Midterm Exam Part I - Multiple Choice (2 points each) 1. True myth is primarily concerned with: a. the gods b. wars c. heroes d. animals 2. What does Athena offer to Athens in her contest with Poseidon? a. the knowledge of weaving b. the olive tree c. victory in battle d. wisdom 3. What goddess does Iris usually serve? a. Athena b. Aphrodite c. Artemis d. Hera 4. With what goddess is Hephaestus often associated through practical wisdom‚ arts and crafts‚ and the advance of civilization
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God’s wisdom is the same‚ which it isn’t. The second problem with religious language is that by using ordinary language‚ we are in danger of limiting God. By using the same language to describe God as we do to describe humans‚ we are guilty of Anthropomorphism. This is the attribution of human form or other characteristics to anything other than a human being. The Verification Principle can be used as an effective method for counteracting these problems. The Verification Principle is a principle
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The term pacifist‚ is well known throughout history‚ but they are not normally known as authors for poems and stories like the author Hans Magnus Enzenberger. The author Hans Magnus Enzenberger indirectly expresses his protest against World War II in a pacifist-like manner. Enzenberger writes about post-World War II‚ and he tries to send the message that violence is not a solution and that war is the wrong path to take. The different types of conflict presented in Enzenberger’s literary works helps
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idеa is voicеd in linеs thrее and four in that no onе carеs for thе psalmist’s lifе‚ dеspitе his bеing surroundеd by an army of loyal mеn. In Psalm 142:4 thе psalmist appеars to ask God to look right and lеft whеrе no hеlp is availablе. This is anthropomorphism‚ for surеly еvеn if God had a shouldеr to look ovеr‚ nothing Hе saw would bе a rеvеlation to Him. In 142:5‚ thе psalmist’s plеading for his portion to bе givеn in thе land of thе living is a mеtaphor for his ovеrcoming thе problеm in this lifе
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Satire Assessment Task “Satire is moral outrage transformed into art.” How do the novel you read and another satirical text support this statement? Eric Blair‚ pen name‚ George Orwell‚ was a British political essayist and novelist. Along with this he was a passionate socialist‚ although did not consider the Soviet Union a good representation of what socialism truly is. It is the Soviet Union/Russian Revolution that acts as the general bases of moral outrage Orwell has transformed into art.
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"Is the Existence of Evil incompatible with the existence of God?" "Without darkness there can be no light (Shestov)." This quote says a lot about our world as we know it. To truly know something we must also know it’s opposite. We would not know silent if there was not sound. There would be no young if we did not know old. So how could we believe that there is a good without an evil? To believe in the existence of a greatest good‚ which we call God‚ there must also be exist a source of evil as
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Review: Daniel Coyle. The Talent Code: Greatness isn’t born‚ it’s grown. Here’s how. Issue.com: Rabberson Docs (Extract from Chapter 1 – The Sweet Spot) 50 years ago‚ schools‚ trainers‚ coaches etc‚ once carried an assumption‚ “Talents are born in those who are blessed with these gifts”. These Talents are scouted in prestigious schools where auditions are held to determine if they had the natural talent in their niche before they are enrolled into a particular institution. No doubt this process has
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C/LT 320I: Notes on Greek Comedy and Lysistrata Waters/Fall 2011 this play acts as prophecy- war will destroy Pretext for Aristophanes’ Lysistrata (411 BCE) Homeric Epics- the bible for the greeks‚ the Iliad (more concerned with the war-translates as a catastrophe) and the odyssey‚ everybody looses type of thing‚ 1200bce‚ trojan war didn’t happen‚ 1870 AD‚ Phallic Rituals- create something tall and worship it‚ masculine virility‚ ritual celebration‚ center of orgies and animal sacrifice‚
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feelings I felt while reading the book‚ right?” (John Green). Paper Towns directed by Jake Schreier is a 2015 release‚ starring the actors Natt Wolf and the model/ actress Cara Delevinge‚ tells the story of Quentin Jacobsen (Natt Wolf) and Margo Roth Spiegelman (Cara Delevinge). This movie is the chronicle of Quentin Jacobsen and how he has spent his life up till then loving Margo‚ who was his front door neighbor from afar without being capable of telling her how he feels. So one night after she crawls
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Paper Towns‚ by John Green is a young adult novel that takes place in a town called Jefferson Park located in Orlando‚ Florida. The novel starts with Quentin Jacobsen and his neighbor/crush‚ Margo Spiegelman‚ both nine years old‚ going to the park. There‚ they discover the corpse of Robert Joyner who had been divorced and committed suicide. We then flash forward to the two as high schoolers who have grown apart. Quentin had spent his life loving Margo and admiring her from afar. Until one day she
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