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    completely different sets of opinions. Everyone has their own opinion on how people should carry themselves and approach others. Throughout both Confucius and Buddha both discuss their philosophies on the “golden” way to act. All through the Analects of Confucius the author discusses his opinions on the right way to live. This is seen when he writes “‘ Approach them with dignity and they will be they will be respectful” (Fiero 168). He say this when he is asked how to treat someone if he wants them

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    What Is Honduras Culture

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    Culture Cultured‚ as defined by Merriam Webster’s Dictionary is “the customary beliefs‚ social forms‚ and material traits of a racial‚ religious‚ or social group; also the characteristic features of everyday existence (such as diversions or a way of life) shared by people in a place or time.” In simpler words‚ the beliefs‚ social practices‚ and characteristics of a racial‚ religious‚ or social group. To me culture is like the sketch of how people from a group live by. If their culture says it is

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    INTRODUCTION Culture can be defined as a system of values and norms that are shared among a group of people and that when together taken constitute a design for living or doing things for that matter. From this definition we can see that every group of people has a way of going about their daily life. Business is one of those activities that people are involved in on a daily basis. Starting with an individual to larger groups of people bound together by geographical boundaries will approach business

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    In my opinion Athenians prepared their boys as best they could according to their needs. This education was meant to prepare him for any walk of life he may walk from being a soldier to a high ranking politician. His role as the future Kyrios would entail him to make sure his wife would run the domestic and economic affairs of the household. He would have also bought slaves from slave-markets and became the main representative at weddings‚ funerals and festivals. He must have been able to host

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    on how the government should function. The idea of democratic government came to the mind of the colonist‚ and the idea of the Constitution is based of democracy. Democracy is are formed by the people‚ which the supreme power is vested in the people or by their elected agents under the electoral college. The information proclaimed in the U.S. Constitution showed a democratic thinking of the colonists‚ they believed that by establishing a democratic government‚ citizens will earn the rights they deserved

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    What Makes Art Beauty?

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    explore it? I have always been captivated by the concepts and theories of what makes art “beautiful.” Since I am an artist myself‚ I had wanted to improve by finding what “beauty” is to everyone. As I learned in Theory of Knowledge (ToK) class‚ art‚ like history‚ is subjective to the individual‚ but one cannot deny there are some objective truths to the facts that compose the art world. My curiosity to define “beauty” in art and the components that constitute a “beautiful” artwork led to my previous

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    The Athenian Oath is intended to be the first thing you see when you enter the Maxwell School of Citizenship. The glow of the shiny letters strike you as a bronze statue of George Washington in-between the text faces the door. The purpose for both the text and the statue is that it is supposed to define citizenship and show what the founding principle the Maxwell school established itself from. However‚ when further analyzing both the text and the scenery that it is presented on‚ it is clear that

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    Emily Blackwell World Civilization Ms. Huculak 18 April 2017 The Democratic Republic of Congo The Democratic Republic of Congo plays a significant role in the global economy. This country contains a large amount of the world’s copper‚ cobalt‚ tin‚ tantalum‚ gold‚ and tungsten. These minerals are essential components of modern luxuries such as phones‚ jewelry‚ and cars (Global Witness). However‚ they are illegally mined by groups who in turn sell them to large companies in order to create these commodities

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    schooling started at the age of seven. All Athenians valued education. Even though schools have tuition fees‚ many poor people paid the money (McAllister). Students from ages seven to fourteen learned three main subjects. They learned grammar‚ which consisted of reading‚ writing and math. Music was an important subject to the Athenians and so was gymnastics (Dunkle). Reading and writing that was taught was useful for trade and business (Dunkle). Athenians

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    the assembly. Citizens of Athens did everything and made decisions based on reason. Athenian democracy contributed to the rise of democratic ideas because Athenians were the first ones to develop the 3 separate branches of government (executive‚ judicial‚ legislative). It was a big contribution because our government today consists of three separate branches also. Ancient Rome‚ located in Italy‚ is an indirect or representative democracy. They had a different way of organizing and controlling/

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