Academies and Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) liabilities: parliamentary minute Provision of a DfE guarantee that the Department will meet any outstanding Local Government Pension Scheme liabilities on Academy Trust closure 1. It is normal practice, when a government department proposes to undertake a contingent liability in excess of £250,000 for which there is no specific statutory authority, for the department concerned to present to Parliament a Minute giving particulars of the liability
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Plato Paper: Prompt #2 11/3/14 Why does Plato write dialogues? How does that genre fit with and promote his philosophy? Use Examined life to help promote this concept that Plato embodies. ! From what method of teaching can a learner take away a meaningful interpretation of the lesson taught? Upon determining the answer to this question, one might discern between more and less helpful ways to learn. The old Native American saying goes, “Tell me and I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember
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Rene Descartes is known as “The father of modern philosophy”, and published “Discourse on the Method.” Before Descartes invented his philosophy, in Europe, Scholasticism was prevalent. It says, “God lights up the truth, and people who don’t know cannot get the truth” ( ). He denied this idea and indicated that, with reason, we can find a certain spot where everyone can receive common truth. This idea was groundbreaking at the time. Human being can speculate the world with reason and can grasp
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literature as “written works, especially those considered of superior or lasting artistic merit,” but this brings into question how one is to judge whether a work has greater or enduring artistic value. This question is addressed in Plato’s Ion. In Ion, Plato addresses whether it is through experience and skill or through divine intervention that Ion judges the merit of works. Through an explication of the text, one can consider whether it is knowledge or preference that leads to determining value through
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of the people. In Plato’s Apology, Socrates says that he is going against the traditions in order to show the importance of the traditions, although in a way that argues against it which is irritating to some. He claims that without him the state is likely to enter into a “deep sleep” meaning that it would be forgotten. In Aristophanes’ Clouds, he treats Socrates crudely because its purpose is for Just Arguments whereas Socrates used Unjust Arguments. In The Apology, Socrates gives a speech defend
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PHI 2301-01 Fall 2015 PHI 2301-01 Fall 2015 Atar Derj Critically evaluate Plato’s defense of women’s political equality with men. Atar Derj Critically evaluate
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------------------------------------------------- MY CURRENT ETHICAL CREDO Danielle August 10, 2015 What is Right or Wrong? Asking the question what is right from wrong not only makes you think about the question itself, but when you are answering the question your answer is molded by your influenced surroundings, the culture you are brought up in, and the mental state you have at that time. There are many opinions of what is right from wrong and I do not believe that there is a correct answer
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Outline Dustin Bowers * Intro * Rational outlook changed over time through different civilizations/cultures. * 1st Body * Hebrews began idea of rational outlook * Used logic to protect society * 2nd Body * Greeks create the best understanding of rational outlook * Rational outlook is reason * 3rd Body * Romans adapt reason by adding virtues * 4th Body * Christians give a higher meaning to virtues * Get a higher understanding
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THE ARGUMENT FROM RECOLLECTION Henna Khan Philosophy 380: Death, Dying, and the Quality of Life 09/10/2017 Socrates presents an argument known as the Argument from Recollection, which attempts to prove one’s soul existed prior to his or her birth. To better explain this argument, a definition will need to be established. Socrates defines in his monologue, the definition of Recollection, “So all human beings are good in the same way, for they become
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Sometimes even a single word such as rhetoric can have a lot of different meanings that influence one’s way of viewing new concepts. According to ancient Greek philosopher Plato, rhetoric has potential for winning one’s soul by dialogue, but it may also diminish one’s ability to speak the truth. He sees rhetoric as sophistic because sophists are only interested in opinions and beliefs about justice, not justice itself. Nonetheless, since rhetoric is used to not only persuade or change the thinking
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