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    intends to educate his audience that freedom in government - the vote‚ equality of the governing body‚ freedom in ordinary life - citizen freedom‚ all citizen’s equality under the law. 2. No. Pericles does not use rhetoric in the way that‚ according to Plato‚ dishonest Sophiat such as the Gorgias do. Rather he uses the ideas on rhetoric expressed in Aristotle’s On Rhetoric help shed light on the contrasting opinion of Pericles. During his speech on “funeral oration.” He used Pathos to frame the

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    Aristotle‚ Aquinas‚ Plato‚ and Kant all have different definitions of what justice is. Aristotle believes that justice is something that is absolute but it also depends on the motives. He also believed that there are different kinds of justice. These different kinds of justice include punishment and exchange. Aristotle thought that the punishment should fit the crime. He also thought that exchange should be equal for services. Aquinas believes that justice is based off of what is the best for

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    Topic 2 (ii): Nature and Function of Language “Non-verbal communication tends to provide the context of verbal communication and has the power to disambiguate or invalidate the content of linguistic expressions”‚ (Krippendorff‚ 1986) Discuss and provide relevant evidence to justify your arguments. The concept of communication as Shannon & Weaver brought about is “all the procedures by which one mind may affect another. Communication is universal and involves not only written and oral speech‚

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    The Nature and Function of Leadership Sai Yang May 25‚ 2015 ED7540- Leadership in Higher Education 1919 S.22ND ST. Sheboygan‚ WI 53818 920-287-4688 Yangsv@lakeland.edu Instructor: Jerry Halverson Abstract Many institutions of higher education are push and constantly challenged by a feeling of shared governance that models a top down structure; this obviously contributes in creating an atmosphere where the leaders will be and are often questioned‚ sometime they are even challenged by the

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    What according to Aristotle‚ is a virtue? What is a vice? Fully describe two virtues and their corresponding vices. How does the concept of balance relate to virtues and vices? A virtue is something that can be praised upon however it is also make us good and obedient to the law. Virtue makes us good and obedient to the laws that are forced upon us. There are two types of virtues one is a moral virtue which comes from habits while intellectual virtue comes from knowledge. However‚ Aristotle talks

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    The Functions of Symbolism in Literature In literature‚ almost all writers like using symbols to extend meaning beyond the prosaic. A symbol is a figure of speech in which an object‚ person or situation represent something in addition to its literal meaning. Many writers—in fact‚ most or all authors of fiction—make the symbolic use of concepts and objects as rhetorical devices central to the meaning of their works. Cisneros‚ O’Connor‚ and Poe‚ for example‚ used symbolism extensively‚ to

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    Understanding the process of being as compared to the process of becoming and distinctly separate concepts for Plato‚ Pieper‚ and Thoreau and are directly related to that capacity of understanding. For Plato (384-322 BC)‚ the physical things of the world must‚ of necessity‚ have bodily form. They must be both visible and tangible‚ yet their state of being-ness is not the same thing as their essence. Plato‚ through his stories of Socrates and Socrates views‚ began the debate that has served both as an intellectual

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    Human nature has been contemplated‚ both implicitly and explicitly‚ by many philosophers. Plato begins his study by discussing the nature of justice‚ which then gets applied to human nature. His discussion of human nature can be considered the foundation of his discussion of justice in the soul. Since we only learn about human nature through the study of politics‚ it can be argued that both topics are of importance to Plato‚ albeit in differing degrees. If he did not care about politics‚ it does

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    quote by Aristotle was taken from ‘Aristotle: a Very Short Introduction’ and there is no-one of whom this is more true than Aristotle as he was dedicated to every possible discipline he could sink his teeth into making him one of the utmost key figures within philosophy‚ not only in classical philosophy but he is still regarded as influential in modern philosophy. As well as being a devoted biologist‚ botanist‚ moral philosopher‚ psychologist‚ zoologist and many more things besides Aristotle held

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    The Ancient Greeks‚ Part Two: Socrates‚ Plato‚ and Aristotle Dr. C. George Boeree "The unexamined life is not worth living." -- Socrates The Athenians When we think of ancient Greece‚ we think right away of Athens. Several of the philosophers we have already discussed considered it the pinnacle of their careers to come and teach in this great city. But Athens wasn’t always great. It began as a collection of villages in some of the poorest agricultural land in Greece. Only carefully

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