Socrates and Motives: Why Choose Death? When Socrates stood trial he held that his work and questions were worth giving his life for. He wasn’t willing to give in to the accusers and say what he was doing was wrong because to him that would be a renouncement of what he believed was right. Nathanael “Nate” Saint, a pilot during WWII, served as a missionary in Ecuador during the 1950s; he and four of his friends were killed by the tribe they were attempting to reach when they refused to shoot the
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Descartes and Locke have good accounts of the origins of ideas. These accounts are both vastly different and believe they are the better. Descartes believes that ideas are innate or that we are born with them. On the other hand Locke believes that we gain our ideas through experiences. Descartes account is a bit too far-fetched and unrealistic. This is why Locke’s account is far superior to that of Descartes. In the following paragraphs both their strengths and weaknesses will be displayed to show
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The greeks, between the eighteenth century and early nineteenth century, fought for independence from the Ottoman empire until 1828.During their struggle for independence, there was a variety of views coming from people throughout Europe. Many European countries supported this act, while others felt it was very important for the Greeks to stay under rule of the Ottoman empire. The point of views varied from liberal minded people who had negative feelings towards the turks, therefore pitied the Greeks
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People have many perceptions of the term “rhetoric,” most of them relating to political subversion and deception. While this negative connotation is one way the term can be defined, Merriam-Webster also defines rhetoric as “the art or skill of speaking or writing formally and effectively especially as a way to persuade or influence people.” In essence, rhetoric is simply a means of expressing ones viewpoint in a manner that may or may not have an influence on others; but rhetoric isn’t simply about
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The Crito and the Letter from Birmingham Jail exemplify the complex nature of the obligation of the citizen. Although both pieces discuss the obligation of the citizen and seem rather similar on paper, both are inherently different. The Crito takes a more literal approach while the letter from Birmingham jail takes a more figurative stance. The Crito is a dialogue that takes place in Socrates’ prison cell as he awaits his execution. Socrates was wrongfully accused for “failing to acknowledge the
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For century’s philosophers have debated many issues relating to God, our existence and government. No two philosopher are the exact same just as no two people are the exact same, for example for every philosopher that has a certain opinion and belief on a topic there is another one who completely disagrees with it and believes the exact opposite. After reading Lysander Spooner’s and Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s writings and analyzing Spooner’s argument and the principals that derived it, I believe that
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In Jay Heinrichs’ novel Thank You or Arguing in the chapter “Avoid Apologizing” he discusses the rhetorical tools a speaker can implement in order to come back in the eyes of the reader after a mistake or “crime”. In this chapter he names five tools to respect when having erred: “Set your goals right after you screw up. Be the first with the news. Switch immediately to the future. Avoid belittling the victim. Don’t Apologize”. Moreover, in Vargas’ essay “Outlaw” he discusses the struggles that have
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One of the most well known and influential political philosophers is Hannah Arendt. Most of Hannah Arendt’s thoughts apply to totalitarianism, revolution, the nature of freedom and the faculties of thought and judgement. The power and innovative thought process is noticeable in many of her works, for example The origins of Totalitarianism, The Human Condition, On Revolution, The Life of the Mind, and a variety of her other essays. The majority of these works focused on important political events
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The term rhetoric has a negative connotation in our culture today. Often after a commentator or politician gives an interview in the media, he will be criticized for using rhetoric, meaning that he has distorted the truth in order to persuade people to his side of an issue. Because of this definition of rhetoric, some may question whether this style of writing should be taught in an academic writing course. On further investigation however, the term rhetoric is confused with the term sophistry
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Archimedes: History's Greatest Genius “By gently pulling with his hand the end of a system of pulleys, he dragged it towards him with as smooth and even a motion as if it were passing over the sea” (Beck 134). This is from an excerpt in a writing by Plutarch, describing Archimedes and his system to lift a boat full of men and cargo. Archimedes was a philosopher, a scientist, and a mathematician. He was from Syracuse, Sicily, and his intelligence allowed for him to go beyond every other philosopher
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