Characters from Platos’ Apology and Allegory of the Cave and Voltaire’s Story of a Good Brahmin will be compared and contrasted in this composition. In addition, a view into the attitudes of these characters reveals our pursuit and frustration while seeking truth. Ultimately, these stories provide an introspect to who we are individually and challenges within our society. The levels of interest, complexity, and diversity these stories afford are similar to good advise from a close friend. In short
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Summary and Response Have you seen the movie Wall-E? That movie is our future generation’s world. If you haven’t seen the movie it is about our world in which it is being destroyed. In Chip Ward’s “Letter of Apology” (2012), it explains how the human race is destroying the most essential things on earth. It also mentions how bad we want oil, the same oil that we are sucking the earth dry from. We are using all of the oil, the fertile soil is being ruined, and the fresh water is being poisoned. At
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APOLOGY Sophists The sophists were rhetoric teachers in Athens who lived at the same the as Socrates. They were major intellectual figures, and the term “sophist” means “wise person.” At that time “sophistry” was roughly equivalent to “rhetoric,” and rhetoric is the art of persuasion using language. However, the term ‘sophistry’ is now generally used to refer to manipulative forms of rhetoric. Protagorus * Was a Sophist Why was socrates unpopular * Two sets of
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Lesson 29 Writing: Writing a Complete Letter of Apology What is a letter of apology? Here are some reasons for apologizing. Tick ( ) the ones you might use to write a letter of apology. Compare your answers with a partner’s. 1 ( ) forgetting a birthday 2 ( ) breaking a glass 3 ( ) losing a book 4 ( ) spilling something 5 ( ) walking on the cat 6 ( ) not completing work 7 ( ) crashing a car 1. A letter of apology is written to ask for forgiveness because of a mistake done. 2. This letter
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career, we would like for you to know that we are available for assist you. Please contact your direct supervisor if you are in need of a reference and Human Resources for any questions related to your severance package. Again, I offer my utmost apologies. I hope that this event does not tarnish your pleasant memories while at Radio Shack and I wish you good luck in your future endeavors. Sincerely, Julian Day CEO Radio Shack
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Contradiction in Plato’s Apology and Crito Ben Blanks, Lynchburg College (Editor’s note: This essay by Ben Blanks is the winner of the North Award for the best paper in the 2012 Agora. Ben presented an earlier version of this paper at the ACTC Student Conference at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, in March, 2011.) When reading the Apology and the Crito of Plato, one inevitably comes upon a seeming fundamental contradiction between the two dialogues. The Apology presents readers with a
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Apologies to Patient Apologies should be given to Blaine Preuss because he was given Demerol shot for pain instead of Joshua Jenquin. Patients worry about the bad outcome of the medical error caused by getting treatment in a healthcare facility (Robbenolt, 2009). Besides, patients care about what happened to them. Patients should, therefore, receive an apology to ensure similar error do not occur in the future. About 18% of patients indicate that the physicians have knowledge about the medical error
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Criticizing Bill Clinton Speech Essay “If a President of the United States ever lied to the American people he should resign” William J. Clinton,1974 Introduction: Critics should pay a very special attention to the Bill Clinton apology speech. The speech of the ex-president Bill Clinton was a bright example of how perfect rhetoric techniques might fail to deliver the message of a president to a mass audience if it goes about his morality. In his speech, Clinton, actually confesses he had a
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four to sixteen living in the 1800’s until the 1990’s, life was not diverting due to the Residential School systems. Canada has been struggling to gain the forgiveness of the Residential School attendants and gladly, they had finally accepted our apologies, but will they ever forgive themselves for not being one of us? During the twentieth century, Residential Schools became widespread in all Canadian provinces and territories except Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland. Aboriginal
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There are deliberations that Socrates is supporting civil disobedience in the Apology, but in the Crito his extensive argument demonstrates that he is supporter of strict obedience to the Laws. In the Apology, Socrates argues that he is not guilty of breaking any law by not retrieving Leon of Salamis (32d). He adds that he would not obey the court if they find him guilty and order him to stop philosophizing (29d). On the other hand, Socrates states that every moral citizen should abide by the law
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