Heraclitus

David Cox (2015), in his article "Celebrity Culture is Natural and Can Be Beneficial,” observes celebrity culture and the modern day obsession with the seemingly witless entertainment stars. It is quite a regular theme, even perhaps ironically, for movies to criticize the intellectual drain amidst society. There exists a notion that society needs to shift its focus of attention more towards intellectually gifted people than entertainment figures. The critical view taken by most still hasn’t…

the one, one is a warrior, and he will bring the others back.” This quote is taught to non-commissioned officers of the United States Army, at all leadership courses. It is taught as a quote from Tacitus. However, many sources give the quote to Heraclitus. Regardless of who is the original author, it is significant that the importance of the Roman army in modern times centuries later. The commander of the United States Army is the President. Tacitus in The Annals of Imperial Rome, illustrated…

Theists think that it is ridiculous that the Universe can exist without a cause, and, have come to the assumption that the universe was created by God, who exists without a cause, complete with a range of intrinsic traits and values. We can see that although theists believe in god(s) and atheists don 't, both have some similar assumptions about how the universe came to exist. St Anselm (1033-1109), who was the Catholic archbishop of Canterbury and a Doctor of the Church, first created the…

The book Inferno was a very interesting book. It truly showed the poetic side of ancient history. It also conveys many of the system theories but it is more focused on Hierarchy, Trade/Communication, and Political/Social. In the first part of the book it shows the system of Hierarchy because it goes through all the different social classes and how each of them work. Also, how the people do their own way of running their village. Plus, in this village they have a leader and the leader tells the…

In Plato’s philosophical text The Symposium, several characters, including Socrates, Pausanias, and Eryximachus, give speeches in praise of Love and human sexuality. Xenophon’s Symposium, on the other hand, balances seriousness (σποθδή) and playfulness (παιδία) to discuss love, desire, knowledge, and wealth (X. Sym. 1.1). Plato’s doctor, Eryximachus, establishes his medical expertise by providing medical advice, as well as his medical opinion on the nature of love. Xenophon’s Niceratus…

We have always been trying to understand the universe and the concepts that dominate our daily life. This thirst for knowledge resulted in the development of such things as science, philosophy, and religion. Western philosophy started in Greece and spread further to America and Australia. The word philosophy comes from the Greek word philosophia which means “love of wisdom.” philosophy has many different fields, domains, and branches: Aesthetics, Epistemology, ethics, logic, metaphysics,…

Applying Theory to a Practice Problem: Part 3: Application of Borrowed Theory to Problem Urinary tract infection has been a growing concern in the society, especially among the older population. Elderly patients living from their respective residence sought health care assistance due to the discomfort they felt, such as flank pain, or fever, only to find out they acquired a urinary tract infection. In the previous assignment, this writer utilized the Neal theory of home health nursing, a…

Modern Society Clashes with The Tale of Beowulf There are many differences between the 2005 movie of Beowulf and Grendel (Gunnarsson) and the old Epic Poem called Beowulf (Heaney). These differences include the amount of realism and cultural differences between the two eras and the differences of the existing characters in the Epic in contrast to the Movie. Even though this so called, “new modern day Beowulf,” as depicted in the 2005 movie follows along some of the same paths as the first two…

The Humanities in Ancient, Classical, and Hellenistic Greece The history of Greece is filled with ethos and color through all the ages and societies of the past. Ancient, Classical, and Hellenistic Greek are three civilizations rich in their expression of the humanities. While these cultures are very similar is some ways due to the fact that the people resided in the same country, many of their beliefs and practices were different from one another as they expanded on and learned from the period…

Plato’s doctrine of the Forms finds its roots in his search for true knowledge. For Plato, true knowledge has to be something that is objective, unchanging, and universal. In his observance of the physical world around him he concludes that due to its changing nature, or flux, this true knowledge cannot reside in this reality. In turn, he concludes that to obtain this true knowledge one cannot rely on their senses as they are inadequate. To be unchanging and objective it therefore must reside…