Course: Philosophy and the Arts Prof. Eli Friedlander Final Exam Margarita Belova 964010565 otterloutre25@yahoo.com The relation of art and society according to Plato‚ Rousseau and Benjamin The relation between art and society is very complex and might be seen from the various perspectives. The main concern‚ however‚ has always been the one of the function of arts within the society – that is to say‚ what people need the arts for. Of course‚ this theme
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Kool-Aid‚ a fruity flavored and delicious beverage. What about if it was offered to you? Would you accept it ? Drink that mouthwatering and juicy poison‚ how about now? But wait‚ it’s already warming your senses‚ passing through your throat‚ infecting you‚ killing you off slowly but surely. Knees weak‚ collapsing on the cold and dusty ground of your death bed. It was always meant to be‚ following your instincts by just trusting and shadowing your leader. Nobody really recollects his name‚ he was
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Terrance McKinney April 06‚ 2011 The Irony of “Bullet in the Brain” Throughout the story of “Bullet in the Brain”‚ Tobias Wolff depicts a book critic “Anders”‚ as a pompous‚ intellectual whose intellect serves as his cause of death. The irony in “Bullet in the Brain” is that the self proclaimed genius too smart (or too dumb) to stay quiet which costs him his life. Throughout the story Anders seems to enjoy criticizing and disliking others‚ he doesn’t know when he should shut up‚ and finally when
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The First Impression "Read my lips. No new taxes." The well groomed candidate shouted to his audience. The crowd erupted in cheers and for many Americans‚ this was their first long lasting impression of soon to be‚ President George Bush. He later went on to sign a bill implementing the second largest tax hike in history. The statement that won him one election lost him the next. The American public made a long term judgment based on the first impression of this presidential candidate. After
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Name Course Instructor Day Month Year Justice through the Eyes of Plato and Hume The philosophic debate of justice goes back millennia with many points of view on what it actually is and why we have it. Both Plato and Hume had ideas on justice and both differed. Plato‚ in his Republic‚ searches for justice by building a city from the ground up in our imagination. He starts with merely five to ten people each with their own job and states that justice is the virtue of the soul. David Hume
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Symbolic Frame I have conducted my internship in International Financial Research Institution of Bank of China during my bachelor degree‚ acting as a research assistant. We 6 students came from different universities but all majored in Finance‚ working for Doctor Yuanlong Wang‚ who is the director of Bank of China (Australia) Ltd and also the director of Bank of China (Canada). For me‚ my main task was to sort out materials and analyze data for our research team. Xing Zhang‚ our group leader‚
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The Old Family Bank Case Analysis Problems: Macro: 1) Lack of loyalty to the bank could affect the effectiveness of the bank. 2) The processes for setting pay rates are poor and needs to be reviewed. Micro: 1) The computer services department‚ although all employees work well together and have a strong team‚ are not loyal to the bank. 2) The computer services department feels that they are unappreciated by management. 3) The computer services department may be underpaid
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What I’ve Learned From Men Response In my opinion‚ “What I’ve Learned from Men‚” was by far‚ the most powerful essay of the six we read. The essay discusses the things that women should learn from men. The essay explains how women need to toughen up‚ and start taking credit for their accomplishments. This essay was very effective because Ehrenreich was both sarcastic‚ and serious. As I stated earlier‚ Ehrenreich talked about how women need to start taking credit for their accomplishments
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“He decides to adopt the role of voyeur and look out in order to go unnoticed and noticed at the same time.” (Lorna Simpson Video Part I) Although Lorna Simpson has been classified as a photographer‚ her art more appropriately approaches painting‚ sculpture‚ and even film‚ in its relation to its audience. The surfaces that she reproduces her photos on stray away from the traditional glossy material that tend to reflect light‚ and rather on surfaces that seem to absorb it‚ such as felt. Through her
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Lisa Meadows English 112 Professor Downing Miss Brill Summary: The story "Miss Brill‚" written by Katherine Mansfield‚ is the story of a woman who lives her life through the observation of others. It is written in third person‚ from the subjective point of view of the title character. Throughout the story‚ the author works to convey to the readers a true sense of the woman’s unusual personality. The short story is very effectively written in third person‚ how Miss Brill sees herself. Living through
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