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    wants which is a lover. In the line, he doesn’t propose marriage, which means he likely doesn’t want the commitment. Since he doesn’t ask for marriage or a relationship it can be assumed he wants physical pleasure. The next line of the poem he explores the idea of experimenting with all the pleasures that he and his love could experience. In Raleigh’s poem “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd,” the Nymph starts the first stanza off…

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    a flourishing life. According to Callicles, a person is happy and flourishing when he or she is living as ambitiously as he or she possibly can. Living the good life includes chasing one satisfaction after another and having a constant influx of pleasure. In contrast, Socrates emphasizes on the idea of eudaimonia, according to which a happy and flourishing person is one that lives an orderly life, in which the person maintains discipline and control over oneself. The present account will…

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    definition of pleasure we see that by not plugging in we are actually doing the more pleasurable act. Nozick experiment asks us to imagine a machine that once connected to allows for us to experience the greatest possible pleasures. The machine then is better at supplying us with pleasure than our regular lives. The connection is permeant, meaning that you are connected until death. He then asks us to consider whether or not we would connect to the machine. If we only cared about pleasure then…

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    When the id is in control, one’s demeanour can be more outgoing and expressive as evident through Holden Caulfield’s actions, but it may not always be in a positive form. In The Catcher in the Rye, the id, an element of personality that strives for pleasure and fulfillment of desires is constantly taking control of Holden. As a result, Holden tends to do things that he likely would not publicize to society. In the novel, Holden narrates, “In my mind, I’m probably the biggest sex maniac you ever…

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    His soft touch rubbing against my body was slowly fading away. The sparkle in his eye was gone. Our conversations that lasted for hours now only lasted for seconds. The way he looked at me, touched me, and talked to me was not the same. We both started to feel an unfilled, unloved, uninterested emotion in our relationship. Having these feelings, we both put ourselves in situations that we knew were morally wrong. We not only hear it, but we also see incidents of disloyalty in relationships more…

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    Naturalism unlike realism adopts more a philosophical position and holds man responsible for his actions and negates divine interventions. Naturalism considers human beings to be determined by their heredity and environment. The individual is at the mercy of determining social and economic forces. Each human being is determined by heredity and environment and "subject to the social and economic forces in the family, the class, and the milieu into which that person is born" (Abrams 153).…

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    The moment I stepped out of the subway of 42nd Street in Manhattan, I was overwhelmed with a sense of wonder. The kind that let you know everything that there is to see on Broadway, at the same time, reminding you that you have neither the time nor the resources for such adventure. I stood still for a moment, admiring the extraordinary, bright neon signs. I took a deep breath and pulled out my phone in search of the famous Madame Tussauds Wax Museum in New York. As the location appeared on my…

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    pursue this career not only to fit my needs, but to experience all the wonderful miracles that happen within the world and to be in the presence of people who will enjoy it just as much as I will. Nurse-midwives typically work in hospitals, birthing centers, home-birth services, and prenatal clinics. Being a nurse-midwife can be very stressful. The work environment can be rather hectic at times. For example, something with…

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    A health professional is someone that specialises in a particular health profession. The career is carried out by undergoing a long period of training, in which you then qualify to be a registered health professional through formalized assessments and exams. A health professional is not only registered to be a health profession in the country she gained the qualifications from; but is recognized worldwide. In which she or he will then be given a license. A health professional needs to have all…

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    walked towards my favorite restaurant on Times Square, Ellen’s Stardust Diner. Whenever we walked into the restaurant, we were greeted with the voices of the iconic singing waiters and waitresses. Our hostess took us to a large, cherry red booth in the center of the restaurant, subsequently my friends and I all ordered. I got the vegan chocolate lava cake with a “cheesecake cream” filling. While everyone waited for our food, my friends and I gazed at the performers as they sang their hearts out…

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