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    Getting Paid for Living Life How would you like to be a stay at home parent and get paid for it? Being paid for doing everyday house work‚ sounds ridiculous doesn’t it‚ because it is. Having a stay at home parent is something families choose to do; while one stays home the other maintains a job. Raising children and keeping up on chores is something that comes along with those responsibilities. As the government isn’t already in enough debt‚ who would pay a parent while they do their housework.

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    In Philosophy this far‚ we’ve covered many topics. In highlighting Philosophy‚ Wisdom‚ and the quote‚ “ The Unexamined Life is Not Worth Living”‚ I will express the knowledge and insight I’ve taken away from Unit 1. This embodies one of the many examples of the concepts I will explain: “Too often‚ we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of the thought” (JFK). Philosophy is the rational analysis of the truths and principles of being‚ knowledge‚ or conduct; the pursuit of happiness

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    Life is Hard‚ Life is Difficult My message today is titled Life is hard” and it’s about how to live a great life despite the fact that life is difficult. Everybody wants to be happy in life. We all want to live a perfect life. We want that great job or a successful business. We want to be married to Mr. Right or Mrs Perfect. We want to have great kids. We want to have friends that stick by us come rain or shine. We want to be able to have all the material things life has to offer and have all

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    LIVING LIFE WITHOUT AN ARM OR LEG The metaphor “cost an arm and a leg” is an expensive and bold statement. The subtext of this idiom is that the price may be exorbitant and nobody knows exactly how life would be without our limbs‚ unless they were tragically removed. The life change without limbs would make us realize the value and purpose of each limb. The reflection now changes to those born handicapped or without limbs in order to make the healing transition less devastating. The overall

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    Unexamined Life is Not Worth living” By Marlon Dominique B. Custodio I.ANALYSIS A. Conceptual Analysis ----- “Unexamined life is not worth living” is uttered by Socrates before his death for choosing to stand for himself than to be cajoled by someone else. He persuades his fellow men to question everything and convince them not to easily drown in a truth without examining it. Despite his efforts‚ the freewill he has leaded him to his end. He claims to be human or alive‚ must one examine his life. But

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    Unexamined Life Not Worth Living? As one of the most influential philosophers‚ Socrates was known as a man who believed in “striving to make oneself as good a person as possible”1. Many of his teachings revolved around his idea that “an unexamined life is no life for a human being to live”2. As a student of philosophy‚ I believe in this way of life due to the following considerations. The central point of Socrates’ proposal is that in order to be human‚ one must actively examine life. People must

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    Therefore‚ Socrates‚ with his undoubtfully strong beliefs in the society with distinct moral values‚ was in no favor with a new government. In the court of law‚ he was sentenced to death‚ and his last speech included the words:" The Unexamined Life is Not Worth Living." So what

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    Throughout the soliloquy‚ Hamlet talks about death; in fact‚ his first words are‚ “To be or not to be-‚” meaning to be alive or dead that is his question (III i 64). The idea of‚ ‘is life worth living’ continues not only throughout the speech‚ but also throughout the play. Furthermore‚ Hamlet continues by saying‚ “To die‚ to sleep-/No more-and by sleep to say we end/The heartache and the thousand natural shocks‚” which is stating that dying

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    For one to live their life to the fullest‚ a person must have a purpose to live. One must have a reason to wake up every day and feel the sun shine or the rain fall‚ as cold as ice‚ on your skin. A law of life is necessary for one to have this sense of a calling as to why they walk the earth every solitary twenty-four hour day. A law of life is to surround yourself with people who make you a better person‚ inside and out. This holds accurate because the people your surround yourself with can either

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    degree rape‚ which could warrant anywhere up to a life time in prison‚ to a simple charge of unlawful fondling of a child. Instead of doing 5 years in prison‚ he got out in 2 months and a year of probation. The attorney who defended this man in court was none other than Hillary Rodham‚ who of course would later become Hillary Clinton. Hillary did not only defend this man‚ but she lied about the circumstances under which she did so. In her book Living History‚ Hillary wrote the following: “[Prosecuting

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