The Funeral Oration of Pericles and The Melian Dialogue are two primary sources that present us the true nature of Athens. The evidence from the two primary sources states to us that Athens are a people that don’t look upon others and that they only care about themselves. Surviving and making sure that their people history stay alive is Athens main agenda and they will stop at nothing to make sure they reach their goal. Athenians true nature is survival. Doing the war against Sparta‚ they held
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Weber 1 Mathew Weber Prof. Josh Tucker Engl. 1010 2 October 2011 Reading Response: “Why Chinese Mothers are Superior” Q1: What is Amy Chua arguing? Chua is arguing the differences between the Chinese “eastern” mentality on raising children and importance on being the best at everything versus American “western” mentality where we stress that everything that we try to accomplish should be fun. Chu quotes a study where 50 “western” and 48 “eastern” mothers were polled. 70% of western women
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BUSINESS ETHICS EASSY PHI2043F STUDENT NAME : Xiaoyun Fan STUDENT NO: FNXXIA002 TUTOR: Gabriele James Why Capitalism is superior to Socialism Introduction : Difference between the two economic system Capitalism is an political and economic system in which individuals own the major portion of economic resources and create the goods and service for profit. All the production‚ distribution and exchange of wealth are made by the individuals or companies
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The Failure to Escape Traumatic Shock In May of 1967 Martin Seligman and Steven Maier conducted a research Called “Failure to escape traumatic shock”. This experiment involved three groups of dogs. Each group of dogs had a different purpose. Group one was the control group and did not receive a shock. Group two received a shock but was able stop the halter from shocking them by pressing a button. Group three was shocked and was not able to stop the shock‚ they were forced to wait for group two
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the costs in check. The employees seem to be disappointed with the new management and have a low morale. They are not exactly motivated to try harder to make a positive impact. Operating in an oligopoly‚ where prices are controlled by another firm‚ Superior has no control over the selling prices so‚ the company should focus on keeping costs minimum and increasing their industry sales rate. There is no compensation and reward system to judge
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According to Pericles‚ the Athenian society is exceptional due to their society allowing free will yet‚ in spite of that‚ their people desire Athens to prosper above all else. In addition‚ due to the Athenian belief that the spirit and volition of their citizens is predominant over systematic order‚ the Athenian people fight on the behalf of their civilization because they choose to. Society allows the individual to pursue whatever they desire‚ yet the individual consciously decides to battle for
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Pericles born 495 BC and died in 429 BC from the plague‚ in Athens‚ Greece. His father‚ Xanthippus‚ was a wealthy Athenian politician and general during the early part of the 5th century BC. His mother‚ Agariste‚ was a member of the powerful and controversial noble family of the Alcmaeonidae. She was the great-granddaughter of the tyrant of Sicyon‚ Cleisthenes. Her familial connections helped her husband‚ Xanthippus‚ start his political career. While Pericles was growing up he was quiet and avoided
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* Respondeat Superior * If an employee is within the course and scope of his employment is negligent‚ both thte employee and the employer will be liable. * Sue just employee: F the employee has adequate coverage; and the employee is liked in the community * Sue just the Employer: Disliked Employer‚ and sympathetic employee that you do not want in the court room. * Consideration that the judges take on * Ex: Hypo – Runner is in the course of business
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Men are Superior to Women Men on Top 1 When I say I am researching how culture exploits men‚ the first reaction is usually “How can you say culture exploits men‚ when men are in charge of everything?” This is a fair objection and needs to be taken seriously. It invokes the feminist critique of society. This critique started when some women systematically looked up at the top of society and saw men everywhere: most world rulers‚ presidents‚ prime ministers‚ most members of Congress and parliaments
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interesting or surprising about Thucydides’ approach or attitude to the distant past in comparison with Schliemann’s and/or Evans’? Although their methods of gathering evidence differed greatly‚ Thucydides and Schliemann both had similar opinions over the historical accuracy of Homer’s writings. Thucydides sought out to believe in the history of the past by acknowledging the events that occurred at the time period and correlating it with the oral accounts of them. Thucydides mainly found proof from the
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