Plato The Protagoras Penguin Books‚ 2005‚ pages 15-30 In this extract‚ Plato presents the sophist !i.e.‚ professional philosopher" Protagoras talking with Socrates about how people become good. The extract contains a theory of moral education‚ and a theory of punishment. But most importantly‚ it is a discussion of the principles of democracy. The view that Socrates puts forward‚ and that Protagoras endorses and explains # that ethical competence is a non-technical matter‚ and a universal human
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derived from the very same thing. He believed that if a person committed a sin or had an evil heart that they did not have the knowledge they needed to be good. Every day we decide the choices that we make and those choices can make us happy or sad. Plato said that it took Socrates who was a student of the sophists‚ to unravel the real truth of what virtue is and to establish a meaning that all of his students could also believe. This is exactly what Socrates believed. The sophists Protagoras‚ Gorgias
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Just like someone said: Your character is your destiny. It decided one’s sense of worth and the ways of thinking and attitude. So‚ what are the great flaws in the character of main characters and how this lead Gatsby walk into the depths of despair? Let’s start from Gatsby. Gatsby is a typical representative who tries all his life to pursue “the American dream”. First of all‚ what he followed is not “reality principle” but “pleasure principle”. That means ephemeral and harmful pleasant sensation
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Darryl Forges Purser English 1101-18 March 18‚ 2010 The True Definition of an Ideal Soldier “God of our fathers‚ who by land and sea have ever lead us to victory‚ please continue your inspiring guidance in this the greatest of all conflicts. Strengthen my soul so that the weakening instinct of self-preservation‚ which besets all of us in battle‚ shall not blind me to my duty to my own manhood‚ to the glory of my calling‚ and to my responsibility to my fellow soldiers. Grant to our armed forces
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Phoenix GUILTY UNTIL PROVEN INNOCENT There is a problem with our justice system. When a person is arrested and they are innocent‚ one of the first questions they will ask is what about my rights. Nowhere in the Constitution of the United States of America or the Bill of Rights‚ is it written that a person is innocent until proven guilty. There have been people on death row and some that have already been put to death even though they were innocent. Our justice system has changed and improved
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The Ideal Family Component The ideal family consists of a husband and wife‚ two and a half children‚ a dog and a cat‚ living in beautiful home surrounded by a white picket fence. This is what is seen as the ideal family since the 1950’s‚ but what really are the key components that one would say make up a family? There could be an endless series of novels written on this topic. I personally feel that to be called a family there are three key components‚ those components are: marriage‚ children
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What is your ideal man? I never know how to answer questions like this one‚ so I usually just say something along the lines of‚ "My ideal man is someone who wants a committment‚" now‚ that may not sound like a bad thing-- actually‚ I believe every woman wants that-- but for a question like this‚ it needs depth; it needs detail‚ which is something I am not very good at doing-- I’ll still try. - My ideal man reads novels‚ not those ragged Playboy‚ and Penthouse magazines but real books like
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caused our nation to fall behind the progressively growing competitive market in the world in regards to education. Other countries have a national standard for goals‚ requirements‚ and regulations. Currently‚ our education system is regulated by the states which implement their own curriculum‚ set their own requirements‚ and these findings reflect the need for change. Problems in education never end‚ so we need to keep changing and adapting. In this essay I will discuss the problems Horace Mann had
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Flaws in Cartesian Dualism In Meditations on First Philosophy‚ René Descartes concludes that we are distinct from our body‚ and can exist without it. Seen from a modern materialist’s perspective‚ Descartes’ view is quite obviously wrong. However‚ assuming no knowledge of modern science‚ we should still be able to disprove his conclusion by looking for flaws in his reasoning in the text. In this essay‚ I will examine three relevant arguments Descartes presents in his sixth meditation and point out
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Have you ever wondered how life would be like as an introvert? In “The Glass Menagerie” by Tennessee Williams‚ the main character‚ Laura’s tragic flaw forces her to drop out of Rubicam Business College leading to a life of isolation and despair. Many times people have told her to “be proud instead of shy and turning away”. Lara was a shy girl‚ who is interested in love‚ and who often turns to her glass animal collection to comfort her. “Well‚ if he doesn’t complain about it. He stays on a shelf
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