Dialogue

An important idea from Pim Valkenbergs’ introduction in World Religions in Dialogue is giving an insider’s and outsider’s perspective on the major religions of the world. Incorporating both perspectives will help students gain a deeper knowledge about the main religions of the world. Developing this deeper knowledge will help readers view the religions with an open mind. When it comes to understanding this book, viewing both the outsider and insider viewpoints are very important and beneficial.…

At first glance, Plato’s Socratic dialogue Gorgias seems superficially concerned with defining oratory in its core. However, the debate between Socrates and the sophists breaches into matters of the common good, the corruption of evil, and justice. Socrates, being a one who is devoted to philosophy, raises a standard on these subjects and must effectively uphold them against barrages of questions from sophists whose view may be skewed by position or previous party affiliation. By agonistically…

good, but I have reached such a pitch of ignorance that I do not realize this, namely that if I make one of my associates wicked I run the risk of being harmed by him so that I do such a great evil deliberately, as you say?” (25e-26a) In Plato’s dialogue, The Apology, Socrates famously uses the argument that no man knowingly or willingly does harm in order to defend himself against due charge of corrupting the youth. Socrates believed that if he has corrupted the youth, it is involuntarily, and…

“Walking the talk: Reflections from a Community-Focused Dialogue Series” the plan is to implement a Days of Dialogue which is an intergroup dialogue series that facilitates specific conflicts. The dialogue encourages guidelines and community involvement. • Discusses the importance of intergroup dialogue and focuses on changing communities by creating environments where they can engage in dialogues about community issues. • Intergroup dialogue allows for social interaction with peers and…

their roles, it is useful to look over the Socratic dialogue, “Xenophon-Perfect Wife”. The purpose of this dialogue is to make people think, and work toward an ideal about a women’s role in society. This dialogue was written in ancient Greece during 360 BCE. The author, Xenophon, was a student of Socrates. Socrates’ ideas and teachings were about knowing yourself and always questioning everything (Hughes 83). Those ideas apply to this dialogue because it tells the roles of women, and women…

at’s just steroids to impress you,” Mark Thomas is pacing outside in the hallway. *** She waits for the cold air to circulate throughout the rooms before returning to close the side door a habit she developed from her husband. The cold air circulates in the kitchen and throughout the house, but her thoughts are still on Jerry. She has to admit that Jerry is changing, “No, evolving would be the better word,” she said out loud. *** “He is still an idiot,” Mark Thomas stops his pacing and faces…

Remembrance “Too many people think”, Skylar whispered under her breath. She was stuck in her English class with others whom she just simply referred to as imbeciles. It was a slow class that seemed to never end. The clock ticked, but no time passed. A dark room with little color. Skylar can remember the days she enjoyed this class, that’s why she came back. I guess she was happier then...she thought so too. It was two years ago, same class, same teacher, different circumstance. The tables were…

There were two funeral cars. Jane said she wanted to go with Antonello and Paolina. Raes’ parents went in the other car with Rae and Alex. Nicki and her son Thomas, Rae’s sisters and their families, made their own way to the chapel at the Altona cemetery. No one said anything about which route they might take, but someone must have alerted the funeral directors, and so they avoided Whitehall and Hyde Streets, the freeway and the Westgate Bridge. Paolina wore a black dress, black stockings and…

Surrounded by an escort of the horsemen of King Alric’s Royal Guard, Larah and Riasean rode for an hour before she broke the silence. “So, you are an assassin?” Riasean gripped the reins of his horse tighter. There is no point denying the fact. “Yes,” he admitted. “How did that happen – I mean how do you find yourself in the business of killing?” Where to begin? Best keep it simple, and as close to honest as possible. “One has to do whatever it takes to survive – in my case, growing up in Tamor…

There was once a cat named Sylvester. Who had a friend named Lizzy. Lizzy was a lizard she was Sylvester's best friend maybe his only friend. It was the beginning of October and it was a dark and very windy day. Sylvester was walking along the side of a building when he spotted a restaurant door open. The cat thought to himself maybe there might be food. Sylvester was very hungry so he decided to go in unaware of the consequences. He walked around for a few seconds when an angry worker came at…