The Imitation Game This film is based on the biography of Alan Turing‚ a British mathematician. He is widely considered as the father of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence. Turing is best known for breaking the Enigma machine. It was during World War II‚ when almost all the European countries were trying to find out what the rivals are up to. There was a need to keep the information secret from the competitors. Arthur Scherbius‚ a German engineer developed an ultimate machine
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Aristotle doesn’t think that happiness is something that comes and goes continuously‚ he sees happiness as a goal in ones life or the ultimate value of ones life so far. “Verbally there is a very general agreement; for both the general run of men and people
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Aristotle’s Poetics December 19‚ 2010 1. The Concept of Imitation In The Poetics‚ Aristotle asserts that literature is a function of human nature’s instinct to imitate. This implies that as humans‚ we are constantly driven to imitate‚ to create. By labeling this creative impulse an “instinct‚” one is to believe that this desire for imitation is a matter of survival‚ of necessity. The question then arises‚ of what does one feel compelled to imitate and in what way does it aid in our survival
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Luke Coviello 10/13/13 History 153 Merson Aristotle Aristotle was a pupil of the famous philosopher Plato. During his lifetime (384-322 BC) he learned and taught Socratic philosophy which was taught to him. He was taught this philosophy by Plato‚ who is responsible for all of Socrates written works since Socrates himself did not write down his teachings. During his teen years he was enrolled in Plato’s “Academy” where he then taught for about 20 years after his graduation. After this
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quote by Aristotle was taken from ‘Aristotle: a Very Short Introduction’ and there is no-one of whom this is more true than Aristotle as he was dedicated to every possible discipline he could sink his teeth into making him one of the utmost key figures within philosophy‚ not only in classical philosophy but he is still regarded as influential in modern philosophy. As well as being a devoted biologist‚ botanist‚ moral philosopher‚ psychologist‚ zoologist and many more things besides Aristotle held
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Assess the contribution and achievement of Plato as a critic. Plato was the first philosopher-scholar who gave a formal and systematic shape to criticism. It is believed that he started his career as a poet but soon after his meeting with Socrates‚ he destroyed his poems and dramas and began to take active interest in philosophy and politics. But he was not a professed critic of literature and his critical observations are not embodied in any single work. His chief ideas are contained in the Dialogues
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Delilah Johnson: An Imitated Life Imitation of Life can indubitably be considered one of the most moving and influential films ever produced in American cinema history. Based on the 1933 novel by Fannie Hurst‚ the movie is directed by John Stahl and stars actresses Claudette Colbert and Louise Beavers; it depicts the story of two widows‚ one black and one white‚ who meet‚ become friends‚ and work together to obtain their piece of the American dream for their daughters and themselves (Flitterman-Lewis
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Imitation of Life is an interracial film between a black woman (Delilah) and white woman (Bea). I think the whole film try to express a new idea to the audience‚ black people are equal with the white people‚ they can work together‚ live together‚ and even they can open a business and corporate successful. But even though the director tries to make the imitation nicely‚ it still have the big interracial problem from the film beginning through the end. For my view‚ I think the whole film potentially
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creative. Imitation can be looked down upon by society; however‚ it is not as bad as it is chalked up to be. Imitation allows people to establish themselves. People have role models and admire them. A person aspires to achieve as much as their idol has done. Imitating a role model is necessary to be original and creative because mimicking allows one to be put in a position to influence others and to build upon qualities of the role model. Athletes are an everyday example of imitation. Athletes
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Plato‚ student of Socrates‚ and Aristotle‚ student of Plato‚ two of the most influential philosophers to have ever walked the earth‚ take two completely different approaches whilst talking about the formation of city states and epistemology itself. Plato primarily defined the nature of things in theoretical terms through metaphysics‚ in contrast to actual terms. Thus by looking to the ’higher forms’ he aimed to explain the function of existing knowledge and understandings in the search for the ’absolute
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