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59 Cards in this Set
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What is "The really important kind of freedom"? |
"This is Water", David Wallace 1) freedom to decide what has meaning and what doesn't 2) is provided through education |
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Capital-T truth |
"This is Water", David Wallace 1) "you get to decide what has meaning" 2) real value of real education; nothing to do with knowledge but with awareness instead 3) about life before death |
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Role of The poet |
"The Onion", Victoria Pagan 1) Poets are expanders of language 2) Make sure we communicate with each other 3) Say things no one else dares to say 4) Having people to see for us |
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Lyric |
"The Onion", Victoria Pagan 1) Greek - a poem recited while someone is playing a lyre 2) A way of expressing that is always contradictory |
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Chiasmus |
"The Onion", Victoria Pagan 1) Greek word - "X-pattern" 2) Named after letter "chi" |
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Neologisms |
"The Onion", Victoria Pagan 1) Words made up 2) Done in poem "The Onion" |
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Parachesis |
"The Onion", Victoria Pagan 1) Repetition of same sound in several words in close succession 2) Used in The Onion to better explain stuff in the poem |
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Parthenogenesis |
"Parthenogenesis", Victoria Pagan 1) "asexual reproduction" 2) Origin: Greek "parthenos" - virgin + "genesis" - birth 3) Title - symbolizes our uniqueness although we're part of a larger group |
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Pablo Neruda |
"Parthenogenesis", Victoria Pagan 1) Real name Ricardo Reyes 2) At young age took pen name 3) Was ambassador of Chile to 6 different countries; lived abroad for many years 4) Won Nobel Prize in Literature |
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"Poetic persona" |
"Parthenogenesis", Victoria Pagan 2) Allows Neruda to write private to public |
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Pleasure vs Happiness |
"Six Myths About the Good Life", Kupperman |
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"flow experiences" |
"Six Myths About the Good Life", Kupperman 1) more effort put in something results in acquisition of a skill and more pleasure 2) people value more experiences where they carry on a sequence of skilled activities and are caught up in them |
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Hedonic treadmills |
"Six Myths About the Good Life", Kupperman 1) people get used to new, improved conditions, which raises their standards 2) no change in happiness (long run) - after winning lottery or drinking expensive wine for a long time (no drinking pleasure anymore) |
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Solon |
"The History" - Herodotus 1) King of Athens 2) Visited Croesus in Lydia 3) Traveled for 10 years |
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Croesus |
"The History" - Herodotus 1) King of Lydia, visited by Solon 2) Wanted to know who the most blessed person was 3) Defeated in war against Persians, held in captivity; understood what Solon was talking about in the end |
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Tellus |
"The History", Herodotus 1) The most blessed man according to Solon 2) Athenian who died in war and had a large public funeral; was a grandfather |
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Three Ambitions |
"The Roots of Ayurveda", Wujastyk 1) "3 ambitions sane man should develop" 2) - will for life - drive for prosperity |
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Three Pillars |
"The Roots of Ayurveda", Wujastyk 1) food, sleep, and chaste life 2) These pillars support one's body while he's alive |
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Three Sources of Disease |
"The Roots of Ayurveda", Wujastyk 1) Overuse, underuse and abuse of: a) senses b)action(speech,mind,body), c) time |
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The Hajj |
"Inside Mecca", Nat Geo TV 1) Pilgrimage done by Muslims 2) Religious obligation 3) 5-day quest for salvation 4) Annual pilgrimage to Mecca |
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Kaaba |
"Inside Mecca", Nat Geo TV 1) Stone that all Muslims face towards in prayer 2) the one place that had always been |
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Ihram |
"Inside Mecca", Nat Geo TV 1) pure frame of mind-patience, courtesy, respect 2) name of special attire worn by men during Hajj |
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Living Deliberately |
"Walden", Henry Thoreau 1) Living simply 2) Dependent on nature only |
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Wounded Imagination |
"Walden", Hackett (video) 1) way of thinking that things can only happen one way 2) It doesn't give choices 3) such that it has no ways of thinking differently about something |
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Transcendentalist |
"Walden", Hackett 1) Movement started by Thoreau 2) argues that connection with nature is necessary for intellectual and moral stability |
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"Men have become tools of their tools" |
"Walden", Hackett 1) dependence on tools (e.g. Internet) 2) lost control of tools, can't imagine life without them |
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Simplify/ Need for Simplicity |
"Walden", Hackett 1) We need to detox from stuff, from things 2) Simplicity gives more pasture for imagination |
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Sense of place |
"Walden", Hackett 1) inward journey is important, not the outward one 2) no need to go to exotic places for pilgrimage |
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Relationship with nature |
"Walden", Hackett 1) giving attention to natural environment 2) knowing what should be there and what shouldn't |
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Buddhism |
"Leaving home", Hackett 1) one of great religions of the world 2) founded by Buddha (who was Hindu originally) 3) Based on Four Noble Truths |
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Transcendence |
"Leaving Home", Hackett 2) idea of existence of larger forces beyond human comprehension |
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Spiritual vs religious |
"Leaving Home", Hackett 1) Individualistic vs Communal 2) believe in God, not go to church vs believe in god and go to church |
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Liminality |
"Enlightenment", Hackett 1) "neither here nor there" condition 2) from Greek "limit" - on the margin |
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Vasudeva |
"Siddhartha", Herman Hesse 1) ferryman Siddhartha lived with 2) found his inner peace by listening to the river |
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Kamala |
"Siddhartha", Herman Hesse 1) Siddhartha's girlfriend while he was in the city 2) Mother of Siddhartha's child; turned to Buddhist monks after Siddhartha left 3) Died at ferryman's hut from snakebit |
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Asceticism |
"Siddhartha", Herman Hesse 1) Movement Siddhartha and Govinda joined after they left home (with samanas) 2) Lifestyle characterized by abstinence from worldly pleasures 3) Rejection of body and physical desire |
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Eight-fold path |
"Siddhartha", Herman Hesse 1) taught by Gotama the Buddha 2) guides the faithful towards Nirvana |
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Nirvana |
"Siddhartha", Herman Hesse 1) Universal understanding of life, stop of the continuous cycle of death and rebirth 2) it is the enlightenment Govinda and Siddhartha are trying to find |
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HeLa Cells |
"The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks", Rebecca Skloot 1) Cells grown from the cancerous cells of Henrietta Lacks 2) Grown in huge numbers, and used in labs all over the world for all kinds of research |
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Informed consent |
"The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks", Rebecca Skloot 1) 2) |
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George Gey |
"Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks", Skloot 1) The doctor who took Henrietta's cancerous cells 2) The doctor who discovered that Henrietta's cells could be grown indefinitely |
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"Iron Mike" |
"Mike Webster Sport Injury Series", Greg Garber 1) nickname for former NFL player, Mike Webster 2) acquired the nickname by playing many games in a row, even if he had some injuries |
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Chronic Traumatic Encephalophaty (CTE) |
"NFL's concussion crisis", Ezell 1) First diagnosed in Mike Webster's brain 2) Brain disease 3) Found in a college player's brain as well in 2010 |
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Diotima |
Plato's "Ladder of Love" - Rothschild 1) Famous Greek priestess 2) In Plato's "Ladder of Love", Socrates speaks to her about love 3) She teaches Socrates about love |
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Eros |
Plato's "Ladder of Love" - Rothschild 1) God of love in Greece 2) Idea of intense, passionate longing, without sexual aspect/desire |
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Ladder of Love |
Plato's "Ladder of Love", Rothschild 1) Progression that develops from loving one body 2) On top of it is "loving the beautiful itself" |
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Satire |
Mark Twain's "Diaries of Adam and Eve", Smith 1) Mark Twain's primary genre 2) means "having two meanings" |
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Samuel Clemens |
Mark Twain's "Diaries of Adam and Eve", Smith 1) Name under which Mark Twain was born (his pseudonym was Mark Twain) 2) famous American writer, wrote "Diaries of Adam and Eve", among other things |
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Adam's solitude |
Mark Twain's "Diaries of Adam and Eve", Smith 1) Adam was alone and enjoyed it that way before Eve had come to be 2) In the end, Adam couldn't live without Eve, and says "Wherever she was, there was Eden." |
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Ambient Awareness |
"I'm so totally, digitally close to you", Thompson 1) Term used by scientists to describe the phenomenon of constant/non-stop online contact 2) Small pieces of information insignificant on their own, but make a very detailed story all together |
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Microblogging |
"I'm so totally, digitally close to you", Thompson 1) Posting short, frequent updates about what you're doing/what's happening 2) Biggest of such platforms is Twitter |
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Aggregate phenomenon |
"I'm so totally, digitally close to you", Thompson 1) No single most significant piece of information 2) Importance is developed over time |
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Dunbar number |
"I'm so totally, digitally close to you", Thompson 1) Maximum number of personal connections a person can have 2) Around 150 for humans |
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Parasocial relationships |
"I'm so totally, digitally close to you", Thompson 1) Relationships with fictional characters/celebrities 2) Can use up space in Dunbar number, crowding out real-life people. |
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Tyranny of slenderness |
"Reading the Slender Body", Susan Bordo 1) Caused development of diet, exercise, chemicals, surgery, aimed at physical transformation 2) began in late 19th century |
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Contradictions of the social body |
"Reading the Slender Body", Susan Bordo 1) We must step back from immediate desires and accept the work ethics (producers) but also must respond to immediate desires and satisfaction as consumers 2) Living lives alternating "daytime rigidity" on workdays and "letting go" on weekends - bulimia: insane food craving followed by "must do the things right and fix this" 3) contradiction of having anorexia as epidemic while having overweight majority |
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Gender-coded signification |
"Reading the Slender Body", Susan Bordo 1) Modern ideal of female body attractiveness 2) Women are tyrannized by slenderness more than men 3) Reason for shift towards a completely slender body might be to show that women can move away from household jobs |
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What if |
Double take, Kevin Michael Connolly 1) game devised by Kevin's parents 2) purpose was to prepare Kevin for any possible situations he might encounter |
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Snapshot |
Double take, Kevin Michael Connolly 1) he reacts to stares by taking photos 2) all show very similar facial expression, no matter who the person was |
