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Ways to Be Cool
How to Be Cool Have you always wanted to be the cool guy, who always seems to do the right thing? Or are you dying to be the cool girl, who flows through life with ease and grace? Are all of the 'cool' kids making fun of you? Here are some steps that define the essence of being cool. The rest is up to you. [edit] StepsTake a deep breath. Being cool is all about
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We Are Told About the World Before We See It.We Imagine Most Things Before We Experience Them (walter Lipman) How Might Expectation and Previous Knowledge Affect Perception and Therefore Knowledge?
Perception is a way of knowing and gaining knowledge. Expectation, the belief about the way an event should happen or behave, and previous knowledge, understanding and skills we gain after experience play significant roles when gaining knowledge. They frame and lead us into imagine before we experience. Our five senses let us see, smell, taste, feel and hear. People think that we believe what we see. However, we see what we believe. Lipman’s suggestion criticises
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Weakness
An Achilles' heel is a deadly weakness in spite of overall strength, that can actually or potentially lead to downfall. While the mythological origin refers to a physical vulnerability, metaphorical references to other attributes or qualities that can lead to downfall are common. Contents [hide] 1 Origin 2 Anatomy 3 See also 4 References [edit] Origin This is an oil painting of the Goddess Thetis dipping her son Achilles into the River Styx, which runs
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Welcoming
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West Vs.World
West vs. World "Every age , every culture, every custom and tradition has its own character, its own weakness and its own strength, its beauties and cruelties; it accepts certain sufferings as matters of course, puts up patiently with certain evils. Human life is reduced to real suffering, to hell, only when two ages, two cultures and religions overlap." (Hermann Hesse.) It is difficult for any culture in the world to avoid the blending of
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Western Humanities
Western Humanities The Western Humanities covers a broad scope within the world as me know it today. Many of the influences and inspirations that many claim to motivate them to make continuous advancements are from a basis of our past. Whether it is art, literature or social movements we as a civilization must always look at our past as a blueprint. Our history is our blueprint for life. I think the purpose of studying the
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What Am I?
Samuel Lee Charles Myers PHI 2010 11 December 2007 What am I? In Theodore Dalrymple’s article, based on his recent neuropsychiatry conference, he disagreed that scientific self-understanding, in which he defined as “the explanation of an infinite number of unique events that are infused with meaning and intentionality,” was both possible and desirable. He stated that a universal law that “accounts for the infinite variety and originality of human utterance” or any method that attempted
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What Argument Does Crito Use to Convince Socrates to Leave??
What argument does Crito use to convince Socrates to leave?? Crito and some of his friends were willing to pay informants to keep whatever knowledge of Socrates escape secret. He also gave him the option of staying in Thessaly, and he assured him that he wouldn't be harmed there. The main argument that Crito used in trying to convince Socrates, was by saying that in not trying to escape he would be betraying his own
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What Do I Think Makes Good Art?
What Do I Think Makes Good Art? Primarily I believe that good art must take skill in order to be worthy of merit; I do not appreciate art if I see a sculpture or picture and think ‘I could do that'. This is my main problem with modern art. If we take Mondrian as an example; it is an original idea to put rectangles of colour on a canvas but anyone can do it (as
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What Do You like to Think?
The thing I like to think about the most is just having a good life, which means having a good girlfriend, lot of money, and to be in shape. I think I like to think about this the most because if I always think about something I want then I will eventually get it all. Since I always think about ways to get money I usually end up finding ways to do that. I also
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What Does It Mean to Be an Individual?
I am afraid that this is more a long question rather than an answer. What exactly does it mean to be an individual? Or are we even individuals? I suppose what is meant when we say we are individual is that we have individual thoughts, as really our actions throughout our life are far from individual or unique. They may seem to be but really they are not. If this is true though then we
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What Exactly Is for Certain?
How can we be sure that the Earth was not created in seven days, and that man did not descend from ape? The history of science and the ambiguity of the past keep many of us guessing because of the lack of proficient evidence and the fact that, although we may try having complete knowledge of many of life's origins, there is still much left the imagination. Though these questions are just one of the
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What Form of Wisdom Is Meaningful for Life Today?
Wisdom as good judgement can be meaningful for life that is full of constantly changing situations. We need to govern and discipline our lives by knowing and doing what is right. We need to have prudence which the ability to evaluate between good and bad actions, not only in a general sense, but also with regards to proper actions at a particular time and place. Prudence is a virtue and just like any other virtue,
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What I Tell You Three Times Is True (lewis Carroll) Might This Formula or a More Sophisticated Version of It - Actually Determine What We Believe to Be True?
Repetition is our way of learning knowledge. Repetition is drilling something to memory, reinforcing the idea in our heads. It is the key to reflexive use (use without conscious thought). Your mind "learns" by repetition and reinforcement. Repetition and its effects on what we believe to be true, play a major role in the way that we accumulate general knowledge. The formula implies that repetition is equal to truth, when really repetition is just repetition.
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What Is an Ideal Jewish?
I am a Jewish Atheist. I don't believe that a g-d exists, but I do believe in the use of g-d as a figuration of human connection. What that means is that Judaism is about knowing and identifying with a history and a people. Unless you have taken the time to truly understand the simultaneously beautiful and tragic past of the Jewish people you have not understood the essence of Judaism. Cultural and religious aspects
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What Is Berkeley’s Immaterialism? What Are Its Problems?
Berkeley's Immaterialism or 'idealism' can be examined by first looking at his aims in creating this theory of metaphysics, then by proceeding through the arguments, and finally finding and investigating any problems that may arise. The primary aim of Berkley is to discover a way in which metaphysics can be explained in such a way as to be consistent with the views of a 'plain man'. The main way in which he does this is
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What Is It to Be Enlightened?
Enlightenment. What is it to be enlightened? In the Allegory of The Cave Plato gives us the image of men trapped and chained in a cave from birth. Only able to see one way they live in a world of shadows they accept the shadows as all there is, as reality. He offers the idea that we too live in a world of shadows, where the truth of what is beyond the shadows is often
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What Is Justice?
What is Justice? Many have attempted to explain and define the idea of justice. However, it seems to remain just that: an idea of justice. This topic has been pondered since the beginning of pondering, yet is still not fully defined. In a legal sense, justice is the act creating fair laws and upholding those laws. In a spiritual aspect justice serves as a moral compass for personal sense of peace. Justice has also been
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What Is Knowledge
Many philosophers have inquired about what is knowledge. Most believe that knowledge is attained by being taught, and not suppressed in our mind since birth. In Plato's Meno, Socrates argues in favor of the pre existing knowledge, that knowledge is essentially suppressed, and is brought to light through questioning. The argument, which comes from this view of "knowledge", is that if you know what it is you are inquiring about, you don't need to inquire,
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What Is Knowledge?
What is knowledge? Knowledge is defined as, the fact or condition of knowing something with familiarity gained through experience or association (Merriam-Webster Dictionary). If this is true, then I believe that knowledge is most definitely possible. I would say that I have plenty of knowledge myself. But based on that definition, it seems as though knowledge is simply memorizing something and continuing to do it that way. But if I am doing something wrong, but
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What Is Life Without Ignorance?
What is life without Suffering? We all suffer from being ignorant. Is it possible to end your ignorance? According to the Buddhist theory it is. It is possible to end your ignorance and all personal desire to eventually become enlightened and reach Nirvana, which is utter peace. Ending your ignorance will in turn end suffering. The Buddha taught that there were many natural occurrences that led up to ignorance and that we all are capable
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What Is Life Without Suffering?
What is life without Suffering? We all suffer from being ignorant. Is it possible to end your ignorance? According to the Buddhist theory it is. It is possible to end your ignorance and all personal desire to eventually become enlightened and reach Nirvana, which is utter peace. Ending your ignorance will in turn end suffering. The Buddha taught that there were many natural occurrences that led up to ignorance and that we all are capable
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What Is Love?
What is Love? For thousands of years, philosophers, poets and indeed, nearly everyone who has experienced the raw, emotional tugging of their heart-strings, have pondered over the question, What is Love? Men and women are equally afflicted by its influence – equally, but probably not similarly, for no one is privy to both viewpoints. People have given away, spent, or wasted fortunes in seeking restitution for their Love. Ruin without satisfaction has been the result
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What Is Love?
What Is Love? They say to love is a beautiful thing. They say to love is work, but is worth it. Alas, they say to love is to be eternally happy. But who exactly is "they?" And I can't help but wonder if "they" themselves have ever truly been in love. I say to love is to devote your time to the boy down the road, and then be dumped. 5 months wasted! I say
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What Is Natural Has to Be Investigated Not in Beings That Are Depraved, but in Those That Are Good According to Nature
"What is Natural Has to be Investigated Not in Beings That Are Depraved, But in Those That Are Good According to Nature" T he obstacle of figuring out the nature and instinctual behavior of humans has been toppled by many philosophical writers. Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Niccolo Machiavelli, in the Discourse on the Origin of Inequality and The Prince, subsequently, talks about this subject. In the Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Rousseau talks about the
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What Is Perfect Justice
Kyle Taggart Philosophy 11/7/05 What is perfect justice? Perfect justice is when the truth is always found and no one is treated unfairly. Perfect justice is when everyone gets fair treatment and when there are no instances of someone who is innocent going to jail. Perfect justice will never happen in our country or even in our world, but if perfect justice did exist, there would be no problems in the court systems. Perfect justice
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What Is Philosophy
What is Philosophy? Philosophy, according to Webster's 21st Century Dictionary is the study of the fundamental truths of life and the universe. In essence, philosophy is the search for the answer to the following questions as they apply to life and our universe; Why? Could there be? Is there? Was there? Will there ever be? The previous listed questions have no clear or obvious answer that is acceptable to all mankind. Unlike scientific hypothesis there
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What Is Philosophy?
What is Philosophy? The definition of "philosophy" is the "knowledge and study devoted to the basic concepts such as truth, existence, reality, casuality, and freedom (Encarta)". "Philosophy is about gaining a better understanding of ourselves and our world" (Cline). "Philosophy is also a study which people create different theories or question themselves about the nature of reality (Wikipedia). We as humans automatically engaged in to questioning our surroundings in daily life. In philosophy we have
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What Is Real
What do Plato, Descartes, and Hobbes contribute to the question "how do we know what is true, and what is false?" In the allegory of the cave, Plato views the sunlight as the truth, and the shadows in the cave as being false, and his contribution to the question "how can we tell what is true, and what is false" is that we have no way of knowing what is true, and what is false,
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What Is Rhetoric
What is Rhetoric? Introduction Historically rhetoric has been studied and argued by philosophers, educators and mankind in general, all in an effort to offer proof of the true meaning of the word. It has been accepted by all that rhetoric is a form of communication. Whether it is considered an art of using language in a persuasive manner or it is the clever misuse of words to gain trust and to persuade, can only be
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