The question of what is real and what makes us real has been a philosophical question with many different answers. Aristotle’s theory of Hylomorphism explains the reality of the universe‚ objects‚ and people in a materialistic way. Hylomorphism is the depiction that every physical thing is composed of two things: Matter and Form. Matter is the potency‚ or the potential of the physical object or being and the Form is its essence. Aristotle describes substance or Form as the truest and primary sense
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Is school trying to make us fail or what? That word. That one word which makes most students procrastinate. That one word which teachers are constantly throwing around at the end of every lesson. The word? Homework. It may be considered helpful and profound to some people but what is it that makes homework so unappealing and harmful? Maybe it’s the length of time you consume out of your free time or the thought of doing even more work after a tiresome day at school. Many students are
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Facebook it is a great place filled with “nice” people and angsty teenagers yet somehow this amazing place of happiness has on some few occasions made people unhappy.The article How Facebook Makes Us Unhappy by Maria Konnikova‚ is about the ways that a person’s interactions on Facebook can cause them them to be more happy or unhappy. It does seem likely that how a person’s interactions on Facebook could affect their happiness. All people want to be liked and if someone uses Facebook hoping to
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other companies almost instantaneously all over the world‚ whilst we save time and costs‚ but it also has disadvantages such as the depersonalization of human relationships and security issues. Emails can be sent and recieved anywhere in the world and make sent information accessible almost everywhere. Also an email can be sent at any time‚ unlike making business phone calls to a company in another country for example‚ where different time zones might limit the time frame during which the business partner
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A Closer Look on being a Fan Boy/Girl You’ve probably heard the word ‘fan girl’ before. You’ve probably even dropped it in one of your conversation or even read it when you were surfing the net. But what exactly does the word ‘fan girl’ mean? What does it mean to be a fan girl? A fan girl‚ according to dictionary.reference.com‚ is a person obsessed with any other single subject or hobby – it may be an actor or a fictional character. It is a person who has a compulsive dedication to a music
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In the BBC article “How comedy makes us better people”‚ Mary O’Hara claims comedy holds a very relevant place in not only British politics and culture‚ but also in the entire world because it can be used to comprehend and come to terms with confusing events or tragedies‚ challenge the authority of our governments‚ and destroy bigoted states of mind. Humor continues to mystify the philosophers and intellects that study it to this day. Why does humor play a major part in our everyday lives? What is
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Technology Make Us More Alone Nowadays‚ technology has become part of our life. People spend greater time on using technology such as television‚ smartphone‚ computer‚ and Internet. People use technology with reasons to be more comfortable in their life. They use technology whether to entertain‚ communicate‚ studying‚ or doing job. This show that technology brings a lot of benefits to our life however not only benefit it also bring outcomes such as loneliness. Nowadays people are more likely to use
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“The Necklace” A Closer Look At the Characters Characters in a story can be classified as “dynamic” or “static”. Dynamic characters are characters that change as the story progresses. That is‚ they recognize‚ change with‚ or adjust to circumstances. Static characters‚ which can also be described as “flat”‚ are characters that are not well developed and remain fairly unchanged throughout the story. Usually static characters have minor roles in a story. In any literary work‚ it is absolutely essential
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Europa Report: A Closer Look Europa Report gives its viewers a unique perspective into the life of deep space exploration. This film combines the Sci-fi thriller with the Documentary type film in a spectacular way. In typical sci-fi thrillers‚ danger takes the shape of an alien‚ a virus‚ or some sort of space madness that picks off the members of a spaceship’s crew one by one‚ and this film does just that. Sebastian Cordero‚ the director of the film‚ strives for absolute realism using fantastic
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CULTURAL DIVERSITY IS WHAT MAKES US A RAINBOW NATION – LEARN IT‚ UNDERSTAND IT‚ EMBRACE IT! THE IMPORTANT ELEMENTS ABOUT LANGUAGE DIVERSITY We are all surrounded by different cultures every day. It is very important to learn and get a better understanding of the cultural differences in South Africa. We can learn a lot about other people as well as ourselves through being open to explore different cultures/languages. Learning‚ understanding‚ embracing and communicating through other languages other
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