Glen Szabo Intro. To Eastern Philosophy Paper 1: Confucius 128. Confucius said: "If your words are grand‚ you will find that it is difficult for your actions to measure up to them." [14.21] This passage appears on page 14 in the text in the section on words and actions. The point that Confucius is trying to make here is that speaking in an exaggerated manner of yourself or your deeds is just as easy as speaking of them in any other way. But it is much harder to actually perform lofty
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DEMOCRACY IN PAKISTAN OUTLINES 1. Introduction 2. What is democracy? 3. Nature of democracy. 4. Beginning of democracy 5. Democracy since creation 6. Causes of failure of democracy 7. Impacts of democracy 8. Measures for the survival of democracy 9. Conclusion “The essence of democracy is its assurance that people should so respect himself and should be so respected in his own personality that he should have opportunity equal to that of every other human being to show what he was meant to become
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Mrs Fisher opens with a metaphor of a shroud of silence draped over the public’s eyes‚ a beautiful and poetic representation of the ignorance about AIDS that clouds society. She clearly states her purpose: to bring the silence—the fear—to an end. Her goals are further emphasized with the use of antithesis “I want you attention‚ not your applause”‚ stressing the solemnity of the issue and her own selfless dedication to the cause. She is very open and optimistic about her own battle with AIDS‚ which
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from The Autobiography Benjamin Franklin Arriving at Moral Perfection It was about this time I conceived the bold and arduous project of arriving at moral perfection. I wished to live without committing any fault at any time; I would conquer all that either natural inclination‚ custom‚ or company might lead me into. As I knew‚ or thought I knew‚ what was right and wrong‚ I did not see why I might not always do the one and avoid the other. But I soon found I had undertaken a task of more
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/ Nor thine on me!" (Act V‚ scene ii‚ lines 330-332). Even though his feeble attempt at reconciliation may redeem him in some form‚ his previous actions have already convicted him and destroyed his life. The blatant contrasts in attitude and sincerity merely set Hamlet and Laertes further apart‚ allowing the reader to identify more fully with Hamlet and to sympathize with
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very high virtue. Sacrifice and self-control are major factors in living virtuously. Nevertheless‚ the highest virtue is a kind of sincerity‚ actually having virtue within yourself and indulging your deepest desires because they are inherently good‚ such that no self-control is needed. But is there any vampire‚ or even any human being‚ who has reached that state of sincerity and pureness of
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In all manner of honesty and sincerity‚ many Zambians can relate to the use of traditional medicine for healing‚ prevention and even use in traditional rites of passage. World Health Organization WHO (2008) admits that traditional medicine has been used in some communities for thousands of years. It further provides that some Asian and African countries‚ 80% of the population depend on traditional medicine for primary health care and that 70% to 80% of the population in developed countries has used
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real answers but presents himself as a compassionate liberal who wants to help everyone out of their predicaments by government intervention. All of his answers are tailored by the campaign manager but although he doesn’t offer any specifics‚ his sincerity and obvious good looks seems to turn the downhill slide and he gains a huge amount of momentum going into the fall election. Mckay really wishes to “shoot straight” with the audience in this debate but he is coached by his campaign managers on
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What is a paragraph? * A collection of related sentences dealing with one topic What are the parts of a paragraph? * Topic sentence The topic sentence is the sentence that tells the main ideas of the whole paragraph. This sentence is usually the first sentence in the paragraph. * Body The body of a paragraph has sentences with information that supports the topic sentence. It is important to remember that every sentence in the body must be connected in some way to the topic sentence. *
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As a senator‚ he weakened such bills that he now supports causing people to question his sincerity to the cause. The election was very important to him and he watched the polls very carefully. Many people supported civil rights and he only needed a few more states to win. After his election‚ he won the presidency and he got the problem of civil
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