Nichomachean Ethics. Aristotle’s central question: “What is the good of man?” 2. Supreme Good Happiness – supreme good chosen for itself and never for something else. More than a mere truism What is the nature of happiness? How do we achieve happiness? 3. Virtue and Function - Aristotle holds that happiness (or that which makes someone happy) is tied to the proper functioning of a thing. “ good hammer” = that which functions well at hammering What is the unique function of man? 4. The Function
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I believe art is anything you created from your creative mind. Art is what you find beautiful. It is simply way of impressing emotion and some art is never intended to be shared as it is so personal. We get inspiration to invent art. It is a voice‚ a language that artists can not explain what they want to say. It also can capture as imagery. I would use the principles to what I am aiming for. I will imagine what I am going to draw or paint then while I am drawing or painting I would put in the elements
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Stephen Skinner Professor DiNatale ENG 1102 28 June 2013 What Does the American Dream Mean to an Immigrant? In Amy Tan’s “Two Kinds‚” the differences between the mother and daughter showcase the different perceptions of the American dream and how expectations of parents can disrupt their child’s self-actualization. Jing-Mei’s mother believes that her daughter could accomplish her goals just because of how Shirley Temple showed how she was a natural phenomenon on TV or how the little Chinese
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To be a snitch means to be a tattle teller. It is also known as being an informer or someone who shares advice. In the latter day urban society snitching is considered to be one of the ways of getting yourself in unwanted trouble. Like they say don’t go sticking your nose in other people’s business‚ snitching is exactly the opposite of it. Growing up in today’s urban society it has become a debate whether or not snitching is
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Ralph Linton states that‚ “There can be no question about the average American’s Americanism or his desire to preserve this precious heritage at all costs.” So what does it really mean to be 100% American? When one claims to be 100% American‚ they are typically not going to say it with 100% confidence. Take for instance immigration. In 1970 alone‚ the number of immigrants in the United States skyrocketed from 9.6 million to roughly 26 million. Many people believe that any variation of man born
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Veterans Day‚ What Does it Mean to Me? Each day means something different everybody. Some people hate Mondays while others love them‚ and some people love Fridays while others hate them. The same goes for each holiday‚ Columbus Day‚ Christmas‚ Halloween‚ and Veterans Day‚ they each mean something different to everyone. Well‚ this is what Veterans Day means to me. This isn’t another day for us to get out of work and go easy on. This is a day that was made to honor and thank our veterans‚ the ones
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As a learner‚ I am a highly visual person. What this means is I learn best when processing information through my visual sense. I need to be able to see the information in order to grasp a better understanding of the concept. Oftentimes when I am reading information from a lesson‚ I need to be able to visualize either the concept in use (a person actually doing a math equation for example) or an actual image of the lesson (an image of war if I am learning about the Revolutionary War‚ an image of
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Womanhood‚ had to fit “into four cardinal virtues – piety‚ purity‚ submissiveness‚ and domesticity” (Walter 1). To be of true womanhood was to fit into the perfect idea of a wife‚ for the purist and happiest of husband and life. Dickinson had her own personal twist of words with this. As she wrote‚ “With Soft – Cherubic Creatures-/ These Gentlewomen are-” she starts to speak about the sincerity of beautiful women today (Line 1-). Continuing‚ she speaks on how these women will wear clothing “Of freckled
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In the article “What Does It Mean to Be Well-Educated”‚ the author Alfie Kohn discusses the wide meaning of well-educated and breaks it down in terms of academics and common knowledge. Kohn states in the article that there are many people in the world who do have brilliant ideas‚ but do not necessarily know how to put them down using correct grammar skills. The author firstly addresses that education is not always first priority‚ that the main target towards education is to create good and creative
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Madeson Todd Ms Casey IB English 20 March 14th 2015 What Does It Mean To Be Human? In what sense is Oedipus‚ though a king‚ also an "everyman" figure? In other words‚ how might this play be said to explore something fundamental about the limitations involved in being human? “In a sense every person must grope in the dark as Oedipus gropes‚ not knowing who he is or what he has to suffer; we all live in a world of appearance which hides from us who-knows-what dreadful reality” (E.R Dobbs‚ 1966). Oedipus
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