point a finger at you and you would find yourself in the middle of a trial‚ for something you didn’t do! If I were back in Salem Massachusetts during the time of the infamous Salem Witch Trials and I found myself in the middle‚ I would do whatever it took to save myself as well as the ones I loved even if that meant confessing to a crime I did not commit. The Puritans believed that once someone made a full confession to witchcraft‚ it was up to God to decide their fate. I would much rather admit
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In Plato’s Apology of Socrates‚ Socrates is standing on trial in which he is being accused and sentenced for corruption of the youth‚ and impiety by Meletus. Socrates during the trial presents defense speeches to the jury in order to prove his innocence of these charges. There were three phases of the trial the preface‚ sentencing‚ and Socrates speaking to the people. During the sentencing stage Socrates remains lists a number of rulings in which he may face‚ one being exiled however Socrates could
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Lab Report Schemas and Recall: What would you remember if you want to rob a house? Abstract Pichert and Anderson (1997) conducted an experiment to see if people would remember more schema related items than non-related items. This report is based on the same experiment using the hypothesis that those who have the burglar schema are more likely to remember items from the burglar list and same for the house buyer schema. By using 12 students as participants‚ half were assigned either burglar
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foolish dreams’ How do you respond to this view? Gatsby can definitely be seen as a character whose demise was caused by his own dreams. Firstly‚ Gatsby was always a highly ambitious young man; this is evident in young Gatsby’s self improvement schedule. Even as a teenager Gatsby strived to better himself by practising “elocution‚ poise and how to attain it” he also worked‚ studied electricity and mechanics as well as sports‚ he also had many resolves which he believed would make him a better
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In Plato’s Apology‚ we are faced with the narration of the speech Socrates makes at the trial in which he is being accused of corrupting the youth of Athens for his lack of not recognizing the gods. Early on in the text‚ on page seven we are presented with the accusations to which Socrates is being accused of; “What do they say? Something of this sort: - That Socrates is a doer of evil‚ and corruptor of the youth‚ and he doesn’t not believe in the gods of the state‚ and has other new divinities
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actions are not what he believes them to be‚ and Euthyphro leaves in confusion. The Apology‚ which is a second dialog of Plato‚ represent of Socrates’s speech that he proclaims at the trial in which he is
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Plato’s The Apology‚ Socrates generates this speech at the trial where he is accused by Meletus of not believing in the gods that the city believes in‚ but believing in other spiritual things as he corrupts the youth with these ideas. He‚ then‚ attempts to defend and find the truth about these accusations. Socrates presents a sequence of questions for Meletus to answer‚ but aren’t; these questions showed the significant discrepancy in Meletus’ claim. As Socrates continues‚ it’s obvious how ridiculous
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“What would you like to learn about in this course and why are you interested in it. Look thorough the book and include the chapter number of the thing you are writing about in your paper.” Psychology is all about the study of the mind‚ behavior‚ the way we see things etc. There are so many different areas in psychology to learn about. I know the course already started and there’s so many things that I wanted to learn‚ we get to them and now I understand them so much better. But there still a
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An Tran Professor Nathan Poage PHIL 1301 July 15‚ 2013 Apology: Is Socrates Guilty or Innocent? The Apology is Plato’s accurate depiction of the Socrates’ own defense at the trial provoked by Meletus. However‚ besides current accusers‚ Socrates has to speak out to defense against former accusers who have created prejudices of him for long time. Former accusers prosecute Socrates for “studying things in the sky and below the earth” and “[making] the worse into the stronger argument” (Plato 18b-c)
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become a staple in the American diet. In the Article by Kristen Lewis‚ “Would you eat this” and in the informational text‚ "GROSS! YUCK! That is a great idea! EW!” Interesting facts about bugs and insects are discussed. These texts wonder if bugs and insects could become a part of the American diet one day. To start with‚ people don’t really eat insects‚ which makes them very uncommon in the United States. in the article‚ "Would You Eat This?” The author Kristen Lewis claims that the insects are delicious
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