In the article that I read Philosopher Thomas Hobbes believed that people must surrender their freedom to a ruler. In the article‚ french philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau states that people should come together in societies and the solution was to form a social contract with general will or the common good. In my opinion I agree with philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau. I agree with him because he believed that humans are born with freedom‚ and this is true. I also agree with him because he stated
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What is love? That’s a question people never cease to ask‚ but is it a question that can really have a right or wrong answer to? Is it a fact? Or is it a feeling? The way I see it‚ love is a feeling; an emotion. I believe that love is also something that changes over time‚ and is sometime used out of context. When a young child says he or she loves candy‚ is it the same love a man has for his wife? No. I highly doubt the child is wanting to marry and raise a family with a candy bar. See‚ I believe
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The race between death and our unique selves‚ which one will win? Joanna Russ’ We Who Are About To… explores the relation between a woman’s prideful‚ cynical self and the inevitable end she must face‚ as she and a group of misfits attempt to survive and colonize a habitable but lifeless planet. Yet‚ on an abandoned planet where no one will find them‚ tensions rise and a patriarchal presence consumes the crew which results in the violation of our protagonist’s right to her own body and her retaliation
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was granted a substantial pension of 100 marks a year‚ and is often identified as England’s first Poet Laureate. His circle of admirers and friends‚ who called themselves the "Tribe of Ben‚" met regularly at the Mermaid Tavern and later at the Devil’s Head. Among his followers were nobles such as the Duke and Duchess of Newcastle as well as writers including Robert Herrick‚ Richard Lovelace‚ Sir John Suckling‚ James Howell‚ and Thomas Carew.
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FAMOUS WRITERS WORKS Caedmon and Cynewulf. Beowulf Geoffrey Chaucer’s(1343-1400) The Canterbury Tales‚ Troilus and Criseyde and Book of the Duchess‚ The House of Fame‚ The Parliament of Fowles‚ The Legend of Good Women. Prose Treatises Treatise on the astrolabe. Short Poems The Complaint of Chaucer to His Purse ‚Truth‚ Gentilesse‚ Merciles Beaute‚ Lak of Stedfastnesse‚ Against Women Unconstant Thomas Malory’s (1405-1471) Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Sir Thomas More (1478-1535) Utopia‚ The History
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an avid reader and GATE student I have always been an advanced writer. When I was ten years old my mom enrolled me in the local university’s GATE Summer School Program at the behest of my third grade teacher who was aware of my love for reading and believed that a good reader makes for a good writer. I attended Gate Summer School at Azusa Pacific University for four summer in a row‚ learning about music and culture‚ but most importantly how to become a good writer. I wrote research papers on Ancient
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horrible life changing suffering he found a way to find hope and meaning to his life. He shares the psychological perspective on how everyday life in a concentration camp was interpreted in the mind of prisoners. Frankl believed‚ “the greatest task for a man is to find their meaning in life”. According to Frankl there are three possible sources of meaning that can be found thru work‚ love‚ and thru courage during difficult times. Thru his experience in the camps where he found his meaning in life‚ Frankl
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In this chapter the author starts out with the question why be ethical? Why bother? And who cares? Well‚ John’s story gives us good reasons why we need to be ethical and why we need to care. John was exposed to asbestos at his job. Later on he died from it. This would have not happened to John if the manufacturer of asbestos wouldn’t continue producing asbestos after they knew of the possible health risks of asbestos. Besides‚ the people that work for the manufacturer of asbestos were also exposed
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"Self-Concept" written by Barry Joel Desaine (March 2010) Email: bjdesaine@yahoo.com SELF-CONCEPT Sensing that he is a distinct and separate existence from others through time and space‚ a man becomes aware of his existential self from infancy. As he matures he also becomes aware of his categorical self through the realization that he has characteristics or attributes that distinguishes him from other objects in his environment. These two aspects – the existential self and the categorical
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Freedom Writers‚ a film directed by Richard LaGravenese‚ is about a middle class woman‚ Erin Gruwell‚ who takes a job teaching in Long Beach‚ CA. She receives a class of very different people‚ with different nationalities‚ who share the same fight. She achieved helping with disadvantaged students‚ when no one else thought that they would amount up to anything. As the film progresses you see how the student’s lives change and how they turned into well thought of adults‚ thanks to the impact of their
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