Write a case study of a teacher / educator you consider to be a public intellectual and explain why. During this assignment I am going to do a case study on a person I consider to be a public intellectual. There are a number of discourses surrounding the ideology of what it means to be a public intellect. In regards to this essay I will be defining a public intellect in accordance with Gramsci view of an organic intellectual as‚ ‘the function of the intellectual is to help the oppressed understand
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Thomas Aquinas on Transubstantiation Before Thomas Aquinas died he was writing the Summa Theologian‚ which was regarded as one of the greatest works of medieval theology. Although he didn’t finish he made 4 very interesting arguments about Transubstantiation. He asked whether the substance of bread and wine remain in this sacrament after consecration‚ whether the substance of bread or wine is annihilated after the consecration of this sacrament‚ whether bread can be changed into the body of Christ
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St. Thomas Aquinas The Five Ways of the Summa Theologica was written by St. Thomas Aquinas. In this writing Aquinas argues against two objections of the existence of a God and provides five arguments in which he believes to solidify the idea that God does exist‚ further disproving these objections. Aquinas’s first argument for the existence of God is that of motion. To Aquinas‚ everything is in motion and motion must start from somewhere. He explains that nothing can be moved without something
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Moving Forward? Assessing Public Administration Reform in Afghanistan BRIEFING PAPER Sarah Lister September 2006 Moving Forward? Assessing Public Administration Reform in Afghanistan Overview Contents I. Introduction II. Public Administration Reform in Afghanistan III. The Scorecard: Achievements and Problems To Date IV. What can we learn from PAR elsewhere? V. What does PAR in Afghanistan need to succeed? VI. Ways Forward Successful public administration reform (PAR) in Afghanistan
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~ Searching for shareholders Keynotes An Initial Public Offering (IPO) takes place when a private company raises capital by introducing its shares on the stock market and becomes a public limited company (plc). Before a private company can go public‚ it must comply with the requirements of the regulators of the stock exchange (Securities Exchange Commission in the US) and file an application giving full details of its accounts. Most companies prefer to use the services of -.‚’"~‚ an investment
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Salah Rushdy POLI 357 Discussing the front piece of the leviathan The Latin quote on the book cover translates into “There is no power on earth to be compared to him”. According to my own interpretation‚ in this front piece of Thomas Hobbes leviathan‚ the sea monster is presented as the absolute sovereign. He rules the people that form his being. All the people of that state are looking up to him in the image as to express their submission and acceptance of the social contract to be ruled
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Public Humiliation We all think differently and I’m here to show you and try to convince you to see the other side. To see why public humiliation is wrong and shouldn’t be done. Everybody has their opinions. But sometimes we all need to look at things from the other perspective. I don’t think that public humiliation should be used as a form of punishment. If you are punishing and humiliatingcriminals in the public you will satisfy all types of people who enjoy sadistic performances‚ all that we
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Thomas Hobbes begins Leviathan with Book 1: Of Man‚ in which he builds‚ layer by layer‚ a foundation for his eventual argument that the "natural condition" of man‚ or one without sovereign control‚ is one of continuous war‚ violence‚ death‚ and fear. Hobbes’s depiction of this state is the most famous passage in Leviathan: [D]uring the time men live without a common Power to keep them all in awe‚ they are in a condition which is called Warre; and such a warre‚ as is of every man‚ against every
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Thomas Weisel Case 1.As a Montgomery Securities partner in mid 1997‚ would you argue for or against selling the firm to NationsBank? Why? Montgomery experienced great prosperity in the1990’s‚ its revenue leaping more than sevenfold‚ from $94 million in 1990 to $705 million in 1997. Most of its success came from investing in fast-growing companies. On June 30‚ 1997‚ NationsBank Corporation of Charlotte‚ N.C. announced that it was acquiring Montgomery for approximately $1.3 billion‚ believing
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determining the structure and powers of public authorities and regulating the conduct of citizens and private organisations. The executive is all the institutions and persons concerned with the implementation of the laws made by the legislature. It involves central and local government and the armed forces. The role of the executive ‘..includes initiating and implementing legislation‚ maintaining order and security‚ promoting social and economic welfare‚ administering public services and conducting the external
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