TMA02 W7534577 Why was arête (‘virtue’) an important theme in Homer’s Iliad? Select two characters with which to make your points. Virtue or arête was an important quality in Homeric society and one which features very heavily in the Iliad. Arête is achieved by one’s actions‚ generally in battle and is a combination of qualities such as courage‚ honour (‘time’) and sacrifice.([good] Homeric heroes possessed these qualities and they were recognised by the audience of the epics.( Outwardly
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man in all of Athens‚ Socrates had previously never cared to know if this was true‚ so he began to question the other prominent men of Athens to see if he was truly the wisest. After a discussion with one of the politicians of the city‚ Socrates deduced‚ “It seems that I’m wiser than he in just this one small way: that what I don’t know‚ I don’t think I know.” In this example‚ Socrates discovers that which holds men back from being truly wise is that they don’t set aside their humility for the
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noticed she would sit alone during lunch time so I asked her if she wanted to join my friends and I for lunch‚ ever since we have been best of friends. According to my reading in my Positive Psychology books in Ch. 10 Table 10.2 Classification of virtues and character strengths wisdom and knowledge is cognitive strengths that entail the acquisition and use of knowledge. The defining strengths describe her or what she possesses: creativity‚ curiosity‚ open-mindedness‚ love of learning‚ and perspective
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Virtue and Fortune in Machiavelli’s The Prince Throughout The Prince‚ Machiavelli outlines the characteristics needed to be a strong and admirable leader. He explains that personal characteristics such as courage and compassion‚ both being aspects of virtue‚ will earn him praise. However‚ he feels that this expectation is unrealistic and a prince’s first job is to protect the state‚ and having “bad” characteristics is sometimes necessary to reach that goal. That being said‚ in order to protect the
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I deserve to be selected for the KSU Foundation scholarship because I am dedicated to serving others and know how important it is to persevere. Having won an Air Force Junior ROTC national community service award in the 9th grade and having voluntarily completed over five hundred community service hours during my junior and senior years of high school‚ I want to continue on serving others in any capacity possible. Receiving this scholarship would allow me to continue on the path to becoming a surgeon
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The Foundations of Modern Society By: Damian Marton There have been countless progressions made over the course of human existence. Many of these have occurred in the last century alone‚ but I believe our greatest accomplishments transpired between (3000-500 B.C.E.). These eventsLiteracy is what formed the foundations for modern civilization. Two of ourOur greatest accomplishments occurred around 3000 B.C.E. The people of ancient Mesopotamia started using written language and created bronze
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A Foundation 1 Analysis of a Foundation Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation By: Nonprofit Org. Management: PA 571 Professor: August 19‚2012 The name of the organization I chose is Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation http://gatesfoundation.org/. The foundation supports many causes including interests in expanding childhood immunization; supporting polio eradication: supporting the United Negro College Fund; supporting plans to transform how teachers are recruited‚ developed‚ rewarded
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The National Kidney Foundation states that every fourteen minutes a new person is added to the kidney transplant list. In addition to the horrifying number of patients that are added every day‚ the National Kidney Foundation also state that on average 13 people die everyday while waiting to be selected from a list containing more than a ninety thousand other patients in the United States. In order to maintain control on this epidemic the United Network for Organ Sharing or UNOS has created and manages
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105 H A R v A R I B u s r N E s sI s c x o o r D 9-205-126 R E v ‚j A N U A R Y 6 ‚ 2 0 0 6 2 LUIS M. VICE]RA HELEN H‚ TUNG Investment Policy at the Hewlett Foundation (2005) In early January 2005‚ laurance (‚aurie) Hoagland Jr.‚ the vice president and chief invesunent officer of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (tIF)‚ arrd hjs investrrent teaanmet to finish their recomnendationsi to the IIF Invesfrrent Corrrrittee of a new asset allocation policv for the foundation’s investment
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Technology in Today’s Learning Environment David Rogers Foundations of Online Learning Heidi Kyle Technology in Today’s Learning Environment We are in an age where electronic devices have consumed our lives. You can’t even think of leaving your home or office without some kind of electronic gizmo. Think of how these electronic devices and technology have changed the way we think‚ computers and portable devices are doing all the thinking for us. Students today rely on these gizmos and
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