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    and dividing existence into MIND and BODY (CARTESIAN DUALISM) Niccoló Machiavelli "It is greater to be feared than loved." He advised rulers to instill FEAR in their subjects for the greatest POWER and success. Voltaire "Crush the infamous thing!" This man’s and other philosophes’ opinions on the CHURCH and CHRISTIANITY. Jean Jacques Rousseau‚ The Social Contract (1762) "All men are born free‚ but elsewhere they are in chains" states his belief that society "chains" people John Locke

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    has a bond of mutual affection.” Despite there being a concrete definition‚ friendship has no terminology because everyone’s view on it is distinct and miscellaneous. The pure definition of friendship is defined on one’s own notion. In The Things They Carried‚ Rat Kiley and Curt Lemon had a bona fide friendship that was equivalent to no other friendship. Mark Fossie and Mary Anne Bell also had a friendship that was beyond than just a friendship. Both relationships were so complementary but yet contradicted

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    The Good Things about Filipinos Amidst all the negative things hurled to us‚ Filipinos‚ by peoples from various and distant lands (or even by our own blood-brothers)‚ it will never be denied that we have good characteristics that we can be proud of. We even have attitudes that we are the only ones who have. These good things about us are those that compensate for the almost indelible negative things that we have. And majority of them are obviously the product of being imprisoned for more than

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    When asked to write about 15 things in my life that are important to me many values come to mind such as home‚ work‚ myself‚ a significant other‚ and this world we live in. there is obviously much more than 15 things that are important to me in my life so I will just give you brief explanations of each subjects. Home Three of the most important thing to me in my home environment would have to be my family‚ friends‚ and my town as a whole. My family is very important to me due to the fact without

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    Publications Company Fundamental Volleyball By: Julie Jensen and Photos by Andy King One thing that I didn’t know about volleyball was that in 1895 William G. Morgan invented it. I also didn’t know that Volleyball has the skills of Baseball‚ Handball‚ and Tennis. Two things I already knew were how to spike and serve. Two things I already knew how to do were how to spike and serve. One more thing I didn’t know was how to jump serve. hits then without exercising. This book is based on both

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    The Things They Carried By Tim O’Brien Describe your speaker. What do you know about him/her? What do you NOT know about him/her? What makes your speaker an effective story teller? What character in the novel do you believe to be the least effective? Why? How does the speaker relate to this character? I know that the speaker is conscious of what he writes about‚ meaning that he knows he writes only about the Vietnam War and that it has consumed his writing career yet can’t help

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    very competitive through everyday situations. We know if we do not live up to the standards of society and the ones we have set for ourselves‚ our minds become scared that other people will think of our self image as cowardly. In the novel The Things They Carried‚ Tim O’Brien uses the reflection of soldiers past memories to show cowardly self thought and concern of not being worthy in defective situations. These examples

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    is sacred. A church symbolizes purity and religion. “You don’t mess with churches.” (113) Messing with a sacred thing can affect the “karma”. For example‚ the ying & yang‚ one has the good in bad and the other has the bad in good. The pagoda is the good in the bad & the war is the bad in the good.

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    THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT MALUNGGAY: Malunggay Scientific Name : Moringa Oleifera Also known as: "Malunggáy" in Philippines‚ "Sajina" in India‚ "Shojne" in   Bengal‚ "Munagakaya" in   Telugu‚ "Shenano" in   Rajasthani‚ "Shevaga" in   Marathi‚ "Nuggekai" in Kannada‚ "Drumstick Tree‚ Horse Radish Tree‚ Ben Oil Tree" in English‚ "La mu" in Chinese. Malunggay (Moringa Oleifera)‚ is a popular plant known for nutritional value as well as a herbal medicine. Malunggay is a plant that grows in the tropical

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    1. Cross feels that Lavender is killed because Cross himself was too busy daydreaming about Martha that he was unable to protect his men. Since Cross’s mind was in a distant place‚ he was unable to lead his team efficiently. Cross believes that if his mind was focused on the war he would have been able to protect Lavender. 2. At the end of the story Cross realizes that he needs to be a leader that is worthy of his men. There cannot be anymore daydreaming‚ and lack of focus since he is in a war.

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