Thebans Cebes and Simmias‚ Socrates explores various arguments for the soul’s immortality in order to show that there is an afterlife in which the soul will dwell following death. Phaedo tells the story that following the discussion‚ he and the others were there to witness the death of Socrates. One of the main themes in the Phaedo is the idea that the soul is immortal. Socrates offers four arguments for the soul’s immortality: The Cyclical Argument‚ or Opposites Argument explains that Forms are
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Gretchen in Perry’s A Dialogue on Personal Identity and Immortality argues that even if we do believe in the existence of the soul‚ we cannot use the idea of a soul to construct a personal identity. The argument is the result of Gretchen not believing that personal identity is the result of the sameness of the soul. If a person has the same soul at one point in life and again in the other‚ we can assume that the person is also the same. Gretchen does not support this claim because she believes
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Technology has evolved from ideals once seen as unbelievable to common everyday instruments. Computers that used to occupy an entire room are now the size of notebooks. The human race has always pushed for technological advances working at the most efficient level‚ perhaps‚ the molecular level. The developments and progress in artificial intelligence and molecular technology have spawned a new form of technology; Nanotechnology. Nanotechnology could give the human race eternal life‚ or
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Maternal mortality is a neglected tragedy that has been described as the greatest health scandal of our time1. Estimates of up to and more than 1000 per 100‚000 live births have been reported in many developing countries‚ Nigeria being among the countries with highest maternal mortality rates in the world. The obstetrical causes of maternal mortality are well documented‚ and these are largely preventable. There also social/cultural factors that significantly contribute to maternal mortality‚ including
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MATERNAL MORTALITY IN RURAL AREAS IN UGANDA CASE STUDY: MITYANA HOSPITAL BY SEMPA FATUMAH 10/U/4724/BEK/PD A RESEARCH PROPOSAL SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTIC IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS OF KYAMBOGO UNIVERSITY. FEBUARY 2012 List of acronyms ➢ MMR- Maternal Mortality Rate ➢ IMR - Infant Mortality Rate
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Administration Training Centre Savar‚ Dhaka-1343 49th Foundation Training Course (31st July-27th November‚ 2011) ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I am thankful to the Almighty Allah for keeping me hale and hearty at the time of preparing the term paper on Child Mortality in Bangladesh. I convey my heartiest thanks and gratitude to Mrs. Ferdous Akhter‚ Module Director (Term Paper on Bangladesh Issues) for giving me an opportunity to prepare a Term Paper on the important issue that I proposed. I also acknowledge her
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The main goal of MDG no. 4 Child Mortality is to reduce by two-thirds the under five years old mortality around the globe. In comparison to many of the other millennium development goals‚ Child Mortality is easily measured. According to statisticians of the United Nations the goal of reducing by two-thirds the U5M (Under Five mortality rate) will not be accomplished by 2015‚ but it is in my opinion that this is not a reason to call this a failure. U5M has
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Theresa Curtis Intro to Global Health Case Study: Infant Mortality Each year approximately 10 million babies do not breathe immediately at birth‚ of which about 6 million require basic neonatal resuscitation. The major burden is in low-income settings‚ where health system capacity to provide neonatal resuscitation is inadequate. Many of these babies die because their birth attendant or caregiver did not know a simple technique called neonatal resuscitation. Neonatal resuscitation is
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identities such as male/female‚ Belgian/Italian‚ student‚ etc. Before the task‚ participants completed the first questionnaire. Participants were asked to describe in a paragraph about the feelings that arises from the thought of their death in the mortality salient condition. Whereas
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In his essay "The Myth of Immortality‚" Clarence Darrow explains his belief that life after death is a hoax and backs up his logic with logical reasoning. Darrow finds it hard to believe that life exists after death simply because there are no facts to prove that it exists. He states that "if people really believed in a beautiful‚ happy‚ glorious land waiting after death why don’t they hasten themselves to it." Darrow also shows his discern in his views for the soul questioning that if we do have
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