Aristotle used the Four Causes to explain an object’s transferral from potentiality to actuality. The material cause‚ formal cause‚ efficient cause and final cause take something from an idea to reality. They are accurate to a degree but have several flaws and faults. A problem with the four causes is that they rely on experience. Plato argued that experience was unreliable as it changes from person to person – we cannot be sure that chairs look the same to every person. Also‚ Aristotle has no concrete
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The Tree of Knowledge It is important for society to find a reliable source of knowledge‚ as it is a powerful factor which helps society to attain success. As a good example of the significance of knowledge for society‚ the Tree of Knowledge from the Garden of Eden represents‚ not just a source of absolute knowledge‚ but how desperately human nature seeks that perfect source. However‚ the Tree of Knowledge does not exist in the real world. Thus‚ society is facing a problem of finding the most effective
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Why are they called Popular Sanguine‚ Perfect Melancholy‚ Powerful Choleric and Peaceful Phlegmatic? Popular Sanguine The Popular Sanguine types are lively‚ sunny‚ outgoing personalities‚ who always attract the people around them with their fun-loving temperament. They are humorous‚ fascinating and outspoken and they can turn even a trivial story into a hilarious event. Perfect Melancholy The Perfect Melancholy is an opposite of the fun-loving Popular Sanguine and because “the opposites
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"Sentences‚ originally‚ is a term of grammar and linguistic. It’s introduction into logic is a recent innovation and it still seems strange to many to find the word sentences where propositions might have been expected."(Alonzo) Basically‚ propositions have been taken to be sentences that can be true or false but can never be both. This shows that sentences when they meet some conditions will become a proposition. One major distinction between sentences and propositions is that‚ a sentence cannot
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It is often said that perfection is unachievable. However‚ perfection can be attained in many ways. In ¡°Common Magic¡± by Bronwen Wallace‚ the author describes how the positive and negative sides of things make the world perfect. This is shown through themes such as love‚ interdependence‚ and society influence. Each of our hamartia is balanced with a strength of parallel value. In the poem‚ the author states‚ ¡°Your best falls in love and her brain turns to water.¡± This sentence implies how people
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“What goes around comes around” (PRAISE OF THE PROVERB/ AUTHOR): The proverb “What goes around comes around”‚ also known as karma has a powerful effect on the human race. Whatever you say‚ good or bad will eventually come back to you in a a positive or negative way in the future. This proverb has been around for centuries before our parents‚ their parents‚ and our great‚ great grandparents where ever even know. This saying has become popular because many of the wise live by these words and truly
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Explain the nature of the problem of evil The problem of evil refers to the nature of God. Many assume that God is benevolent but hardly anyone really considers the possibility that God is not all good but rather an all evil‚ malevolent God. The question is if God is all good and all powerful‚ then why did he create a world full of evil and suffering? There is so much suffering in this world that a lot of people find it hard to believe that‚ if God does exist‚ he is good. There is the argument that
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RUBRICS ASSIGNMENT COURSE CODE : OUMH1103 SEMESTER : JANUARY 2013 NO ASSESSMENT CRITERIA INDEX MISSING ITEMS POOR AVERAGE GOOD EXCELLENT MARKS (MAXIMUM) WEIGHT 0 1 2 3 4 1 Introduction 1 - Introduction is inappropriate and does not support the content of the report at all - Introduction has inadequate development and does not contain a clear statement of purpose or contains faulty thesis - Introduction has adequate development but statement of purpose/ thesis statement
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In my opinion a hotel marketing employee should posses a series of characteristics in order to be successful. A successful person should know how to use his qualities and develop them and repair flaws that might interfere with his job. I believe that the most important quality in being successful is ambition and perseverance. A successful person should be highly motivated and never give up to whatever might occur. Besides‚ he should have a developed sense of purpose and be willing to go “the extra
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In the article written by James Harold called“ A Moral Never- Never Land: Identifying with Tony Soprano” author questions to the moral effects of TV on human life. Harold’s main claim in this article is that TV shows like The Sopranos combines both sympathetic and repulsive elements of life and ultimately its good for to invite the viewers to think deeply about the nature of good and evil. Also the author questions that there is nothing wrong with loving characters such as Tony Soprano because this
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