Can literature “tell the truth” better than other arts or other areas of knowledge? John Stuart Mill once proclaimed that there are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home. This means that one cannot perceive the truth without understanding it. For example one cannot know the truth of Pythagoras’s theorem being that a right angled triangle’s hypotenuse’s square value is equal to the squares of both its other sides. This is because
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Assignment 3. An Inconvenient Truth. NOTE: This assignment requires viewing a DVD - "An Inconvenient Truth." You have four options. 1. Go to the CSUDH Library Instructional Media Center (LIB C121) and ask to view “An Inconvenient Truth”‚ which is posted on their web server. Note that the IMC is closed on weekends and certain Fridays. 2. Most public libraries will have the video for checkout. 3. You can also rent the DVD (check Wherehouse‚ Blockbuster‚ etc.). 4. Go the following website (foreign
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Whenever I listen to my collection of music occasionally the song "Drunk Drivers" comes on and it always manages to pull me back to my freshman year and a big truth we all hide. Sometimes uncertainty takes control; and this song is perfect to explain that emotion. For anyone else the song might sound like it’s about a reckless driver but for me‚ it’s about a procrastinator who struggles with himself over what is right and wrong. The emotion of uncertainty is hard to put into words and explain. But
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The Blunt Truth Should marijuana be legalized? The legalization of marijuana is currently one of the most controversial issues in the United States today. To answer this question it entails more than just and simple “yes” or “no”. There are a variety of reasons as to why someone would want to use this decriminalized plant‚ which is the result of the nationwide debate of legalization. Medical uses seem to be the most looked at area of this debate. Many doctors will support the use of marijuana
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the use of mobile phones behind the wheel. However there are many other sins which motorists could be breaking on a day to day basis without even knowing. Here we take a look at some of the rules and laws that you may have forgotten. 1. Drivers must only flash their lights to let other road users know where they are- not for anything else or to intimidate others. 2. You should not use your car horn when the vehicle is not moving-unless it proves to be in danger. 3. It is illegal to
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Having explained the wide-reaching impacts of drunk driving‚ I think we can all agree that this is an especially troubling issue for the DFW area. Looking at information published by the CDC‚ driver education is recommended as one of the foremost ways to make a meaningful reduction in drunk driving incidents. There is also data showing that introducing Uber services to an area causes a reduction in DUI arrests. The city of Seattle saw nearly a 10% drop in DUI arrests after Uber began servicing the
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THE INCONVENIENT TRUTH BY: AL GORE This movie is in fact about global warming. Wait‚ what is global warming? It is the greatest enemy that the world is facing. It is the cause of all misfortunes and calamities that are eventually happening today. But who are we to blame the continuous damage that it makes? Why do we often put the blame to the factories and other machineries‚ well in fact that humans are the one responsible for making them. It’s funny that humans intend to wash their hands about
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Doctoral Dissertations Master’s Theses‚ and Doctoral Dissertations‚ and Graduate Capstone Projects 1-1-2006 Family Functioning and Coping Behaviors in Parents of Children with Autism Matthew J. Altiere Follow this and additional works at: http://commons.emich.edu/theses Recommended Citation Altiere‚ Matthew J.‚ "Family Functioning and Coping Behaviors in Parents of Children with Autism" (2006). Masters Theses and Doctoral Dissertations. Paper 54. This Open Access Thesis is brought to
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injured every year in an accident with a drunk driver. This issue doesn’t only affect the victim itself‚ but the families‚ loved ones and communities as well. Drunk driving amongst teens is a serious issue‚ and is growing by the minute. Drunk driving is somebody’s choice or somebody’s authorization to get behind the wheel when they are clearly impaired. The scars from a drunk driving accident take an emotional and physical toll on the victim‚ the families‚ their loved ones‚ and their communities
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pious or holy is loved by the gods because it is pious or holy‚ which is equivalent to saying‚ that it is loved by them because it is dear to them. Here then appears to be a contradiction‚--Euthyphro has been giving an attribute or accident of piety only‚ and not the essence. Euthyphro acknowledges himself that his explanations seem to walk away or go round in a circle‚ like the moving figures of Daedalus‚ the ancestor of Socrates‚ who has communicated his art to his descendants. Present the
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