Prudence

implement is for the parents to teach and uphold a degree of denial. Children cannot get everything they want- to maintain their authority, but also teach the value of being able to control one’s passions, parents must train their children this way to encourage reason. Locke argues that this is a virtue that parents play a large role in teaching their children- to be successful, parents cannot overindulge their children, denial must be a part of their upbringing and children must obey these…

things in his life, from inspiring the Christian religion to his influential political views. His life contributed to the study of philosophy in so many ways. Plato demonstrated two of the four classical greek virtues in his lifetime--courage and prudence; Although he may have lived centuries ago, his life and virtues relate to me in various ways. Plato, which means the broad one, showed signs of the virtue courage (2007). Once his teacher, Socrates passed away, he set out into the world on…

introducing himself. They welcome him with open arms and they fight with their swords together. Lucrece offers them to come with him on this journey in hopes they can help him in the case of an emergency. They agree. So, Sir Lucrece, Sir Lou, and Sir Prudence all gallop off down the dark lit alley with the smell of the brisk winter air hitting their faces making their cheeks rosy…

strength is not present in this situation because not every member of the group is able to kill one another. Kazan would not be able to attack and kill any other member of the group because of his limited mental and physical abilities. An equality of prudence is also not present because not every member can think of rational ways to survive. Without help from others, Kazan would not be able to have survived the various traps throughout the labyrinth of rooms. For example, in one of the rooms…

Aristotle said Eudaimonia is the excellent performance of the human ergon. Eudaimonia is roughly translated as happiness from Greek, but it is more than fleeting psychological gratification, which is today’s cultural understanding of happiness. Aristotle used Eudaimonia to describe human flourishing. Ergon, translated from Greek, means function. This function involves both what something does and how it does it. Spoons and forks both help us eat, but they do it in different ways. It would…

and a decrease in earning by 21% for the first of 2007, compared to the last half of 2006, can be attributed to the costs that the company incurred. The accounting concept that is applicable to this situation is the prudence concept. This concept is a conservative approach. The prudence concept adopts the idea that revenue and profits are only reported when they have been realized or when they have a high probability of being realized (Edwards, Tsay, & Olds, 2011). The explanation for the…

Throughout the series of Harry Potter it is easy to acknowledge that each character is layered, each has their limitations and motivations. Amongst the many, Sirius Black genuinely exemplifies each of the key virtues; prudence, temperance, fortitude and justice. Though he did not have the most upstanding reputation, in the end he was honored once light had shed on his reasoning. From his background, to fall, to redemption, ultimately to being killed by his deranged cousin Bellatrix, Sirius had a…

WHAT IS THE OBJECT AND PURPOSE OF LOVE ACCORDING TO DIOTIMA? Whereas many of the interlocutors present in the symposium are unclear / ambiguous in their presentation / definition of the dichotomy present between love and desire, Socrates recounts that Diotima proposes that “love” can be classified as the “desire” which is shared between two (people); (ideally) coming to forge a potent and powerful bond between them. WHAT DOES DIOTIMA CLAIM LIES MIDWAY BETWEEN WISDOM OR KNOWLEDGE AND IGNORANCE?…

ethics dictates how I live my life, it shapes the way I see the world and the way I behave. My core values shape my attitude and behavior, they motivate and inspire me to be better. The core values I follow are compassion, love, patience and prudence. Compassion is the emotion we feel in response to suffering. There are two types of compassion, self-compassion and compassion for others. To express compassion to others we first must have compassion for ourselves. Self-compassion…

People have many different opinions on what women most desire in life. When Geoffrey Chaucer wrote the “Canterbury Tales”, he addressed this question head on. It is certain that different women would like different things, but in the same regard many women want many of the same things. In the Canterbury Tales, it is prevalent that the different stories show that different women want different things. Some women could just want money, while others just want love and vice versa. It is very well…