compare and contrast on both philosophers. "He acts before he speaks‚ and afterwards speaks according to his actions" (Confucius 2-13). Confucius says that we shouldn’t speak about what we don’t know‚ just as Socrates is known for saying "I am wise because I know nothing." Both of them seem to imply that a virtuous man knows nothing‚ and yet that is the key to knowledge itself. Socrates believes a just man is a man who knows the difference between what is right and wrong and will act upon it‚ but
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Worst Book of the term – From a Buick 8 The question to ponder here is how does a reader decide whether a book is good or bad? Is it the characters‚ the plot‚ the writing style or a combination of factors? There is no one simple answer to this question because‚ honestly it going to be different for different readers based on their individual taste and writing style preference. In fact‚ some people will simply love a book‚ while others may hate it. Since authors realistically cannot satisfy every
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In Jared Diamond’s article "The Worst Mistake in Human History‚" he describes the adoption of agriculture as a catastrophy. At first mention‚ this sounds rediculous. How could one of our greatest advancements possibly be regaurded as the worst mistake in human history? It encouarged civilization and made food easier to come back. Surely this porgession was not catastrophic. The adoption of agriculuture offered much room for advancement. In hunter-gatherer societies‚ people had to move with their
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Historians have described 1917 as ‘the worst year of the Great War’ for Australia and Australians. This statement is accurate to an extent based on evidence that can be found‚ explaining and depicting how brutal the war was for Australians and Australia. Such evidence can be found‚ containing documents and data from 1917‚ showing the true story of the Great War. The enlistment numbers were incredibly low compared to the previous year‚ the Conscription was an ongoing debate concerning all Australians
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Ronson never gives us a clear thesis on what should be done about the act of public shaming. But rather he lets us make our own inference. When reading the book‚ I saw many connections to my thesis that I choose for the research project. As a class we came up with a collection of different thesis choices that ranged in topic and scope. The one I chose was “Given the rise in accessibility of so called “adult material”‚ as citizens in a democracy‚ American parents and other Westerners would be wise to
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The insight provided by Barbara Ehrenreich is probably the sort of thing nobody would ever expect to hear--to the American audience‚ television is superior‚ all-knowing‚ and as time-consuming as sleep. In the twenty-first century at present‚ television has evolved internally‚ externally‚ and culturally. There is high-definition programming that supposedly increases the experience of watching‚ digital video recorders that allow people to set aside time to watch their favorite shows when they please
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World’s Worst Dictators There are many different dictators in the world‚ who have all done horrific and immoral things. They all have their worst points‚ and different people rank the “Worlds Worst Dictators” differently. I believe that Hu Jintao‚ from China‚ is the number one worst dictator‚ King Abdullah from‚ Saudi Arabia‚ is second‚ and Sayyid Ali Khamernei‚ from Iran‚ is third. Sayyid Ali Khamernei has been the dictator of Iran since 1989. Since then he has oppressed the rights of women
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‚Leroy Barnett Ms. Cadoa English 1301 5 March 2011 The worst kind of hypocrite is a religious hypocrite When you think of the word hypocrite‚ religion is the first thing that comes to your mind. In this day and age we have a lot of religious groups or people calling each other hypocrites. I think a hypocrite is someone who says one thing and does another. These people are very difficult to get honesty from. They tell others how to live their lives and then often do not follow
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Comfort women were women and girls forced into a prostitution corps created by the Empire of Japan.[1] The name "comfort women" is a translation of a Japanese name ianfu (慰安婦).[2][3] Ianfu is a euphemism for shōfu (娼婦) whose meaning is "prostitute(s)".[4] The earliest reporting on the issue in South Korea stated it was not a voluntary force‚[5] and since 1989 a number of women have come forward testifying they were kidnapped by Imperial Japanese soldiers. Historians such as Lee Yeong-Hun[6] and
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What would happen to the world as we know it‚ if we decided to just stop fighting amongst ourselves for land and power? Instead we look for ways to unite our common goals and make this world one. When are going to learn to concentrate on bettering ourselves‚ compared to depending on our need for greed. In this time and age‚ we live with the fact that without money‚ land and power‚ we cannot live. If someone is not rich and famous‚ or own land‚ then that person has no real impact on this world today
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