Sophists cont’d 3) key pre understandings A all knowledge is relative B Culture‚ religion‚ and ethics are circumstantial and thereby changeable‚ rather than natural permanent and absolute 4) The sophists role in Athenian Democracy A The Shift to democract meant that clear speech and the power of persuation was indispensible B Sophists taught the art of rhetoric‚ the art of persuasive speech‚ not for the sake of truth‚ but for the sake of winning the argument 1 make a bad case look
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1) Socrates thinks that the person who thinks he knows nothing when he doesn’t know anything is wiser than the person who thinks he knows something when he doesn’t. But if neither person knows anything‚ how can on be wiser than the other? What kind of wisdom could Socrates be referring to here? Socrates believed that the person who thinks he knows nothing when he doesn‟t know anything is wiser than the person who thinks he knows something when he doesn‟t. If neither person knows
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In George L. Mosse’s “From Romanticism to the Volk‚” he states‚ “Like‚ romanticism‚ Volkish ideas showed a distinct tendency toward the irrational and emotional . . . Rationalism had been discredited” (Mosse 13). In this quote‚ the word “irrational” represents the concept of the romanticism and “rationalism” represents the concept of the enlightenment‚ and this quote basically means that the enlightenment ideas lost people’s faith. As one can realize in Mosse’s quote‚ there is a distinct conflict
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From a Passage to Africa by George Alagiah How effective is George Alagiah when presenting the suffering of the people of Gufgaduud? In the extract‚ ‘A Passage to Africa‚’ George Alagiah appeals to the readers emotions through his sensitive writing style and insightful presentation of facts. He takes us on a roller coaster of emotions and allowing us to empathize with the difficulties faced by the poor. He uses effective language that creates as impact on the readers mine which portrays the harsh
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American leadership and supporter of the Bush policy‚ in the analysis of the disagreement between United States and Europe goes so far that he demonstrate these differences as planetary diversity‚ because‚ apparently‚ Americans are from Mars‚ and Europeans are from Venus. This characterization reflects a greater tendency of American use of force and war‚ while Europeans are recognized by pleasure and hedonism‚ and this characterization can be taken as a witty prologue to the differences that have
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Humanities Prof. Smith SOCRATES Socrates was a man of many words‚ with more thoughts and questions than any man of his time. Socrates wrote nothing himself‚ leaving much of his life a mystery. As mysterious as he was‚ today we look at him as the Father of Philosophy. Most of what we know about him was depicted through works that Plato‚ his pupil‚ had written about him. These works were Crito‚ Phaedo‚ Lysis‚ Symposium‚ Euthyphyro and Apology‚ and with them being written Socrates was remembered as being
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I. Objectives * Be able to prepare cyclohexene from the dehydration of cyclohexanol * Understand the mechanisms of the dehydration reaction (acid-catalyzed dehydration). * Know how to use the necessary equipment for this reaction‚ such as the fractioning column. * Obtain positive results in unsaturation tests for the presence of carbon-carbon double bond (cyclohexene). II. Background Cyclohexanol‚ the reagent of this experiment‚ is used in the production of nylon
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Like many philosophers‚ Socrates has been able to mold and enlighten his students and people well past his time. One of his most famous quotes‚ “I only know that I know nothing‚” Never fails to capture attention. As simple as the words are it never failed to spark a conversation that exceeds expectations. Origin: • Where did the universe come from? Where did life/humanity come from? • Socrates does not clearly state an answer for Origin. I do find that his Theory of Recollection to contain
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Shaelyn Atkins Practice Summary Draft 1 ACP Comp W131 Mrs. Heiter 18 November 2015 “Too Much of a Good Thing” Summary In the article “Too Much of a Good Thing‚” by Greg Critser‚ he made many things clear about the morbid obesity problem in America. More often than not‚ it starts as a child. A study was done at Pennsylvania State University that proved that as children get older‚ they do not know when they are full; the children would eat what is placed in front of them (161). Crister suggests
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taught too much of a good thing can be bad. Too much sugar could lead to cavities. Too much junk food can lead to unhealthiness. In Lord of the Flies by William Golding‚ boys trapped on an island have to create a thriving society. During a struggle for power‚ order disappears and chaos arrives. The boys are forced to split their tribe and make their decisions based on their morals. Some want to have cruel fun‚ while others just want be rescued. Throughout the novel‚ the theme is too much of a good
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