Whenever I get a package of plain M&Ms‚ I make it my duty to continue the strength and robustness of the candy as a species. To this end‚ I hold M&M duels. Taking two candies between my thumb and forefinger‚ I apply pressure‚ squeezing them together until one of them cracks and splinters. That is the “loser‚” and I eat the inferior one immediately. The winner gets to go another round. I have found that‚ in general‚ the brown and red M&Ms are tougher‚ and the newer blue ones are genetically inferior
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10/19/13 Plato: Certainty and Human Nature Plato was born in 427 BCE in Athens‚ Greece. He devoted his life to philosophy after the death of his mentor‚ Socrates at the hands of the Athenian court. He‚ most notably‚ was the first philosopher to develop ideas of human nature‚ knowledge‚ and metaphysics‚ and argued for the existence of the soul. Furthermore‚ he believed that there was distinction between changing physical objects and the unchanging‚ perfect ideals of the mind‚ and that the mortal
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As we know‚ the age of Ancient Greece had given to us many ideas‚ inventions and genial persons‚ and now days it is difficult to imagine our world without them. One of the most famous names of that age was Plato. He was philosopher‚ mathematic and teacher. Never the less‚ a few persons know why actually he was so famous. So‚ do you know where words “Academy” and «Benefit» came from or who created “Metaphysics” as field of science? Unfortunately‚ the extant data‚ which showed dates
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Plato Paper What is the nature of justice? Looking from Plato’s perspective justice can be broken down to its simplest forms. Plato starts where we start; with forms. Forms are the building blocks that build complex ideas and tell us the nature of those ideas. In this case Plato reveals his ideas on the nature of justice through forms. The nature of justice can be simplified to basic forms and rebuilt for everyone can understand. Early in discussion is the topic is consent. Consent
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Plato is known as one of the earliest thinkers on education. He believed that the key to a successful society is a strong educational system. The purpose of education according to Plato‚ is to produce good citizens for the benefit of society and to improve the moral quality of each citizen. With proper training focusing on literature‚ music‚ and mathematics a person would become well aware of what is morally acceptable and what has the potential to ruin society. Plato wanted all citizens to use
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The philosophical ideas of Plato that relate to the Parthenon include whether the structure is an element of the Visible World or the Intelligible World. In my opinion‚ Plato would view the Parthenon as an object in the Visible World. The Parthenon is a one of a kind monument that is tangible and exists in our real world. The Parthenon is an architectural project and deals with forms of science and mathematics. Plato’s view of science and mathematics are categorized as forms in the Intelligible
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understanding of. Yet many of those who try to apprehend such knowledge lack the ability to perceive why some things in the world are better off not knowing. The Allegory of the Cave written by Plato and the movie Pi by Darren Aranofsky demonstrate exactly why such goals should not be attainable. In the Allegory of the Cave‚ Plato expresses the idea of different perception of the real reality and the fear of letting go that perceived reality. The prisoners chained in a cave their whole life believe the shadows
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Plato‚ a Greeek philospopher‚ believes that Hedonism is false and forms an argument against it through the voice of Socrates. Hedonism refers to the view that says pleasure is intrinsically good and that pain is intrinsically evil. Also‚ that the goal of life is to achieve pleasure and avoid pain. Hedonism states: Pain = Evil Pleasure = Good Plato explains how just as health and sickness cannot occur together‚ as they’re opposites‚ evil and good cannot be present simultaneously. Someone
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chocolate‚ cupcakes‚ and among all the junk food I eat M&M is my favorite candy to buy. Growing up‚ I always wonder why the different colors in the M&M bags were not equally distributed. Common sense tells me mass production of the different colored shells are made and then combined along the way before being distributed in their individual bags only to meet a certain weight requirement. According to the M&M’s website‚ any package of milk chocolate M&M’s should be distributed as such: 24% blue‚ 13% brown
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M&M Report Alex Colbert Strayer University Abstract Statistics is not an easy topic for your everyday person to pick up and make it easy for them to understand. Equations and hypothesis and the like can be overwhelming and confusing. But what about when you relate it to something that is common in everyday life? Throughout the semester we were given the task to evaluate M&Ms in a few different statistical ways. Throughout this report the goal is to be able to explain what happened‚ and offer
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