It is the encounter with conflict which brings out the courage or cowardice in a person “Flight or fight” is an oft-quoted summary of one’s reaction to conflict‚ whether mental or physical. But it is an instinctive behaviour which words such as “courage” and “cowardice” do little to accurately describe‚ as these loaded with emotional connotations. We usually regard ‘courage’ as a positive virtue‚ and ‘cowardice’ as a negative flaw; in these sematic spaces “fighting” is also positive‚ and “fleeing”
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khawar Custom Essay Can War Bring Peace? Essay "Can War Bring Peace? " from category Philosophy First M . Last Name Professor ‘s Name Class and Number 7 February 2007 Can War Bring Peace ?War is considered as a particular branch of a specific philosophy ‚ with Carl von Clausewitz being considered as the “only philosopher of war ‘stated in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy . It also says that it refers to ‚ “a phenomenon which occurs only between political communities ‘ or “certain political
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“Prepare for the worst‚ expect for the best” Some of the biggest names in the military and the civil world live by this quote‚ naive are the ones that come to this world expecting that everything is going to be fine‚ that things will just happen or opportunities will just present then self when the time is right‚ some of this people may be waiting for an opportunity for the rest of their life‚ leaders all over the world have the same philosophy you can never be prepare enough ‚ be realistic
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The Best Worst Trip Ever. I’ve never been a fan of road trips very much‚ but when it involves getting a free car‚ who could say no? It all had started with me visiting my family in Las Vegas. My grandpa’s best friend loved the fact that I was going into the Navy‚ and as a graduation present‚ felt I had deserved a car. So my dad had agreed to go on the road trip from Nevada‚ to Michigan‚ with me. A two day trip he wanted to make it‚ but my dad and I have never had the greatest luck. I had felt that
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Everyone by nature has good and bad qualities. A Boss is no exception to this‚ therefore‚ the best boss I’ve ever had is also in some ways the worst. I currently work alone with my boss and the owner of Heath Sign Company in Athens‚ Pennsylvania making vinyl and painted signs and graphics. One thing that makes a good boss is respect. My boss has many of the same values and ambitions as myself which makes it very easy for me to respect and admire him. One day during the first week I worked with my
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I had the worst end to the best day. It was spent with friends having 2 pm breakfast‚ wine and lots of laughs. Fantastic company‚ lots of fun. I headed home on the train about 6.30. I put my headphones on and noticed a group of four teenagers staring at me. My music was on softly so I could hear them say how red I look‚ and laughing about my appearance. The ones who could see me pointed me out to the ones who were facing away from me. For them to get a better view‚ two of them took photos of
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Ancient Roman History The Best of the Worst: Caligula & Nero “Such opposed vices‚ both the greatest arrogance and the greatest timidity‚ were to be found in the same person” (Caligula‚ 51). Suetonius’ quotation is vital in composing a description of a poor emperor based on the detestable characters of Caligula and Nero. It appears that both Caligula and Nero suffered from acute vanity due to their overwhelming insecurities. To appease their insecurity‚ both men must assert themselves superior
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Having a positive attitude is the best response to conflict‚ especially in time of war. In times of conflict there can be many different responses‚ but one of the best and most successful would be having a positive attitude. Other approaches to conflict often don’t end up the way most would like it to be. Other responses might end bad for the one in conflict‚ for instance it can end with the downfall of a country or it’s leadership. As an example‚ in the middle of WWII Winston Churchill took over
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The Best and The Worst Since the birth of the first humanbeing‚ humanity always invented new things to feed their needs. Some inventions were really filling a blank and made people take one more step further to new questions and needs but some inventions seemed so innocent and useful till humanity become captives of them and forgot about living. In the first ages of human life‚ people were collecting; fruits and seeds to feed themselves‚ rocks to create places tol ive‚ leaves to cover their
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September 17th when I found out about my horrible disease even though I have had one every year since I was 20 years old‚ due to the fact that we have a strong family history of cancer. But this year was different. I had been having a strange little pain on the lower left side of my left breast. I say strange because it was like a little sharp‚ needley prickly pain. It only hurt if I got bumped or as time progress when I pressed in the area of where the tumor was‚ as I found out later. After explaining
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