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    Machiavelli criticizing Plato and Aristotle Machiavelli is a realist and is more concerned with how things should be in reality, and his clarifications are based on a real world. Plato is an idealist and he is just thinking of how the ideal world is, they leave in an imaginary world, while Aristotle is always talking about existing states (try to peruse virtue). Machiavelli wants everything to be real and exist in the real world, while Plato and Aristotle have assumes in their imaginary worlds…

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    Excess in anything is a defect. Pride is a feeling that every individual possesses. However, it is entirely based on what side of the spectrum the individual hauls that feeling to. Sammy from John Updike’s “A&P” and Sylvia from Toni Cade Bambara’s “The Lesson”, portray a great sense of gratification in their personalities and end up on the negative side of the spectrum, where they are bound to face difficulties in their respective lives. However, Destiny’s observation based on the quotation:…

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    What people ought to do is usually associated with what people have most reason to do. Reasoning is a characteristic feature of humans, an essential tool of thinking that enables people to learn the truth and to rationalize their understanding of the world. Most importantly, reason is the primary source of justification that explains human actions, beliefs and behaviours. By exercising rational reasoning, humans weight up their available alternatives and act according to the best possible option…

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    Ways Of Knowing Analysis

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    “To what extent do the concepts that we use shape the conclusion that we reach?” When you think about it, to a certain extent we actually utilize the concepts that we acquired overtime to shape the conclusions reached. We as people for the part may use concepts that we know, take pieces from it and use what we know ourselves to come up with this conclusion. To be able to achieve the goal of actually giving a direct answer to this question, reasoning and memory would be used as ways of knowing…

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    Medea Passion Analysis

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    “Medea explores the tension between reason and passion”. Discuss It is within the very nature of humans to isolate the polarised forces of reason and passion, yet within his Greek tragedy Medea, Euripides demonstrates the “fatal results” of possessing a predisposition for either frame of mind. Indeed, the antagonistic relationship between Medea and society best contextualises the gripping antithesis between maintaining an acceptable outward demeanour and laying bare our inner impulses…

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    Epistemology, the question of “how do we know what we know?” that has plagued philosophers since Socrates himself. The problem at hand seems to be that we can not be certain of where our knowledge originates. Over the centuries of human thought, many have tried to tackle such a question. To this day, however, there is no sufficient answer at all. The two major schools of thought I am looking at are empiricism and rationalism, both attempts to answer such a complex question that couldn’t quite…

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    In addition, the article’s emphasis on the inability to learn from previous mistakes strengthened the link between the different parts of the book as my previous understanding of the book had focused solely on character conflict as a reason for nuclear fallout. The idea of historical bias and its consequences not only broadened my understanding and analysis of Canticle, but also widened my perspective for history as a whole in that the facts we learn are subjective to our trust with…

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    William Shakespeare illuminates throughout Othello the wickedness humanity expresses as individuals attempt to obtain authority and selfish desires. The malicious actions during these times cause emotional turmoil and suffering for individuals and their relationships. In Othello, Iago desperately craves the power of Othello’s lieutenant and the respect the higher officers receive. The rejection Iago feels when he is denied the promotion produces a lack of dominance and virility, so Iago seeks to…

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    All in favor say I? In the Republic, the human soul is divided into three parts: reason, spirit, and appetitive. Socrates then explains how people are made from gold, sliver, and bronze and how each of these categories correspond to the three classes of city the rulers (gold), soldiers (sliver), and the working class (bronze). I will begin by summarizing Plato’s understanding of the three parts of the soul. Then I will disprove Plato’s view and confirm that the Stoics view is superior to…

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    Ells Unit 2 Assignment

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    1.There is instructions for the first portion, but not for the speaking portion, so I will give this a score of 2. 2) There is a short instruction at the beginning, but there isn’t any written instruction for the short speech following the test. I think it is very fair and direct for the first section, but I think the speaking section needs to be explained by being written down. In any event, I give this a score of 2. 3) There is a short instruction, and the vocabulary terms used in the…

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