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    A Good Memory for a Better Life! Whether you are at college or in a job‚a good memory is more than necessary in the daily activities and at all stages of your life. A good memory is essential for the student‚ the businessman‚ the employee‚ the politician‚ the statesman – in fact for every one in every walk of life. It is necessary‚ too‚ in social life‚ for a person who forgets his social engagements and can never remember the faces of those he has met will not be a social success.For example‚a

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    The Good life can be interpreted in many ways by various people. It is pondered by every individual and can be discussed and analyzed in different ways. The following texts have shown me a very different perspective to the good life. One that I would of never thought I would have. Every person can come to their own decisions to define the good life. I believe after one reads the chosen texts‚ one will have a better understanding and can determine specific arguments and reasons for their beliefs.

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    The apology of Socrates is quite a mystery; his defense is essentiality unbelievable by the average audience. A character so knowledgeable was like no other and can take someone time to truly understand his intelligence and spirt. As Socrates seeks the truth of the frequent lies told against him‚ he was determined to persuade the juries that the accusations presented were untruthful. I find it quite comical how sarcastic and knowledgeable he was to be put in the situation he was in. He was able to

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    Good Life Song Analysis

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    Feeling”‚ and “Good Life”‚ all disclose important relations to my life all through the last fairly short years. “Don’t Blink”‚ by Kenny Chesney‚ is a sentimental song about how growing up goes by in a blink of an eye. Hence the title of the song‚ it seems like yesterday I was a freshman ready to start a brand new school. Little did I know time would fly and numerous changes would be made to my life. Overall‚ the song gives a sense of memorial towards

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    What makes human life worth living? And not merely live it‚ but to live it well? The unadulterated search for happiness is innate in all human beings‚ it is a genuine goal that is sought after as a complete and sufficient good. It is desired for itself and succeeds in achieving what can be defined as a good life. Yet no matter how prominent the search for happiness is‚ there are endless definitions and explanations for our dependency on it. Aristotle argues that happiness is dependent on the

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    The Value of Philosophy

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    The Value of Philosophy and the Point of Our Lives It is basic human nature to question. There is a curiosity inside all of us that leads us to wonder about everything. Curiosity leads to examination‚ which leads to contemplation. Through this process the mysteries of life and the universe are slowly discovered. But there are some questions that can never be answered with certainty. These questions make up the study of philosophy‚ and are considered using reason and logic. Two of the main arguments

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    Sachs’ beliefs‚ values and issues that he wrestles with‚ he has his own vision of development or what the good life looks like that mimics the Westernized trajectory and focuses on economic development as a way to improve culture in societies. His vision of the good life moves beyond the freedom to maximize personal utility which is what neoclassicists argue is the good life. Rather‚ living a good life “means finding a golden mean‚ living by virtue and being able to flourish” (Guo 2014). This connects

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    The health is very important with our life. Many people said that " Having a good health is having every things". And the truth‚ if you haven’t got a good health‚ you will not have perfect happiness in family‚ life and career. So that‚ It’s necessary to keep your fit. There are hundreds of thousands of way for you keep your fit. But in my opinion‚ you can notice some following point: + You should do morning exerc/ises or play sport as ride bicycle in fresh air. Riding bicycle helps to reduces

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    certain external goods that are not fully in our control: good family‚ friends‚ financial security‚ children‚ beauty. Do you agree? Do our external circumstances determine if we have a good life? Or can we have a good life by becoming independent of external circumstances? Answer: Before I begin to explain my answer to the first question‚ I think it’s important to note that Aristotle acknowledged the existence of contention between what was categorized as characteristics of a good life and characteristics

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    Last Days of Socrates

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    Plato. The Last Days of Socrates. London: Penguin Books Ltd.‚ 1993 Imagine the time just after the death of Socrates. The people of Athens were filled with questions about the final judgment of this well-known‚ long-time citizen of Athens. Socrates was accused at the end of his life of impiety and corruption of youth. Rumors‚ prejudices‚ and questions flew about the town. Plato experienced this situation when Socrates‚ his teacher and friend‚ accepted the ruling of death from an Athenian

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