Objective opinion text: Why choose Iphone? A lot of People argue that they own the best smartphone‚ whether it’s a BlackBerry‚ HTC‚ or the latest from Anroid. But‚ the Iphone has always been at the top so far. It’s been about four years that AppleInc has revealed the original Iphone and ever since they have sold over 108 million devices. But‚ why is the Iphone so popular? First of all‚ this SmartPhone has a large market‚ a huge fan following and it’s own store called the «AppStore»‚ that
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Euthyphro Plato’s Euthyphro is the dialogue of Socrates and Euthyphro. Socrates requests that Euthyphro teaches him the meaning of piety‚ when Socrates finds out that Euthyphro is persecuting his father for being impious. Euthyphro offers four definitions for what piety is‚ all of which are analyzed by Socrates‚ and then turned down by him in turn. The pious is to prosecute the wrongdoer and to not persecute is impious. This is the first definition that Euthyphro offers to Socrates as a
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A&H Paper Number 1 Todd MacDowell September 26‚ 1999 Prof. Waite In ancient Greece women were viewed as many things. They were not viewed as equivalent to males by any means. Women were portrayed usually as submissive domestic‚ and controlled. They played supporting or secondary roles in life to men‚ who tended to be demanding of their wives‚ but expected them to adhere to their wishes. In the tragedy Medea‚ written by Euripides‚ Medea plays the major role in this story‚ unlike
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Socrates 469 BC–399 BC‚ was a classical Greek Athenian philosopher. Credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy‚ he is an enigmatic figure known chiefly through the accounts of later classical writers‚ especially the writings of his students Plato and Xenophon‚ and the plays of his contemporary Aristophanes. Many would claim that Plato’s dialogues are the most comprehensive accounts of Socrates to survive from antiquity. Through his portrayal in Plato’s dialogues‚ Socrates has become renowned
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Artist’s Opinion We all know that life is not simple. At some point‚ we all go through struggles‚ numerous challenges‚ problems and setbacks. To be a victim or not‚ it is our choice. Clearly‚ Mr. Promsiri Hatakorn is a victor. He chose to make the most out of his own bad experiences. He said anything that hurts him can teach him in some way. The painting “OMG!!!” reflects specific events that he have been encountered with. He told us that the theme of the painting is “Money‚ Power‚ Human‚ and Capitalism”
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Plato encouraged in his writings that the view that sophists were concerned with was “the manipulative aspects of how humans acquire knowledge.” (Lecture) Sophists believed that only provisional or probable knowledge was available to humans but both Plato and Isocrates did not agree with a lot of what the Sophists had to say. They both believed in wisdom and having a connection with rhetoric but vary in defining wisdom in itself. Wisdom for Socrates and Plato is having an understanding of speech
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Plato‚ Descartes‚ and The Matrix Kyra Eigenberger Liberty University Deception is the foundational issue prevalent in The Matrix‚ Plato’s allegory of the cave‚ and Rene Descartes meditations. In each of these excerpts the goal of answering the question of what is real and how to uncover the truth is essential. Another question that arises throughout all three excerpts is whether or not the individuals will be able to handle the truth when it is finally learnt. In The Matrix Morpheus reveals
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Plato vs. Augustine on Memory Assignment: Plato and Augustine use memory in ways that are comparable and incomparable. What is the role or function of memory in their respective psychological writings? What are their differences? If they disagree‚ indicate how they would criticize each other’s work. Augustine begins describing memory as that of a house. He describes it as being a place where images‚ ideas and memories are kept. They can be accesses and stored‚ re-used and deposited as needed
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Thucydides vs Plato Thucydides and Plato had contrasting ways in their approach on the good life. Thucydides displays empirical thinking in his studies of human nature and behavior during the Peloponnesian War and Plato displays normative thinking in his books and dialogs in particular "The Republic" Plato views a good life on the ideals that a person has reached happiness. When a person is in a state where they have no desires because they have all love in their life. He believed this
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The current understanding of knowledge and the universe by man today stems from many centuries ago when philosophers attempted to understand the seemingly chaotic world around them. The Greek philosophers Plato and Aristotle are responsible for some of these major early discoveries and are a big reason as to where we are today due to their endeavors to understand various philosophical topics. In this essay‚ I am going to explain Plato’s views on knowledge and science‚ Aristotle’s views on change
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