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    HONDA TODAY Masami Kamimura has several decisions that he must make regarding the Honda Today and its future in the current Honda lineup. In the past few years‚ Honda invested ~5 billion in the Today and its R&D and production. Even with 22% of the market share for the Today‚ its total sales were only 100‚660 units for the 1987 sales. The Honda today is known for its small size and compact vehicle. It is an economy car to cater to the low-middle class families. The return on this car is marginal

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    Plato introduces several arguments that Socrates makes on whether or not it would be just for him to escape from prison when the Athenians have not acquitted him. Socrates begins by arguing that one must never do wrong. One of the most compelling arguments that he goes on to make is that doing harm to someone is wrong and therefore one must never engage in retaliatory harm. Under certain circumstances‚ such as self-defense‚ retaliatory harm is necessary. Socrates also argues that whenever you violate

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    Socrates’ Refusal of Crito’s Proposal Nicole Pardue Word Count 737 We ask ourselves why Socrates would refuse the proposal made by Crito to save his life. Socrates’ fate would be exultation‚ but he would be alive. Although he is no young jock he still has life left. We see that Socrates is a man who has self respect as well as respect for those around him. He did not accept his friends offer to get him out of prison and to save his life due to this respect. He says that is it not right to

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    influential philosopher is Socrates. Born in Athens in 469 B.C.E‚ he spent most of his time at the marketplace and other public places engaging in dialogues about truths of life. Among many other things‚ he discussed virtue and happiness and how closely they are related. According to Socrates‚ virtue is absolutely necessary for perfect happiness because virtue brings a type of happiness that other things could never bring. In this paper‚ I will explain the aforementioned idea of Socrates on virtue and happiness

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    between Socrates and one of his closest friends Crito. The entire dialogue takes place in Socrates prison cell‚ where he awaits execution. Crito visits Socrates before dawn in order to persuade him to escape from prison and flee to another city or country. Crito has made all the necessary arrangements to smuggle Socrates out of prison to safety. To Crito’s despair Socrates seems quite willing to accept his execution‚ and so Crito presents as many arguments as he can to persuade Socrates to escape

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    Phaedrus‚ a dialogue between the main protagonist Socrates and his dear friend Phaedrus‚ the idea of love and philosophy join together and in one are the aspects of the other. Phaedrus has been spending the morning with Lysias‚ and decides to refresh himself by taking a walk along the Athenian countryside‚ when he is met by Socrates‚ who professes he will not leave him until he delivers the speech that Lysias has left with him. Phaedrus does not deny Socrates‚ and the two decide to direct their way to a

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    was a pupil of Socrates and a famous philosopher‚ represents the four dialogues during the time from the beginnings of Socrates’ trial in Athens to the day of his execution. Also he examines themes regarding of the essence of existence‚ the nature of death‚ and the value of wisdom. The first dialogue is a "Euthyphro‚" which is the name of the first citizen who involves Socrates in dialogue. The two men encounter one another outside the Athenian version of the law courts‚ where Socrates is about to go

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    Socrates as an Exemplar of Love It may seem at first that Plato wrote Symposium merely to praise Love through a sequence of speeches made by the selected male speakers attending the drinking party. After Socrates makes his speech on the truth of love however‚ it becomes more apparent that Symposium is also a tribute to Socrates and his way of life. Although this is shown gradually and indirectly‚ Plato eventually makes clear his respect and admiration for Socrates’ way of life. The structure of

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    Philosophy Professor Ravi Sharma In 80D Meno asks: “How will you look for it‚ Socrates‚ when you do not know at all what it is? How will you aim to search for something you do not know at all? If you should meet with it‚ how will you know that this is the thing that you did not know?” I believe this question warrants an in-depth inquiry of general sorts. Meno asked this question when he could not define a standard of virtue like Socrates had asked. That is why it’s easier to think of this question as just

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    relations. The US has not solved all of the problems in the book yet. Therefore‚ students should continue studying To Kill a Mockingbird‚ until the problems are solved and its claimed irrelevant. To kill a mockingbird is relevant because of the debate we’re having today if it wasn’t relevant we wouldn’t be talking about it. The irrelevant side are just people with two reasons “we wanna protect our kids from language.” or “racism has been abolished long ago.” but we all know it hasn’t and it still has a

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