“Food for Thought” In many high schools around the nation‚ students aren’t normally eager to discover what’s for lunch. However‚ at Catholic High the lunch menu is always a hot topic. Catholic High’s cafeteria is far from the grotesque lunch rooms that appear in movies. It is not filled with stern lunch ladies in hairnets who slap down mystery meat onto student’s plates. It is filled with an expert staff who excel at their job and do it with a smile on their face. Thanks to the staff of
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yet Plato also says that no individual can supply all of the desires or needs of an individual. This to me is true‚ because having to satisfy all our needs requires another individual to do that. I guess that explains why God had created Eve‚ not only because Adam was lonely but also he needed a partner in the Garden of Eden. Plato also tries to give us an idea of a just society‚ he tells us that people have their own jobs to do; it’s either being a Producer‚ Auxiliary or a Guardian. Plato says
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been exploring the nature in order to find the universal law explaining nature phenomena. Explore nature require observation and mathematical interpretation. As I understand the achievements of scientists‚ my way of interpreting science has changed. Plato (428-348 B.C.) used the ‘Allegory of Cave’ illustrated the theory of ‘Ideas and Forms’ in Republica : there are world of forms and sensible world. “The senses are chains that tie us down; the route to knowledge is through philosophical reflection”
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Food for Thought As of 2005‚ hunger continues to be a worldwide problem. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations‚ "850 million people worldwide were undernourished in 1999 to 2005‚ the most recent years for which figures are available" and the number of hungry people has recently been increasing. The official poverty rate in the U.S. has increased for four consecutive years‚ from a 26-year low of 11.3%
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industrial strategies and the concern of the economic impacts just as it was treated during the 1930s-1950s across Europe. During the 1930’s it was found that temperatures were increasing since the early 19th-century as well as the shrinkage of Artic ice. Guy Stewart Callendar‚ a power plant engineer‚ found the first evidence of increasing carbon dioxide in our atmosphere. He believed that mankind was responsible for carbon dioxide emissions raising global temperature. He continued to observe
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Plato’s The Apology is an account of the speech Socrates makes at the trial in which he is charged with not recognizing the gods recognized by the state‚ inventing new deities‚ and corrupting the youth of Athens. Socrates’ speech‚ however‚ is by no means an "apology" in our modern understanding of the word. The name of the dialogue derives from the Greek "apologia‚" which translates as a defense‚ or a speech made in defense. Thus‚ in The Apology‚ Socrates attempts to defend himself and his conduct--certainly
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Rabindranath Tagore reveals some of my perspective on what is important to focus on when examining your beliefs of philosophy. As explained in the Allegory of the Cave by Plato‚ some of reality is merely shadows; in Plato’s perspective‚ this puppet show view is created by the materialistic world. An ideal ‘real world’ is made up of ideas‚ thoughts‚ feelings and other nonmaterial beliefs. Inside the cave‚ one is blinded and is only seeing reflections and shadows of the real world; this is how most humans live
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Pursuing Piety Euthyphro is a text written by Plato‚ about a debate between Socrates and Euthyphro on the subject of piety and holiness‚ rich with Socratic irony‚ Socrates pretends to be clueless on the subject and asks Euthyphro what his thoughts are on the subject of piety and what makes an action pious‚ however Euthyphro starts digging himself a bigger and bigger hole even though he initially posed as almost an expert on piety‚ Socrates finally shows him how ignorant he truly is on the subject
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Metaphysics: Plato and Buddhism Plato used an idea called the cave allegory to show how humans are ignorant. Before I explain a real life example‚ I will explain the Idea. In the cave there are prisoners. These prisoners cannot move because they are restrained by chains. The only thing that they can see is a wall that illuminated by a great light. This light is actually a fire behind them‚ which has a low sitting wall in between itself and the prisoners. As men walk below the wall holding up objects
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Mark De Leon 1 Mark De Leon ENG 240 May 5‚ 2013 Food for thought In today’s society‚ the increase in rates of obesity and related chronic diseases such as heart attack and diabetes is continuously rising due to unhealthy diet and this is because some people have limited access to supermarkets and fast food advertisements on television negatively impacts and appends to epidemic of obesity among children and adolescents. The issue‚ healthy foods are so expensive
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