...Aphorisms with Morrie I often ask myself, am i living to die or rather dying to live? In Mitch Albom’s novel Tuesdays With Morrie the main character, Morrie Schwartz, is not doing either. Morrie has lived a fulfilled life; he is content. He grieves over his disabilities, but he finds more beauty in the world around him now. He is alive and living; something we should all strive for. Morrie’s aphorisms show us we don’t have to choose one of the two extremes. Life is to be lived and enjoyed not spent in a constant state of regret. Morrie explains a theory of extremes to his former student Mitch Albom called The Tension of Opposites. He states,”Life is a series of pulls back and forth. You want to do one thing, but you are bound to do something...
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...An aphorism from the book “Poor Richard’s Almanac” says “A little neglect may breed mischief; for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; for a want of a horse the rider was lost; for want of a rider the battle was lost.” What the author of the book, Benjamin Franklin’s meaning was that in this aphorism is that if one part is skipped, the entire whole can collapse. In this aphorism Benjamin Franklin wants the audience to pay attention to detail. The aphorism compares to modern American society by describing a situation which failure to do the small things in life first will make a bad outcome. Benjamin Franklin’s aphorism starts with a nail, the smallest object in the aphorism leads to the battle at the end of the aphorism, so in that, the battle was lost....
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...George Santayana, a renowned Spanish-American philosopher, was a main contributor to aesthetic and philosophy. (Henfry) Many of his philosophical works such as The Last Puritan and his aphorisms are still relevant today, arguably marking his status as,”one of the best writers in the Classical American tradition”. (Flamm) One of his more relevant aphorisms, “Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it,” is a significant universal truth because of its meaning. (Wikiquote) This aphorism means that if humans do not remember their past such as mistakes they have made, then they are bound to repeat their past and commit these errors once again. By learning from not only one’s past but others as well, progress can be made as history...
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...its meaning. One example of rhetorical devices furthering an argument past just words is the letter, “The Crisis”, written by the influential Thomas Paine, using aphorisms, juxtaposition, and rhetorical questions. Thomas Paine uses the aphorism twice in his letter to the colonists....
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...When the mouth spits out the word “violence,” the mind conjures up images of blood, feelings of pain, and, most of all, senses of panic and fear. The word “violence,” when spoken aloud, associates itself with an all-consuming hatred. In contrast, when the mouth spits out the word “fear,” the palms of your hands glisten with sweat, your face tints with the slightest shade of red, and your heart pumps blood twice as fast. The word “fear” relates to violence and death, but also embarrassment. So, when you evaluate Margaret Miller’s aphorism, “Violence is the instinctive response to fear,” you see how she is both accurate and inaccurate at the same time. Walking through the somewhat intimidating doors of any school for the first time as a freshman...
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...THE AUTHOR SPEAKS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF STUDYING HISTORY The study of history is important for a number of reasons. One of the most important reasons is that it enables us to appreciate the importance of institutions such as democratically elected parliaments, the rule of law, trial by jury, an independent judiciary, and the need to protect them. Another important reason is that history provides us with a frame of reference that enables us to recognise dangers to our society, both from within and externally, and it provides guidance as to how to deal with those dangers when they arise. I believe that it was the English philosopher Roger Scruton who said that denying children a solid grounding in the history of their country was calculated to produce a generation of gentle sheep that could be easily led by their political masters. I agree completely with that view. [pic] Darwin burns as Japanese bombers attack Australia on 19 February 1942. The study of history provides us with a frame of reference that enables us to recognise dangers to our society, both from within and externally, and it provides guidance as to how to deal with those dangers when they arise. I am sometimes asked about the apparent incongruity of a lawyer writing history. While by no means suggesting that legal experience is essential for historians, I would argue that my background in public law and politics is a valuable grounding for historical research and writing history. A Crown prosecutor spends a...
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...Introduction Known as one of the founding fathers of economics, Adam Smith is one of the most influential writers of his time. His works seem to be able to transcend time and cultures to the extent that his books are still in circulation today and are heavily debated. From his first famous work “Theory of Moral Sentiments” to “An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations” Adam Smith showed that he was a leading mind in the field of political economy and for that matter human nature. He is able to explain a variety of economic influences based on his overlying concept of rational self-interest in a free-market economy. But just like any other great mind revered in history they all have to start somewhere, and his was in Scotland. Adam Smith was born and raised in Scotland in the year 1723. At the age of 14 years old he was admitted into the University of Glasgow on a scholarship. He studied moral philosophy there until he switched colleges and then attended Balliol College at Oxford. He graduated with an extensive knowledge of European literature and moral philosophy. Preceding his graduation from Oxford University he returned to his home country to give a series of lectures that contributed to him being elected as the first chair of logic in 1751 and subsequently the chair of moral philosophy in 1752 at Glasgow University. A few years later Adam Smith published “Theory of Moral Sentiments” which was well received by the general public and eventually...
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...For centuries, people from diverse religions and cultures have searched for substantial data in order to better understand the true nature and identity of Jesus. Some contend that he was a prophet; others worship him as a god, while many others assert that he was merely a wise teacher with no link to the divine. In the second part of Graham Stanton’s book, The Gospels and Jesus, Jesus’ intentions, teachings, and downfall are examined and assessed with notable order and clarity, all in an attempt to resolve the fundamental question of Part II: who was Jesus of Nazareth? Stanton launches Part II with a chapter entitled “What do we know about Jesus of Nazareth?” Here, the debate as to whether or not Jesus existed is considered by exploring archaeological evidence from outside the gospels in an effort to establish what is known about Jesus. He cites various non-Christian, Jewish, and Christian sources after opening the chapter with a theory by G.A. Wells which argues that it was not until 100 CE that Jesus was worshipped as a “Savior” figure. Wells maintains that before 150 CE, there is no independent non-Christian support for the existence of Jesus and that the authors of the four New Testament gospels invented their traditions about the life of Jesus. As Stanton argues, this does not entirely make sense, since it is difficult to find signs of the convictions, emphases, and conflicts of the Christians of that period in the canonical gospels. Stanton continues to refer to...
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...Most physical educators will state that if it isn’t broke then don’t fix it, which is a perfect example of an aphorism. Aphorism is a pithy observation that contains a general truth. (Google) Locke will go on to argue that the secondary physical education program is broke, but how should we go about fixing it. Does the whole program need to be fixed or should we replace the program? Locke will provide many great points on what we should look for, and how we should go about changing it. One argument that stood out to me was the topic on “Yes, do throw money at it.” Teachers will always talk about the amount of resources they have to run a program. Most of the time they complain that they do not get enough money for their program. But, is money...
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...R AJA Y OGA rajyaeg S WAMI V IVEKANANDA CELEPHAÏS PRESS Issued by Celephaïs Press, somewhere beyond the Tanarian Hills (i.e. Leeds, England), August 2003 E.V. Revised and corrected, November 2003. This work is in the public domain. EACH SOUL IS POTENTIALLY DIVINE. THE GOAL IS TO MANIFEST THIS DIVINE WITHIN, BY CONTROLLING NATURE, EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL. DO THIS EITHER BY WORK, OR WORSHIP, OR PSYCHIC CONTROL, OR PHILOSOPHY, BY ONE, OR MORE, OR ALL OF THESE—AND BE FREE. IS THE WHOLE OF RELIGION. DOCTRINES, OR DOGMAS, OR RITUALS, OR BOOKS, OR TEMPLES, OR FORMS, ARE BUT SECONDARY DETAILS. THIS PREFACE SINCE the dawn of history, various extraordinary phenomena have been recorded as happening amongst human beings. Witnesses are not wanting in modern times to attest the fact of such events, even in societies living under the full blaze of modern science. The vast mass of such evidence is unreliable, as coming from ignorant, superstitious, or fraudulent persons. In many instances the so-called miracles are imitations. But what do they imitate? It is not the sign of a candid and scientific mind to throw overboard anything without proper investigation. Surface scientists, unable to explain the various extraordinary mental phenomena, strive to ignore their very existence. They are, therefore, more culpable than those who think that their prayers are answered by a being, or beings, above the clouds, or than those who believe that their petitions will make such beings...
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...Nietzsche: His philosophy and “Beyond Good and Evil” And Marxists vs. Mill’s view of socialism 1- Describe Nietzsche’s basic philosophy and his “New Morality” as revealed in his “Gay Science”, “Twilight of the Idol’s” books. Then choose one of his writings in his book “Beyond Good and Evil” and describe the philosophy he attempts to reveal. Conclude with your opinion on his philosophy of religion and his view of the Cosmos. Born on October 15, 1844 in the small town of Röcken, near Leipzig, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche was a German poet and philosopher, a classical philologist and a professor of Greek at the University of Basle. He was the author of many works that talked about religion, morality, culture, philosophy, science using a unique style and radical questioning of the value and objectivity of truth. In his writings, Nietzsche called for revision of all values; he rejected organized religion attacking Christianity and other religious institutions as contributors to what he called “slave morality”. He was, also, equally critical of democratic institutions whose singular vision and courage, according to him, produce a “master morality” and he called the rule by mass mediocrity. Nietzsche also believed that European materialism have led to decadence and decline. He died on August 25, 1900. In his works, he voiced the sentiments of radical moralists. He was deeply critical of his own times and he called for a revision of all values. The major...
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...martyred by Herod Agrippa, and James the son of Alphaeus (Matthew 10:3), who was perhaps the younger” (Hindson, E., Towns, E. (2013), Illustrated Bible Survey: An Introduction, pp 521-522). James, son of Mary and Joseph, half-brother of Jesus (Jewish traditionally refers to half-brother as a cousin, Galatians 1:19), wrote his letter to the around AD 40-42 to the twelve dispersed Tribes of Israel. His (James) uncertainty whether they lived in Israel or outside the Promised Land, since the location of James letter cannot be determined. Some scholars believes James letter was written to the twelve Tribes of Israel seeking knowledge on being a Christian on a daily basis, and as a believer in the messiah Jesus Christ. “James has some striking aphorisms in his epistles (a concise statement of a...
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...by Eric von Hippel, Stefan Thomke and Mary Sonnack Eric von Hippel is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Sloan School of Management in Cambridge. Stefan Thomke is an assistant professor at Harvard Business School in Boston. Mary Sonnack is a Division Scientist at 3M Corporation. Sonnack and von Hippel and Joan Churchill are coauthors of a handbook on the lead user process to be published in 2000 by Oxford University Press. When senior managers think of product development, they all dream of the same thing: a steady stream of breakthrough products—the kind that will allow their companies to grow rapidly and maintain high margins. And they set ambitious goals to that end, demanding, for example, that a high percentage of sales come from products that did not exist a few years ago. Unfortunately, the development groups of many companies don’t deliver the goods. Instead of breakthroughs, they produce mainly line extensions and incremental improvements to existing products and services. And given the pace of change in today’s markets, that’s a recipe for decline, not growth. Given the imperative to grow, why can’t product developers come up with breakthroughs more regularly? They fail primarily for two reasons. First, companies face strong incentives to focus on the short term. To put it simply: although very new products and services may be essential to future growth and profit, companies must first survive to get to the future. That necessity tends...
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...Teaching of Mill On Liberty is a theoretical exertion by English theorist John Stuart Mill, formerly envisioned as a petite article. The effort of work, printed in eighteen fifty-nine, relates Mill's ethical coordination of utilitarianism to humanity and the government. Mill endeavors to create principles for the correlation between power and freedom. He highlights the prominence of personality which he perceived as a precondition to the complex desires of the Utilitarianism. Additionally, Mill disapproved the miscalculations of historical challenges to protect independence wherever, for example, self-governing ideals ensued in the "cruelty of the majority". Amongst the values recognized in this effort are Mill's elementary freedoms of individuals,...
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...Does contemporary art focus on conceptual art is important nowadays? 28 different arts make up what is called contemporary art. Some of which are Burt art, Neo Dadaism, Pop art, Op art, Minimalism, Body art, and Conceptual art among others. These popped up in the 20th century, having as a main trait their uniqueness and authenticity from what was learn or seen in the past. I’m going to focus in Conceptual art. “Conceptual Art emerged during a period of social, political and cultural upheaval in the 1960s. It was a reaction to the perceived constraints of Modernism and the increasing commodification of the art object. Artists sought the means to think beyond the medium-specific aspects of traditional art forms, such as originality, style, expression, craft, permanence, decoration and display, attributed to painting and sculpture. They used language and text to directly disseminate ideas, demystify artistic production and negate visually. Artworks took the form of written statements, declarations, definitions and invitations.” (Moran) After reading several books, I’ve learned that conceptual art is focused in the concept than in the actual object presented to you, meaning that to understand conceptual art you need to understand what the artist is trying to express, so that what you may see may not always be the true meaning of what is trying to be conveyed. “The artist has no control over the way a viewer will perceive the work. Different people will understand the same thing...
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