The United States is the only developed nation without universal health care coverage‚ and the current state of affairs is bankrupting millions. the United States spends more on health care per an individual than any other nation‚ the World Health Organization reports that the United States only ranks 28th for life expectancy and 37th for mortality of children under the age of 5. For immunizations‚ the United States ranks 67th - Botswana is 66th. More than 46 million Americans go uninsured each
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According to Socrates‚ an unjust person is an unhappy person. Why do you believe Socrates made this analogy? How does one become a balanced individual? Furthermore‚ Plato also has an opinion of what a well-balanced person is. Show how Plato’s understanding of a well-balanced person is necessary to a society in harmony with itself‚ and how that ties in with Socrates’ preceding analogy. Socrates believed a unjust person could not be happy that only the just person could be happy. The unjust person
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Socrates knew the trial brought onto him by three citizens of Athens was not just and the official accusations of corrupting the youth and impiety are not the true reasons for the trial. He was put to death because of his method of challenging others in the search for wisdom and knowledge. Socrates was given the opportunity to defend himself and choose not to beg for his life but praise his life and to honor his mission. He opposed the charges by a cross-examination of the people who put him on
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The Blunt Truth A seemingly growing trend that has become one of the main discussion points on State and Federal levels is the legalization of marijuana for both medical and recreational use. Some citizens are able to see the great potential in the legalization of marijuana‚ not only its benefits for the government‚ but for the patients suffering from major health issues as well. However‚ there is a deceivingly large population that disagree with pro-marijuana supporters‚ arguing that if it laws
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Socrates: Creating Elaborate Arguments Socrates in his defense of the accusations brought onto him‚ argues on several different topics that disprove any accusations that Meletus brought to the trial. His approach at defending himself through arguments was a bold move‚ and as we know from reading the text‚ the jury still finds him guilty regardless of this strategy that backfired on him. One argument that stuck out was how he did not corrupt the youth‚ but if he did it was unknowingly‚ which does
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The Ironic Truth – an Analysis of Mikhail Bulgakov’s The Master of Margarita A Thesis Presented to the Department of Literature UST College of Nursing In partial fulfillment of the requirements in Literature 101 Word Literature Jeanne Claire Borja March‚ 2013 DEDICATION I dedicate this book to my family; my mom‚ dad and my little sister‚ Jadie. I also dedicate this book to all the Filipinos who had experienced the same fate of fear and inhibitions in order to conform to the norms of the society
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between Socrates and one of his closest friends Crito. The entire dialogue takes place in Socrates prison cell‚ where he awaits execution. Crito visits Socrates before dawn in order to persuade him to escape from prison and flee to another city or country. Crito has made all the necessary arrangements to smuggle Socrates out of prison to safety. To Crito’s despair Socrates seems quite willing to accept his execution‚ and so Crito presents as many arguments as he can to persuade Socrates to escape
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Truth Discovery with Multiple Conflicting Information Providers on the Web ∗ ∗ Xiaoxin Yin UIUC xyin1@cs.uiuc.edu Jiawei Han UIUC hanj@cs.uiuc.edu ABSTRACT Philip S. Yu IBM T. J. Watson Res. Center psyu@us.ibm.com of information on the web. Even worse‚ different web sites often provide conflicting information‚ as shown below. The world-wide web has become the most important information source for most of us. Unfortunately‚ there is no guarantee for the correctness of information
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After reading about Socrates ideal republic‚ I no longer wonder why Socrates was executed. The way he thinks and the ideas he expresses can be somewhat outlandish. Socrates way of thinking is original and helped shape the intellectual traditions in the west. Unfortunately‚ I disagree with some of the logic he uses and the ideas he suggests. Overall‚ The way Plato writes this piece is very smart for two reasons. The first reason is that it is written as a conversation. At this time‚ verbal communication
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When Socrates makes the claim that “a good man cannot be harmed in life or in death‚” he does not mean this literally. Quite simply‚ any living creature on Earth is capable of being harmed‚ physically‚ mentally‚ or emotionally‚ and humans are of no exception to this. Rather‚ Socrates is stating that a man who lives with good‚ true intentions‚ and follows the moral conduct accepted by the greater of society‚ will not have his reputation‚ public image‚ or morality tainted‚ despite any attempt of others
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