Extra Credit: The Lord of the Rings The Lord of the Rings‚ famous movie series that consist of the quest to destroy the Ring and defeat the evil‚ has significant character roles that can be evaluated by Sartre’s definition of existentialism. Sartre defined existence as chaos that we must impose meaning upon. Sartre particularly focused on following our own consciousness and ego. In the movie‚ main characters are constantly challenged with the concept of free will. Characters are put in situations
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Clay Chastain PHIL 3320 Dr. Combs 24 October 2007 On the Crito In Plato’s Crito‚ Crito attempts to persuade Socrates to flee from his death sentence. However‚ Crito fails because Socrates presents a counter argument which invalidates much of Crito’s original pleas. Despite this‚ a fallacy of justice may have been created. Even so‚ the Republic’s conception of justice seems to have little impact on Socrates’ existing ideas on justice. The first argument presented is the fact that the majority
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Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring is a movie that received many awards and set the bar for Fictional Fantasy movies like itself. With the usage of many film making techniques‚ Jackson brings fantasy to a more realistic place. Peter Jackson successfully uses great characterization and other film making techniques to make a very successful and well-rounded movie in general. With the real setting in New Zealand but fictional characters‚ it makes the line between real and
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THE7RINGSOFINFLUENCE. There may be 6 degrees of separation; but there are 7 rings of influence between them. Knowing how trends and therefore culture (attitude‚ customs‚ behavior of a group) is created‚ is essential to manifesting cultural influence en masse. In “Virus of The Mind‚ The New Science of Mimetics‚” Richard Brodie introduces us to the meaning and repercussions of memes: “a unit of information in a mind whose existence influences events such that more copies of itself get created in
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10/29/2013 People are accused all over the world for crimes they are not guilty of. In the text “Platos Apology” Socrates is accused of a crime which is slander. Socrates believes that teaching is not crime and he shouldn’t be prosecuted for such an act.Teaching is not a crime. How can he be accused of something that isn’t wrong in society? Even though Socrates is proven guilty he has no regrets. He believes he did nothing wrong and is happy to share his knowledge with people. Socrates
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Critical Analysis of The Apology of Socrates by Plato Socrates was an orator and philosopher whose primary interests were logic‚ ethics and epistemology. In Plato’s Apology of Socrates‚ Plato recounts the speech that Socrates gave shortly before his death‚ during the trial in 399 BC in which he was charged with "corrupting the young‚ and by not believing in the gods in whom the city believes‚ also being a busybody and intervene gods business". The name of the work itself is not mean what it is
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Analysis of Apology by Plato The Apology is an account by Plato of Socrates’ speech given at his trial in 399 BC. Socrates was an Athenian philosopher accused of two crimes: corrupting the youth and not believing in the gods. In Socrates’ speech‚ he explains to a jury of 501 Athenians why he is not guilty of the crimes he is accused of. He uses a variety of logical arguments to refute his charges yet in the end he is still found guilty and sentenced to death (Grube 21). Socrates’ use of
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Justice According to Plato and Aristotle Justice has always been an interesting topic for philosophers and also for ordinary people. Justice can be defined briefly as “the fairness in the way that people are treated” (Collins Cobuild‚ p. 910). Plato and Aristotle‚ two leading figures of ancient Greek civilization‚ were earliest philosophers who thought about justice and developed theories about the sublime aspects of being just. This assignment is an attempt to prove that pursuing a life of justice
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Descartes and Plato Explain both of descartes Arguments for the existence of God Descartes proof of God’s existence comes from his third meditation and is based on three ideas. He argues that innate idea exists within us‚ the fictitious or invented ideas are a result of our own imagination and adventitious ideas result from our experiences in the world. Descartes said‚ the idea of God is innate and cannot be invented. Descartes presents some arguments that lead to his conclusion. The first
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The Tweed Ring began when William Tweed started his ascent to impact in the late 1840s as a volunteer firefighter in New York City. From this ominous starting‚ Tweed figured out how to fabricate a force base in his ward. He served as a magistrate in 1852-53 and after that was chosen for a term in the U.S. Place of Representatives‚ 1853-55. State and neighborhood undertakings were his prime concern and he stayed dynamic in Tammany Hall‚ the hierarchical power of the Democratic Party in New York. Tweed
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