Shallow foundation

To hell with moderation! If I can do what I please without suffering the consequences, why would I not? Thrasymachus argues that, “Injustice, if on a large enough scale, is stronger, freer, and more masterful than justice. And, as I said from the beginning, justice is what is advantageous for the stronger, while injustice is profitable and advantageous for oneself.” (344c) He says this ultimately leading to the restated argument by Glaucon that concludes “For the life of the unjust person, is,…

Whether Moby-Dick is a whale or a fish is a trifling matter—what is significant about it is that it is a great “white” whale. The color white is usually connected to innocence and purity; however, in “Moby-Dick”, the quintessentially white sperm whale defies the qualities attached to its color as Ahab sees it as the archetypal evil. In a novel overwhelmingly about whaling, Melville frequently explores colors and their meanings and use them to paint a picture of characters and sceneries in the…

very shallow, but what’s hidden beneath is more than what the meaning of life is. Bravery as described in the Merriam-Webster dictionary as the quality that permits one to do things that are…

acquire happiness and to possess good for ourselves (204D). She goes on by stating that we naturally seek out good because people tend to do away with even parts of themselves that is unhealthy (205E). This desire for ownership, both virtuous and shallow, is universal but, it’s pursued differently. She concludes that love is simply the desire to possess that which is beautiful and good forever (206A). Diotima insightfully explains desire and love in it their unaffected state. Desire is…

Growing up in the Florida Keys, I have been surrounded by the ocean my entire life and have personally witnessed it gradually get destroyed over the years. Because of tourism playing a huge role in the Florida keys, our beaches and oceans are left polluted and leaving our reefs to extinction. Not only in the Keys, but throughout Florida our waters are heavily polluted by the great amount of tourism in our state. In the Florida Keys and the Caribbean, there has been a vast decline in staghorn and…

rifle, shallow grooves were cut inside the barrel so that when the bullet was shot out it would spin at a greater speed making the shot not only more accurate but enabled the bullet to travel across large distances. This technique is called rifling and is still used today in modern day weapons. There were three main models of the rifle; the bayonet fitted pattern, the Newland lock fitted pattern, and the pattern with a pistol grip trigger guard. After the development of rifles the foundation of…

been developed further via testing in the training or educational environment so that its effectiveness or its nullity could be argued. At present, we have several theories in which could be used as a learning strategyper se, be used as a cognitive foundation or be used to enhance learning in general. In this research, two constructivist theories will be used in its instructional design: (1) Leon Festinger’s Cognitive Dissonance Theory and (2) Rand Spiro’s Cognitive Flexibility Theory. These…

includes the “double standard” stigma that exists around the gender norms. Although she may have heard a lot of banter through her two controversial appearances, she has made tremendous effort to increase equality within our society. Happy Hippy Foundation, which is an organization that supports LGBTQ and homeless youth has teamed up with Cyrus and has constantly grown their relationship. In a recent interview with TIME Magazine, she mentioned that she has had non-heterosexual relationships, and…

history where I would be exposed to the world’s richest stories, and be allowed to investigate some of history’s most intriguing characters. Most importantly, I became aware of my place in history, and my relationship to those who had laid the foundations for the world I once took for granted. To strengthen my linguistic skills, I chose to pursue a minor in French language and translation. To improve my Hebrew and broaden my faith, I travelled several times to Israel. On two such trips I…

I have been challenged to write about things I did not understand. Sitting down to write an assignment began to take much longer. I could not sit down with an idea and compose freely. Progressively, I would begin an assignment and draft something shallow, but the initial composition triggered thoughts that would develop after I shut my computer down for the night. Revelations would occur in the moments between sleep and awake, between rinse and repeat, between stir and heat. Some of these…