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    ou sign charWould you sign Charles I death warrant? Charles I did not cooperate or want to work with parliament. He believed very strongly in divine right and abided by it throughout his reign. This is what started the civil war. This however does not mean that Charles should have been sentenced to death. Firstly there was no law in English History that dealt with the trial of a monarch and the order was based on an ancient roman law. The public were not allowed into the court until the charge

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    Which country would you rather be ill in and why? Health systems have played a part in the dramatic rise in life expectancy that occurred during the 20th century. They have contributed enormously to better health and influenced the lives and well-being of billions of people around the world. Their role has become increasingly important. The National Health Service was set up in the 1940s‚ post-war Britain‚ based on the principle of universal healthcare free at the point of use‚ financed entirely

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    Allegory of the Cave Julie Haire PHI 103 Grand Canyon University May 5‚ 2011 Mr. Terry J. Bovinet‚ D.Min. Allegory of the Cave Plato’s Allegory of the Cave brings about many question compared to Christianity. He depicts a group of prisoners in a cave chained and unable to move. The only thing they can see is shadows cast upon the wall by their guards. The rationalism in this is very confusing but based on Christianity many of us are prisoners of the world we live in

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    solve the problems we face. We would have to think deeper to challenge ourselves until we reach aporia‚ a state of confusion because whatever is visible or said to us is not the “real reality” and everything we see is only an imitation of The Good. When we think with our soul and mind‚ we would reach The Good because knowledge is eternal and we would then understand reality. This is connected to Plato’s Allegory of The Cave (Book VII – The Republic). In the Allegory of The Cave‚ Plato analyzes individuals

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    name. However‚ in its time‚ this plus other tales featured hidden meanings. While some ridiculed politics‚ others offered their audiences moral messages. Perrault’s tale featured a straightforward moral‚ but it too featured a shocking but common allegory among tales in his generation: women are simple. The tale began by introducing the protagonist: Little Red Riding Hood. Her mother sent her to her ill grandmother. On the way‚ she encountered a secretly dangerous wolf. Little Red discussed about

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    Allegory ALLEGORY‚ pronounced AL uh gawr ee‚ is a story with more than one meaning. Most allegories have moral or religious meanings. Famous allegories include the fables attributed to Aesop‚ an ancient Greek writer. Aesop’s fables seem to describe the adventures of animals and human beings. But the author actually wanted to teach his readers something about human nature. One of Aesop’s best-known fables is "The Fox and the Grapes." On its surface‚ or its literal level of meaning‚ the story

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    place would you like to visit.use details and reason to support your answer Essay If I have a chance to visit a famous place‚i would like to visit pyramid‚which is the one of oldest building in the world and the only ones still remaining intact today.This is because I want to find out how it was built and to see it directly and find the true about myths of pyramid. Fisrt of all the question about how pyramid was built has been mysterious and difficult to understand.I would like

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    Enlightenment Through Knowledge Greek philosopher Socrates once taught his students that “to know‚ is to know that you know nothing. That is the true meaning of knowledge‚” and they continued to question as he did. He was trying to explain how real intelligence only comes with realizing that a person never truly knows what it is they know. Living false realities of the everyday world conflicts with relying on what people believe to be real. If people realize that the reality they are so familiar

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    In Consider the Lobster‚ David Foster Wallace discusses whether or not it is humane to boil lobsters alive just for people’s gustatory pleasure. Wallace’s attention is directed to people who read the Gourmet Magazine‚ such as higher class people who are interested in knowing what their eating and how it’s prepared. He uses various appeals to engage his audience‚ convince them into believing his argument and earn credibility. He goes into depth about the Maine Lobster Festival specifically to inform

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    "shadows" in his Allegory of the Cave?  What are the "shadows" of our times? -After the prisoners are released from the cave‚ why are they unable to see ID QUOD EST‚ namely‚ REALITY as it is?  -What does "the Sun" symbolize?  Why do you think that?  How so? Because I love Socrates I find everything Plato writes thoroughly interesting. The minute he opened this part of The Republic with “how far our nature is enlightened or unenlightened‚” I was interested. The part in the Allegory of the cave that

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