Marie Adjei English 240 September 5th‚ 2013 Response to #1‚ Plato and the Republic According to Plato‚ “Using the written word to give a distorted image of the nature of the gods and heroes‚ completely fails to capture the likeness of the original‚” (Book II‚ p46). An author or poet cannot simply say whatever he or she likes‚ rather there needs to be truth in what they are writing. In order to understand why Plato takes this stand‚ it’s important to have an idea of the time in history he
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School Violence Outline Krista Sauber‚ Kennedi Kautzman‚ Sasha Hopfauf‚ and Emily Bendish Introduction: You’re sitting in the cafeteria during your lunch break just eating and talking with your friends. All of a sudden you hear a gunshot and the girl next to you falls to the ground. You grab your books cover your head and duck. People are screaming and you hear four more gunshots go off. You stay on the ground confused and scared until the police show up and you are safe to get up. You may be safe
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beginning‚ I think love is simple. But after attending the lessons‚ love‚ sex and relationships is expressed by many theories‚ and I have a deeper understanding of it. According to Triangular Theory of Love‚ love is formed by intimacy‚ passion and commitment‚ and it also has seven styles of love. A relationship is more enduring with at least two components. We should disclose and share all positive and negative things to our partners. With all the three components‚ consummate love can be formed.
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The Lesson Between The Myth Of The Cave In the story of Plato’s “Myth of the Cave” Plato’s analogy portrays a group of people being imprisoned in a cave and being deceived into thinking that shadows on a cave wall are all reality has to offer them. They have lived their entire life this way‚ and never stepped to the outside world. But if they could manage to somehow escape‚ they would exit out of the cave. For the first time‚ the prisoners would see sunlight and dimensions of such‚ and their mind
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“Justice and peace can only thrive together‚ never apart” Oscar Arias Sanchez Plato’s writings on happiness are seen as a representation of Socrate’s view since Plato was his student‚ and presents his writings on happiness in three dialogues‚ namely Euthydemus‚ The Symposium and The Republic. As to necessary conditions for happiness in the Euthydemus‚ he argues first that happiness is what everybody desires; it is the end or goal of all our activities‚ unconditional good; secondly‚ he says that
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democracy. I will then assess this critique based on the contemporary model of democracy experienced by Plato. Furthermore‚ I will argue that the critique is still applicable in a modern context by presenting various problems that modern democratic models pose for the critique and then demonstrating how Plato’s argument can overcome them. In order to clearly understand why Plato finds democracy so objectionable it is necessary to understand how democracy worked in an Ancient Greek
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part of The Passionate Pilgrim‚ released in 1599. Sonnets 18-126 tell the story of young man and the poet ’s admiration and love for him‚ while 127-152 are addressed to the poet ’s mistress. In this essay we will look at sonnets 18‚ 116 and 130 and what they say about love‚ and see if they share similarities with each other.[2] Sonnet XVIII (18) Sonnet 18 speaks of love in its purest form; it is obvious that the author has great admiration for the person the sonnet is addressed to‚ giving the
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SPEECH #1 (SYMPOSIUM PART) Thank you for that introduction. I appreciate the opportunity to visit with you today. I am here on behalf of M2 Innovation Incorporation‚ a group of local business that serves the quality products in terms of toys and other children materials. Our products are design to appeal to children as well as adults in the manner of entertainment and learning. In 15 years in this field‚ this company had made a great impact in the economy of this country by our products that
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In Plato’s dialogues the symposium and Meno‚ both focus on the role of forms and through them the importance of how humans attain knowledge. However even though their goals are similar towards the attainment of knowledge‚ both arguments in the end are different to one another‚ when defining the role of forms. In this paper I will analyze both dialogues in their argument to the role of forms‚ and refute why the two dialogues are incompatible with one another‚ nevertheless shedding light on connecting
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