As the well known and revered Chinese-American historian remarked‚ "When the Chinese arrived in America‚ they brought their language along as cultural baggage as well as mores and customs that had evolved in one of the world’s great civilizations" (Louie‚ 1). The history of the Cantonese‚ or Yue‚ language is more than 2‚000 years old‚ making it older than Mandarin‚ the official language of China‚ which only has 700 to 800 years of history. Around the time of the Qin Dynasty‚ Cantonese became more
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“The ruling ideas of the age are ever the ideas of the ruling class.” – Marx & Engles High culture is characterised by timeless artefacts that shape and reflect the taste of those of the ‘high class’. In the past‚ before the introduction of popular culture‚ it was the ‘ruling classes’‚ the people with the money‚ power and status that defined what was considered to be of a high quality hence a part of ‘high society’. It was these people who outlined what was ‘good’ and what was ‘bad’‚ what was acceptable
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I. THE THEORY OF THE IDEAS AND PLATO’S ONTOLOGY I. 1. The ontological dualism The theory of the Ideas is the base of Plato’s philosophy: the Ideas are not only the real objects ontologically speaking‚ but they are the authentically objects of knowledge epistemologically speaking. From the point of view of ethics and politics‚ they are the foundation of the right behaviour‚ and anthropologically speaking they are the base of Plato’s dualism and they even allow him demonstrate the
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MANAGING YOURSELF How to Pitch a Brilliant Idea Before you even know it‚ the stranger across the desk has decided what kind of person you are. Knowing how you’ll be stereotyped allows you to play to and control-the other guy’s expectations. by Kimberly D. Elsbach C OMING UP WITH creative ideas is easy; selling them to strangers is hard. All too often‚ entrepreneurs‚ sales executives‚ and marketing managers go to great lengths to show how their new business plans or creative concepts
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their own car. Can you see the difference? After picturing this‚ we all then need to consider whether automated cars are a good or bad idea because there is a possibility that they will be among us in the near future. Automated cars are not a good idea because they have many safety issues and they’re expensive to make. A reason why I believe they’re not a good idea is because there are a lot safety issues that we should be concerned about. What readers should understand is that driverless cars are
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Mid Term Paper Ideas Behind the American Revolution The American Revolution produced a new nation‚ however this new nation was not created from new beliefs. Numerous facets of the new America derived from old ideas from Britain. The bulk of the new American culture was loosely based off of British culture. The design of America’s political freedom was a product of the harsh British monarchy. The uniting of the original colonies and understanding the idea of being one country resulted
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Explain an important idea in a text you have studied. Explain why you found it interesting. Discuss visual and verbal techniques in your answer. In the film Mean Creek directed by Jacob Aaron Estes‚ the important idea of loss of innocence is very interesting as it tells the story and shows us how quickly things can change. The director shows us this through the way the characters change during the burial of George‚ the word “snap” written in a tree and the guilt felt by Millie and Sam. Firstly
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They both understand the power and importance of deceit‚ and how it is gained. They also are equally opinionated when it comes to the subject of property and money. This essay will seek to explain‚ compare‚ and contrast Machiavelli’s ideas on power with Karl Marx’s ideas on Money. Marx believes that money has a misused transformative power in Bourgeois society‚ one which he argues‚ that we are currently subjected to. He claims that‚ “Money is the pimp between man’s need and the object‚ between
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Philosophy Essay. Explain the Biblical idea of the Goodness of God (25). This essay will explain the Biblical idea of the goodness of God. The issues that arise with this question are; whether the Bible portrays God as morally good/ perfect and whether God commands good things? Or are things good because God commands them? Firstly two key ideas emerge about God’s goodness in the bible; first that God is good‚ second‚ that God’s actions are good. Sections of the Bible; for example the Jewish
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Machiavelli Machiavelli lived during the Renaissance era of the Medieval times. In this time period many concepts and ideas were being reborn‚ including the Christian faith. He lived during a time period in which the people of the time thought of the Black Plague as a symptom of judgment upon the sinfulness of the land. These same people began to scourge themselves in order to express their sorrow and therefore remove God’s judgment laid upon them. Although Machiavelli lived long after the fall
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