He considered having a chance to live in exchange for giving up his way of life, and rejected the idea straightaway: If you say to me, Socrates, this time we will not mind Anytus, and will let you off, but upon one condition, that are to inquire and speculate in this way any more, and that if you are caught doing this again you shall die - if this was the condition on which you let me go, I should reply: Men of Athens, I honor and love you; but I shall obey God rather than you, and while I have life and strength I shall never cease from the practice and teaching of philosophy. (Kolak 10) ...

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For instance without these incredible artists ideas and how talented they were in the carving and shaping and painting into these vases than we wouldn't be where we were today. ... This affected our world today because if they hadn't of figured out that the gods had nothing to with how we act or how we react to things than we could still be worshiping gods, making sacrifices and believing that they control us today! ... They would visit battle sites after wars and ask commoners questions about how many had fought and how many died. ... We than know how many died and wha...

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People are born, die, and catch the plague with no warning. ... He allows himself to die untreated because of his deep beliefs in the order of things. Once religious notions are put aside many people can see how irrational and inexplicable life is. ... Once we realize that we are plagued with an absurd existence we must ask ourselves how to proceed with our lives. ... They have seen the rats coming out to die, but they just think it's gross; they aren't anxious or concerned. ...

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"When we die, you can't take it with you" (p 124) This statement by Morrie sums up the main point of materialism. ... He had died a slow, painful death from pancreatic cancer, and watching him die had made Mitch feel helpless. ... We married after a seven-year courtship. ... We are all waves in the ocean. ... Morrie left this world, having taught us all about the evil of the cycle of appetite, where to find meaning in our lives, how to love, and how to let go. ...

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No matter how true Brandi's friends wish these statements could be, they are inaccurate. ... The predicament teen's run into is how to pay for these bills or college. ... How about having ones heart broken? ... They died a single death for unexplainable reason; we are left to die a thousand deaths and question what could have been so bad. ... Teens need to feel loved and like they belong in this marvelous world we live in. ...

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We are integrated to the way of life in this small town and how people in this small new world of Angel is interconnected - John Husk, Frenchie, Bush, and how these people depend on each other, food being social as well as sustaining and the importance of sharing. ... The land that Dora-Rouge was from and wanted to go home to die. ... We are stewards of this creation. We saw how people out of greed just took and stole and killed off food for others, that the lack of creating, of harmony can beget violence. ... The dream of Angel's mother Hannah and her finding her just before she died...

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A physician can help people die in two ways, euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. ... An example of this is when a physician removes a feeding tube, and the patient dies sooner because of this. ... In the case of euthanasia the clients would have died anyway and were already in pain. ... So no matter how we look at active euthanasia, we are left with problems that are unacceptable. ... Since we have concluded that both euthanasia and physician-assisted suicides are immoral, we must further conclude that a physician helping a person die in any way is immoral. ...

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He is not teaching math, he is not teaching how to read, and he is not teaching how the human body works, but what he is teaching is with passion. ... After graduation, Mitch's uncle, who was like a father figure for Mitch, dies of a cancer. ... I like the idea of knowing that you are about to die now that I have read this novel. I would want to know when I am going to die, so that I would be prepared. ... He thought,We are all going to die anyway, what we do while we live makes no difference so why bother.? ...

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To die, to sleep, no more, and by a sleep to say we end The heartache and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to 'tis a consummation Devoutly to be wish'd! To die, to sleep. ... Hamlet then states, "And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of? ... How easy it would be just to kill himself. ... He wants to die. ...

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That what you believe in ultimately plays a role in how happy you are. ... Trusting in God's goodness and despite the fact that we cannot judge whether we will be saved, we are obligated to seek God and to live according to his commandments.... If we didn't have these commandments to follow where would we be as human beings? ... The cyclic existence means that we live and then we die and are reincarnated into something or someone else, but if God is the creator of all beings and he built everyone good and with a purpose, than how can we die and comeback as something else when our sou...

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For to me, living means opportunities for Christ, and dying well, that's better yet! ... How much happier for me than being here! ... Another criticism could be that it is up to God to decide when someone should die. ... For example, we change the direction of rivers, we cut down natural forests, and we construct roads. ... Hume argues from the social side of things, that we do not have a duty to others that would prevent us from committing suicide, he states; When we die, we do not harm society, but only cease to do well. ...

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Morrie spends his final days with his immediate family and dies alone in his bed, almost like he had planned it that way. ... He once said that you must learn how to die, before you learn how to live. ... An analogy he gave was one of Buddhist knowledge; one must ask the bird on his shoulder if today is the day you die. ... It is important to understand that everything dies away naturally. ... After being friends with him since birth we parted and we have not yet met again because he lives in Tennessee. ...

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Humans are only able to live authentically when they live and die by the ideals and values that make meaning to them. ... "Whenever there was an opportunity for it" he says, "one had to give them a why-an aim- for their lives in order to strengthen them to bear the terrible how of their existence. ... It is Frankl conviction that human life under any circumstances never ceases to have a meaning, and that this infinite meaning of life includes suffering and dying, privation and death. ... According to Frankl, life can be meaningful in three ways: • First, through what we give to the worl...

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And like the cat I have nine times to die. ... Maybe she is referring to how people see her, like they are mistaking her scowl for a grin. ... The only difference is that she is not referring to how many times she has to live, but how many times she has to die. ... It seems as though Lady Lazarus considers dying as an achievement and brags about the fact that she is talented in doing in lines: "Dying Is an art, like everything else, I do it exceptionally well" (lines 43-45). ... This poem is solely about Lady Lazarus', who we can infer is Plath, suicide attempts and near death experience...

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Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. ... If we choose it we live with him forever in heaven, if we choose not to we live with the devil in hell forever. ... The poem she chose, entitled Everything the Power of the World does is done in a circle, talks about how everything in life is done in a circle or a cycle. ... His choice led him down the wrong road, maybe even the road traveled by everyone, and the person ended up dying because they chose that route. They made a choice, and they had to live or rather die by the results of that decision. ...

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Through failure and heartbreak you learn how to cope and deal with problems that arise in your life. This teaches you how to work hard and develop grit. ... Learning how to live would be much more enjoyable if we learned from such things as facing our fears or trying new things. ... In other words, creativity stems from a sudden explosion of thought and personal perspective; however, that burst of energy can die off in time if it is not used or it is replaced by a new idea. ... Having loss can also teach us what it means to make mistakes and how we can learn from them; "error upon error life i...

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She cannot bear the thought of him dying. ... Ann is disturbed by this knowledge, but prays desperately that he will not die. It is my assessment that sympathies are felt for Ann; when we see their relationship gradually deteriorate. In chapter sixteen, for instance Loomis hints to Ann that he has intentions of having sex with her: "The important thing is not to let the species die out." ... Ann becomes deeply upset when Loomis makes a "pass" at her, she does not know not how to cope in this situation that she finds herself in. ...

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She cannot bear the thought of him dying. ... Ann is disturbed by this knowledge, but prays desperately that he will not die. It is my assessment that sympathies are felt for Ann; when we see their relationship gradually deteriorate. In chapter sixteen, for instance Loomis hints to Ann that he has intentions of having sex with her: "The important thing is not to let the species die out." ... Ann becomes deeply upset when Loomis makes a "pass" at her, she does not know not how to cope in this situation that she finds herself in. ...

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PHIL 100 Why are we here? ... However, we do not live in a perfect society. ... A widower wants to know why his wife had to die. He wants to know what she was thinking when she dies. ... He wants to be able to tell someone everything he's been thinking since his wife died. ...

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At first, I was quite inspired and moved by the last desperate appeal of dying creature. ... Although I consider that the learning of that old dying bull are very interesting and worthy of special attention. ... "Then we check out that we on the Fifth Avenue and everybody dressed up in stockings. ... The only thing I don't understand is how somebody can teach anybody to fight for an "equal chance to pursue happiness- and still divide people on "them- and "us."" ... Nevertheless, we should not forget that we live in one enormous diverse society, and there is no such thing as absolute sup...

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We are put here for no particular reason, we struggle to find meaning yet regardless of any effort everyone dies in the end. ... What is the point of anything if you are going to die anyway But if u step back and think about it there is hope in this idea. ... He talks of how man has a passion for life yet he must accept death and also how man is a being that can feel love and the pain that it can bring. ... He talks of how evil is only created because people decide that something is good. ... In this section he explains how each person is connected in the fact that we all are capable of good a...

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The circle of life is a journey that we all must travel. We all experience what it is like to try new and adventurous paths. ... Le Guin we travel with Ged as he goes through his journeys, and we get to see how every decision he makes will be a vital one in his journey of growing and maturing into adulthood. ... Ged begins to say a spell to bring the fever down, but it does not take hold and he thinks the child is dying. ... Sometimes we need to stop and regroup what we say or do. ...

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Along with how sometimes the things we take for granite are the ones that really mean the most to us when they are gone. ... No matter how much we want one more day to live, it is beyond our reach. ... "you whisper" makes me think that the loved one who is dying is saying her last words to the significant others. ... What we can learn from this poem is something that will benefit each and every one of us. ... I also believe that it is conveying the message that we as humans do not truly cherish the things that we love and adore enough, and without them we find out just how much we do appr...

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They don't want people to know their real identity and how they always have to run away from everything. ... We chose Spanish names when we moved to the city" (Kingsolver pg.193). ... Everyone needs their space to grow and if they are caged up they will just die. Maybe not die literally but internally and have no hope for life. ... Lou Ann taught her new things about how to take care of Turtle that Taylor would have never known. ...

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Many people thrive on technological advancements "it's how we as humans evolve. ... Instead, when an insect takes even the smallest bite of these potatoes, it will "supposedly keel over and die- (Pollan 506), saving the plant from being harmed in any way. ... Since, as stated earlier, the true meaning of the word "evolution- is "the sequential exposure of prepackaged potential,"" the development of the New Leaf Superior proves just how much potential that we as humans have. ... A large part of the human purpose is to strive above and beyond "that's how most of our advancem...

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