Imagine being in love with someone so deeply that you want to spend the rest of your life with that person‚ and ask for his or her hand in marriage. But you aren’t able to because you and your lover are of same sex‚ and live in a state like Texas where gay marriage is prohibited. There is a loophole though‚ you do have the option of traveling one thousand miles to the closest state that allows you to wed. Initially‚ some people may think that’s okay‚ it’s just another adventure in your life right
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thing as "true love" they believe that love is nothing but an illusion designed by social expectations. These people believe that love ultimately turns into pain and despair. This idea in some ways is true. Love is not eternal it will come to an end one way or another‚ but the aspect that separates true love from illusion‚ is the way love ends. "True Love" is much too powerful to be destroyed by Human imperfection; it may only be destroyed by a force equal to the power of love. Diotima believed that
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had brought us to this point‚ that any pleasure whatsoever of the bodily senses‚ in any brightness whatsoever of corporeal light‚ seemed to us not worthy of comparison with the pleasure of that eternal Light‚ not worthy even of mention. Rising as our love flamed upwards towards that Selfsame‚ we passed in review the various levels of bodily things‚ up to the heavens themselves‚ whence sun and moon and star shine upon this earth. And higher still we soared‚ thinking in our minds and speaking and marveling
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What problems does Solomon identify in attempts to ‘separate different “kinds” of love’? (Solomon‚ ‘In the Beginning‚ the Word’‚ p.7) In attempting to distinguish between different ‘kinds’ of love‚ Solomon explains that there are such a variety of feelings and emotions all lumped into the word ‘love’ that any kind of differentiation becomes difficult at best. Even between lovers within his ‘relationship love’ category there is such uniqueness that Solomon admits hesitation in using the same
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How To Find The Purpose Of Life “The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful‚ to be honorable‚ to be compassionate‚ to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.”-Ralph Waldo Emerson What is the point of having a TV with no cable? What is the point of living life‚ if it has no purpose? In order to make life worthwhile and to get the most of it you have to give it purpose. But what is the purpose of life? The purpose of each individual’s life may be different
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Chapter 1 - Purpose for living Have you ever paused to ask yourself these: What am I doing in this world? Why am I still alive? What is the purpose of my existence? If you feel that much of your life is purposeless‚ let me assure you right away that God does have a purpose for your life – a high and noble purpose! There are two major purposes for living – to know God wholeheartedly and to be aware of others. I assume you are already aware of God‚ so are you aware of others? Do you care for those
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Platonic Love In the Symposium‚ which is normally dated at the beginning of the middle period‚ Plato introduces his theory of love. First thing to note is that in Plato’s theory‚ love is given and its existence is not questioned. The word love leaves the matter ambiguous as to whether we are discussing love in the normal‚ human‚ sense of the word‚ or if we are discussing desire in a much broader sense‚ but in this discussion we are only considering only love of type eros‚ love as a kind
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Statement of Purpose Many professors‚ department websites‚ applications‚ and current graduate students will tell you that the statement of purpose is the most important part of the application. While the statement of purpose is the best way for the admissions committee to gauge your writing skills‚ it is quite different from the college admissions essay‚ or the law school personal statement. Admissions committees will not be looking for the most well-written essay with the catchiest introduction
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Raza P. Beg Statement of purpose Statement of purpose I am writing this statement in support of my application to study towards the Master of Health Administration degree at the University of Memphis. I came to Memphis in September of 2005 because of a work opportunity. I had no idea what I was in for. Since then I have fallen in love with the city of Memphis‚ the people of Memphis‚ and the University of Memphis. I have no desire to study elsewhere and this is why I have chosen to apply
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