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    The key to knowledge is a vigilant and disciplined mind. I believe that to understand something is to experience it. Apparently‚ knowledge has to be learned. In college you begin to learn information that you weren’t in touch with before. Once you begin to acquire this new knowledge you discover things about yourself you didn’t know you possessed. Things you thought were out of your reach or something you were not able to accomplish. Attaining new information will enable you to see things in a

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    1. How important are emotions to our purposes? Extremely important. If we had no emotion‚ then what is the reason to live‚ or do anything purposeful‚ if no sense of achievement‚ happiness has occurred. 2. Would we seek knowledge‚ or even be capable of knowledge‚ without purposefulness? In media programs‚ it has been hinted at the possibility of aliens who have no feeling‚ but have the purpose to conquer‚ or some other objective. As such‚ 3. How do our feelings affect our perceptions?

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    Thomas Hobbes and John Locke are two political philosophers‚ but d have a distinct view of the world. Like for example‚ Hobbes thought of how society would function without laws and Locke thought of the government should work for the interest of the citizens. Comparing these two philosopher would show they they would define the state of nature as a philosopher‚ Thomas Hobbes is an English Philosopher which is best known for his political contemplations. His principle circumstance was in what manner

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    Through one of his profound quotes: “If knowledge can create problems‚ it is not through ignorance that we can solve them”‚ Isaac Asimov shows his perception for knowledge and ignorance as well as to what they lead. Based on his thought‚ the expansion of knowledge leads to expansion of problems while ignorance responds to smaller number of troubles and struggles. More knowledge causes more uncertainties and harder life whereas ignorance simplifies people’s way of living to such extent that there

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    Locke Ideology and The Declaration of Independence In order to provide the early colonial Americans with a fair and equal chance to harvest the fruits of life‚ Jefferson‚ along with his comrades‚ drafted the Declaration of Independence. Jefferson’s builds and draws from Jonathon Locke’s philosophy‚ much of which is presented in his Second Treatise of Government. Jefferson‚ through his use of language in the declaration‚ demonstrates the importance of Locke’s idea regarding

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    Pure Ignorance “Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity” (Martin Luther King Jr). In the novel‚ Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is about a dystopian society that bans books and revolves around technology. In this society‚ women vote for presidents based on their looks and the government places kids at school at an early age to manipulate their thoughts. The people in this society hardly question why certain aspects of their life is how it is. Ray

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    John Naisbitt: “We are drowning in information but starved for knowledge.” (Lewis‚ p. 4) In today’s Information Age organizations are looking more and more towards the productive manipulation of information to succeed and stay competitive. Increases in technology give rise to an increased emphasis on the human aspects of the socio-technical system: a complex system where workers and technology interact together to achieve some common objective. Accomplishing business objectives involves better

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    redundant display of itself. Far too often in society people’s lack of knowledge on a given subject causes their opinions and actions to rely strictly on stereotypes created by the masses. This affliction is commonly known as ignorance. This is curable but people have to become open-minded and leave their reliance on society’s viewpoints behind them. In the novel‚ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain‚ the ignorance of society becomes extremely evident at many parts of the book. Society

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    TKAM The dictionary defines ignorance as the lack of education or knowledge. Throughout TKAM Harper Lee writes about ignorance and it’s affects on society. We learn about the sweet childish ignorance of Scout and Jem compared to the mean coldness of Mr.Ewell. Ignorance shows itself in many different ways such as racism‚ sexism‚ and class- ism. Jem and Scout are sheltered from the world and all it’s evilness. Their ignorance is used as a shield to protect them from knowing the terrible realities

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    Ian Kershaw writes in his book “Hitler‚1889-1936:Hubris” that Hitler was ‘wholly ignorant’ of economics but he knew how to achieve public support. That being said‚ the general view is that Hitler was one of the most powerful economic reformers in the 20th century. To support this‚ Sebastian Haffner said that Hitler as Reich Chancellor changed the unemployment of six million people to full employment without inducing inflation. In contrast‚ Kershaw argues that this view is nothing but a fallacy. He

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