The paramount political principle that guided Socrates in Book 5 is the process of acquiring knowledge. This knowledge would be employed to study the concept of an ideal existence. This model existence consisted of a society within a city state which was supported and guarded by an elite group of guardians (451e). In this hierarchal space‚ Socrates equated the male and female guardians of this society with guard dogs (451e). Guard dogs by their nature and growth would embody certain qualities. Hence
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The Outsiders is an interesting book.The book is about a gang called greasers and another gang called the Socio. The greaser Pony boy has to be either kept with his family ‚or sent away to a foster care. Many people say he should stay with his family‚ but me I say he should go to a foster care. Foster cares are a place for children should relax and forget all there problems. Foster cares treat students with respect and dignity. They worry great of the students care. Foster cares give the
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The 2nd book in the Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard series‚ The Hammer of Thor by Rick Riordan is a book that tells about the adventure of a norse demigod name Magnus Chase who died fighting a fire giant and is now one of Odin’s einherji warriors. The story begins when Magnus’s friend Samirah al-Abbas (A.K.A Sam) who is a valkyrie tells Magnus to meet him at Thinking Cup to talk about a matter of life and death. At the Thinking Cup‚ Sam told Magnus that they have an informant to meet but she
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The Red Tree- The picture book ‘the red tree’ written and illustrated by Shaun tan‚ conveys his perspective of the world with the effective use of literary and visual techniques such as symbolism‚ foreshadowing and the extended visual metaphor of the girl in the bottle on the ‘nobody understands’ page. These techniques search the thoughts and concepts of living and battling depression. This page demonstrates that there is hope for people with depression; they just need to work for it and find a
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looking from the view point specific to a certain branch of Christianity While he is anglican. The name Christians was first given at antioch (Acts 11:26) to ‘the disciples’. To those who accepted the teachings of the apostles Foreword The book started as Radio broadcast delivered from 1942-1944 in WW2. He served in WW1 Lewis christianity is not philosophy or theology but a way of life The Law of Human Nature People are moral creatures the Law of Nature refers to morality Morality
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Mean Girls is a 2004 American teen comedy film‚ directed by Mark Waters. The screenplay was written by Tina Fey and based in part on the non-fiction book Queen Bees and Wannabes by Rosalind Wiseman‚ which describes how female high school social cliques operate‚ and the effect they can have on girls. The film stars Lindsay Lohan and features a supporting cast of Rachel McAdams‚ Amanda Seyfried‚ Lacey Chabert‚ and Lizzy Caplan. The film is produced by Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels. Screenwriter
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Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card Ender’s Game is a science fiction novel – militarily based‚ where the people are preparing for another invasion by extraterrestrial insectoid-like species. The book emphasizes that children are self-renewing‚ while being seen as ornery in their decisions and actions‚ all the while the lives of children are at every point contrasted with the adults around them. The novel takes place in the future and transitions through five completely different locations: North Carolina
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to feel guilty for the situation that his family is in. He worries that the sins he is committing will doom him and the people he loves‚ such as stealing a penny and saying a curse word. He soon learns to escape his fears by daydreaming and reading books. He also finds a joy in the radio and the movies he watches. Frank decides himself to the fact that in order to reach America‚ he will have to take risks‚ pass up safe jobs‚ and begin writing threatening letters for Mrs. Finucane and delivering newspapers
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Book Notes: Talent is overrated 1. The Mystery – Where great performance really comes from? 2. Talent is overrated – unexpected facts about innate abilities 3. How smart do you have to be? 4. A better idea – explanation of great performance that makes sense a. Jerry Rice i. Six-days-a-week off-season workouts 1. Practicing long after the rest of the team had gone home 2. Very little time on football – focused concentration on specific needs
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Summary of Lord of the Flies It all starts with Ralph finding himself on what seems like a desolated island. After walking around for some time‚ he meets the boy‚ whose name we don’t hear‚ but Ralph will refer to his nickname‚ Piggy‚ future on. Ralph and Piggy decide it would be best to group up‚ although Ralph seems to be rather annoyed with Piggy’s presence. After they have wandered around on the island‚ they spot something rather interesting lying in a small pool of water. It turns out to be
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