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Assignment 5: Long Paper 1 According to Aristotle, the best life to live is a life of pursuing knowledge. Not only pursuing it but understanding it too. Virtue is a very important aspect that one needs to consider when trying to live an all around good life. As a writer named Christine puts it: Like others before him, such as Socrates and Plato, Aristotle was a Greek philosopher who was interested in the best way to live a good life and to cultivate virtue. In particular, he believed virtue to…

Chris Brady and Orrin Woodward undertake the task of compiling leadership skills that will prepare leaders to become more effective. The authors establish a foundational understanding of leadership. Additionally, they argue that there are five levels of influence for leaders to ascend in order to acquire greater influence. Thus, by integrating the foundational leadership skills, a leader is able to navigate through each level of influence in becoming a transformational leader. What A Leader…

worse because of their reliance on men and even though could not longer procreate, had sexual desires. If women disrespected men, they were severely punished. For example, if they were behaving like a scold (one who nags), they would wear a scold’s bridle or a shrew fiddle. One major misogynistic period was the witch trials, which occurred between the 1300 and 1700’s. This event led to the death of over 300,000 people, where 85% were women. In 1485, Pope Innocent VIII officially stated that…

Aurora's POV The next day, I woke up before the sun had made it's daily route over the moutains that stood in the distance. Dressed in my red polka dotted pajamas and furry houseshoes, I jogged to my trailer. All of my rodeo outfits were in the closet of my dresser. The gravel shifted and scooted under my feet as I walked. My trailer sit quite and untouched with the truck only feet away. The horses in the barn neighed almost as if they anticipated what would come later in the day. A smile…

It was learned in the late 1800’s from Mexican smiths living in The Southwest. The Navajo people began by decorating horse bridles, but now produce jewelry, which is in high demand. Sings and sand paintings are elaborate ceremonies done by the Navajo people. Sings are performances that can last for as little as a few hours, to as long as nine days. They feature all night singing…

The Tale of Pearl-harvest demonstrates the cultural aspect of love at first sight. This is proven when Abu al-Hasan is telling his story and says “But when she asked the price of one particular bracelet, her voice was as sweet as a babbling spring and I looked up without a thought - and instantly drowned in the standing water of her eyes. My poor soul clung to the long curling black rushes that fringed each pool, but could not swim against the current of love, and it drew me down into the black…

As a bildungsroman, Black Swan Green traces Jason’s maturing through his journey to distinguish and accept reality from appearances, during which he gradually uncovers bits of truth about himself, about the people around him, and about the world. Many characters’ appearances in the book do not reflect who they really are; some characters simply seem unreal; some characters mask their true identity, including Jason Taylor himself, who is constantly trying to reveal only aspects of himself and in…

Early Islamic humanists put a great deal of importance into the acquisition and dispersion of knowledge. However, there comes to be alteration in the meaning of knowledge through the years and what the term exactly entails. Viewing the description of knowledge from the conservative perspective of the Hadith scholars and then from the collective epistemology of al-Kindi demonstrates this transition. Eventually this largely impacts the universalism of Islamic philosophy and the search for the…

I lept out of bed, bubbling with excitement. The sun was just beginning to rise and I ran over to my parent’s room begging them to get up and take me to the barn. I threw on my show clothes and ran downstairs to the car. My body was jittering with nerves, it was my first horse show, I wasn’t sure what to expect. As we drove there I anxiously fiddled with my helmet and gloves thinking about the horse I was going to ride. She is a tall 16hh fleabitten gray mare, I have ridden her a few times…

Heritage on wheels. That’s my take on the Ford Mustang. You cannot escape the evidential truth that Ford’s pony car has a great deal of history behind it, while it adroitly advances that legacy with each new model built. A Once-Threatened Species More than a half century has passed since the original Mustang took to the road, but not without a little drama through the intervening years. Indeed, the Mustang’s existence was threatened at least twice over that span, beginning with new federal…