...Literature and the Individual in Early Modern Masterpieces Monique Dean ENG/106 August 21, 2012 Ann Francis Literature and the Individual in Early Modern Masterpieces Montaigne is known as one of the most prolific authors throughout history. His works are largely based upon his life, a life that began in the 1500’s. One of the more fascinating facts about Montaigne is that he had an absolutely horrible memory. This goes on throughout many of his books, he holds nothing back speaking about how he is just an ordinary person and not perfect. Even with his memory failures and other shortfalls, there have been many successful writers and readers all over who admired and looked to him as someone they aspire to be. Early Writers Montaigne was not known for being a follower however; he did have those who he admired throughout his life. He was a huge fan of Socrates. Socrates usually made it known that there were many things that he did not know. Montaigne adopted this mindset as well, and is known for asking the question, “What do I know” (Laundry, 2011)? “Unlike Socrates, his is not the mastering of nature by reason, the subordination of the outer self by the intellect, but a bringing into balance of the inner and outer self” (Losse, 2002). Montaigne would also provide most of the information in his essays on himself, and his situations as they relate to his life. This is why most considered him to be a bit of a skeptic. Montaigne also had his favorites that...
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...someone) FOR something (see also Unit 57a): ■ When I realized I was wrong, I apologized to him for my mistake. apply FOR a job / admission to a university, etc.: ■ I think you'd be good at this job. Why don't you apply for it? believe IN something: * Do you believe in God? (= Do you believe that God exists?) * I believe in saying what I think. (= I believe that it is a good thing to say what I think.) belong TO someone: ■ Who does this coat belong to? care ABOUT someone/something (= think someone/something is important): ■ He is very selfish. He doesn't care about other people. care FOR someone/something: i) = like something (usually in questions and negative sentences): ■ Would you care for a cup of coffee? (= Would you like ... ?) ■ I don't care for hot weather. (= I don't like ...) ii) = look after someone: * She is very old. She needs someone to care for her. take care OF someone/something (= look after): * Have a nice vacation. Take care of yourself! * Will you take care of the children while I'm away? collide WITH someone/something: ■ There was an accident this morning. A bus collided with a car. complain (TO someone) ABOUT someone/something: ■ We complained to the manager of the restaurant about the food. concentrate ON something: ...
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...Military This is a paper about how gay’s are aloud within the military. I will have this paper based on the pros and cons on the subject. It will be how I feel about it and along with how I think others will be based on this subject. It will be a broad band about this and will hopefully get the point of why I think it is ok with gay’s being in the military. With gay’s being within the military, I’m ok with it. I was in the Marines and with the guys I was with who knows if they were or were not gay already. They have their own life and choices as well as anybody else that wants to be in the military. Everybody deserves a chance to do something that they would like to do in their life. They are people like you and me. There are people out there that will not do anything for the military but then you have people that want to do it but cant because of what they believe in. That would be like telling someone that they can’t do it because of their race. Everyone has their own point of view when it comes to something like this but I think when they started to allow gays in the military it has really changed more people than it was made out to be. Not only for the gays life but also people that have nothing against them are happy for them to be able to do something that others won’t ever think about doing. When I first heard that they were aloud I was too happy about it because you never know how they will react to certain things, but when it came to me thinking about it, it’s a good thing...
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...won't know about it. The media can put their point across and not say anything about the other arguments involved. They have one view however, this is not necessarily the right view. In this essay, I am going to view both arguments and then conclude with my opinion and the argument that I agree with. In the media, there are a lot of programmes such as Family Guy, Citizen Khan, The Simpsons and Father Ted where there are jokes about religion. I feel that most of these jokes are funny however, I think that some of the jokes aren't funny and that they could offend some people of that religion. I think that this quote, 'Offending the minority to entertain the majority' explains what the media thinks. But is it right to do this? What if the 'minority' was the whole religion? How would we know? I don't agree with this quote. This is because we don't know how big the 'minority' is. It could only be a few people but it also could be the whole religion it was directed at. People take things in different ways. How would the media know how many people it was going to offend? There can be lots of damage done by stereotyping/ joking about a religion as it is a subject that many people feel strongly about. It is something people follow for their whole lives and something that they look up to. It is very offensive when someone makes a joke about it. This quote: 'There are no limits to comedy...there is nothing you cannot be funny about...' is similar as I feel the same way. I think that comedy...
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...the first word comes to your mind when I say the word ‘religion’? G: faith F: faith E: I think the word religion is derived from the Latin word ‘religiō’ which means faith, to seek, to try to pursue. B: peace A: belief C: faith D: It is a way to the upper life. H: I think religion is a stigma forced upon children when they are to young to understand the concept. M: can you just sum all of this up in one word? H: forceful; Q2. How does each one of you define religion and what constitutes of religion? E: I think religion is a set of belief that is followed by an individual that according to him probably leads to a Supreme Being or power. What constitutes it, ummm… lets say: faith, belief. It serves as a moral compass for human beings. It is a sort of guideline. For me there are two extremes: heaven and hell. Hell indicates the bad and heaven is for the good. The preacher who actually came up with this idea wanted us to maintain the delicate balance and stay in the center. So yeah, it is a guideline for me. G: it is probably a way of life. Our faith tells us how to live our life, keeping in mind the afterlife M: And what constitutes it? G: my religion has five basic pillars: shahada (faith) which is the declaration stating that there is only one god, the Allah, the creator of all beings; salat (prayer); charity; fasting and pilgrimage. G: i think it is a way to live our life E: yeah, but that’s kind of subjective as, I mean we don’t actually...
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...I think that this class has really opened my eyes to my financial situations. Before this course I never really thought about my financial future nor did I truly keep track of my finances. For the most part previously I only thought about my bills and everything else that money was spent on was not a second thought to me . With the current state of my finances bills are paid off every three months which at first glance made me question my financial plan but after close examination I can see that my financial plan sets me up and helps me save money. I can’t honestly say that there has been a real big change for the financial outlook for the future. The reason that I say this is because as stated earlier I had not previously put real thought into the financial outlook of my future. With that mindset it is hard to change a view of something that you never thought of previously. This course however has given me a new insight into my financial future. I now look forward to saving money in hopes that it can grow and one day I can live comfortably. I think that I now look forward to continuously making money in order to put away for the ability to relax at the age of 65. I also think that I have started to think about the future of things such as Social Security which is something that I had not thought about previously. With Social Security I hope that when I get of age I have made enough money to be able to get Social Security and have that extra...
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...the semester of the course I have learned a lot of information about my self. Some of them were things I already knew but a lot of them were things I didn’t know. Over the course of the semester I took a number of personal profiling tests and they really helped me to discover some of the traits I have that I did not know I had before. By taking this class it also made me think about my values and skills. This class also helped me to consider what majors I could pick for the rest of my college career. One of the personal profiling tests I took was call the Choices Interest Profiler. The Choices Interest Profiler is a program that helps people discover their personal interest and it also gives you some possible occupation ideas that would match with you interests. My results of the Choices Interest Profiler were artistic, investigative, and social. The occupations the Choices Interest Profiler gave me were anthropologist and sociologist. I do not think my results were very accurate because I do not think I am an artistic or a social person. I think the investigative part was right because I like doing math and solving things so I think that would be under the category of investigative. The occupations the Choices Interest Profiler gave me don’t really interest me so I do not think the program did an accurate job of that either. I think the results you get from the Interest Profiler depend on a lot of things. I think the reason my results did not accurately reflect me could have...
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...opinion about something. If you’re being punished for believing in a certain religion, that is unfair, because you are entitled to your own opinion. Even if you’re against a certain religion, you shouldn’t be punished for not believing in the same thing someone else does. Though you still should respect others and their beliefs for something even though you don’t like it. If you find something offensive, but the person who said it doesn’t, they shouldn’t be punished for it just because you don’t like it. Freedom of speech should be respectful as well as free. People take advantage of free speech, it shouldn’t cause a huge argument. If someone came up and said something but told you that you can’t tell anyone would you? Freedom of speech is being taken away. You should be able to speak out about something you don’t like and we should be able to say what we want. We should be able to speak out if something offends us and not cause a huge argument because someone else doesn’t think the same way and it offends them. We have our own opinions that we should be allowed to say without causing a big debate...
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...works, but the trouble with something like that is that it cannot possibly account for all the variables that exist when a particular student reads and responds to a passage. Therefore, this little essay is an attempt to steer my AP students towards a philosophy of essay writing instead of trying to have an approach or a system. Where to begin? A few thoughts on beginning any essay ________________________________________ Before all else, as writers we must have something to say. And if it's not important or significant, then it is not generally worth saying. From what I can tell, all passages used on AP tests have something to reveal to readers. Before we write one single word about imagery or diction, we MUST figure out what that something is. What does this author have to say to us about being human, about our shared experiences, about our fears, our sorrows, our victories? Find this and you will have something to say. This something is what I call the "So What" and without it, your essay will be meaningless. So, if there is a step one, it is this: read and understand the passage given. This understanding of the meaningful, of the So What, is what will allow you to write an insightful essay. When you have something to say, your voice will be heard in your writing and you will have a place to go. When you have something to say, all else falls into line to fit that purpose. When you realize, for example, that the passage from Obasan is about (for one thing) heroism in small...
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...anyone said anything, I’d think of a way to disagree. I’d push back hard if something didn’t fit my world-view. It’s like I had to be first with an opinion — as if being first meant something. But what it really meant was that I wasn’t thinking hard enough about the problem. The faster you react, the less you think. Not always, but often. It’s easy to talk about knee jerk reactions as if they are things that only other people have. You have them too. If your neighbor isn’t immune, neither are you. This came to a head back in 2007. I was speaking at the Business Innovation Factory conference in Providence, RI. So was Richard Saul Wurman. After my talk Richard came up to introduce himself and compliment my talk. That was very generous of him. He certainly didn’t have to do that. And what did I do? I pushed back at him about the talk he gave. While he was making his points on stage, I was taking an inventory of the things I didn’t agree with. And when presented with an opportunity to speak with him, I quickly pushed back at some of his ideas. I must have seemed like such an asshole. His response changed my life. It was a simple thing. He said “Man, give it five minutes.” I asked him what he meant by that? He said, it’s fine to disagree, it’s fine to push back, it’s great to have strong opinions and beliefs, but give my ideas some time to set in before you’re sure you want to argue against them. “Five minutes” represented “think”, not react. He was totally ...
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...father came back she was mad at him and ignored him. 9. Ambivalent attachment the child cries if the parent leaves but it does not stop if the parent comes back. They become insecure and anxious. 10. Assimilation taking new information to related to our beliefs or thoughts so that it can make sense. When someone tells you something you try to connect the information you already know to that. 11. Accommodation taking new information and replacing the idea you have about something with the new information. When you think you have the right information but you realize you are wrong by learning something about it. 12. Sensorimotor stage Infants learn about what they can do by following their senses. When a child touch or hear something. 13. Preoperational stage the child does not think logically ideas, the child is influenced by his surroundings. When you tell a child to no do something they won't understand you. 14. Concrete operational stage children start to think reasonable about what they can see. It’s like only believing what you can...
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...friend but you consider them as something more than just friend sometimes, just sometimes. Having mixed feelings about someone that you know makes you sit and stare at them when you are together as if you are a creep or something. Well, just imagine yourself staring at the most beautiful girl you or the world has ever seen. Christina is a beautiful girl not only through her appearance, but also through her patience and kindness. Christina’s hair is light brown color and it kind of reminds me of the color of a sunbeam that passes through my bedroom window in the morning. As I look at her hair I notice how it attracts to the light and it glistens as the light wind moves it. Her hair is so long that it reaches the middle of her lower back and all you want to do is bury yourself beneath it so that you can hide from everything so that you can become part of her world. Her face is so bright and flawless that it attracts everyone’s attention. Her cheekbones and nose are structured so perfectly that you can easily see her gentleness and softness. Her face is so proportioned and lit up that you would think she is part of royalty. Her body is so little and fit that one might think she is a model. She loves to work out and get fit. She takes care of herself like no other. She works two jobs and goes to school full time. She loves what she does and she looks forward to her future because one day it will all pay off. Imaging myself in the future with her is something I do not know how to express...
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...The teleological argument Teleological arguments are often divided into types by philosophers; 1. Arguments based on purpose 2. Arguments based on regularity Thomas Aquinas 1. When you look at the natural world, you can see that everything in it follows natural laws, even if the things are not conscious, thinking being. 2. If things follow natural laws they tend to do well and have some goal or purpose. 3. However, if a thing cannot think for itself it does not have any goal or purpose unless it is directed by something that thinks: take an arrow as an example. It can only be directed to its goal and used for its purpose by someone, such as an archer. 4. Conclusion: everything in the natural world that does not think for itself heads towards its goal or purpose because it is directed by something which does think. That something we call ‘God’. William Paley Part 1. 1. Paley suggests that if you went for a walk and found a rock, you could conclude that it had been there forever and not think any more about it. Whereas if you found a watch (an old fashioned watch with cogs and springs) you could examine it and find that it had moving parts which demonstrate that: (a) The watch was for a purpose: telling the time (b) The parts work together or are fit for a purpose (c) The parts were ordered and put together in a certain way to make the watch function (d) If the parts are arranged in a different way the watch does not work, i.e. it does not fulfil...
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...made me think a lot, so I decided to write this letter, with my opinion on this topic. It kind of surprised me, that so many CCTV cameras were estimated in Britain. Four million is a lot of cameras! As I continued my reading, I came across all the pros and cons about the cameras. Surveillance in stores and public places makes completely sense to me. If stores didn’t have cameras, I think there would be a higher risk of stealing. Mostly because there wouldn’t be any credible evidence, that he or she actually stole this thing. The stealer could in theory just contradict, if someone had seen the person steal the object. I don’t think an eyewitness would be proof enough, in something as harmless, as an unarmed shoplifting. Assault and blatant or armed stealing are on the other hand, situations where an eyewitness maybe could be trustworthy. Here is surveillance at public places also a really good thing. If someone got assaulted, the cameras could help you identify the assailant. In that way it helps the police fighting crime. I think it makes a lot of people feel safe, when they socialize in public places. Because when there are cameras everywhere, you don’t want to do something illegal, because you know you are being watched. I’m sure we all once in our lifetime have spotted a surveillance camera and got a little but nervous. Kind of like the feeling you get when you see a police car, while you’re driving. I can’t stop thinking about if I’m doing something wrong...
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...Philosophy 390M Thinking About Thinking What does it mean to think? This question may have a lot of different answers depending on who you ask You may get as simple of explanation as picturing a cat in your head. Or you could Google it and come up with the definition of “think” which is directing one’s attention toward something or to have a particular opinion idea or belief about someone or something. People in the science field may try to say that thinking is brain activity. Someone may have a answer completely different from any of these, but are these examples really thinking? I believe that true thinking is something far more than the simple idea of a cat or someone’s opinion of something. Before we can figure out what it means to think we have to look at what it is not. First of all, thinking is not remembering which is easily confused on a daily basis. When try to remember something we say that we are trying to think, but we are not. We are trying to recall something to our memory such as a past experience or the name of person you met last week You are not trying to think of that persons name because they already have one, you are simply trying to put a face and name together. Which brings me to my next point, thinking is not puzzle solving. Putting something together as simple as a four year olds puzzle or as complex as a car motor require the same amount of thinking, none. Each piece of the puzzle has only one way in which it will work. We may figure out how they fit...
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