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    Wisdom Literature

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    Wisdom isn’t bound to specific authorities or contained within political boundaries. The Egyptian Instruction of Amenemope shares a section with the Hebrew Book of Proverbs. Hippocrates’ Aphorisms was probably studied at the Academy of Gondishapur in Persia in the sixth and seventh centuries. The wisdom shared in most of these texts share some similarities. As it can be observed in the above given excerpt‚ humility and honesty are morals which even the Bhagavad Gita denotes. Wisdom is not bound

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    120 Days of Moral Deterioration: Pasolini’s SALÒ in the Misinterpretation of Nietzsche’s On the Genealogy of Morality “Because we’re not their masters‚ even the most bizarre manias derive from a basic principle of refinement. Yes‚ old buggers. It’s a question of delicacy.” -The Bishop‚ in SALÒ or the 120 Days of Sodom “No festivity without cruelty; such is the lesson of the earliest‚ longest period in the history of mankind – and even in punishment there is so much that is festive!” -On

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    we provide no air conditioning in 75% of the classrooms here‚ do not hesitate to go to the nurse‚ as the door will always be open. Huck‚ I always say with a full heart that wisdom affects your education and your education affects your future. (aphorism) We hope our great environment will provide you a successful and fun 4 years of school that you will remember for the rest of your

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    environmental causes. It proposes that considerations such as a town’s weather drinking water‚ and site along the paths of favorable winds can help a physician ascertain the general health of citizens. Three other works- Prognostic‚ Coan Prognosis‚ and Aphorisms -advanced the then- revbolutionary idea that‚ by observing enough cases‚ a physician can predict the course of a disease. The idea of preventative medicine‚ first conceived

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    creates Pearl is by combining great contradictions together. Pearl is a misbehaving and mischievous child always showered by praise and wrapped with great angelical beauty. Hawthorne begins to develop Pearl’s character by opening up with a short aphorism describing Pearl as a child with “no physical defects.” He builds off this statement about Pearl by remarking how fit she was to be in heaven as a play toy for all the angles. He then asserts the gracefulness of Pearl with the image of her running

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    who demonstrated that they could put most people under the hypnotic spell.(Asch‚ 1955‚ p.1) Continuous repetition of instructions has shown that it can affect a person’s involuntary reaction. “The sociologists Gabriel Tarde summed it all up in the aphorism: “Social man is a somnambulist.””(Asch‚ 1955‚ p.1). An experiment was conducted by simply asking opinions and references to a group of college students concerning various matters and on the latter part‚ subjects were asked again to state their choices

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    From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Cleanliness is both the abstract state of being clean and free from dirt‚ and the process of achieving and maintaining that state. Cleanliness may be endowed with a moral quality‚ as indicated by the aphorism "cleanliness is next to godliness‚"[1] and may be regarded as contributing to other ideals such as health and beauty. In emphasizing an ongoing procedure or set of habits for the purpose of maintenance and prevention‚ the concept of cleanliness differs

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    Figure of Speech

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    ------------------------------------------------- Figure of speech From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia "Figures of speech" redirects here. For the hip hop group‚ see Figures of Speech. A figure of speech is the use of a word or words diverging from its usual meaning. It can also be a special repetition‚ arrangement or omission of words with literal meaning‚ or a phrase with a specialized meaning not based on the literal meaning of the words in it‚ as in idiom‚ metaphor‚ simile‚ hyperbole‚ or personification

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    Cleanliness. Cleanliness

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    CLEANLINESS. Cleanliness is both the abstract state of being clean and free from dirt‚ and the process of achieving and maintaining that state. Cleanliness may be endowed with a moral quality‚ as indicated by the aphorism "cleanliness is next to godliness‚" and may be regarded as contributing to other ideals such as health and beauty. In emphasizing an ongoing procedure or set of habits for the purpose of maintenance and prevention‚ the concept of cleanliness differs from purity‚ which is a physical

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    Dreaming About Freedom Martin Luther King Jr.’s "I Have a Dream" speech is one of the most successful and most legendary speeches in United States history. Martin Luther King Jr. was a masterful speaker‚ who established a strong command of rhetorical strategies. By his eloquent use of ethos‚ logos‚ and pathos‚ as well as his command of presentation skills and rhetorical devices‚ King was able to persuade his generation that "the Negro is not free" (King 1). His speech became the rallying cry for

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