (Philip & Rosen‚ 2015‚ p. xli). The only limitations to this belief was those who did not contribute to society through the paying of taxes. He also reserved the opinion that the knowledgeably elite within

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    Which is more integral to one’s behavior: the inborn qualities or the influences of life on the individual? Mark Twain‚ in his essay entitled "What Is Man?" describes humankind this way: Man the machine--man the impersonal engine. Whatsoever a man is‚ is due to his MAKE‚ and to the INFLUENCES brought to bear upon it by his heredities‚ his habitat‚ his associations. He is moved‚ directed‚ COMMANDED‚ by EXTERIOR influences--SOLELY. (What Is Man?‚ Mark Twain‚ http://underthesun.cc/Classics/Twain/whatman/Whatisman

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    Fishing for Fun The sun was hid above the foggy ocean clouds at late-morning and the eerie ocean mist surrounded the boat. I glanced upon the vast deep blue ocean and heard the siren like wails of the seagulls flying overhead‚ following us‚ hoping to feast their eyes upon a fish. I was not feeling well and I had the desire to end this odyssey. As I was waited‚ my eyes wondered‚ my mind and body grew weary of the rocking boat. Back and forth it swayed‚ making me more seasick. Every time I woke up

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    My Greatest Ambition‚ Lurie. Story written in 1st person in voice of young(?) narrator. Tone shows a wry humour – adult reflecting on youth seems more likely. Language is straightforward and relies on variety rather than image creating. Sentences vary in length and create a sense of conversation. Humour of opening sentence implies adult looking back with affection. Memory as narrative tool: memory is always unreliable. Narrator counters this unreliability by frequent corrections and apologies

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    Honor Pledge: I certify that no unauthorized assistance has been received or given in the completion of this work. DP Schoenberg’s Atonal Period: Influences and Effects Daniel Pureco Music 62H Professor Stefan Litwin 16 April 2015 Daniel Pureco Professor Stefan Litwin Music 62H 16 April 2015 Schoenberg’s Atonal Period: Influences and Effects At the start of the twentieth century‚ as the Romantic era had just drawn to a close‚ it started becoming apparent to many composers that

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    utilitarian ethics on the so-called “greatest happiness principle‚” an idea originally enunciated by Frances Hutcheson (16941746)‚ one of the founders of the Scottish Enlightenment. Put simply‚ Bentham believed that the goal of ethics was to promote “the greatest happiness of the greatest number.” Interestingly enough‚ Bentham went on to say that happiness consists in experiencing more pleasures than pains. That is‚ Bentham connects the welfare of the greatest number to a hedonistic view that

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    roundabout‚ refugee trail sprang up; Paris to Marseille‚ across the Mediterranean to Oran‚ then by train‚ or auto‚ or foot to Casablanca in French Morocco.” Last stop: Rick’s Café Americain—December 1941. “Here‚ the fortunate ones‚ through money‚ or influence‚ or luck‚ might obtain exit visas and scurry to Lisbon‚ and from Lisbon to the New World. But the others wait in Casablanca – and wait – and wait – and wait.” for all the waiting though there is hardly a lull in the momentum of “Casablanca”. It

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    A Person Who has had Influence on my Life There’s always a time in one’s life‚ when a hero comes along. Somebody who has inspired you‚ and helped you learn what life is about. I remember it as if it was yesterday‚ surprisingly‚ as my state of mind on that cold December night can be described only of numbness and confusion. It was around eight o’clock p.m. when my mother received a phone call from her brother-in-law‚ who told her that her sister had just recently been admitted into the hospital

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