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    | A Comparison | Social Learning Theory and Biological Trait theory | | Carrie Procita | Criminology‚ CJ 200Professor Christensen24 September 2011 | This paper compares and contrasts two of the theories of crime; the Social Learning Theory‚ and the biological trait theory. It considers the historical foundations of the study of criminal behavior; and examines ways in which society should respond to criminal behavior in terms of prevention. | Outline: Introduction: A. Description

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    EXPLAIN 2) WHY IT IS A DILEMMA FOR HE TO CHOOSE TO RULE. WHY DOES HE HAVE TO BE COMPELLED AND WHAT IS THE NATURE OF THE COMPULSION? 3) BE SURE TO COMMENT ON HOW THIS QUESTION IS RELATED TO THE ANSWER PLATO ATTEMPTS TO CONSTRUCT TO GLAUCON’S CHALLENGE? Part 1 In Plato’s Republic‚ Plato sets out to prove that it is always better to be just than unjust. Doing so requires him to look into the soul of human beings. Souls by nature are difficult to examine so he suggests that he use the analogy

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    Plato (428 B.C--347B.C) Plato was born in 428 B.C to Ariston‚ a descendent from early kings of Athens‚ and Perictione‚ a distant relative of the 6th century lawmaker Solon. He was a Greek philosopher. Throughout his life‚ in his Academy‚ he educated those who would become some of the most influential mathematicians and philosophers. Plato ’s many contributions to modern mathematics include the founding of the Academy of Athens‚ method of philosophical problem solving‚ and his Theory of Forms.

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    Plato and His Theory on Government Plato was a pupil under Socrates. During his studies‚ Plato wrote the Dialogues‚ which are a collection of Socrates’ teachings. One of the parables included in the Dialogues is "The Allegory of the Cave". "The Allegory..." symbolizes man’s struggle to reach understanding and enlightenment. First of all‚ Plato believed that one could only learn through dialectic reasoning and open-mindedness. Humans had to travel from the visible realm of image making and objects

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    TKL301/ TAKE-HOME EXAMINATION ARISTOTLE’S DEFENSE OF POETRY AGAINST PLATO IN THE LIGHT OF LITERARY CRITICISM As literary critics‚ Plato and Aristotle have different opinions on poetry and also it’s social effects. Plato’s Republic is a work which is not directly about literature; but his comments on poetry determine his position to it. He presents us a view of literature in a mainly negative way. Unlike Plato‚ Aristotle regards poetry as something positive in his Poetics. Thus‚ they approach

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    Art Heritage of the Western World Section 009 Jeong Hoon Kim I have chosen two statues from different eras to make a comparison‚ Marble statue of Dionysos leaning on an Archaistic Female Figure from the Roman era and Bronze statue of Artemis and a deer from Greek or Roman‚ late Hellenistic or early Imperial periods. The reason why I have chosen these two objects are that both of them have one big figure and one small figure which makes eyes of viewers move around. They also depicted gods with

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    everyone? Most likely…. No. Plato had his own notion on what goodness‚ and the good life was. In general the good life is a state in which a person would be most happy. Happiness is the state in which we have everything and want nothing. All of the essentials of a ’good life’ have been acquired and thus one is happy. Plato sees the good life as the state a person exhibits total virtue. He reasons that a person will exhibit total virtue when his desires have been put out. Plato views the good life as

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    in the power of rhetoric and how it could improve one’s life. Plato on the other hand was opposed to all Sophist beliefs. He viewed the Sophists as rhetorical manipulators who were only interested in how people could be persuaded that they learned the truth‚ regardless if it was in fact the truth. Plato basically opposed every view the Sophists held true and tried to disprove them throughout his many dialogues. The Sophists and Plato held two very contrasting views and this paper will attempt to

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    Name Instructor Course Date Comparison of the “Bridegroom” and “Everyday Use” short stories Introduction In the book by Alice Walker‚ Everyday Use‚ she tells about lessons that are true to hertiage‚ which can get it and what it is while in the Bridegroom‚ Ha Jin narrates a story of his son in law who was institutionalized because of the homosexuality. My essay therefore aims at comparing the two books to see how they relate to each other. In the book “Everyday Use”‚ the parent-daughter conflict

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    Name Course Instructor Day Month Year Justice through the Eyes of Plato and Hume The philosophic debate of justice goes back millennia with many points of view on what it actually is and why we have it. Both Plato and Hume had ideas on justice and both differed. Plato‚ in his Republic‚ searches for justice by building a city from the ground up in our imagination. He starts with merely five to ten people each with their own job and states that justice is the virtue of the soul. David Hume

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