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    own personal gain is very unethical. One such group‚ PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals)‚ published “Animals Used for Food” in 2016 on their organizational website‚ they argue that animals are compassionate just like we are and that people need to be their heroes. PETA’s audience incorporates everyday people in a global aspect. This article combines the rhetorical appeals of ethos‚ logos and pathos. The author of this article mostly uses the emotional appeal of pathos to help persuade

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    Machiavelli The Prince

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    Lynda Nwankwo HUM 212 W01 1/6/2014 Machiavelli- The Prince OUTLINE The Prince is sometimes claimed to be one of the first works of modern philosophy‚ especially modern political philosophy‚ in which the effective truth is taken to be more important than any abstract ideal. It was also in direct conflict with the dominant Catholic and scholastic doctrines of the time concerning how to consider politics and ethics. The Prince is sometimes claimed to be one of the first works of modern philosophy

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    give exposition to the past lives of the main characters and shows us the motivations behind undertaking such a perilous journey in a cargo container to escape their horrific past. Many playwrights have used plays for political commentary throughout time‚ as Mira Felner states “Playwrights have used theatre for political commentary as far back as the ancient Greek comic Aristophanes (448-c.

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    Rites of Passage Laos

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    Rites Of Passage In Third World Laos Thaviesak Nachampassak APY 105 - Intro to Anthropology Poltorak‚ D L Rites of Passage: Laotian Culture “Here I am at the crossroads into adulthood. I stand before the threshold to adulthood ready to sever the ties of my youth‚ and begin new growth on the dead tree that represents childhood. The tree of youth that once stood tall with all of it’s quirky branches and knots‚ now lays horizontal‚ ready to give my new growth all the water and nutrients

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    Machiavelli: a Cynic?

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    or evil. Machiavelli argues simply that man is self-centered and only after self preservation. He argues that mankind is immoral and greedy. His opinions are apparent as he states‚ "It may be said of men in general that they are ungrateful‚ voluble‚ dissemblers‚ anxious to avoid danger‚ and covetous of gain‚" in the eighteenth paragraph of The Prince. These thoughts and views have gained him the title of a cynic. More than a cynic however‚ Machiavelli is but a realist. Machiavelli feels that

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    Hobbes and Machiavelli

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    Write an essay of no more than 2750 words on the following topic. Be sure to cite passages generously from the texts of Machiavelli and Hobbes (in quotation marks‚ of course). Since we’re all using the same translations of Machiavelli‚ you should cite by page number; since we have discussed Hobbes with reference to chapter and section number‚ you should cite this way: L 18.2. You should not do any secondary reading for this paper. Your work should be based on your own thinking‚ your own reading

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    In both poems Tennyson and Komunyakaa both address their individual experiences in war.Tennyson reflects on the war by expressing his lack of interest of being in the war.While‚ Komunyakaa reminisces on the lost he experiences during the war. Tennyson structures his poem to show his feelings of being in the war and the pride he took in the men he fought with in the war based on how they risked their lives‚he also uses repetition to emphasize the courage and honor they had.Komunyakaa reveals on the

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    In This I Believe‚ by Jeffrey‚ covers what afterlife is in this perspective. This is what he believe;things change but you have to be the change. To begininng in This I Believe it uses a horrify lead. The author uses words like dismantled‚ ruined‚ and vital. This lead is so exhilarating that it made me as a reader continue his writing. He uses precise vocabulary to make his point clear and real life examples to show what will never change‚ but what is everlasting. He uses tone to make the reader

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    Petrarch and Machiavelli

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    Thoughts on Ruling: Machiavelli VS. Petrarch In the fourteenth century‚ the humanist philosopher Francesco Petrarch wrote a letter entitled How a Ruler Ought to Govern His Sate. Nearly a century later‚ another philosopher by the name of Niccolo Machiavelli wrote a book about governing‚ The Prince. The two documents show many similarities in content and theme. While the two wrote in similar subject matter‚ it is clear that these philosophers possess distinctly different viewpoints on how a ruler

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    War‚ Politics‚ Castiglione‚ and Machiavelli During the Renaissance period‚ many great minds expressed their ideas and talents to their fullest potential. Neither Baldesar Castiglione nor Niccoló Machiavelli were exceptions. In Castiglione?s greatest work‚ The Book of the Courtier‚ he describes the qualities that should be possessed by the perfect courtier in a compilation of made-up conversations between the members of the court of Urbino. In arguably Machiavelli?s best work‚ The Prince‚ he sets

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