attorney‚ and that we are innocent until proven guilty. When Socrates was put on trial he was given none of these‚ to be fair he decided not to have a lawyer. Socrates was charged for not believing in the gods that the state believed in and corrupting the youth‚ brought to the court by Meletus and others. Socrates’ starts his defense by stating that all he will do is speak the truth and not waste time telling stories. “So they‚ as I say‚ have said little or nothing true‚ while from me you will hear the
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1. Describe what is meant by motivation. What types of non-financial reward might a company use to motivate employees? Ans: Motivation may stem from personal interest such as keeping safe or from external factors such as praise and reward. Non-financial rewards: * appreciation of hard work * a sense of achievement * responsibility and empowerment * opportunity for advancement * a sense of challenge and enjoyment. 2. Describe the effects of an unmotivated workforce on a company. How
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often wondered what life would be without strong values. values that doesnt only matters to yourself‚ but values that make you worth something to someone else. When it comes to how much a life is worth‚ I find it very hard to answe. Because how can you know how much a life is valued‚ it depends from person to person. Is there truly a way where you can put a price on how much a life is worth? Some people argue that you should put the value of life into monetary value and others say life should be kept
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Socrates walks into a cave and confronts a strange man. MARCEOUS Socrates‚ we have some things to discuss‚ dear friend. SOCRATES And what might that be‚ Marceous? MARCEOUS I have watched you spread your wisdom to many. The young‚ the old‚ the rich‚ and the poor. You claim not to be the wisest man alive‚ but that is what truly makes you the wisest of any. You know when you do not. You teach others about things that you‚ yourself‚ do not even know. I told you I would return to you one day‚ to acquire
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What is meant by the term ‘gothic’? How far and in what ways is ‘Frankenstein’ a gothic text? Gothic literature‚ which is sometimes referred to as Gothic horror‚ is a genre that links horror and romance into one tale of ‘transgressing the boundaries’. Gothicism was unheard of until the late 1700’s‚ this movement into a new genre of literature. This was pioneered by the English author Horace Walpole‚ in his famous fictional book ‘The Castle of Otranto’‚ or as Walpole alternatively titled it ‘a
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What is meant by propaganda? Propaganda is a form of communication containing information that is of a biased or misguiding essence used to promote a political motive or point of view. It is very rare that propaganda should turn out to be in the favor of the receiver. In most cases‚ the sender has some selfish or misleading data that he uses to attract the receiver to his own purpose. Types of Propaganda: Although it is not necessarily true that propaganda would only yield a negative outcome but
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the gods love it? Socrates introduced this question and it has since been heavily debated throughout history with the sides split fairly evenly. This inquiry that has been posed leads people to start actually thinking about their values brought to them their entire life. Although they are following the rules that are laid out by either a holy figure‚ a mentor‚ or a political leader the moral thing to do? Can one be doing the right thing‚ or so they think‚ their whole life and then‚ once they
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“When something terrible happens‚ the idea that ‘it is meant to be…’” The statement is false. Terrible things occur due to fate‚ which occurs due to one’s own decisions. The Holocaust for example‚ Hitler made the decision to enslave Jews and other undesirables‚ which ultimately led to their demise. It was Hitler’s decision to purge Germany‚ and his decisions had an impact on multiple families across Europe. Fate does not occur without reason. Fate is simply the result of an action or an occurrence
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SOCRATES LIFE STORY Version 1.0 ** Socrates was well known in Athens by the time he was in his forties due to his habit of engaging in philosophy conversations in public and at private gatherings. The subject of these conversations often revolved around defining things like‚ justice‚ beauty‚ courage‚ temperance‚ friendship and virtue. The search for definition focused on the true nature of the subject under question and not just on how the word is used correctly in a sentence. Socrates style of
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film that makes it very much aesthetically significant‚ is the graphic and realistic portrayal of the mass graves‚ which still exist throughout Bosnia and are yet to be discovered. In the film‚ Lieutenant Burrnet first encounters these graves while he is inspecting a demilitarized zone in which
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