Bergeron Wendy Wang Sep‚ 23/2013 Quotes: (w/pg#s) or paraphrased summaries w/pg#s quotes Response: question‚ comments-opinions‚ connection‚ prediction (2-5 sentences each) 1. ……said Hazel‚ “I’d have chimes on Sunday-just chimes. Kind of in honor of religion” I don’t know what does this line mean‚ but why would she only have chimes on Sunday? This quote is a T-W quote. This quote means that what Hazel will do when she was the handicap general in Harrison
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A quote Steve Jobs said to Stanford Graduates in 2005. “Your time is limited‚ so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” Here is how I interpret what Steve Jobs was saying: Don’t drink just to make your friends‚ partner or anyone else happy‚ because then you’re just living someone else’s life. Don’t go places your friends’ want you to just to please them‚ because then you’re living someone else’s life. Don’t act a certain way and do things just because your friends want you to just so they
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laugh for yourself.” ― Hermann Hesse “Life is short and truth works far and lives long: let us speak the truth.” ― Arthur Schopenhauer “It is a law of nature that every decent man on earth is bound to be a coward and a slave” ― Fyodor Dostoevsky “But the elastic heart of youth cannot be compressed into one constrained shape long at a time.” ― Mark Twain “Have you ever sensed that our soul is immortal and never dies?” ― Plato “Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to
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Based on Vicente Ruiz’s actions and his conversation with Chuck Moore‚ what differences do you detect in cultural attitudes toward communications in Mexico as compared with the United States? Understands these differences important? Explain. Communication is the process by which information is exchanged and understood by two or more people. A manager must not only possess good communication skills‚ he must also be able to communicate effectively. When communicating internationally‚ managers
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Socrates and the Sophists (Plato’s Dialogues) In chapter 4‚ The Sophist: Protagoras‚ Soccio does an excellent job discussing a group of teachers and thinkers known collectively as sophists‚ and the social environment in which they flourished for a time. These professional educators were known for being widely travelled and thus having much experience with other cultures. This experience convinced many of them that there is no such thing as ’objective standards;’ we merely have a set of culturally
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Socrates Anthology and Plato Plato: I: Apology 1. What are the charges brought against Socrates by his Athenian accusers and what is his reply concerning the sort of wisdom he in fact possesses? The charges that were brought against Socrates were corrupting the young and Impiety. Socrates says “If you ask me what kind of wisdom‚ I reply‚ wisdom such as may perhaps be attained by man‚ for to that extent I am inclined to believe that I am wise; Whereas the persons of whom I was speaking have a
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Rogers Fortune favors the brave. Virgil I made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it short. Blaise Pascal Great works are performed‚ not by strength‚ but by perseverance. Samuel Johnson You can have everything in life that you want if you just give enough other people what they want. Zig Ziglar Whatever the mind can conceive and believe‚ the mind can achieve. Dr. Napoleon Hill 100% of the shots you don’t take don’t go in. Wayne Gretzky "There are two ways
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In 399 BCE Socrates was wrongfully put to death. The charges and verdict were posted in the metroon (Greek temple): "Socrates is guilty of refusing to recognize the gods recognized by the state and introducing other‚ new divinities. He is also guilty of corrupting the youth. The penalty demanded is death‚" (Socrates). Regardless of the laws at the time‚ and the amount of discretion given to the court‚ the wrong moral decision was made. Socrates’ famous student‚ Plato‚ wrote about trial in Apology
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In this essay‚ I explicate connections between Socrates’ descriptions of himself and his role as a citizen and educator in his home city‚ Athens‚ as portrayed in Plato’s Apology. The Apology depicts the trial of Socrates‚ and its entirety is narrated from the point of view of Socrates. Therefore‚ in the account of this trial‚ we have a lens through which we can view Socrates’ ideologies and convictions. Additionally‚ because Socrates is speaking directly to a jury of five hundred and one Athenians
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Antigone vs. Socrates In the plays Antigone and the Crito the two lead characters‚ Antigone and Socrates‚ showed completely different ideas regarding their responsibilities to the State. Antigone believes in divine law and does what she thinks that the Gods would want her to do. Socrates‚ on the other hand‚ believes that he owes it to the State to follow their laws whether he thinks they are right or not. In Antigone‚ her brother Polynices‚ turned against his own city by attacking his own
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