HUMA 12400 Yizhou Hu Luck‚ Virtue and Happiness The idea that non-virtuous people is possible to be better off than virtuous people like Priam seems to acknowledge that happiness is ultimately determined by luck. Indeed‚ by emphasizing that certain amount of fortune is necessary to happiness‚ Aristotle focuses on the relationship between luck‚ virtue‚ blessedness and happiness in Chapter 8 of Book 1. In the end‚ he takes a more intermediate stand toward fortune‚ claiming that virtue is the determinant
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People succeed because of hard work and luck has nothing to do with success.do u agree or disagree with this view?. There has been lots of debates taking place about one’s success. There is an opinion that success in our life is a matter of hardwork and no room for luck to become succeed. However‚ i do assert an opposite argument that one’s success is based on many factors including hardwork‚luck‚happiness‚attitude and certain level of skills. Hard work has a significant role in winning life
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Dexit is a rechargeable‚ contactless‚ stored-value smart key tag used for electronic payment in on-line or off-line systems in Toronto‚ Canada‚ since 2003. Instead of coins or cards (and PIN)‚ Dexit uses an RFID key tag device associated with funds transferred from ordinary bank accounts. There is no link to access the accounts from the key tag‚ a feature to guard against the abuse of lost key tags. Accounts can be filled up from the Dexit website‚ by telephone‚ at participating merchants‚ or
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Marriage Essay Hoobant October 28‚ 2012 Many people plan on getting married at some point in their life. That being said‚ there are risks involved with getting married. Marriages are prone to failure because of lack of passion‚ lack of commitment and lack of intimacy. Marriage is a gamble‚ it has its ups and downs and there is no guarantee for a successful marriage. Many couples feel madly in love with each other and then decide to get married. Over the course of many years together‚ most couples
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Häfner‚ M.‚ & Trampe‚ D. (2009). When thinking is beneficial and when it is not: The effects of thin and round advertising models. Journal of Consumer Psychology‚ 19(4)‚ 619628. doi: 10.1016/j.jcps.2009.06.004 The main research question is how different size models shown in advertisements have an effect on product evaluations? In the first experiment‚ the hypothesis is“[e]xplicit product evaluations are more positive when a round model advertises the product than when a thin model does. Implicit product evaluations follow an
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men and women who are recognized as saints today. In Bret Harte’s “The Luck of Roaring Camp‚” the men of Roaring Camp are similarly outcasts of society who are redeemed by The Luck. Kentuck is one of these men who dramatically changes in attitude and appearance‚ and is the most devoted of the baby’s disciples. This change and experience defines the rest of Kentuck’s life and his death. Kentuck’s unwavering devotion to The Luck completely transforms him from a reckless man into a loving and kind natured
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The Joy Luck Club contains different stories about the conflicts between Chinese immigrant mothers and their American daughters. The book opens after the death of Suyan Woo‚ the founding member of the Joy Luck Club. Suyan died before fulfilling her lifetime wish: to be reunited with her twin daughters who was lost in China. So‚ Jing-mei‚ Suyan’s daughter‚ is going to take a trip to China to see them in her mother honor. In my opinion‚ individuality‚ legacy‚ and family were preserved in the families
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and every obstacle we overcome‚ strengths our expectations in succeeding. Through every step‚ we question our luck‚ some of us fail and when they do‚ the only excuse they give is "bad luck". In my opinion‚ luck does exist but it won’t play a huge roll in us if we worked hard enough. The very well-known novel "The Great Gatsby"‚ told a story about a truly loving and wise person who had no luck‚ he worked hard so hard to pamper his loved one‚ but unfortunately‚ she was too materialistic and selfish to
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In Mark Twain’s‚ The War Prayer‚ readers are exposed to an overlooked point of view about war‚ that some believed to be unpatriotic or only for the weak of heart. Mark Twain depicts the patriotic majority as a group of men and women‚ who encourage the “stern advance‚ the gathering momentum‚ the rushing charge‚ the flashing sabers‚ the flight of the foe‚ the tumult‚ the enveloping smoke‚ the fierce pursuit‚ [and] the surrender” (322). In his descriptions‚ Twain elicits feelings of pride‚ patriotism
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This excerpt talks about a man by the name of Jack and his luck with cars and such. At first the author explains how Jack has had an old Mercury since his sophomore year‚ and is always attempting to fix something that is wrong with it. The author explains that he spent several hours scavenging through junkyards for parts before he finally realized that the engine was within its last few miles. Once he realized this‚ he sold the old car to a “ignorant graduate student” because the car had so much
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