Maria M. Lopez Oct. 6‚ 2012 Philosophy 1 Mr. Senestraro Homework # 10 Explain one point Glaucon is making about human nature and why we act justly with the Shepard and ring story. Glaucon argues that all persons are egoistic and selfish. He states that the only reason people do not always do the unjust thing is because of the fear of being caught and harmed. If we look at what people really are‚ then we will see that they believe to do wrong is desirable and to suffer wrong is undesirable
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1. If some parties lead to trouble and trouble should be avoided‚ then some parties should be avoided. (m) Trouble (p) should be avoided (s) Some parties (m) lead to trouble (s) Some parties (p) should be avoided 2. Physicists are the only scientists who theorize about the nature of time and Stephen Hawking certainly does that. Therefore‚ Stephen Hawking must be a physicist. (p) Physicists are the only scientists who (m) theorize about the nature of time (s) Stephen Hawking (m) theorizes
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"I’ll love you forever‚" he smiled‚ laughing along with his brother as he pressed down on the hole in his stomach. It was so easy to just be swept up in this‚ to think of Amaimon‚ let his love get him through the pain. The hurt would fade‚ his love would not‚ so he clung tightly to it. Amaimon seemed to inspect his injury as he spoke lowly‚ checking it over. Mephisto followed his gaze and was more than happy to see that his injury was already beginning to heal up nicely. Yes‚ with the earth king’s
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Assignment 1. Reflection on: the “Republic‚” by Plato. Greek philosopher‚ Plato‚ is considered to be one of the most influential people in Western Philosophy. The fact that he was a student of Socrates and a teacher of Aristotle leaves no questions about his competence. One of his fundamental works is the “Republic”. Even though it was written in 380 BC‚ Plato’s and Socrates’s thoughts are still relevant in twenty first century. This paper will evaluate the quote from the “Republic” and provide
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Komal who worked in "ICICI bank" used to reach her workplace in her car.one day‚she was unable to start her car and as she has to report in office 9 o’clock sharp but she did not have time to get the car repaired.So she decided to take a bus.When the bus arrived‚it was overcrowded but if she waited for another one‚she would have not made it in time.so she boarded it and somehow managed to reach office in time. On reaching the bank‚she remembered carrying her cell phone with her.When she checked
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path or bad things will happen‚ but Michael doesn’t listen. A couple days later a woman dies in child birth and the school was badly damaged and Michael receives a bad review from the school supervisor. The main central idea in “Dead Men’s Path” is that culture and modern ideas don’t always work together and that culture should be respected. In Michaels eyes he was helping and fixing the school‚ but didn’t realize he was disturbing and disrespecting other people’s beliefs. So what I think Chinua
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class) Hepzibah (played by no one) Ideas:- Cedrella sees Merope being too friendly with Pansy (Cedrella enemy) and think they are plotting against her. Merope’s side of the story is different‚ she says that she was only being nice with Pansy because she was sure that Pansy had a plan against Cedrella which is why she sacrificed her late grandmother’s Opal brooch to Pansy. Cedrella was afraid for Merope whom she thinks will get her mind demolished by Pansy’s ideas.
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Sophism In this essay I would like to talk about the nature of sophism and how it changes religion‚ politics and education. In the first part of my essay I am going to define the meaning of sophism‚ in the second part I am going to talk about the connection of sophism and aristocrats‚ in the third part of my essay I am going to talk about the changes in religion with the help of sophism; in the fourth part I will examine the changes in decision-making and in last part I will talk about Socrates
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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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