...namely rational, appetitive, and the spirited. These parts also match up the three ranks of a just community. Personal justice involves maintaining the three parts in the proper balance, where reason rules while appetite obeys. According to Plato, the appetitive part of the soul is the one that is accountable for the desires in people. It is accountable for the effortless cravings required to stay alive like hunger, thirst, and for pointless cravings like desire to over feed. The desires for essential things should be limited by other sections of the soul, while illegitimate desires ought to be limited entirely by other elements of soul. The rational soul on the other hand is the thinking element in every human being, which decided what is factual and merely obvious, judges what is factual and what is untrue, and intelligently makes sensible decisions. Finally, the spirited soul produces the desires that love victory and honor. In the just soul, the spirit acts as an implementer of the rational soul, making sure that the rules of reason are adhered to. Emotions like indignation and anger are the impact of the disappointment of the spirit. Someone might respond to the claim that the soul comprises of three parts. Argument Plato argued that a community has three parts which are guardians, producers, and soldiers and each part performs a particular function. For a community to be just, every element has to perform the role to the best capacity, which is a good worth. The...
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...the concept of animism. Animism is a believe that centralize the idea of that all objects and living things or beings have a spirit or soul (In Alaskan writing is: Inuktitut: anirniq).Since they believed that everything have a soul they also believed that everything that happens around them happens trough the involment of a spirit or soul. This believes has an effect to the people to constantly fear of what they cannot see since they never know what kind of spirit or soul would attack. Since they fear about the spirits and the souls they always were trying to not offend them. The people has dances and ritual like haunting blessing to prevent the provoquing and offending the haunted animals spirits or souls that later on they were going to eat. In the community there was or is a very special person who contansly is in charge of dealing with the spirits and souls, but also he provided healing and advice in times of stress. This person is known as the Shaman (Angakkuq in Alaskan writing) which means that he is the central religious figure in traditional Inuit culture. He also could see and communicate with the spirits. He also has control over the spirits. He did this trough the power of talismans and amulets. Another believed of the Inupiaq community, but also another method of controlling and protecting against spirits/souls, mostly done by women is the tatto.Inupiaq people believed that the indelible mark served as both a protective shield...
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...mountains. There are only approximately 500 Batak remnants. The anthropologists consider the Batak to have a close relationship with another Negrito tribe, the Ayta. They appear to be small, dark skinned and have short “kinky” or curly hair. Sometimes, the Batak go for hunting trips in the forest, a practice that has, according to them, spiritual and economic value. Their system of belief is animism, a belief that no separation exists between the physical and spiritual world, spirits/souls exist in human and in various animals, mountains, plants or other elements of natural environment. Some spirits, known as “panyeon”, are collectively suspicious of human beings but tolerate them under the conditions that the people don’t waste or abuse the resources in the forests. Other spirits, known as “Diwata”, are collectively benevolent. All the spirits are capricious. Batak make offerings regularly to these spirits, while Shamans are taken through spiritual possession to enable them to communicate with these spirits and bring healing to the sick. The Chokwe, who are believed to be the descendants of pygmies are situated in the southern part of the democratic republic of Congo (formerly known as Zaire), northern part of Angola and western Zambia. The group had a very powerful kingdom which existed from the 17th century up to the 19th century. The kingdom was situated at the present day Angola. However, famine and disease struck in the late...
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... body, and mind, and spirit or between the person the environment, and the metal physical. 3. Mysticism- an aspect of spiritual healing and beliefs. 4. Evil Eye- the superstition where it is believed that someone can project harm by gazing or staring at someone. 5. Miracle- is the super natural or unexplained events that happen. 6. Exorcism- the ceremonious expulsions of an evil spirit from a person. Short Answer: 1. Some rituals that where used to protect mothers and there new born were they were separated from the community for forty days. While various people performed different spiritual rituals on the baby such as rubbing oils or garlic, swaddling the baby, and lighting candles. In other communities one ritual sacrifice was cutting off a lock of the child’s hair and then sprinkling his forehead with sheep blood. This ritual was performed on the eighth day of the child’s life. The skin of the sheep could be kept and dried out and made into a blanket that is put in with the baby till they are three or four to rid off the evil spirits. A child could also be rid of taboo by giving silver the weight of which equaled the weight of the hair to the poor. Some also concerned circumcision closely related to the ceremony of cutting the child’s hair like with the sleep blood and offering it as a sacrifice. Other rituals that are also thought to protect them from evil are the ceremony of baptism which symbolically expels the evil spirits and removes the taboo...
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...When I think of “American Spirit”, so many images come to my mind: everyone coming together on Memorial Day to honor those we have lost, raising the flag at Iwo Jima, and strangers helping strangers after the bombing at the Boston Marathon. American spirit has an effect on how Americans live today. It has only done our country good and brings people, friends and families together. When I looked up the definition, it surprised me how the word’s definitions fit how I think of the American Spirit. The first definition that I came across out of many was, “the vital principle or animating force within living beings”, this could not be any more true to me. Some people think of American spirit differently, so there is always going to be contrasting definitions....
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...Reasons for Socrates to Resist the Death Penalty: Name: Course: Date: Introduction: Socrates was a well renowned Athenian philosopher many years before his trial. He is actually considered a great founder in western philosophy. He was a very distinctive and typical individual with extraordinary teachings. It is believed that his teachings were very different from those of other philosophers in Greece since his ideas differed with the rightful societal beliefs. This resulted to hatred from the people. According to him, a useless life is one that is not examined. He put a lot of emphasis on the obedience of the state likening it to the obedience a son would have for his father. He was common for taking children through lectures of coming up with arguments to justify the reason for beating his father. Socrates was later accused of corrupting youth groups and godlessness. He was then convicted to death by taking poison which he obeyed as a way of following his teaching on obedience to the law. If Confucius would have believed in a life after death, he would probably have agreed with Socrates to have the law obeyed and kill himself. Socrates, in his day of execution explains that soul is the main form of an individual. Soul does not die and is eternal and does not change. Just the same way it brings life, so must it not die despite the death of the body. Soul is therefore termed as immortal. He feels that dying does not destroy who he really is since in real sense, he will not be dead...
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...Voodoo beliefs and culture Have you ever wondered about the beliefs and practices of Voodoo, pertaining to the death and the afterlife? Voodoo is a popular religion practiced throughout the Carribean, and mostly countries like Haiti. The followers of Voodo believe in the spirit world that is influenced by the pathenon of gods. The followers of Voodoo believe in the after life and that death is the passage to cosmic community of ancestral spirits. The Voodoo religion can be directly traced to the West African,Yourba people. These people lived in the 18th and 19th century, Dahomey. The roots of Voodoo can go back to 6,000 years in Africa. The religion of voodoo spread to many parts of the world, during the African slave trade. Voodoo later become composed of being an African religion, that also had Christian followers. The Voodoo religion has spread from Africa to the Carribean islands and North America. The city of New Orleans has many people that practice modern day voodoo rituals. There are about 50,000,000 Voodoo believers world wide. The followers of Voodoo worship many gods, known as the Loas. The followers of Voodoo strongly believe that Loas and humans depend on each other. The Loas depend on humans for food and praise. Humans depend on the Loas for daily help and protection. These Loas all play a crucial part in human lives, according to Vodouisants. There are various supernatural characters that Vodouisants believe in. One of these...
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...1. What is Community Service? Community service speaks about the extreme involvement of an individual in activities that would help improve and develop the society. It is not merely giving time rather sharing your potentials for the betterment of a community. This is the most rewarding experience because I was able to use my God given skills and abilities. But the success of one community does not rely on the efforts of one person. It still depends on the cooperation and participation of each member. The passion to serve requires the will of being involved in a community - oriented activity in which you will utilize your time in acquiring the activity’s objectives without expecting any in return. 2. Why do you continue to live by the values you believe in? Why are these very significant to your life vis-a-vis your contribution to society? An individual who is values-centered is a person who lives by God’s ways: the perfection of the soul, heart, spirit and mind. These intend to be powerful intangible things in achieving success in life where it includes inner personality, principles and convictions of a person. Through the possession of values, a genuine journey is marked wherever an individual may roam. What I believe in greatly affects my decisions. I always base my actions from the situations I encounter. I weigh options using value laden rationales and choose whichever could practice value in the best way that my being a child, a friend, a student, and a leader would...
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...Warrior The tears of my youth have stopped flowing from absorbing the injustice, inflicted by Godly persons of cruel and wicked devils, who have extracted me from the womb of my community, cutting off my mother tongue, forcible compliance to their way of life and killing my spirit, my people, my community and my nation. Severely depressed, I painfully walk with permanent scars that are deeply saturated within my soul and I can no longer speak from my heart as I continue my life’s journey looking, hoping and searching for the end of the trail, beaten, broken, burdened and buried in despair. Helpless and unable to cope with the weight of atrocities gushing from the subtle but deadly waves of genocide that will not subside from all levels of governments along with the courts of the dominion that are manipulating, diminishing and imposing changes that disrupts the well being of our communities. My physical, mental, emotional and spiritual being is extremely out of balance where healing can only come from within and I must rise above the injuries of yesterday otherwise I will be the vessel of tomorrow’s generations that may lead to the fatality of a people. I am a warrior gravely wounded from the incarceration of an Indian Residential School and the genocides, but it is time that my resilience will abrogate the usurping of my people’s rights, liberties and freedoms upon the lands and resources we own, enjoy, use and occupy. I must heal myself by picking up the multiple years of baggage...
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...are trying to do with our campaign and if any of the people you are working with done understand the language, slang, speak, or what ever you want to call it, then you may not be getting the full potential which may lead to loss of money, community, etc. Secondly, I learned about the skills to be able to plan and fulfill the duties of such a campaign. Being able to gain people to not only support you financially but also have groups and volunteers to help you with in-kind types of help such as man-hours, venues or supplies. Being able to have the people, communication, and planning skills to get people where they need to be when they need to be there, while getting the right people for jobs, so on and so forth. Finally, the preparation for the campaign is what I learned the most about and had the most practice with. Starting with flow charts, web design planning, lay outs for audiences, planning events, schedules, and so much more. All of this goes into a successful way to build a community and funds for an organization, which in this case is the Flower Power Project. A. Situational Analysis Client Mission Statement: The flower power project is an ambitious and determined venture designed to assist in the growth of the mind, body, and spirit toward a personal philosophy and lifestyle directed toward sustaining our global environment and our natural resources. 1. Client Purpose: Purpose of the...
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...Danielle Haden Dr. Schenbeck Worlds of Music 1 March 2015 Ritual comparison between Enemyway and Spelman Commencement While the Navajo Enemyway and the Spelman College Commencement have different functions, I believe that they serve as a powerful instrument in the lives of their people, or the people involved. The Navajo Enemyway ceremony is a ritual used to cure someone who has been away from home for an extended period of time or if they have been “in the hands of a non-Navajo”. If the Navajo have been in a hospital full of other spirits: depression, bad dreams, and injuries, this Enemyway is used to purify and cure them and expel the negative energies and spirits. The Spelman College Commencement ceremony is not solely used to distribute...
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...El Paso is home to many tales of ghostly spirits and haunted locations, ranging from schools, hotels, and hospitals. El Pasoans have an obsession and fixation on terrifying paranormal stories, with thousands of eye witness testimonies of paranormal experiences on the internet. Although some of these tales are false, there are some stories that date back till the 1900s, and people keep encountering paranormal activities in these specific places till this day. One of these stories is none other than the urban legend of El Paso High School, being one of the oldest operating high schools in El Paso, “the lady on the hill”, as nicknamed by El Pasoans, is filled with history and paranormal activity dating back 35 years ago. Eye witness testimonies have revealed that El Paso High Schools fourth floor, the auditorium, and the tunnels it contains are where all the legends started and prove to be the one of the scariest...
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...ignore them. The question looms, how is a small organization, without the necessary manpower or resources, able to submit an application without being rejected due to the slightest violation of a guideline? Before we address that question, let’s review a few of the program’s basic facts and challenges. An Excellent Program in Spirit The Broadband Stimulus Program is an excellent program in spirit. According to statistics, more than 10-million residents in rural communities through this country are without high-speed broadband; which, according to the NOFA, is a very modest 768k. That’s a speed most of us upgraded from 10-years ago. But to rural Americans, it equates to exchanging the mule for a tractor. It provides farmers with access to agriculture markets, students with access to school, and families with access to an incredible array of tools and opportunities to improve their quality of life. The broadband program is to primarily focus on 1) infrastructure, 2) public computing centers, and 3) sustainable broadband adoption projects. The most significant focus is the building of infrastructure, as that is the key ingredient to get rural communities onto the “Information Super Highway” (an old word for most of us, but a new reality for rural America). However, like most government...
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...leaders in today’s complex, global, and ever-changing world requires a commitment to students’ holistic and integrated learning by a community of faculty, staff and University partners who accompany and mentor students on their developmental path. Moreover, it requires that the University community itself embody what it seeks to develop in its students, thus acting as an effective mentoring community and environment. At DePaul, five broad categories have emerged as central to our understanding of socially responsible leadership: 1. Self-Understanding & Personal Integrity Socially responsible leaders have achieved a sense of self-authorship or personal agency. They critically assess and actively discern how their personal gifts, talents, resources, and abilities might best contribute to the broader human community. They articulate and live with a sense of authenticity, purpose, and ethical integrity. They maintain an appreciation for the transcendent dimension of human life, and seek ongoing personal and spiritual development and growth. They understand their personal values within the context of deeper cultural, historical, and philosophical/theological roots. 2. Taking Seriously the Perspective of Others Socially responsible leaders engage and listen compassionately to alternative and diverse perspectives and people. Rooted in the spirit of the Vincentian tradition, they have a...
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...Welcome to WritePoint, the automated review system that recognizes errors most commonly made by university students in academic essays. The system embeds comments into your paper and suggests possible changes in grammar and style. Please evaluate each comment carefully to ensure that the suggested change is appropriate for your paper, but remember that your instructor's preferences for style and format prevail. You will also need to review your own citations and references since WritePoint capability in this area is limited. NOTE: WritePoint comments are computer-generated writing and grammar suggestions inviting the consideration and analysis of the writer; they are not infallible statements of right/wrong, and they should not be used as grading elements. Also, at present, WritePoint cannot detect quotations or block-quotes, so comments in those areas should be ignored. Please see the other helpful writing resources in the Tutorials and Guides section of the Center for Writing Excellence. Thank you for using WritePoint. Starbucks: A Responsible Company Represented by Their Enacted Values Stephanie White BCOM/230 Hannah Rosette August 20, 2012 Starbucks:...
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