The Opposite

presenting the philosophical views of the ancient philosopher, Heraclitus. I will begin with his explanation of Logos and how it applies to philosophical reasoning. I will then explain why the Doctrine of Universal Flux and the Doctrine of the Unity of Opposites play a major role in Heraclitus’ views. Lastly, I will describe how fire, the soul, and God play into the conception of the world as he knew it. In conclusion, I will put together the previous stated ideas to explain further how his…

The two are complete opposites of one another when it comes to each diet’s food options, the low carbohydrate diet that completely ignores the food pyramid limits that a person can have eating foods that are high in carbohydrates, such as bread, pasta and rice, while the contrary, the low fat diet which ensues the food pyramid limits a person cans have eating foods that are high in fat like milk, meat, and bean categories. Although both diets may sound completely opposite from one another, they…

In the novel The Outsiders, the main character, Ponyboy lives with his two older brothers: Sodapop and Darry. If you’ve read the book, Soda and Darry might seem like polar opposites, but they do, in fact, share many common characteristics. Sodapop and Darry. Yin and Yang. Fire and Ice. Ponyboy’s two older brothers are opposites that attract. Let’s first examine what makes these two so distinctive from one another. They are different in their appearances, their personalities, occupations, and…

parents stop to understand why these colors have been assigned to their respective genders, and simply go along with the cultural norm. But I believe many would be surprised to find that that in 1918, it was the exact opposite. In many cultures around the world, it remains opposite, or completely different colors altogether. So why and when did we decide what colors would represent girls and boys? In 1918, a magazine titled Earnshaw’s Infants Department published an article…

human nature, in the places around us. Duality is needed in the world to\ balance things out in the world, because sometimes there is too much of evil and sometimes there is too much of good. Duality means understanding reality by means of the opposites, because for one pole to exist the pole has to exist.Dr. Jekyll confesses to Utterson that he has for a long time been fascinated by the duality of his own nature and he believes that this is a condition…

step-brothers they don’t have a lot in common, but I think they are more alike than we think. Don John and Don Pedro are different, what’s the difference? Even if they are brothers, they are mighty different. Even if they are brethren, they are the complete opposite of each other. Don John is A master deceiver, he lies to his own avail. In the words of himself “ will this give me a opportunity…

Brain breaks are an effective way of changing the physical or mental focus of an individual student (Christian & Weslake, 2015). All students should have kinaesthetic breaks from time to time, but some individual students need it more often than others, especially my target student. The efficiency of learning increases when breaks are instilled into an individual’s daily routine. There are a lot of different ways to incorporate mental and physical breaks into my student’s daily routine. It is…

(Dolegui) This means students should listen to the opposite of their mood, so the music alters their mood into a more concentrating state. Paraphrase Paragraph Some people, especially students, think that listening to music helps the memory. Music takes place in every setting like schools, colleges, and more. People with more musical experience learn and focus better with neutral music but do poorly with pleasurable music (Klemm). The opposite is true for people without music knowledge.…

calls a prisoners dilemma, because it involves two groups people who are put in the situation of checks between if the citizens or criminals of Gotham should live. They are given the option of pressing the button on the detonator and blowing up opposite boat and killing all who are in it. Greene states that the prisoner's dilemma is a way to explain why a persons morals are the way they. The prisoner's dilemma involves two criminals who are trying to stay out of prison (28). In order to achieve…

In recent years, there have been huge pushes upon old social constructs, but have they gone too far? More specifically, transgenderism, or the belief that a person is of the opposite sex to which they were born with. This issue is more of a humanitarian issue, but there are too many factors and nuances that are also brought along with transgenderism to only be considered a humanitarian problem. Some problems that are also brought along with transgenderism include: separated gender spaces and…