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    Different Words for "Said"

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    ds for said • Broke in • Calmly‚ Caustically‚ Cheerfully‚ Commented lightly‚ Complacently‚ Concurred thoughtfully‚ Crossly • Didn’t question his judgement‚ Dryly • Encouraged‚ Expression denoting disapproval • False cheerfulness‚ Finished‚ Friendly fashion • Gently‚ Grated‚ Grinned‚ Groaned‚ Gruffly • Happily‚ Hotly • Impatiently‚ In a casual tone‚ In a chiding tone‚ In a courteous manner In a curious tone‚ In a dry tone‚ In a flirtatious way‚ In a level tone

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    Compare and contrast the moral outlook of Socrates and the Sophists Although both the Sophists and Socrates are considered philosophers due to their interest in human morality‚ their outlook regarding the subject of Truth differs greatly. The sophists were sceptics on the matter of the existence of eternal Truth‚ whilst to Socrates Truth was an absolute. This can be clearly seen in their varying epistemologies. The Sophists were a group of intellectuals that travelled extensively throughout the

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    Antigone vs. Socrates

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    Antigone vs. Socrates In the plays Antigone and the Crito the two lead characters‚ Antigone and Socrates‚ showed completely different ideas regarding their responsibilities to the State. Antigone believes in divine law and does what she thinks that the Gods would want her to do. Socrates‚ on the other hand‚ believes that he owes it to the State to follow their laws whether he thinks they are right or not. In Antigone‚ her brother Polynices‚ turned against his own city by attacking his own

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    What is a good life?

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    What is a good life? In today’s world‚ humans are often misled on what really is a good life. We are constantly shown through the television and magazines that being rich and famous is the way to go when it comes to a good lifewhen in truth many of them are miserable by problems that usually wouldn’t affect the common person. In truth there are only a few that are rich and famous and do achieve what can probably considered one of the greatest achievement’s by a man which is having a good life

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    Something Worth

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    James Cook University Business Law CO5119 Practice Questions 1.Al operates a small business manufacturing specialist engine filters. In January he placed an advertisement in a car trade magazine stating that he would supply filters at $60 per filter‚ but would consider a reduction in the price for substantial orders. He received a letter from Bash Cars Ltd requesting his terms of supply for 1‚000 filters. Al replied‚ offering to supply the filters at a cost of $50 each. Bash Cars plc responded to

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    As He Watched

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    symbolizes three things‚ he symbolizes the corruption of society‚ the eyes also act as a God‚ and he implies carelessness and mistreatment. "The eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg are blue and gigantic-their retinas are one yard high. They look out of no face but‚ instead‚ from a pair of enormous yellow spectacles which pass over a nonexistent nose." (27 - 28) Nick Carraway‚ the main charactor of the story and the voice of Gatsby‚ describes his first occurance seeing the billboard. He takes on an image of

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    Meno Socrates Summary

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    Socrates’ exchange with Meno starts as Meno asks whether temperance can be taught. Meno proposes that it might be an aftereffect of practice or an innate characteristic. Socrates answers by reminding Meno that Meno’s own particular comrades‚ the Thessalians‚ have as of late picked up a notoriety for shrewdness‚ because of the rising acclaim of Gorgias (a Sophist educator). Gorgias‚ Socrates says‚ has taught individuals "to give an intense and terrific response to any inquiry you might be asked‚ as

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    Therefore‚ for Socrates‚ no one would choose to do injustice since no one would choose what is more painful and bad. However‚ according to Vlastos‚ there is no suggestion here that the conclusion represents one of Polus’ standing convictions. Since the conclusion does not follow from anything Polus had said so far in this discussion‚ Socrates ‘mounts the above epagoge to win Polus’ acceptance of conclusion on the spot’. For Vlastos‚ Polus can reject premise 4 when Socrates tries to apply pleasure

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    Gilgamesh vs Socrates

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    strongest men to walk the earth. They said his power could only be matched by Enkidu. In The Death of SocratesSocrates was respected by every person who came to visit him before he died. Socrates was mentally and physically powerful. He wasn’t afraid of anything‚ not even of death. This is where both men were different in strength. Socrates was able to face death without fright whereas Gilgamesh was taunted in fear by the idea of dying‚ therefore Socrates is emotionally a stronger man then Gilgamesh

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    Socrates vs Protagoras

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    Philosophy Socrates a sophist? Or just sophisticated? Plato goes a long way in attempting to distinguish Socrates from the likes of Protagoras‚ a self admitted sophist. In Protagoras‚ Socrates is depicted as a street smart‚ wisdom dispensing young man‚ brash with confidence and a bit of arrogance that goes a long way when confronted with the old school rhetoric of Protagoras. Plato begins to separate the two at the hip right from the get go. The dialogue between Socrates and his inquisitive friend

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