Plato‚ or Aristocles as is his real name‚ was one of the most influential thinkers of history. Plato set up a school called the Academy in Athens in 387 BC. He wrote down his ideas in the form of dialogues‚ or discussions between people. The dialogues explain Plato’s metaphysics or ideas on subjects such as politics‚ law‚ science‚ education‚ art‚ and the nature of knowledge. One of the best known dialogues is The Republic‚ in which Plato describes his idea of an ideal‚ or perfect‚ government. All
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Quite possibly the most impactful event in my life was the death of Harriet Williams. Harriet was a foster mother and a devout Christian. She had fostered six children to adulthood and one of her own. When she stumbled upon me I was only 2 months old and the story she would always tell was and I was so cute that she just had to adopt me but because she didn’t want to make the other children jealous she adopted all of them as well. Harriet had enough love in her heart to adopt 7 other boys and two
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With a Sword in my Hand is an extremely meaningful novel encompassing several significant themes. It is set in medieval Flanders where the circumstances‚ activities and beliefs are very different to present times. The author narrates the novel from Marguerite’s perspective. Throughout the novel‚ gender is an ongoing theme. Marguerite goes through times where she is accused of being un-lady-like; discovers more about her interest in love and the value of believing in god. Gender is an important aspect
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blamed by screaming coaches and angry teammates. Sometimes these fears came true. During my second game‚ my position at post led me to play in the games on many times throughout the season. On those times‚ I often made mistakes. Most of the time the mistakes were not significant; they rarely changed the outcome of a play. Yet I received a thorough long lecture at practice for the mistakes I had made. These occurrences only intensified my fears of playing. However‚ I did not always make mistakes. Sometimes
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I once had a significant misunderstanding‚ and it ended a relationship I didn’t want to end‚ but some of me thinks it was suppose to happen. So most people at my age have a Myspace profiles‚ so like them I do have a Myspace. Myspace is place where I can chat with friends and write some of my poems. But EVERY person’s Myspace has a password‚ that no one else knows. But someone knew mine‚ when I didn’t know they knew it. My relationship was going up and down a hill these days. Somehow I knew it
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Current international situation poses several challenges to governments around the world. Governments and Society are discovering the need to understand each other are becoming more indispensible than ever. This is to enable and sustain their nations and business interest in a rapidly globalising and ever more challenging world. In government‚ public relations specialists—who may be called press secretaries‚ information officers‚ public affairs specialists‚ or communication specialists—keep
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The Battle of Gettysburg The Battle of Gettysburg is known as the most significant turning point of the American civil war. This battle took place from July 1st to July 3rd 1863. Robert E. Lee marched his army into Pennsylvania in late June after the victory over Chancellorsville. On July 1st the confederates clashed with the union’s army commanded by General George G. Meade‚ in Gettysburg. On July 2nd the fighting became heavier as the confederates attacked the federals. On July 3rd Lee ordered
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Frederick Winslow Taylor‚ the acknowledged ’Father’ of scientific management was a pre classical contributor. Taylor was the founder of a system that stated the relationship of workers and managers to the realm of new science/technology. Scientific management is the approach emphasing production efficiencies by scientifically searching for the ’one best way’ to do each job. Taylor pioneered his signature time and motion studies of work processes through this movement‚ developed an array of principles
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Ana Montes ENGL 0190 WP #1 Mrs. Ziegel Last year around fall time‚ when the air was getting cooler‚ and leaves were different colors was when a significant moment occurred for me. My best friend Brittna and I were at a park near a river‚ shooting her senior pictures. I was the photographer and she was the client. The itinerary was to complete the photoshoot and eat! It was the perfect time to take photos‚ because the temperature was at a stage where people could wear a thin sweater if they wanted
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University Experience University at.... Fair This fall I attended the University sponsored fair. At first I was apprehensive about going but once I learned that about one hundred dollars from everyone’s tuition goes to these events I decided to make the most of my money. The fair was far from what I expected there were games‚ coasters‚ food and shows‚ all this for free. I played in the carnival games and won a purple stuffed animal for my girlfriend at the time. Then my group of friends and
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