Epicurus (341 - 270BC) Founder of the philosophical view of Hedonism (termed the ethic of the pigsty)‚ Hedonistic philosophy taught that pleasure was the highest good of man. The pursuit of pleasure was man’s chief goal. Pleasure was good and pain was evil. Epicurus rejected Aristotle’s golden mean of doing nothing to excess. He said that religion is the chief curse of the human race. He was not really saying that he did not believe in the gods‚ but he said that the gods had no interest
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My Best Friend When we were in high school we do things to fit in with others‚ and to be able to say that you have at least experienced with things. Well‚ when I was in high school I got mixed up in the wrong crowd and started doing things that I am not so proud of. I was mixed up with people who used drugs and drank every day. This became such a routine thing for me that I dropped out of school after finishing my freshman year. I enrolled into GED classes but that didn’t work out because I was
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your life when time stops‚ and your world comes to a halt? That happened to me a while ago. It started out as a normal Friday morning. I got up got dressed‚ eat breakfast‚ and went to work. It was quite a busy day. That morning I couldn’t find my work shoes‚ so I had to wear my converse. Which get quite uncomfortable after a few hours of standing. Well when the time came to leave I was dead tired‚ my feet ached and all I wanted to do was go home‚ sit down and relax. Well‚ when I got home my dad was
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2/14/13 Essay#2 English 101 My Best Friends There’s really no great way to start my story other than with the truth. I was 31 and living in a tiny apartment in one of the worst neighborhoods in Louisville. I was on my second divorce and third abusive relationship. Between me making excuses for bruises and the women my then husband was seeing while I was working‚ life for me was a sad one. I woke up one morning and decided I had to leave. I packed all I could‚ filed an EPO and waited
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of the world walks out. In my life I have three different best friends‚ and the three of them walk into my life whenever there needed when the world walks out. My three different friends help me achieve any goal I set my mind too‚ and I know I can always run to them for support. The first friend that I have is the friend that I’ve known since I was in first grade. Her name is Chelse we’ve always been real close ever since we were young. I’d do anything for her‚ and I know she would do anything
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are never ever the same” (Unknown). What is a “best friend”? Almost everyone has one‚ and almost everyone is one. There’s something about a best friend that cannot be duplicated. Everyone has their own definition of what their own best friend is like and what an impact he or she has made in their life. In this essay I would like to take a better look at some of the simple things that we might take for granted when we think of our best friends.A best friend is a title held for the few and privileged
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Life is a gift from God to appreciate and live out as best we can. It should be given great importance and be treasured with all our might. Life also brings about question marks‚ for example whether abortion and euthanasia are acceptable‚ what they actually are‚ and if killing in self defence is acceptable. Abortion is the premature termination of a pregnancy‚ resulting in the death of the foetus (the baby inside the mother’s womb). Abortion and contraception are NOT the same. Contraception simply
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MY BEST VACATION. Dear all‚ Today‚ I would like to tell you about my best vacation. A few summers ago‚ my sister‚ her colleagues and me took a vacation to Nha Trang for 5 days. As you know‚ vacation was special days! We visitted many well-known places such as: Vinpeal Land‚ Hon Tam Island‚ Diamond Bay‚ Thap Ba Pagoda‚...and so on. On the way riding in the cable car to go to Vinpeal Land‚ we saw several jelly fish in the very blue water. It is the first time I have ever seen an extremely beautiful
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What do you want in life? Many people struggle with this question. Maybe you do too? Maybe some of you have already figured it all out? Life can get so busy that we don’t have time to really think about what we want in life. And when we do find what we want‚ it can seem impossible to achieve it. Many people have different ambitions in life. So‚ the word ambition would have different definitions‚ depending on whom you ask. To me‚ ambition is a burning desire to achieve your goals or to succeed. Ambition
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My best friends name is Brittney Lewis. We have been friends since the ninth grade. We have a few things in common‚ but we’re mostly best friends because opposites attract. Brittney and I met in a Physical Science class we had together. At first we didn’t talk very much if at all‚ but after a while we grew on each other and stated hanging out together. Since then we have remained friends and since shared many things together like good laughs‚ jobs‚ and even some times that weren’t so good for both
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