all. In The Consolation of Philosophy‚ by author Alain de Botton we are introduced to a philosopher named Epicurus. He was born in 341 BC and started learning philosophy at the age of 14 by traveling to hear lessons from philosophers of his time. Later on‚ he found out that he couldn’t agree with much of what they were saying‚ so in his late twenties he decided to arrange his thought into his own philosophy about life.
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In his poem “Consolation‚” Billy Collins attempts to comfort himself after not being able to visit Italy in the following summer. He creates a “consolation” for himself by listing all of the downsides to travelling to another country so filled with history and culture. However‚ his tone makes it seem as though he is unsuccessful at convincing himself that staying at home is actually a good thing. The reader can tell that he is actually disconsolate‚ that his efforts were in vain. Collins
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Associate Level Material Open-Book Philosophy Quiz After reading this week’s required readings‚ take this open-book philosophy quiz. Answer the following questions in paragraph form. This is a short-answer worksheet‚ not an essay composition. 1. What is philosophy? Include a brief description of the different branches of philosophy Philosophy is the pursuit of knowledge or wisdom generally topic specific. Philosophers aim to answer three main questions which have become the three
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ABSTRACT: This paper discusses the viability of certain aspects (the sex lottery) of Plato ’s Republic‚ book V. It is college level ’A ’ paper. Book V of The Republic finds Socrates explaining the practical details necessary in the creation of an ideal polis. He proposes a system for population control and human eugenics based on a lottery of sorts which will determine who will mate with whom and when. The lottery is "rigged" by the rulers in order that the best of the "herd" will mate much more
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of time to provide us with the most influential philosophical doctrine surviving from the ancient Mediterranean. Over the years Plato has been hailed by some as an advocate of women’s rights because of some views he puts forth in The Republic. In Book V of the work Plato has Socrates‚ acting as his voice‚ engage in a discussion of the perfect state with Polemarchus‚ Adeimantus‚ Glaucon‚ and Thrasymachus. In the conversation Socrates puts forth the notion that women should be equal to men and that
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In his Consolation to His Wife‚ Plutarch writes a moralistic consolation to his wife following the death of his daughter in order to demonstrate that mothers who have lost their children should remain composed while mourning. Plutarch begins by establishing his wife as a model for others by describing the “excess and superstition” usually associated with mourning as “faults to which you are not at all prone”(1). Plutarch regards his wife as a moral person and admonishes socially acceptable mourning
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In Book V of The Republic Plato (427d-449a) Plato states that the city is the best and in order for it to be the best the virtues of wisdom‚ courage‚ moderation and justice have to be plain to see. Also in Book V Plato describes how justice of an individual is similar to justice in the city. The explanations of Plato’s position on the location of the virtues‚ how they are parts of the soul‚ how justice is similar to justice in the soul and how Plato connects justice with unity and happiness such
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Metaphilosophy relies on the idea that it might be productive to distinguish some general pronouncements about philosophy from philosophy itself. Contrasting with many other cultural practices‚ for philosophy the distinction is rather questionable‚ but a similar case is presented by language: when speaking in English about the English language one might assume a split between English-as-object and English-as-metalanguage. Philosophers using the term metaphilosophy being still a minority‚ it might
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Copyright: Martina Diehl June 2012 The Color Purple: Consolation in Female Bonding Celie’s road to trusting and loving herself Abstract This essay is about the love affair in The Color Purple‚ a novel by Alice Walker in which‚ thoughts on racism‚ incest‚ rape‚ love and family affairs are provoked. The reader learns about these subjects through the letters that Celie‚ an uneducated black woman‚ writes to God and through the letters that her sister Nettie and Celie write to each other. I would
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the angels should remind us of our own irreverent attitude when we rush thoughtlessly into His presence. The Lord our God despises irreverence. In 1 Samuel 6 we read how serious the holy God punishes this sinfulness. Here we read that the Philistines had captured the ark of God and sought to keep it as a trophy of their victory. It soon became evident the ark was the source of much suffering for them. They passed it around and finally decided to get rid of it by sending it back to Israel. They transported
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