What is a Life Worth Living? Phil 2010: Introduction to Philosophy In the number of works that Plato crafted and put together chronicling his teacher’s life‚ views and opinions‚ one of the most famous and predominant statements made by Socrates is that “the unexamined life is not worth living.” Appearing in Plato’s The Apology‚ the quote essentially summarizes how Socrates had walked out his entire life and the way he attempted to convince others to walk out theirs’. His pursuit of changing
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DO WE REALLY NEED PRISONS The simple meaning prison is a place for the confinement of persons in law detention‚ espicially people who are convicted of crimes according to The American Heritage of the English Language (2000). The history of prison almost as old as history itself. At first‚ prison were not used as a punishment but as a place where people who were sentenced to capital or corporal punishment were kept for a short period of time. But as the time passed‚ it turned into a legal punishment
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Advertisements Reflect What We Really Are Aristotle‚ a great philosopher said that all humans are social by nature. And he’s proven right. Humankind had formed societies from the ancient times in order to survive‚ and these societies as time went by evolved to the society we live in today. A society that is competitive‚ materialistic and demanding. A society that accepts us only if we are beautiful‚ have a high position in a big company and drive a nice‚ shiny car. Of course this reality
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resulted in "For What It’s Worth” transforming into an iconic Vietnam-era protest song. In March 1967‚ it took Buffalo Springfield to number seven in the US singles charts while more importantly inscribing the youth struggles from the decade for future listeners to interpret. (sing365.com) The title of the song‚ “For What It’s Worth‚” appears nowhere in the song’s lyrics. Instead‚ it serves to comment on the situation being addressed suggesting that the importance‚ or the worth‚ of the opinions
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seem in her article‚ “What’s a College Education Really Worth? Not Enough.” She covered many aspects of the financial and educational college experience‚ especially negative aspects. She focussed on the story of twenty-four of the smartest potential college students‚ Mark Zuckerberg’s creation of Facebook‚ and how college and the worth of a college degree has changed and is still changing. Overall‚ Naomi claims that college is too expensive for what little students receive. However‚ I disagree with
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We as Americans love food and slowly but surely we have ended up with an abundant amount of food options as well as huge waistlines. But we have to argue‚ who is to blame for this? Should we be held responsible for our bodies and what we decide to consume or is the food industry responsible for luring us in? This‚ as well as many biological and environmental factors can contribute to the rise of weight problems and obesity. R.A Ames‚ author of "Fast Food Isn’t to Blame"‚ argues that weight difficulties
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What is K-12? According to the K to 12 Deped Primer (2011)‚ “K-12 means “Kindergarten and the 12 years of elementary and secondary education.” Kindergarten points to the 5-year old child who undertakes the standardized curriculum for preschoolers. Elementary education refers to 6 years of primary school (Grades 1-6) while secondary education means four years of junior high school (Grades 7-10 or HS Year 1-4). In addition to this‚ two years are now allotted for senior high school (Grades 11-12 or
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fragile existence‚ we should hate and destroy one another. There is world enough for all to seek their happiness in their own way. 5) We have discovered that every child who learns‚ and every man who finds work‚ and every sick body that is made whole – like a candle added to an altar – brightens the hope of all the faithful. 6) It is the excitement of becoming – always becoming‚ trying‚ probing‚ resting‚ and trying again but always gaining. 7) If we fail now‚ then we will have forgotten
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What is really meant by success? We are different individuals with different views and ideas about a certain matter. And every time we are asked about our dream in life‚ we often say that we want to be successful in life. The question is what is meant by success? When can we say that you are already successful? Our professor (Ma’am Jimenez) asked this during our last class prior to our examination in her class. We had offcourse our own definitions and indicators of success. Well‚ some of my
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Do we really need manager in organisation? In today’s traditional organisation it is definitely you will come across a Manager title regardless which field or industry you are in. and generally like the most managers‚ their job description is to “manage” and taking on greater responsibility‚ ensure that day to day business is running in efficient manner as well as tasks is completed when obstacle comes in way. Often in some large organisation‚ you may find that managers may not be as capable as
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