The polis some important characteristics A polis is a Greek city-state. Instead of having a united country‚ the Greeks were divided into large‚ independent cities with their own governments and people. Some of the more famous poleis are Athens‚ Sparta‚ Corinth‚ Thebes‚ and Argos. Poleis were originally ruled by heredity kings. As these kings became unpopular‚ they were often overthrown by tyrants. Although usurpers to the throne that were considered illegitimate‚ they were often very popular
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12/5/11 All great authors purposely select specific elements to amplify the settings of their stories. Edith Warten and Langston Hughes respectfully use the stings of their stories to enhance the mood‚ “Early Autumn” and the novel Ethan Frome. In the short story Early Autumn‚ Langston Hughes uses the setting to amplify the mood by implementing the heavily populated city and the dusk like atmosphere. In the novel Ethan Frome‚ Edith Warten uses the harsh and dull winter setting to emphasize the bitterness
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passive. It is in the context of this "dwelling in another man’s house" that Vedic regulations for women are invoked and popular sentiment demands an ordeal to prove her purity. This strength of character has not gone unnoticed by Indian women‚ who have found much in her to applaud.
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the view that we are born with at least some (innate) knowledge? Innate knowledge is knowledge that is already in the mind without experience. This is the view taken by rationalists‚ which contrasts against the empiricist view that the mind starts tabula rasa‚ and all knowledge is gained through experience. Plato argued that all ideas or concepts are innate and that when you gain knowledge‚ it’s merely recollecting what you already know innately. The view that we are born with innate knowledge
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Some Fundamental Truths about Tourism 1. How do Mckercher’s Fundamental of Truths affect your views on Tourism Impact? It really affects my views a lot because at first‚ I only knew all the advantages of the tourism industry that it will have an impact for the common good of the economy and of our country. It changed my perspective because these things are hidden; rarely to be discuss by others because it does not affect tourist but by some means greatly affect the locals residing from the tourist
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What are some of the motivations for virus programmers? 1: Anger issues There are those who‚ for whatever reason‚ just do destructive things for the sake of their destructiveness. They may be malicious narcissists‚ psychopaths‚ or just so self-centered in their impression that the whole world is against them that they will blindly lash out at anyone and everyone when they get the chance. They might think they’re misunderstood and want to communicate with the world by harming it in some way 2:
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Some Big Issues within Psychology The study of psychology is filled with controversy and debate. All of the uncertainties and unanswered questions even push interest in the field. These questions provoke deep thought about why humans behave the way they do‚ where we learned these behaviors‚ how we learned them‚ and more. However‚ almost all of the smaller arguments can be grouped into one big debate: nature versus nurture. It asks if the way we behave comes from nature – the genes we inherit from
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Some analysis and recommendations for Perfect Pizzeria I. Problems Of This Case Perfect Pizzeria has no clearly regulations‚ reward systems‚ training systems ought to be developed aiming to introduce the motivator factors to employees‚ such as achievement‚ recognition and advancement. For manager: This no formalized training nor was there any systematic criterion for becoming a manager. This led to a low effort to performance expectancy as the managers doubted their capability
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Some ways the Christian gospel is perceived in our culture are humans are “born in sin‚ but can be forgiven by Christ‚” (Psalm 51:5)‚ the only way to heaven is through Christ‚ (2 Corinthians 5:21)‚ and Jesus died for our sins. (John 3:16) The perception of this is viewed differently among people. Some believe that Christians can be too harsh and extreme‚ like the Westboro Baptist Church. Others view Christians the way I do as loving‚ caring‚ and forging‚ just as Jesus did. Some specific moral reasons
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In this pre-cal 11 class‚ some students are facing a tremendous difficulty because they don’t give this course their best try‚ and the reason for that may be they don’t understand how important this course is. For a while‚ I keep receiving some very ’basic’ type of questions from few students‚ which kind of confused me because those questions are not challenging and Ms.Wagner has certainly go over it. My first thought was that they don’t understand the teacher’s interpretation; however‚ after few
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