Explain the Platonic concept of Forms. Plato believed that reality is more than what we sense around the world (e.g. taste‚ smell‚ hear‚ see and touch)‚ he believed that behind these physical realities lies a perfect version of them in which he called Forms and that the greatest thing we can learn is to have knowledge and understanding of them. Plato’s theory means that what we can sense around us (for example a chair) is just a mere shadow of the perfect version which exists in the world of Forms
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Explain Christian concepts of love The idea of Christian love as presented in the Bible is mainly based upon the concept of agape love. Agape is the epitome of Christian love. It is an unconditional love for others which expects nothing in return‚ it is both a chosen and committed love. This concept appears in the Bible when Jesus said‚ "By this all will know that you are My disciples‚ if you have love for one another" (John 13:35). This shows us that agape love is the unconditional and abundant
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131). GDP is a tool to measure a country’s economic growth. The term re-sale is defined as “The act of selling something that you have bought” (Merriam-Webster). The resale of items are not included in the GDP because they do not involve current production‚ they were already counted in the GDP during the time period of its originating purchase. Our textbook further explains that resale’s “Merely changes the ownership of the goods or assets” (Gwartney‚ pg 133). However‚ the cost or sales commissions
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In at least two works that you have studied‚ discuss the use of minor characters in either supporting or undermining what appear to be the goals of the protagonist. Throughout the two plays‚ Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams and The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde‚ the minor characters play an important role in supporting or undermining the goals of the protagonist. In this case‚ in the Streetcar Named Desire‚ Mitch is the minor character that supports the goals of the protagonist
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five competing concepts by which firms and business are guided in their marketing effort. The first three concepts production‚ product and selling‚ focus all on the product. The last two concepts marketing and societal marketing‚ focus on the customer. However‚ the commonality in all five philosophies is that they all have the same goal which is organizational profit. The choice as to which concept or philosophy to adopt depends on the circumstances of the situation The first concept‚ the production
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P1 Explain the principal sociological principles Functionalism: Functionalism (or structural functionalism) is the perspective in sociology according to which society consists of different but related parts‚ each of which serves a particular purpose. According to functionalism‚ sociologists can explain social structures and social behaviour in terms of the components
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We will now attempt to define and explain the concept of recovery briefly. "Recovery is a way of living a satisfying‚ hopeful and contributing life even with limitations caused by illness. Recovery involves the development of new meaning and purpose in one’s life as one goes beyond the catastrophic effects of mental illness” ( Barker‚ 2009‚ p.682). Whitley and Drake (2010) in their article Recovery: a dimensional approach opine that recovery has five dimensions which are; clinical recovery (experiencing
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Explain why it is important for marketers to understand the concept of branding. Discuss in detail concepts branding‚ brand positioning and brand equity and explain some brand strategies such as brand extension or brand stretching. Introduction. It is imperative for marketers to understand the concept of branding as it is the process which will identify and differentiate a company ’s product or service from the competition (Jobber‚ 2010). In our developed economy the competition and the offer
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risk because it would depend on only how one company is doing. If you diversify your savings and hold a small portion of many stocks or bonds there is less risk because the risk is split between many companies so even if one goes down you only lose a small portion. Mutual funds make diversification easier. Page 278 Question 4: A government budget deficit is when government spending exceeds the revenue the government receives from taxation. Government budget deficits cause interest rates to rise
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The excerpt from the story The trouble with principle focuses on the two types of multiculturalism and how they both are different. The two types of multiculturalism are weak multiculturalism and strong multiculturalism. Weak multiculturalist want to impose their values on other cultures while the strong multiculturalist understand that some differences cannot be agreed a pun and that’s just the way it is. Despite the fact that fish goes through all the trouble of explaining the two types of multiculturalism’s
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