The underlying notion of Plato’s Symposium is that love lies in the metaxy between good and evil and therefore‚ contains properties of both. An understanding of this concept will lead to an understanding of love. One must feel the pain that goes along with the pleasure in order to actually be in love. In Plato’s Symposium‚ Alcibiades cannot understand his love for Socrates because he has only felt the pleasures of love and has never experienced the pain of it. Plato’s Symposium is a recollection
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Cultural imperialism is a multi-faceted concept‚ a collection of possible causes with a common effect - the tendency towards homogenization of cultures. This essay will explore the arguments behind the possible causes‚ specifically‚ the notions of forced acculturation as opposed to the voluntary embrace of Western culture. It will refer to theories of post-colonialism and cultural hegemony. First‚ it’s necessary to try to define the term imperialism. Lenin held that imperialism was the highest
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material force of society‚ is at the same time its ruling intellectual force.” (K. Marx and F. Engels. (1998) “Ruling Class and Ruling Ideas”. In J. Storey. (ed.). Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: A Reader Harlow‚ Essex: Pearson‚ 191.) Discuss the notions of ideology and/or false consciousness. Ideology is something that has and will be always in everyone’s life. This is a part of human life. In my essay about ideology I am going to write about Karl Marx ideas about ideology and also Louise
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Plato’s Republic addresses Rand’s notion of the "sense of life" . Primarily‚ we need to address what exactly Rand’s notion of the "sense of life" is. As described by William R. Thomas’s essay titled "Why Foes Anyone Need a Philosophy"‚ the notion "...reflects the fundamental ways you relate to the world and other people; it is your intuitive feeling of how things are and how they ought to be" (Thomas‚ p 2). According to Thomas‚ this is how "we experience...philosophical convictions" (Thomas‚ p 2)
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Red Cliff and Early Chinese Notions Introduction The philosophies of early Chinese thinkers differ greatly from the mindset of modern day philosophers. The four major philosophies of China‚ Confucianism‚ Mohism‚ Taoism and Legalism arose primarily during the Warring States era from 475 BC to 221 BC. Following the end of the Qin Dynasty and the fall of Qin Shi Huang‚ Confucianism became the dominant philosophical school in China. Confucianism represented the teachings of Chinese philosopher
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Aaron Herling Andrew Arick English 1100 12 September 2014 What does it mean to be you? In Julian Baggini ’s "Is There a Real You?"‚ he discusses what our preconceived notion of what we think we are. He challenges the typical idea of what the word "you" really means and how it defines us. For the longest time‚ we have always thought that we needed to actually go out and discover who we are as a person. We feel that without this‚ we are limiting our understanding of who we are and what we can become
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Emile Durkheim’s Notion of Social Solidarity At the heart of Durkheim’s book of Division of Labor in Society is social solidarity. More than an increase in productive output‚ social solidarity is deemed to be the most notable effect of the division of labor. Over time‚ as roles become more distinct and appropriated according to one’s objective‚ the individuals in a society become more linked to one another. In fact‚ he tries to make sense of the division of labor as a phenomenon that contributes
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|Directors Duties and the notion of True and Fair. | After the failure of ABC Learning’s‚ Centro Properties and Hastie Group many companies and their accounts came under scrutiny. The collapses of these high profile company’s had a weighty effect on creditors‚ customers‚ employees‚ government and other stakeholders. The questions raised in each of these cases‚ is to what extent is it the director’s duty to ensure that
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“The notion of liberal democracy is an inherantly contradictory one”. The notion of liberal democracy consists of two components- one‚ “democracy”‚ referring to a political process‚ and the other‚ “liberal”‚ referring to a political outcome. The argument that it is a contradictory notion lies in the fact that to presuppose or predefine politcal outcomes as liberal (consistent with liberal principles of individual autonomy‚ freedom from coercion‚ and equal and inherant rights) appears incompatible
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a.2. Max Scheler’s Notion of Personhood Another prolific philosopher that influenced St. Karol Wojtyła’s line of thought is Max Scheler . Wojtyła’s encounter with Scheler happened when he was doing his habilitation thesis. When he became pope he recollected it: “Much later‚ Father Różycki suggested the topic for my habilitation thesis on Max Scheler’s book Der Formalismus in der Ethik und materiale Wertethik‚ which I translated into Polish as I was writing my thesis. This was another turning point
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