(ESSAY) Socrates and Epicurus had different teachings in regards to the human soul, which support immensely different ideas of what the pursuit should be in a person's life. ... During this time Socrates a self-appointed "gadfly"(Essay), believed in superiority of argument over writing and therefore spent the greater part of his life engaging in dialogue and argument with the Athenian society, questioning their values. ... He says "the soul is imprisoned inside the body by the need for drink, sex, and sleep, with the result that it is kept from its true aim, the gaining of knowledge, thu...

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After significant thought and analysis, I have determined that Roy Scranton's essay "Learning How to Die in the Anthropocene" would be appealing to the UTA community, but some revision would be recommended as the issue at hand may be viewed as pessimistic to some. ... The essay argues that due to scientific evidence pointing towards the fact that the planet is plunging towards its inevitable end, humanity's focus should not be on how to stop or save the planet anymore, but on how to deal with its impending death as well as facing whatever problems the present offers. ... Scranton sta...

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In an excerpt from his novel "Walden," "Where I Lived, and What I Lived For," the narrator reiterates the indication of him being free unrestrained by answering a few intimate questions. ... Thoreau was able to see the modern world, with all its imperfections, and contemplated the essay as a form of warning to us, to prevent us from our transformation into electronically attached human beings in the near future. ... Thoreau explains this throughout the whole essay because when he wrote this, society also completed their errands while complaining about them, but he understo...

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Macroevolutions problem is how fully developed viable life forms might arise completely by accident. Monod said, " Chance alone is at the source of every innovation, of all creation in the biosphere. Pure chance, absolutely free but blind." According to Michael Denton proof of such a sequence req...

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Plymouth Plantation Essay William Bradford was an English writer, who wrote, Plymouth Plantation, that told a story about the pilgrims meeting the natives and settling for the first time. ... These pilgrims went against everything they just wanted to be free of. ...

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Cause and Effect Essay Coming to School After three years out of school, living in the "real world", coming back to further my education was a momentous decision. ... I had to make a new schedule to allow me to do all of the things that needed to be done, but also would allow me to have free time, as well as down time- "me time". ... Now that I"m in college, I have too much free time. ... I am also learning that having a large amount of free time can be a good thing, but I need to be careful with it, and not abuse the privilege that I have....

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Animal Rights In Vicki Hearse's essay "What's wrong with animal rights" she talks about prioritizing animal happiness over animal cruelty, and also that the only way for an animal to end suffrage is to end it with death, but in reality we should prioritize the abolishment of abuse on the animals rather taking their freedom along with their life due to suffrage. ... Vicki Hearse talks about animal happiness as dogs chasing after Frisbee's, cats playing with yarn, but in reality true happiness come to everyone both animals and humans, when you know you are free from captivation a...

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lIFE'S A BITCH AND THEN YOU ROCK Life is full of hardships, which is a bitch. But, if faced, they are overcome and you are rewarded, which rocks. However, if the problems are not dealt with, more problems will arise. My title is a quote by Art Alexakis "lead singer of the band Everclear. He wa...

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Carol Burgoon writes, "I thought about all of the stories we read and which ones I liked the best. After I chose a story that I liked, I decided to write about the main character. For this essay, I wrote a lot and then put it all together. After I had the format, I made revisions that seemed necessa...

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I n this essay, I will present and examine Rousseau's argument about natural vs. societal life, followed by my counter argument to his claims. ... In nature, the mindset is every man for himself, and there is no free protection being offered. ...

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The Important Things in Life In the essay "Stop the Clock", Amy Wu's generation had all the technological. ... When we try to save time for studying, working or earning money, we don't permit ourselves to have any free time. ...

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• Grade Level: High School