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    Night-Time Analysis

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    Culturally the truth value of honesty has changed from history compared to this century. Philoctetes a 12th century story showed the value of honesty in different way than the 21st century of the curious incident of the dog in the night-time. Both story showed characters who understand the true value of honesty different. Both story showed a different perspective of knowing how to tell the truth and when to tell the truth as of for Philoctetes the main character Neoptolemus believed it shows…

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    In a society where culture and value are constantly evolving, we as a species sometimes need to take a step back and analyze all the things that surround us to see where our societal values lie. Usually, we do not see or understand these hidden values until they are shoved in our face or we have to deal with them directly. However, we can all begin to understand and analyze these contemporary cultural values by implementing some form of cynicism in regard to exposing and showing all the…

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    Ancient Greece

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    famous, early intellectuals that we learn about in modern schools around the world continue to inspire us, encouraging us to examine life with the most critical of eyes, and prompting us to question every accepted reality in order to disclose the real truth. Famous Greek philosophers include Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle, and notable sophists include Hippias, Gorgias, and Protagoras. Although many of their ideas were somewhat similar, there are many ways in which philosopher and sophist…

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    false and needs to be challenged in order for truth to be found. We also must consider what valuable means. If being valuable simply means furthering our understanding of truth, then true opinion is more valuable than knowledge in this case. With this scenario in mind, we must revise our hypothesis. In order for knowledge to be more valuable than true opinion, knowledge must be an absolute truth. However, there are few things we can call an absolute truth as evidenced in the geocentric theory…

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    will to truth can be defined as the desire for truth. Indeed, this will constantly “tempt[s] us to many a venture,” and there are no questions that it has “not laid before us.” It has been long overdue however, in Nietzsche opinion, that we “finally become suspicious, lose patience, and turn away impatiently” regarding this phenomenon. In other words, while this will to truth has always invoked in us a fascination with the truth of external matters–that is, anything besides the will to truth…

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    Knowledge Vs Knowledge

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    proving the claim, we as a society value to claim as knowledge. An example would be Copernicus’ theory on heliocentrism which he established around 1543. If Copernicus’ had not theorized that…

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    of postmodernists, facts and truths are risen from social subjectivity because experiences and science reasoning are the thing of the past. While this might seem ordinary for many young adults or teens, this postmodernist concept and ideal is what has been keeping experts and mature adults up at night. With the birth of the internet, postmodernist’s corrupted values are spreading faster than ever. In this paper, we will explore many aspect of the ideas and the values behind the movement of…

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    Question 1: Duty is the necessity to act out of reverence for the law; it is obligation regardless of inclination. I disagree that the point of these two examples is to show that duty is only present when a person lacks all inclination to do the right thing. Kant provides examples of times when duty is clearly the only motivating factor but that does not mean duty can only be the motivation in people who lack inclination. In this example, self-motivation and the possible joy caused by a given…

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    What are the two truths about lying mentioned in the video? Which truth do you agree with the more? less? Have you seen an example of this elsewhere? According to the video, there are two truths about lying. One truth is that lying is a cooperative act. Meyer explained that power emerges within a lie when someone else agrees to believe the lie. According to lie spotters, if a person gets lied to it is due to them agreeing to be lied to. It was also stated in the video that we are willing…

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    Doubt Once and for All Words possess power whether in thought or verbalized. The penning of the childhood phrase, “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me,” lay wide a chasm of untruth. Words hurt. They also heal. And, these truths include those words and phrases we consume from the mouths of others and those we speak to ourselves. From this fountain flows self-doubt (among other things). And, it leaves us wondering if self-doubt must remain a plague of human…

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