A Life Worth Living After being sentenced to death for his controversial views and teachings of politics and religion to the youth of Ancient Athens‚ the historical philosopher Socrates was given an ultimatum to spend the remainder of his in exile. To this‚ Socrates stated “the unexamined life is not worth living”. [i] Like the subjective nature of philosophy itself‚ this quote from one of the most famous philosophers of all time can come in an array of interpretations. What Socrates
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Is Obesity Really a Disease? The controversial debate on whether obesity should be classified as a disease has been around for some time. Recently‚ the American Medical Association officially classified obesity as a disease. Disease is generally defined as an abnormal condition that results from developmental errors and/or unfavorable environmental factors that cannot be controlled. It can be caused by an external source‚ such as some sort of pathogen or an internal dysfunction of cells. Obesity
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1. True Grit is clearly set in a place with no boundaries. Mattie‚ Roster and Chaney all have at least one thing in common‚ a need for no set place or time. In this story there aren’t many rules or regulations‚ or not many followed rules or regulations at least. You see‚ there is a difference between dong what’s right or just and doing what you are supposed to. What’s right is always a good thing but usually gets you into trouble. However‚ doing what you are supposed to may save you from trouble
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What really happened at the Alamo? The Alamo in San Antonio‚ Texas‚ was originally known as Mission San Antonio de Valero. It was one of five Spanish missions established by Franciscans in he late 1700s and was the first set along the San Antonio River. People in the unit started calling the post "The Alamo" after the name of their home‚ Alamo de Parras‚ Coahuila in 1744. "Alamo" is also a Spanish word for cottonwood. The Alamo in Texas became a place where a battle took place. This is known
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Trees make oxygen as a waste product of respiration‚ we need oxygen to breathe‚ no trees because we’re doing homework = No humans. So Homework is actually killing us. It has been scientifically proven that “turn our carbon dioxide waste into oxygen so we can breathe” I strongly feel that we should put a Stop to the disorder in every school across England. People have lives. Teachers may not‚ but their pupils generally have other things they want to do in their spare time. For example‚ I
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their article “Are Colleges Worth the Price of Admission?”‚ “Tuition charges at both public and private colleges have more than doubled-in real dollars-compared with generations ago.” The ever rising costs of college‚ paired with the fact that the minimum wage could hardly be considered a living wage‚ puts fear in students. This brings us to our main point: is college really worth the debt? To add to the previous point‚ students may also wonder if colleges are really worth it. They are most likely
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Macbeth‚ What the play is really about Macbeth is written by Shakespear‚ it is believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1606. When Macbeth met the witches and they told him about his future as the thane of Cardwr and the king‚ he informed his wife by letter. Upon reading this letter his wife‚ believed the witches‚ and proceeded to summon the evil spirits. “ That I may pour my spirit in thin ear and chastise with the fallow of my tongue”. Lady Macbeth hatches a plan which involves
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Does talent really exist? Good morning ladies and gentleman‚ Of course we all do know what we mean when we talk about talent. But do we really know the correct definition of talent? Let me first tell you the definition‚ which is written in the dictionary. Talent is a special natural ability or aptitude also for achievement or success. This maybe sounds good but I still want to look at the idea of talent existing or not. Before I go on I want to make one thing totally clear. I of course
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Do Electrons Really Exist? Science has defined the nature of the world through an assortment of things that are observed in the physical world and those that are unobservable‚ improvable theories that explain the world. Electrons are unobservable. We cannot experience their existence with our own human senses. Do electrons really exist‚ or are they just useful fictions? Antirealists would explain that they do not exist because you cannot observe them. Realists would argue that electrons
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for a criminal process. This story shows that this poor man was held without being given a trial so he could not defend himself and explain his innocence. Some people believe that the Patriot Act is a good thing because it keeps us safer. It is worth it to sacrifice our freedoms in order to prevent terrorism. These people might say that arresting Jose Padilla was a good thing because it prevented him from potentially setting off a bomb. In many ways the Patriot Act has made government investigations
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