Literature was learnt using any other science of culture. ... Imagery is used both in prose and poems. ... Visualization using imagery normally appears in prose than poems. ... When, however, imitation is used as a form of diction, Plato comes to the conclusion that any such imitation which mimics men who are not of upright and intelligent nature is undesirable in the ideal city. ... Plato's account of imitation would seem to be relatively simple at this stage; mimesis appears to be translatable as "representation", an expression of character whereby the poet (using dialogue) a...

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Just as reason would rule in an ideal city [run by a philosopher king], reason must also rule in the soul in order for the soul to rule the body in such a way that it can control the many individual passions and impulses of the body. ... Socrates illustrated, using his "city in speech, " that the best life for an individual is a life of happiness, and that this human good is achieved only through the implementation of justice. ... Aristotle places great value in leisure time for that very reason; when used wisely, leisure time can be used for contemplation and study. ... By ruling out feelings...

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Yet instead of using this power for their own gain, Plato and Aristotle wrote about and discussed the virtuous use of rhetoric. ... The way Lysius presented his argument seduced Phaedrus past reason on the intellectual level, as Lysius crafted his argument causing his style to be more important than substance. ... Aristotle especially emphasizes this when the offense is involved in the affairs of others. ... Even though some people used rhetoric for ill during Plato and Aristotle's time, these people were looked down upon unfavorably. ... Style alone is what convinces Phaedrus: it mesmeri...

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Drake places in context the evolving events and reasons that led to the silencing of Galileo. ... This contradicted express statements by Aristotle concerning the heavens where no change could ever take place. The Church at the time accepted Aristotle's view that the heavens were made of perfect and unalterable substance called the "quintessence". ... Drake's perspective of Galileo throughout his book is of an inventor and scientist that believes reason should prevail in everything, as Drake says, "Galileo brings together the kind of knowledge that resulted from practical experience ...

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Establish the frequency of citing scientific papers (used to examine the links between research areas, the ranking trends; research issues came to the fore in a particular historical epoch). ... Allport, analyzing the development of psychology for 50 years, summarizes the results of using dyads. ...

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We could only conclude that things exist outside our mind by means of sense or reason. ... Berkeley also argues that to suppose that objects exist without the mind "is to suppose, without any reason at all, that God has created innumerable beings that are entirely useless, and serve to no manner of purpose."" ...

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-Aristotle Democracy: a form of government that makes political decisions directly exercised by the whole body of citizens, under procedures of majority rule. ... And in each case the reason is the same: the tyrant can do what he pleases." ... Aristotle represents "tyranny in Politics as a "perversion" that serves the personal advantages of the ruler alone, or a "despotic monarchy of the political community" or a, "despotic rule conducted according to the ruler's personal judgement."" ... The citizens were using their political power and rights personally without the ability of representa...

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It is notably the reason the Ancient Greeks built temples and made offerings to their gods, and the reason Christians today pray and attempt to contact God. ... Plato noted that there is necessity 'to end the series of causes,' one might perceive this to be a primitive version of Leibniz's logic that there must be a sufficient reason for the initiation of a series. ... In the dialogue Meno Socrates attempts to demonstrate this argument using a slave boy with no previous knowledge of geometry. ... Plato used this argument as the basis for his doctrine on the Forms. ...

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There are many reasons behind this conflict. One of the main reasons is based on the definition of the term, "Artificial Intelligence" itself and the criteria required for a machine to be called "intelligent". ... The tests that we use to measure the intelligence of machines compare machines' intelligence with humans and mostly focus on what humans are capable of, ignoring machines' abilities. ... However, it is not intelligent if we test it using specific methods that were developed throughout history. ... The encyclopedia also mentions that the examples of th...

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'Social stratification' is the term used to describe systematic structures of inequality. ... Aristotle stated that 'by nature' there were free men and slaves, yet if inequalities are natural, Crompton suggests there be no need to explain them. ... Firstly, class may be used to describe groups ranked in hierarchical order. ... Classes are not used only to describe differing levels of material inequality, the term is also used to identify actual or potential social forces, or social actors, which have the capacity to transform society. ... The reasons for this decline are hi...

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Rates of abortions have changed little between 2003 and 2008,, forty percent of the world's women had access to legal induced abortions "without restriction as to reason". ... Reasons for procuring induced abortions are typically characterized as either therapeutic or elective. ... If medical abortion fails, surgical abortion must be used to complete the procedure. ... Manual vacuum aspiration consists of removing the fetus or embryo, placenta, and membranes by suction using a manual syringe, while electric vacuum aspiration uses an electric pump. These techniques differ in the mechan...

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On the other hand, Plato's student Aristotle believed that there was no justifiable reason to commit suicide. ... The opposition believes that no matter what the reason, suicide is morally wrong. ... Constitution is another reason why assisted-suicide is even an issue today. ... As with other laws, the language used is open to interpretation. ... Some more common ways of prolonging life are: use of certain medications and/or artificial life support machines. ...

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Cesare Lombroso was an Italian criminologist born in Venice, Italy on November 18, 1836 to parents of Jewish decent. He wrote several books which were published including a book on antisemitism. Blaming Jewish people for their conditions and proposed assimilation as the answer for problem of preju...

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As I attempted to define the good life I found that I was in accordance with Aristotle who believed that the good life was a happy life and that happiness was the end purpose of a good life. However, true happiness, as I see it, is not a term that can be loosely used to describe a life where an individual has large material possessions, fancy cars, and a big fat bank account. ... It also means developing to the fullest your mental, rational capacity, creating a set of values to which you are consistent throughout life and consciously understand their reason for being (truly knowing yourself a...

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"Parenting decisions affect how children turn out physically, socially, and emotionally, but that is not to say parents should be obsessed with following certain steps to have a perfectly well-adjusted child"(Murphy, 2014) Essentially, this means that the parental affection and guidance that a child receives from its caregivers has a great affect on the environment that the child lives in, whether it is a positive one in which a child can grow properly, or a negative one where a child's emotional being is delayed. 2.1.2 Stability of Environment (Noise, Financial, Intellectual) ...

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