A Long-time Anticipated Revolt Changes the Emperor’s Attitude towards Success Last week‚ the week of January 10‚ two murderers‚ a Blue and a Green‚ connected with the riots after the 531 chariot race escaped their imprisonment and took refuge in a sanctuary of a church surrounded by an angry mob. The emperor‚ Justinian‚ caught wind of this and was nervous for he was in the midst of negotiating with the Persians over peace in the east‚ there was enormous resentment over high taxes‚ and he now faced
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“Happiness depends upon ourselves.” - Aristotle What is happiness? The word happiness in the Ethics is a translation of the Greek term eudaimonia‚ which carries connotations of success and fulfillment. For Aristotle‚ this” happiness” is our highest goal. But the real question is‚ how do we achieve this goal? Happiness well always depend upon ourselves. Every single soul on the face of this planet sees happiness differently. While one mind might think happiness is the accomplishment of finishing
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Once Again is a piece of social criticism against Indian politicians/voters and targeted at the average Indian voter. Its purpose is to inform the audience of the propaganda they are subjected to and confront them with them hatred they hold onto‚ allowing themselves to be manipulated. Inspired by the belief that “the best books… are those that tell you what you know already‚” (1984 pg. 208) my creative take a premise that the audience is semi-aware of; the blatant abuse of religious sentiments in
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Most people aren’t born leaders‚ but molded into a leader by their life experiences. In The Once and Future King by T.H White‚ Wart‚ an illegitimate child of the king‚ is molded into a leader by his magical tutor Merlyn. The best leaders aren’t those that are born into a position of power‚ but those that start at the bottom are modeled into a leader by their experiences as they climb to the top. T.H White shows that the best way to learn how to lead is by experiencing things first hand. Merlyn takes
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Once More to the Lake E.B. White‚ The author of “Once More to the Lake” argues that after returning to the lake with his son after many years or generations of visiting the lake with his own father bought back historic memories. One very important aspect or main idea of E.B. White story is concerning the passing of time and changes that it brings to him and his son while visiting the lake. He very much recalls and remembers his childhood at the lake with his father as an “infinitely precious and
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Islam being frowned upon in Society When asking someone about their religion every religion gets the same reaction either “oh that’s cool” or will make a comment to seem interested‚ but when the answer is Islam‚ the facial expression and opinion of the person changes‚ and the first thing that comes to mind is “terrorist” or “why?” This‚ is not a personal opinion‚ this is a fact. I have witnessed many instances where someone who is Muslim being judged and looked down upon. In fact‚ in an
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"Important truths begin as outrageous‚ or at least uncomfortable‚ attacks upon the accepted wisdom of the time." From time immemorial‚ important ”important truths” which have the capacity revolutionalising and bettering the condition of the people are often consider as dross‚ outrageous‚ unaccepted‚ or at least uncomfortable to the society at that time. This has been a major setback to our socioeconomic development‚ yet we had lived with for ages and our history is fraught with examples. The
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world history. Leaders initially create a facade that they will reform a region to the benefit of the people. However‚ once they reach a position of power‚ their promises to the region are not fulfilled. These leaders refuse to relinquish the power given to them. They control the power by giving a false appearance of themselves to the people. Similarly‚ knights in medieval times had a reputation for being chivalrous‚ though this was not the case in many instances. Knights would sometimes plunder
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In Edward Taylor’s poem‚ Upon A Spider Catching A Fly‚ he questions the reasons behind why the spider chooses to catch the fly. “To spin a web out of thyselfe To Catch a Fly? For Why?” (Lines 3-5) A spider works hard to spin its web. It takes lots of time and uses materials that are made by the spider itself just to catch a fly. What benefits does the spider get from catching the fly? Why does it only catch flies? Why not other bugs? In the second stanza‚ Taylor asks why the spider doesn’t
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Wart and The Master Many people wish to be an animal if only for a day‚ just to see what it is like to be that animal. The obvious problem is that nobody knows how to turn himself into an animal. However‚ in T.H. White’s Once and Future King‚ Wart has the opportunity to experience life as an animal because his tutor‚ Merlyn the magician‚ transforms him into many different animals. Of all the adventures‚ the most significant transformation to Wart’s kingship occurs when he becomes
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