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    They also accused him of teaching wrong philosophy to children. This is a huge component because his belief in a god got him in the situation he was in. He believed that the god Apollo gave him the orders to teach others how to become truly wise. Socrates has a very interesting view on death. He…

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    someone which also correlates with some of his other philosophies. Although he is known for his great thinkings, there is a lot to learn about his characteristics. Plato and I share many positive attributes such as being leaders and helping others. However, we differ in the way that he has achieved greater things than I have in my lifetime. Plato is a wide known Greek Philosopher who is famous and very influential for his dialogues and philosophies. Research says that, “Plato came from one…

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    Legacy is knowledge of information that is handed down from one generation to another without written instructions. A legacy is a tradition inherited. A gift from the past. The Greece way of life have greatly impacted the Western World. Greek have influence our lives in several ways such as law, literature, Philosophy, sculptures and architecture. The law in Ancient Greece had no court system at first making it impossible to prosecute anyone for a criminal offense. Since there was no court…

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    Candide Essay

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    January 31, 2013 at 11:22 PM Candide is a sustained assault on the optimistic philosophy associated with the German philosopher Gottfried von Leibniz. Essentially, Leibniz argued that since God created the world, everything was as good as it could possibly be. For a reform-minded philosophe like Voltaire, this philosophy encouraged stagnation and the uncritical acceptance of existing institutions. In Candide, this philosophy is represented…

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    The cause of failure and fear in our life is due to lack of confidence. When we loose our confidence, we can’t control our emotion and we afraid for making something wrong. There are many merit that we can obtain from boosting our self confidence which is one of the strongest pillar of success. Keeping ourselves nice and pretty helps us boost our confidence. If we are confidence we can perform better and will be street out. Having a confidence means self believe and increase the faith on…

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    unchanged routine. Additionally, David Foster Wallace illustrates the example of having long line at grocery store checkout. That stereotype represents how people 's ways of thinking can be altered either positively or negatively about their echo daily life. Consequently,…

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    Life is a cryptic phenomenon in my point of view. This is because life is unpredictable and usually it is not going according what you have planned at all. That is why life is truly mysterious and lucidly ambiguous because sometimes we delineate for something based on our wills. That is simply because in life, we do not get what we want sometimes, but we will get what we actually need in future. For me, the only thing we can do with our life is learning our impuissance in the past ,live up to…

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    Discovering meaning in life has been of the upmost importance to grasping the purist human experience for generations. Philosophers have utilized various concepts in regards to the quest of finding meaning in one’s life including: living with a greater purpose in mind, expanding one’s existence beyond an endless cycle of satisfying desires, and utilizing the idea of duty to overcome conflicts of interest. Living with a purpose is beneficial for enduring suffering as it seems to give the…

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    Internal Vices To be human is to be at a constant mental battle between being moral or succumbing to personal desire. People are naturally embedded with emotions that often dictate our decisions and thoughts; therefore, people’s minds are often completely ruled by this internal struggle. In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, the theme of morality versus desire presents itself in its characters such as Hamlet, Claudius and Ophelia; Hamlet who is completely trapped in his own hatred, Claudius who is envious…

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    Tsukuru Character Analysis

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    context of adolescence and adulthood is an integral aspect of the male identity in modern society. The transposition of Tsukuru’s identity and masculinity in various stages of his life allowed specifically male readers to question their own definition of masculinity and identity in context with various stages of life. Murakami presents three contrasting examples of masculinity via Tsukuru, Aka, and Ao. The reader is able to dissect each form of masculinity, understanding flaws each form…

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