natural bent for clever dealing with mankind‚ and I sum up its subsance in the name of flattery" (Plato 97). In Plato’s dialogue‚ Socrates’ efforts to define and criticize the nature and purposes of rhetoric are evident in the quote mentioned above. When describing rhetoric‚ Socrates goes on to explain that rhetoric "is not an art but habitude or knack" (97). It appears as though Socrates understands rhetoric as something that is uncanny or "supernatural" (93)‚ --that is‚ rhetoric doesn’t require
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advancement‚ gives more credit to Sherlock Holmes than he deserves. The fact is civic management has been around since biblical times. I do agree‚ however‚ that the logical techniques of investigation that Sherlock Holmes practiced is as valid and relevant today as it was nearly a century ago. First Sherlock Holmes was not the initiator of public administration‚ like I said earlier managing people‚ helping to solve their problems‚ and settle disputes has been around since biblical times. For example‚ Moses
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How is Shakespeare’s work still relevant today? Not only was Shakespeare so well accomplished in his writing skills that he has become one of the most important figures in the history of the English language‚ but most of his work were written on such basic human themes that they will‚ and have been understood for all time. A huge part of the appeal of Shakespeare’s plays is that they deal with basic human emotions‚ and mistakes that are present in everyone. For example‚ many people can relate
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of being? Metaphysics helps us to reach beyond nature as we see it‚ and to discover the `true nature’ of things‚ their ultimate reason for existing. metaphysics can be approached in many ways. two important thinkers of metaphysics are Plato and Aristotle. Aristotle grew from being Plato’s pupil to being an independent thinker and rival. Plato was an inside/out philosopher as opposed to Aristotle’s outside/in thinking. This simply means that Plato developed his ideas from within and applied them
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Although our society today may want to be under a stricter rule of conduct‚ the laws we are under today are shaped to fit us in the best way. A Babylonian document‚ Hammurabi’s Code of Laws‚ consists of a set of laws enforced to discipline people. The laws are most based on social classes in which people were in. For example in The Code‚ one of the law states‚ “If he be a freeman‚ he (the physician) shall receive five shekels.” Basically meaning if he be a slave‚ or lower class man‚ he will not be
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principles in conducting a human life. By his employment of Socrates as his spokesperson‚ the reader learns of a society in which a merited aristocracy would rule‚ thus resulting in a civilization where all citizens are equal and no one is looked on as an alien. Instead‚ each citizen would simply fulfill their dictate of civil justice with the resulted effect being an emphasized state of activity rather than achievement. To begin the transition‚ Socrates describes the necessary removal of stories within Greek
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Aristotle was a famous Greek philosopher and scientist that lived from 384 to 322 BC. He is ranked with Socrates and Plato to be one of the most famous philosophers. Aristotle was born at Stagira‚ in Macedonia‚ as the son of a physician to the royal court. At the age of 17‚ he went to Athens to study at Plato’s Academy. He remained there for about 20 years‚ as a student and then as a teacher. When Plato dies in 347 BC‚ Aristotle moved to Assos‚ where a friend of his‚ Hermais was ruler.There he
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state from the people who apply them. Socrates poses the question: should the individual obey the state every time the state asks something of him or her? Socrates’ believes that an individual of the state has an obligation to that state and its laws. However‚ in return‚ the state cannot ask its citizens to do anything unjust. Socrates is willing to disobey the laws of state because he is afraid to do anything unjust. When Socrates is sentenced to the death penalty he replies
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They have almost changed the dream into revenge. The “American Dream” today doesn’t exist in the same way it use to. People today aren’t dreaming and working for their dream like they once did. They now expect it‚ they think it should just be given to them‚ because they are American. They know longer want the possibility of these great dreams‚ and the ability to work towards and accomplish them. Today‚ the people expect everything to be handed to them on a silver platter. They say they
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Aristotle’s Poetics is not one of his major works‚ although it has exercised a great deal of influence upon subsequent literary studies and criticism. In this work Aristotle outlines and discusses many basic elements that an author should adhere to in order to write a great tragedies and/or poetry. Two important topics that Aristotle addresses and believes to be crucial to the art work is the mimesis‚ or imitation of life‚ and that the audience has an emotional response from the work of art‚ or
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