"Nothing is impossible" – Perhaps everyone knows this famous statement‚ but not everyone believes that it is true. Looking back‚ I never thought that I could do the so-called "impossible"‚ but such things unfailingly happen in a lifetime and I cannot flee from them forever. Once I decided to confront impossibility in my studying and surmounted it‚ and most important‚ I would never have discovered my passion without that decision. Mathematics especially interests me - now I could confidently declare
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Glory and Story: How Greek Mythology Informs Modern Culture “Excellence is not an action. It is a virtue.” Says Aristotle. In a way‚ as an action‚ excellence would seem episodic‚ occasional‚ or lucky. As a virtue‚ excellence would appear to be serial‚ rehearsed‚ or practiced. In both contexts‚ just as ancient Greek philosophy made different‚ lasting conceptual designs about the idea and ideal of “aristein” or to be the best of yourself and/or the better of your peers‚ so did classical Greek mythology
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STATE AND ECONOMY IN MODERN SOCIETY 1992 Student: David Risstrom‚ 8120572 Lecturer: John Love WEBER’S THEORY OF BUREAUCRACY AND MODERN SOCIETY How dominant have bureaucracies become in modern societies? Is Weber’s classical model still an accurate description of the main structural properties and dynamics of bureaucracy? What criticisms have been advanced by commentators like Luhmann and Blau? Bureaucracies have become particularly pervasive in modern societies‚ and thus justifiably have attracted
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The Effects of Stereotypes on Modern Society Stereotypes can date back from the beginning of time. Stereotypes affect everyone‚ whether it is their gender‚ race ‚ or age. Stereotypes are known to be everywhere‚ no matter where you are. People use stereotypes because it helps us identify them faster. When people are stereotypes‚ it can affect their performance and mood. Stereotypes are everywhere and affect everyone‚ and in can also affect someone’s performance. Stereotypes are known for labeling
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The Rape of the Sabine Women is an episode in the legendary history of Rome‚ traditionally dated to 750 BC‚ in which the first generation of Roman men acquired wives for themselves from the neighboring Sabine families. The English word "rape" is a conventional translation of Latin raptio‚ which in this context means "abduction" rather than its prevalent modern meaning in English language of sexual violation. Latin league: It was originally created for protection against enemies from surrounding areas
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Would you rather live in Jonas’s society or modern day society? I would want to live in Jonas’s society and modern day society‚ at the same time because in Jonas’s society you don’t get hurt‚ but in Jonas’s society you have a lot of differences from modern day society. For instance‚ in Jonas’s society you have to share your birthday with your whole community. In modern day society you don’t have to share your birthday with anyone. There rules and laws are different to‚ if they do something they know
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Assess the contribution of Marxism to our understanding of society [33 marks] Marxism is a macro/structural approach to society‚ meaning that it looks at the large-scale societal structure for answers about how society works and operates. They believe that structure is categorised into two kinds of structure; the infrastructure and the superstructure. They believe the infrastructure is made up of the economic base and is made up of the social relations between the producers and who owns the means
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his was the consensus among speakers at a dialogue organised by Idara-i-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA) in connection with the World Teachers Day at Children’s Library Complex on Friday. The theme for the day was “Take a stand for teachers!” Ali Institute of Education Director Dr Shahid Majeed said the teachers’ status needed to be improved by offering them lucrative salaries as this measure alone could make teaching a profession of choice and not of compulsion for people. “If government can give double
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I believe that it is a woman ’s right to choose whether or not she shall have a child. The issue of abortion is widely disputed in our nation‚ and is considered taboo because it has to do with sex. Many people are against abortion because of religious or moral beliefs. However‚ most of the people who argue against abortion have no adopted children. The reality is this: if an unwanted child is born into this world‚ they will suffer a great deal throughout their life. Also‚ the abortion is performed
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