ARISTOTLE Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and polymath‚ a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. His writings cover many subjects‚ including physics‚ metaphysics‚ poetry‚ theater‚ music‚ logic‚ rhetoric‚ linguistics‚ politics‚ government‚ ethics‚ biology‚ and zoology. Together with Plato and Socrates (Plato’s teacher)‚ Aristotle is one of the most important founding figures in Western philosophy. Aristotle’s writings were the first to create a comprehensive system of Western philosophy
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Sin is ignorance. This is well known Socratic definition of sin which‚ like everything Socratic‚ is an opinion always worthy of attention. The difficulty with the Socratic definition is that it leaves undetermined how ignorance itself is to be more precisely understood‚ the question of its origin‚ ect.<br><br>That is to say. even if sin be ignorance(or what Christianity would perhaps prefer to call stupidity)‚ which in one sense cannot be denied we have to ask‚ is this an original ignorance‚ it
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Mrs. Gonyo – room G3 AP Literature – Socratic seminar for “The Lottery” Discussion questions Comments to move the conversation along: a. What question are we trying to answer? Why? b. Could you give me an example or a metaphor to explain that? c. Can you find that in the text? Where does the reading support you? d. What are you assuming in that argument? e. But what about...? (That seems at odds with what we said before‚ what the author said here‚ etc.) f. How does this relate to... (what
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development‚ with events happening around the supposedly great man. The production was not lacking‚ but the film suffers in the handling of its subject matter; specifically‚ a complete lack of emotion and drama in its interpretation of some of the most tumultuous decades in our nation’s past. As we awkwardly shuffle from one broadly-depicted historical vignette to the next‚ the reason for this lack of engagement becomes painfully obvious: the film’s complete refusal to take a stand–-substantiated
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Concept of Beauty according to the Western Philosophers “Beauty is truth‚ truth beauty. That is all ye know on earth‚ and all ye need to know” John Keats Beauty is an emotional element‚ a pleasure of ours‚ which nevertheless we regard as a quality of thing. The ideas of beauty is found in almost every culture and at almost every time in human history‚ with many similarities. Beauty was and still is a term of great esteem linking human beings and nature with artistic practices and works
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Why the preamble is more compelling than the declaration The opening words of a foundational document can set the tone for an entire nation’s values and aspirations. The preamble to the constitution is more compelling than the first sentence of the third paragraph of the declaration of independence. The preamble succinctly encapsulates the core purposes and guiding principles of the American government. It presents a forward-looking vision for a united and just society. In contrast‚ the third paragraph
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Components of a Compelling Essay Angelou’s excerpt‚ recalling her first visit to the dentist‚ is the most compelling piece I have read in a long time. I was blindsided with the thought of a medical professional refusing to treat an innocent child simply because of their skin color. Although segregation is a significant part of American history‚ it is something that I rarely consider. This essay reminded me that its painful effects are carved in the memories of many individuals across our nation
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York. There were girls dressed like prostitutes‚ a girl was portrayed as a homeless person living inside of a box and a brick wall-like bulletin boards giving dramaturgical information. The information included the production history like how RENT had its first staged reading at New York Theatre Workshop in 1993. The show opened in January 1996. This particular board also showed critiques from theatre critics like Ben Brantley and reviewers. Another board was about Jonathan Larson’s life and others
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau the French Philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau was born June 28‚ 1712 in Geneva‚ Switzerland‚ to French Huguenot parents‚ Isaac Rousseau‚ a clock maker‚ and Suzanne Bernard‚ who died only a few days after his birth. Jean-Jacques Rousseau was one of the most important philosophers of the French enlightenment. During the 1700s the French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau criticized what he saw as his era’s excessive reliance on reason and claimed that people should rely more
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Although aggression is a difficult term to correctly identify‚ it can be described as a type of behaviour that is characterised by physical or verbal violence. It can be directed to others‚ where physical harm or verbal insults take place‚ or it can be directed to oneself‚ where self-destructive actions take place. There are many factors that provoke aggression. It can be caused by overwhelming emotions of frustration‚ genetic inheritance‚ triggering of certain environments and aggressive influences
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