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    often wondered what life would be without strong values. values that doesnt only matters to yourself‚ but values that make you worth something to someone else. When it comes to how much a life is worth‚ I find it very hard to answe. Because how can you know how much a life is valued‚ it depends from person to person. Is there truly a way where you can put a price on how much a life is worth? Some people argue that you should put the value of life into monetary value and others say life should be kept

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    For most people‚ Life is very close and cherished to them. They yearn to enjoy every single moment in life and wish they could live forever. People believe there is nothing in life that is worth dying for. On the contrary‚ I believe there are some situations and values that are worth dying for as they are really important. Conversely‚ I consider there are some matters that tempt people to die for‚ but are not worth it. For example‚ if someone put a gun next to my friend and father’s head and asked

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    Apology is a public speech; Crtio is a private speech • Socrates ○ was the first philosopher concerned with human affairs (ethics‚ morality) ○ Socrates originally devoted his time to science ○ Later abandoned science and shifted attention to ethics-philosophy ○ Never wrote anything; so how do we know anything about him? Because of: § Plato § Xenophon § Aristophanes (Clouds)- accuser ○ Plato is the mouth piece of Socrates in most cases § But not verbatim; a lie in such

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    Every Life 1 Every Life Is Worth Fighting For Every Life 2 Every Life Is Worth Fighting For Everyday‚ we as a society fight for our rights. We defend them passionately. There are so many instances in which one cannot fight for their own rights. Partial-birth abortion is a silent killer of those individuals that cannot fight for themselves. Partial-birth abortion is when a doctor delivers a baby foot first; until the entire body except the head is outside the mother. The he punctures the

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    Kylee Green Socrates’ Divine Mission and the Examined Life Socrates’ begins his divine mission when the oracle says that he‚ in fact‚ is the wisest man. Socrates then goes on to try to prove that prophecy wrong because he feels that there are many people who are wiser than him and there are so many things that he does not know. Socrates starts to talk about his divine mission in front of the court as a way to explain himself to them. He described to them about how he questioned men who he considered

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    SOCRATES LIFE STORY Version 1.0 ** Socrates was well known in Athens by the time he was in his forties due to his habit of engaging in philosophy conversations in public and at private gatherings. The subject of these conversations often revolved around defining things like‚ justice‚ beauty‚ courage‚ temperance‚ friendship and virtue. The search for definition focused on the true nature of the subject under question and not just on how the word is used correctly in a sentence. Socrates style of

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    Living the "Good Life"

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    Paper 1: The Good Life Living “the good life” can have a different meaning to each individual. I personally believe “the good life” is made up of the all the little things that make you happy‚ the goals you set out to accomplish‚ your relationships with family and friends‚ and what people will remember about you after you are gone. However‚ I think there is a mutual understanding of what a “good life” really is. “The good life” is discovering and fulfilling your life’s purpose‚ overcoming personal

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    Living a Live of Wellness “Wellness is proactive rather than reactive‚ and inclusive and accessible to laypersons rather than the exclusive. “It involves a philosophy of self-respect and self-care that can be accessed by different persons in different ways‚ then nurtured and extended in other areas of their lives” (Hatfield‚ 1992). In order for us to become a person who is well‚ we need to be proactive and work on the areas of physical‚ emotional‚ spiritual‚ intellectual‚ and social wellness

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    Society now in days seems to be more focused in making a living rather than making a life. Although they both may seem similar‚ putting more thought into the meaning will show that it is not. Life seems to consist of these two things. Both making a living and making a life have a similarity with a career‚ money‚ and enjoyment. When making a living‚ people tend to focus on having a career‚ money‚ and enjoyment. People tend to settle for what they get handed and do not follow their dream career.

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    Socrates Notions

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    In order to discuss Socrates notions‚ I would like to discuss two various points which consist of the significance and difference between an unexamined life and an examined life. As stated by Socrates‚ collectively‚ our unexamined lives create the ills of society. In other words‚ when one does things right‚ he would usually think that he reached the perfection; he would barely assume that his life is irreproachable and there is no need to correct or change the way it is. And this thought would make

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