Cardinal Caesar As A Hero Essay

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What happens when students are encouraged “To dream the impossible dream”? According to Giambattista Vico, students are capable to unlock their greatness, to release their innermost divine nature, to carry on to lofty and grandeur achievements, to triumph the sublime. For Vico, this is the heroic mind. The great philosophers of the past defined the “Hero” as one who forever, without pause, diligently pursues the quest for greatness and work all the while with good deeds and the betterment of mankind as a focus. Remember the great Roman philosopher, Cicero, called this “glory,” a way to ensure an immortal name. The divine nature of the mind has only one choice that is to grasp and grapple monumental accomplishments. Just as Cardinal Caesar

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