Contributions It is believed that Plato‚ a student of Socrates‚ was one of the greatest contributors of philosophy. Proof of Plato ’s notoriety in the world of philosophy can be clearly seen with his dialogues and his renowned student Aristotle. Plato’s writings are in the form of dialogues‚ with Socrates as the principal speaker. With his theory of Forms‚ he had discussed a wide range of metaphysical and ethical questions while finding inherent connections between the two. Plato also considered epistemological
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Censorship is a controversial topic that has split people’s opinions‚ beliefs and arguments into halves. Since the 15th century‚ many forms of printing press have been subject to censorship and the same applies to movies‚ broadcasting‚ televisions and the internet in the 20th century. Censorship is mostly used to impose moral values on the society‚ as to censor material that are considered aggressive. Censorship is considered by some people as a form of prohibition and punishment‚ while others consider
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Model Paragraphs 1. Evaluate the arguments for and against censorship of Films and TV programs for children. Intro: Censorship of the media has both positive and negative aspects. In this essay I will look at censorship of children’s TV programs and discuss both sides of the argument. For censorship T. First let us look at why censorship is sometimes necessary. S. Many people believe that showing violence or sexual material on TV can have a bad effect on young children. E. For example
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PLATO’S THEORY OF COMMUNISM Plato was born in may/june 428/27 BC in Athens in an aristocratic family . Plato’s real name was Aristocles.He excelled in the study of music ‚ mathematics ‚poetry and rhetoric . Plato met with Socrates in 407 BC and became his desciple . The execution of Socrates proved to be the turning point of Plato’s life . Plato left Athens and went to many countries ‚ studying mathematics and the historical traditions of the priests . He returned to Athens in 386 BC and established
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Annotated Bibliography: Censorship Research Question: What is the value of Censorship in literature? Censorship Is a Must Writers in the “censorship is a must” perspective believes that censorship is important for the general public. Specifically‚ these writers believe that whoever is in the know must not tell the whole truth to others. People would surely go crazy and should not be allowed to read just any piece of literature. Also‚ in that respect‚ not just any piece of literature should be published
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Censorship in School Libraries The most debatable and controversial form of censorship today is the banning of books in school libraries. Banning books that educate students is wrong and selfish. Censorship of books in school libraries is neither uncommon nor an issue of the past. Books with artistic and cultural worth are still challenged constantly by those who want to control what others read. The roots of bigotry and illiteracy that fuel efforts to censor books and free expression are unacceptable
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Censorship is the act of suppressing ideas‚ words or images so as to control the information or data that people can access. Private parties or the government can participate in promoting censoring for their benefit or as a way of protecting the community‚ religion or even a state from blasphemy‚ treason or explicit content. Censorship has been there for a long time‚ and it can be traced to as early as 300 Ad where a censorship law was passed in China. Blocking the ideas of people is viewed as a
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Censorship on Campus Publications Censorship on college campuses have always been a controversial topic. In the United States‚ the government can not prevent the publication of a newspaper‚ even when there is reason to believe that it is about to reveal information that will endanger our national security. Some college schools‚ however‚ have limitations on what should be published on their campuses. These restrictions have caused a lot of outrage from students who believe in free speech and
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Censorship in Public Schools -A principal in a California high school bans five books written by Richard Brautigan because he thinks they might contain "obscenities or offensive sexual references" (Berger 59). -A Vermont high school librarian is forced to resign because she fought the school board ’s decision to remove Richard Price ’s The Wanderers‚ and to "restrict" the use of Stephen King ’s Carrie and Patrick Mann ’s Dog Day Afternoon (Jones 33). -An Indiana school board takes action that
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concepts of life. Some of these concepts can show us many things about our own society‚ and the way we‚ as a people‚ are headed. In Fahrenheit 451‚ one of the major concepts is Censorship. In the novel‚ reading and owning books is illegal. Bradbury doesn’t give a clear explanation as to why such extreme censorship exists. Instead he refers to many causes. Loud music‚ Fast cars‚ and entrancing television sets‚ create a society that’s too overloaded on stimuli to have time to sit down and think
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