The Ring of Gyges and The Myth of Er are two stories that can be found in the book‚ “Plato Republic.” These specific stories can be compared and contrasted deeply regarding the topic of wisdom. While theses legends possess very similar morals their History and information vary tremendously. The Ring of Gyges can be found in book two (359a- 360d) and tells the story of Gyges of Lydia who was a shepherd in service of the King‚ Candaules. Shortly after an earthquake occurred a cave surfaced and upon
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In the book‚ Tolkien depicts the idea that the more technology you have‚ the more powerful you are. The One Ring is the greatest source of technology and control all throughout Middle Earth‚ given that it was made to control the less powerful rings that exist. After Sauron’s foiled plot against taking control the elves‚ three rings were hidden for the Elven-kings‚ seven were given to the Dwarf-lords‚ and nine were left for human men‚ who later turned into the Dark Riders. This particular example
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reason that it will.” Wilbur and Orville Wright were the first brothers to successfully build a modern flying airplane. The Wright Brother’s were self-taught engineers in there own bicycle shop that they had owned for quite a while. These two siblings were interested in flying planes at a young age when a gifted toy helicopter was given to the boys‚ which sparked their intelligence. In numerous errors and experimental fails of treacherous take offs‚ the Wright Brother’s expanded a new‚ rapid way of
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2 texts that resemble a journey in different ways and text types. My prescribed text is Touching the void. Touching the void is a docudrama composed by director Kevin McDonald. And my chosen text is the book Lord of the rings by author J.R.R Tolkien. The book of lord of the rings‚ consists of many mini journey. Both these texts outline the main points of the concept journey. Touching the void is about a pair of climbers Joe Simpson and Simon Yates‚ who go on a expedition up the treacherous Siula
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"One ring to rule them all‚ one ring to find them. One ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them."(8) Quite an interesting line for the trilogy of The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien. The trilogy of The Lord of the Rings is based in a struggle between good and evil‚ courage and friendship‚ not leaving the humanity behind. A world made by Tolkien‚ real enough to live not only in his mind‚ but also in ours. Middle Earth‚ a place ruled by elves‚ dwarves‚ and humans. A place where some
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children while working a full time job and a part time trying to make ends meet. There was no one helping me. My parents taught me stealing was wrong‚ and it was against our family’s good morals. Still‚ if I had received the opportunity to own the ring of Gyges back then‚ along with every chance to keep my traits virtuous because there was no chance of repercussion or anyone knowing my activities‚ I would have stolen money in a heartbeat. In fact‚ I would not have thought twice. For that reason‚
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beings of other species‚ each argument has presented its own compelling views. As this class was my first philosophy class I have ever taken‚ certain arguments grabbed my attention more than others. Of these‚ the argument and position presented by Judith Jarvis Thomson in “A Defense of Abortion” caused me to rethink my view on the topic. Raised in a politically conservative environment‚ the argument against abortion I most commonly heard was that fetuses are people and should be afforded rights
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Analysis of Hook by James Wright The poem Hook by James Wright is about two men going through difficult times that take place in a cold setting‚ much like their lives. They both have many things in common and many differences as well. The young man is seen as a pessimistic in this poem and the Sioux more of the optimistic‚ even with many sufferings he has gone through in his lifetime. The young man and the Sioux both have very different lifestyles‚ but what exactly is James Wright trying to prove with
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assumed that it must be the women’s domain and the men seemed like strangers looking around. Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale on the other hand‚ knew what to look for. One of the men made a comment on the state and cleanliness of the kitchen‚ referring to Mrs. Wright as "not much of a housekeeper". Mrs. Hale immediately defended her by saying that there is a lot of work to be done on a farm; the emotions could be felt at this point as things start to unravel. "Ah‚ loyal to your sex I see" were the county attorney’s
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The Odyssey and Lord of the Rings are similar‚yet‚ unalike. Lord of the Rings has a variety of main characters. The Odyssey is different in this manner. The Odyssey only contains one main character. Although the Odyssey does seat only one main character‚ it does not reduce its amount of epic characteristics found. Lord of the Rings has several main characters‚ as stated before‚ but does hold a primary hero. Both heroes had come up against people‚ monsters‚ or gods. The problems encountered in the
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