1. Why does Cisneros father believe College can be worthwhile for her? Cisneros father believes college can be worthwhile for her because it will help her to meet an intelligent husband who will be able to support her and take care of her. Her father really believed in the traditional Mexican values that women were meant to become someone’s wife and not to work to support the family. 2. In paragraph 8 Cisneros writes that her father represents the public majority which she envisions as the audience
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Pre-Socratic Philosopher Pythagoras‚ a famous Greek philosopher‚ born around 580 B.C.‚ was born on the Turkish coast on the island of Samos. It is thought that he may have spent his youth traveling Egypt and many other places‚ gaining knowledge as he went. He spent his philosophical years in southern Italy‚ in the city of Crotona. Pythagoras was influenced by mathematics and science‚ and both were the basis for his religious and philosophical theories ("Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy"‚ 2011)
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Alan Watts FAMOUS AS: Philosopher‚ Writer & Speaker BORN ON: 06 January 1915 BORN IN: Chislehurst‚ Kent‚ England DIED ON: 16 November 1973 NATIONALITY: United Kingdom WORKS & ACHIEVEMENTS: Popular philosopher known for his Eastern philosophy and Zen teachings‚ Wrote famous books like The Way of Zen (1957)‚ Psychotherapy East and West (1961)‚ The New Alchemy (1958) and The Joyous Cosmology (1962). Alan Watts or Alan Wilson Watts was a British philosopher‚ writer‚ and speaker who
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causes shows that there are strengths and weaknesses of this theory from Plato and Aristotle. Both views include strengths and weaknesses‚ with Aristotle’s theory. Plato’s cave analogy makes sense as it bears with reality to a certain extent but although this is true the cave allegory is just to simplistic for the four causes to be justified therefore contradicts the argument for the four causes. Plato also argues that pure reason does not exist. Teleology is the study of the ends or purposes that things
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draft English-Only Rules In the Workplace As the increasing of immigration in the Unite States‚ English as one of the Global language that is more and more important. Today 1.75 billion people speak English in necessary situation that means one in four of us. Yet English is the common language when employees come from different counties‚ the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and National Origin Discrimination often considers “English-Only rules” in the workplace
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There were many great philosophers who have contributed in making philosophy what it is today‚ one of them being Plato. In addition to being an outstanding philosopher‚ he was also a mathematician and a writer. One of Plato’s biggest inspirations was his very own teacher Socrates. Socrates never wrote down a word of what he said‚ but thankfully Plato was able to record it all down for him and wrote many dialogues about Socrates words and teachings. One of Plato’s most famous works was his dialogue
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ever been the odd one out‚ and you just want to fit in? Well in the story “The Girl who was Born with only Two Arms and Two legs” by Stuart Baum‚ Quarta the main character felt anything but fit in. The problem was she only had two arms and two legs while all the other kids had four arms and four legs. Because of that Quarta was very underestimated. For that reason Quarta is treated differently‚ and nobody wanted to be her friend. One reason why Quarta is underestimated is that she is treated
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1. Introduction In this essay in is a discussion about based on philosopher and which group of people Plato thinks should be ruling and why. The essay will start off with clarifying key concepts‚ for example what is a philosopher because it is much easier to understand the easy when one understands the key terms in it‚ terms that will appear throughout the essay itself. Then Plato’s theory will then be analysed in more detail and it is also of great importance that one also talks about Plato’s
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of great philosophers in the world‚ modern and ancient. In Ancient Greece there were many philosophers. Some of these philosophers are Parmenides‚ Anaxagoras‚ Pythagoras and Heraclitus to name a few. These philosophers are known as the Pre Socratic philosophers beginning in the sixth Century BC. There are known as this because they came before Socrates and it is said that ancient Greek philosophy should be organized around Socrates and Plato. But the three main ancient Greek philosophers were Socrates
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1. Who is the Philosopher King - the ideal rulers‚ philosophers who become kings 2. Why is he the ideal ruler – Plato believes the PK is the ideal ruler because they will govern with virtue and justice with no hidden agenda‚ the PK loves learning‚ knowledge‚ truth 3. Why should he be compelled to rule – because a true philosopher will love the pursuit of truth‚ will be indifferent to the pleasures of the body‚ will not be interested in money‚ will not think human life is anything of great importance
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