The Chronicle Review October 3‚ 2010 What Are You Going to Do With That? Katherine Streeter for The Chronicle Review By William Deresiewicz The essay below is adapted from a talk delivered to a freshman class at Stanford University in May. The question my title poses‚ of course‚ is the one that is classically aimed at humanities majors. What practical value could there possibly be in studying literature or art or philosophy? So you must be wondering why I’m bothering to raise it here‚ at
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Why Does the Third World Exist? We understand why there is global poverty and some of the background and historical causes‚ but why does the "Third World" exist? There are many reasons: Hypothesis #1 Most Lesser Developed Countries (LDCs) have: poor climate poor soils inadequate rainfall unreliable temperatures (too high‚ too low) lack of natural resources There are anomalies however as certain countries have some of these conditions but are still developed and there are countries
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truth. They have been arguing the point that truth can not be taught‚ you must see if for yourself. Plato: You all live in a life of lies‚ you have never seen the truth. Not like how I have. Ibn Tufayl: And how have you seen the truth? Plato: I have left “the cave” that you are all living in. I have climbed out and can see the light of the world while you can only see the shadows that are cast on the wall. Ibn Tufayl: What do you mean by shadows? Plato: The shadows are the base level of understanding
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Do you believe in ghosts? Ghosts‚ a hypothetical subject widely opened to the skepticism of us humans. In reference to Wikipedia‚ the definition of ghosts is “a ghost is the soul or spirit of a deceased person or animal that can appear‚ in visible form or other manifestation‚ to the living.” In my opinion‚ ghosts do exist. Of course they do. The existence of ghosts can be proved by unexplainable paranormal activities. Nevertheless‚ they have a strong connection with religions‚ explaining the
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Stanley Have you ever read Holes‚ or at least the first 20 pages‚ then you would probably know that Stanley Yelnats is existing in a wasteland. These are my several reasons to prove my statement. To begin‚ Stanley’s physical environment is not a positive place to be in. For example‚ it’s so barren the only things you can see are the ground‚ the sky‚ and Camp Green Lake. Also‚ it’s so hot that it feels like heaven when you take a 4 min. cold shower. Another way to show that Stanley is living in
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issue of trade union reforms was heavily involved in both Prime Minister’s term of offices‚ to which Disraeli seemed to do more for‚ even though Gladstone provided the building blocks for the reforms. Gladstone was the first PM to recognise the rights of trade unions to exist. His legislation of 1871‚ the Trade Union Act‚ gave the unions legal protection and the freedom to exist and collect subs. On first reading‚ then‚ it would seem that Gladstone truly understood the concerns of working men and
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Assignment 3: Persuasive Paper Part 1: “A Problem Exists” Angel Pupo Strayer University‚ ENG215 Prof. Eric Thompson February 24‚ 2013 Assignment 3: Persuasive Paper Part 1: “A Problem Exists” Should the U.S. build more nuclear power plants for an energy source? The nuclear power plant history in United State is detailed by U.S.NRC (United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission)‚ where it says: [In] 1957 – Shipping
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Ami Denman Dr. Anderson Phil 1043 4/26/13 Do You Believe In Miracles? Do you believe in miracles? I find it rather intriguing that some people still try to use science or any number of other disciplines as a way of explaining‚ give meaning or rationalizing the question of miracles or the existence of a higher power. I find it hard to understand why humans deny at least the possibility that everyday life presents us with mysteries that cannot simply be explained by human reasoning‚ rational
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As per Wikipedia‚ "natural monopoly" is defined as "an industry is said to be a natural monopoly if one firm can produce a desired output at a lower social cost than two or more firmsthat is‚ there are economies of scale in social costs. Unlike in the ordinary understanding of a monopoly‚ a natural monopoly situation does not mean that only one firm is providing a particular kind of good or service. Rather it is the assertion about an industry‚ that multiple firms providing a good or service is
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Do you agree that UK manufacturers need to operate on a global scale in order to succeed? Globalisation is the process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale. UK manufacturers should operate globally because offshoring and outsourced labour‚ especially overseas labour often includes technically skilled‚ highly educated and multilingual workers who are willing to work for much less than typical UK wages. The advantage
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