Charlie MacDonald 2/4/2011 Philosophy 1.) In Joe Sachs translation of‚ Aristotle’s on the soul and on Memory and Recollection‚ we are presented with the idea that our soul is broken up in to the contemplative and the practical forms of intellect. We use our contemplative and practical intellect to identify what is good for us‚ so that our desires reflect our needs. Although‚ they both work towards the same goal‚ both are separate and depend on ineffable forces for success. The contemplative
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“In Praise of The “F” Word” Mary Sherry gave a very good argument about the failure of children in school. Mary Sherry thesis was “Tens of thousands of 18-year-olds will graduate this year and be handed meaningless diplomas.” Mary Sherry uses the idioms like‚ “Meaningless diplomas” and “Their validity will be questioned”. This gave us as readers evidence that argument exists. I think Marry Sherry did this to get our attention. This essay also shows that there are two sides to every story.
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Plato’s Symposium is a book of speeches given in honor of Eros‚ the god of love. Aristophanes‚ a comic poet‚ gives the first speech‚ and the second is given by Socrates. The first speech tells a humorous history of mankind and how it became “whole‚” addressing gender issues and sexuality. On a more serious note‚ the second speech addresses the origin of Eros and his use to humans. Before launching his speech‚ Aristophanes warns the group that his eulogy to love may be more absurd than funny
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My mom has always been my biggest inspiration and throughout the years‚ I’ve learned a lot about what her life was like before and after I came into the picture. However‚ I’ve never thought to ask her about what her actual experience of bringing me into this world was like. Consequently‚ I decided to conduct an interview with my mom‚ Jennifer Lantz‚ about her experience giving birth to me and then to my sister. The first question I asked Jennifer was to describe the experience of giving birth in
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Today I had my mom as my patient. I was very happy to have her as my patient because she was very understandable about having her with me all day‚ and not cleaning her teeth. She has high blood pressure and takes Metoprorol 50 mg one table a day‚ to maintain a normal blood pressure. She had breakfast and took her medication prior to the appointment‚ and her BP reading was 130/81‚ pulse 54 beats per minute‚ and respiration was 20. Her pulse was 54 and the normal values are 60 to 100‚ but taking
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Desiderius Erasmus’ The Praise of Folly Firstly written for private circulation‚ the Praise of Folly‚ by Desiderius Erasmus‚ describes the abuses and follies of the various classes of society‚ but especially the ones from the church. It is a cold inspiration‚ deliberate attempt to discredit the church‚ and its satire and harsh comment on ecclesiastical conditions were so repetitive that a reader can easily realize that the main purpose of Erasmus writing this masterpiece was
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supermarket bread while yearning for stone- ground flour and brick ovens; to seek out heirloom apples while despising modern tomatoes; to be hostile to agronomists who develop high-yielding crops and to home economists who invent recipes for General Mills. My culinary style‚ like so many people’s‚ was created by those who scorned industrialized food; culinary Luddites‚ we could call them‚ after the 19th-century English workers who abhorred the machines that were destroying their way of life. I learned to
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In The Song of Songs‚ the Shulamite and her lover are everything but what society conforms to. In their Hebrew society there are rules and restrictions pertaining to sexual relations and who is allowed to marry who. These rules are stated in the book of Deuteronomy‚ and if the citizens do not abide by the laws written in the book‚ the punishments were harsh and brutal. However‚ the Shulamite and her lover seemed to be living in their own world where they could not care less about what society thought
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really meant it. As for example‚ once I thought‚ “Darry isn’t very sorry for anything he does. It seems funny to me that he should look just like my father and act exactly the opposite from him. My father was only 40 when he died and he looked 25 and a lot of people thought Darry and Dad were brothers‚ instead of father and son. But they only looked alike- my father was never rough to anyone without meaning to be.” (Hinton‚ 6) The problem between us was that I thought you were way too harsh for you to
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GASB and FASB Comparison Government and Not-For-Profit Accounting GASB and FASB Comparison The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) and the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) have some similarities and differences even though it may seem on the surface to be the same. The fact the FASB created the GASB for governing not-for-profit and government organizations but with very different goals in mind. The same can be said for full accrual basis of accounting and modified accrual
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