Ruchi Ahuja IDS 385W Professor Jeremy Bell Aristotle’s Interpretation of Ethical Virtues “An ethical virtue is a habit‚ disposed towards action‚ by deliberate choice‚ being at the mean relative to us‚ and defined by reason and as a prudent man would define it” (The Nicomachean Ethics‚ Book Beta‚ 1107a). Book Beta of The Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle revolves around the central concept of virtue‚ in particular‚ ethical virtue. An ethical virtue is comprised of several components‚ the first of which
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Andrew Johnson was born on December 29‚ 1808 in Raleigh‚ North Carolina to his father‚ Jacob Johnson‚ and mother‚ Mary McDonough. His parents were of Irish and English ancestry. He had a brother and an older sister Elizabeth‚ who unfortunately died in childhood. The Johnsons grew up in poverty and was sent to a tailor shop as a boy but ran away. He later opened up his own tailor shop in Greeneville‚ Tennessee‚ married his sweetheart‚ Eliza McCardle‚ and participated in debates at the Greenville
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Introduction Our Contribution Generation of Program Invariants using Abstract Interpretation Framework 41st Annual International IEEE/IFIP conference‚ DSN- 2011‚ Hong Kong Anirban Roy Choudhury Homi Bhabha National Institute Mumbai‚ India 30 June‚ 2011 Anirban Roy Choudhury Generation of Program Invariants using Abstract Interpretation Introduction Our Contribution Abstract Interpretation Abstract Domains Motivation A faulty computer software can cause significant economic
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Percy Bysshe Shelley wrote this poem "Ozymandias" to express to us that possessions do not mean immortality. He used very strong imagery and irony to get his point across throughout the poem. In drawing these vivid and ironic pictures in our minds‚ Shelley was trying to explain that no one lives forever‚ and nor do their possessions. Shelley expresses this poem’s moral through a vivid and ironic picture. A shattered stone statue with only the legs and head remaining‚ standing in the
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slave of anyone‚ do the right things‚ and solve problems no matter how gigantic they are. The purpose of this essay is to make people understand that everything is possible as long as they are willing to fight for it. In the novel The Well by Mildred Taylor‚ there are several courageous characters who stand up and do what is right in the face of great danger. To begin with‚ David‚ who has a lot of courage‚ takes care of the problems that he never did. For example‚ David said in front of his Mama and
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Johnson’s Glass House: Beyond Mies and the Modern Movement Philip Johnson (b. 1906) began his career in the 1930s as a critic and curator. In 1932‚ during his time at The Museum of Modern Art‚ he oversaw an exhibition he titled The International Style‚ which featured the work of the avant-garde architects‚ designers and theorists of Europe led by Le Corbusier‚ Walter Gropius and his mentor‚ Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. It was Johnson and this exhibition that helped to define and articulate for the
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I know this poem from “Dead Poets Society”‚ which you might love or hate. I‚ too‚ have a love/hate relationship with the movie‚ but my love side teaches it often because Peter Weir did so many great things with cameras and the symbolism is priceless. But‚ I suggest Wikipedia as the best source about Lindsay and this poem‚ which you can find here. The following is a bit about this poem and possible racism. “The Congo”‚ Lindsay’s best-known poem‚ became controversial both for its groundbreaking use
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All throughout my k-12 education I always questioned why I had to go to school all year except summer‚ and especially why it had to be so early in the mornings. In the book “Rereading America” there is a passage titled “Against School” by John Taylor Gatto. In the passage Gatto asks “ Do we really need school? I don’t mean the education‚ just forced schooling: six classes a day‚ five days a week‚ nine months a year‚ for twelve years. Is this deadly routine really necessary?[…] 2 million happy
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Ordinary Differential Equations After reading this chapter‚ you should be able to: develop Euler’s Method for solving ordinary differential equations‚ determine how the step size affects the accuracy of a solution‚ derive Euler’s formula from Taylor series‚ and use Euler’s method to find approximate values of integrals. 1. 2. 3. 4. What is Euler’s method? Euler’s method is a numerical technique to solve ordinary differential equations of the form dy (1) = f (x‚ y )‚ y (0) = y 0
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