Socrates was dissatisfied with those who defined something by listing or using a series of words to describe it. If someone tried to define "justice" by using a series of just actions, he would not accept it. ... In order to define a word one would have to use many other words that themselves can be vague, have multiple meanings, or have a broad definition. ... The reason for this is that there is no "right answer", only action, which is what Americans supported. ... Plato used mathematics to explain that we base geometry around perfect angles, circle, and triangles, even though they do no...

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Aristotle and his followers also believed that everything outside the earth was perfectly spherical and smooth, apparently a quality of ether (University of Michigan). ... By adding the length of a shadow and the angle at which the sun's rays hit it, Galileo used the shadow method to measure the height of mountains on the moon (Moore 156). ... These assumptions were, of course, based on the works of Aristotle. Galileo wrote to him to correct his errors by using simple geometry (Machamer 29). ... After observing the phases of Venus, it seemed perfectly obvious to Galileo that Aristotle...

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By using Aristotle's Rhetoric, whose components are Ethos, Pathos, and Logos we will evaluate Vince Lombardi's Super Bowl II locker room speech to determine the speech's persuasiveness. ... In this paper, I will use Aristotle's Rhetoric, to show that Vince Lombardi was not only a great coach but also an excellent persuader. ... To start analyzing Lombardi's speech we will use Aristotle's first element in his theory of persuasion, Ethos. ... This is what Aristotle called Prior Ethos or credibility before the event. ... Also another reason his players trusted h...

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Obviously when we are awake, we are using our minds for various actions. ... Your subconscious mind asserts itself in the dream and provides all sorts of reasons why this change should be avoided. ... The subconscious mind is being helpful as far as it is concerned and sees the reasons it provides for avoiding the change as valid. ...

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The term used to describe this common symptom is tinnitus. ... (Hazell, 1987) Another philosophy of treatment for tinnitus, that proved to fail early on, was first presented in 360 B.C. by Aristotle. ... Alexander of Tralles (525-605 A.D.) took Aristotle's idea and went on to say that if this air within our ears was dense and began to expand without having an outlet from the ear, tinnitus would result. ... In the 13th century Pseudo-Aristotle, from the school of Salerno, stated that the reason ears stopped ringing when one makes another sound is because the greater sound drives out t...

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The term used to describe this common symptom is tinnitus. ... (Hazell, 1987) Another philosophy of treatment for tinnitus, that proved to fail early on, was first presented in 360 B.C. by Aristotle. ... Alexander of Tralles (525-605 A.D.) took Aristotle's idea and went on to say that if this air within our ears was dense and began to expand without having an outlet from the ear, tinnitus would result. ... In the 13th century Pseudo-Aristotle, from the school of Salerno, stated that the reason ears stopped ringing when one makes another sound is because the greater sound drives out t...

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As ancient Greek history has played such a pivotal role in subsequent cultures throughout time, that to learn about women in this society enhances our understanding of western civilization. Ancient Greece was not a united nation, but a collection of individual sovereign communities with a common lan...

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According to Aristotle, there are three elements in stage two of catharsis (The cathartic moment), which includes the highest of misery, the fall of shields, which protected him from an ultimate truth about himself, as well as the hero's moment of enlightenment. ... Not only are all of the necessary elements of the cathartic moment present in Oedipus, which conforms almost perfectly to the true tragic form as outlined by Aristotle, but also, Oedipus, who is the king of Thebes, is of a high social status compared to the average reader. Aristotle's requirement of a single tragic flaw i...

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In regards to the information which the government provides (such as reasons for going to war, Sadam's military capabilities, and developments during the war), the issues of "How do reporters determine if this information is credible?... If one looks at the past conflicts the United States has been involved in one would not have to look far to find reasons to be skeptical of intelligence reports given by the government. ... He used this "provocation" to get the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution passed by Congress. ... As one reason to go to war, President Bush is reported to have said that Iraq ...

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Disagreements between public policy, morality and individual behavior on this issue existed even at the time of Plato and Aristotle. ... Abortion induced by herbs or manipulation was used as a form of birth control in ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome and probably earlier. ... However, in 1977 Congress barred the use of Medicaid funds for abortion except for therapeutic reasons and in certain other specified instances. ... Objectivism believes that, the only means of human knowledge is reason. ... Just as reason is the only means of knowledge open to a human, so it is the only means of surviva...

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Aristotle in his Ethics maintained that it is never permissible to lie, while Plato in The Republic allows doctors and statesmen to lie occasionally for the good of their patients and for the common wealth. ... According to DePaulo, women usually lied to other women to protect each others feelings while men lied to other men usually for reasons of self-promotion. ... (Fitzgerald 83) This test can be used in all situations. ... (Bok, 209) This is a major argument used by some. ... I have come to the conclusion that a major reason that doctors lie to terminally ill patients is because they ...

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In later centuries, Hippocrates (a Greek physician), Aristotle (a Greek philosopher), and Galen (a Greek philosopher) believed that dreams often contained physiological information that may be cause of future illnesses. ... You must understand that the subconscious can only talk in a language that the conscious can understand, therefore it uses imagery. ... The subconscious speaks to blind people using all other sensory modalities such as hearing, taste, touch, and smell. ... The reason for this is unknown. ... There are many methods used for understanding dreams but the two most popular and...

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The Divine Law is justified to be God's will for man's behaviour, which can be obtained by man from the concept of divine revelation and by use of his own intellect and reasoning capabilities. ... He felt that they are morally equal if the reason inside them, makes them persons and somehow recognise those natural laws which define their rights and duties. ...

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Though there is little reason to believe that he would have sought such help, Riordan and Prochnicky report that Jim, on the urging of Pamela Courson's father, once had a few sessions with a psychiatrist (Riordan and Prochnicky, p172). ... Instead he used his intelligence to produce extraordinary reports on strange, uncommon subjects (Faris and Faris, p.143). ... He took pleasure in challenging teachers with complex ideas and often used his wits to try to humiliate them. ... "See, there's this theory about the nature of tragedy," Jim said, "that Aristotle didn't mean catharsis f...

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Alexander was educated as a student by the Greek philosopher Aristotle. ... Alexander had personal reasons too. ... At one point during the siege, his advisors gave him reason to abandon the assault. ... Alexander was extremely skillful at dealing with unfamiliar tactics of warfare, such as the use of chariots armed with scythes, elephants deployed in battle, and evasive, encircling movements by nomad horseman. ... Before leaving Persepolis, Alexander burned the palace of the great king for reasons that have never been made clear. ...

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Trying to find out the reason why every food tastes like each other or tastes bland or pale whenever we have common cold and wandering what methods can be used to imitate the situation of a person's nose with cold, what food should be use as samples to be putted for the taste-test at the same time forced them to execute an investigatory project. ... Does using gummy candy as sample helps in the recognition of taste and flavors? ... Significance of Study With this study, the researchers can learn that nose are not only use merely for smelling roses, perfumes, fragrances, and odors but are...

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Over the course of this paper, we will take a look at the structure of the play by looking at the six elements Aristotle thought were the most important in any play; plot, characters, theme, diction, music, spectacle, and convention. ... Nils uses the leverage he has over Nora to try and blackmail her in to finding a way for him to keep his job. ... I do not believe that we are ever told completely about his education, but from his word use and choice, it is obvious that he has a higher education. ...

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John Aristotle Phillips is an Obscure Individual. ... Using millions of newspapers, magazines, radios, and television sets, the media form a peephole through which the public can scrutinize him. ... That would prove the point dramatically and show the federal government that stronger safeguards have to placed on the manufacturing and use of plutonium. ...

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Psyche Although willing to provide a common account of the soul in these general terms, Aristotle devotes most of his energy in De Anima to detailed investigations of the soul's individual capacities or faculties, which he first lists as nutrition, perception, and mind, with perception receiving the lion's share of attention.  ... In fact, the frequent use of myths in many of his poems proves that, Tennyson believed not to stagnate in a melancholic state. ... Many nineteenth-century critics affirm that the romantic poetry tended towards egotism and excessive subjectivity, instea...

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Born and raised as a Roman Catholic, my parents tried their best to mold me not just into a kind and obedient kid but to be a girl with a strong faith in God. I remember that our apartment didn't have just one but a couple of altars. At a very young age, I was taught how to make the sign of the cros...

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"Martin Luther King and his View of the American Dream" Introduction The reason why I have chosen the topic "Martin Luther King and his view of the American Dream" for my research paper has its roots in my early childhood. ... King dealt with scripts of Plato, Aristotle, Rousseau, Hobbes, Mill, and Locke. ... The plan was for the riders to stop off at stations along the way and use the restrooms and lunch counters. ...

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Faith is a good thing when it is all you have to go on, but we have a brain capable of thought and we should use it. ... Monkeys can use tools, can even discover them when they already exist, but cannot invent them, I think. ... Plato lived in Athena, Greece, in about the same time Aristotle lived there. ...

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AMARICA IN THE 1960"S The sixties were an exciting, revolutionary, turbulent time of great social and technological change: assassination, unforgettable fashion, new musical styles, "Camelot", civil rights, women's liberation, a controversial and dec...

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