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Age Of Reason
Number of Words: 1419 / Number of Pages: 6
... age permitted me to pass from under the control of my instructors, I entirely abandoned the study of letters and resolved no longer to seek any other science than the knowledge of myself, or of the great book of the world”(16). The knowledge of oneself, and of his so-called “book of the world,” can be obtained solely through a process of reason. He argues that it is reason alone “which constitutes us men, and distinguishes us from the brutes”(13). Therefore, according to him, the human being is an elite animal, distinguished by his (or her) ability of rational thought. It is this nature as a ration ...
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Why Are We Still Prejudice?
Number of Words: 371 / Number of Pages: 2
... of referring to them asa blacks. We
"Whites" really don't think much of that statement because in all honesty
we are not intimidated by these groups, and with good reason. There is no
direct harm in this attitude that minority groups display in America, but
in my opinion if we continue to let this train of thought continue there is
no limit to how much special privileges these people will demand, and we
will give it to them. We feel sorry for them because they are feeling
discriminated and if we don't give them exactly what they want then we are
being prejudice.
So as you can see there are ma ...
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Greek And Hellenistic Philosophy
Number of Words: 762 / Number of Pages: 3
... a wonderful teacher wich was why his pupils used his
information in their works.
Plato was a dedicated student of Socrates. He defended him against
the unjust accusations of Socrates corrupting the youth. Regardless of how
dedicated he was to his predecessor his thought process was very different.
Plato wanted more than anything to solve the problem of how the mind can
experience and recognize truth. Plato began to analyze the politics of the
Greeks. He was an anti-democrat, and he often argued about the turmoil in
Greece, this thermal is what probably influenced his conservative political
views. Just ...
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Drug Testing For School Extracurricular Activities
Number of Words: 859 / Number of Pages: 4
... organization] deprived any person of life, liberty, or property...” This means that the fourth amendment completely applies to a student.
The fourth amendment declares that the school cannot search a person or seize his/her property without reasonable cause. Each individual has these rights. This means that if some students are suspected of using drugs, the school does not have the right to search all students. So, if a coach believes he/she saw you using drugs or had “an oath or affirmation” (4th amendment) from an outside source, he/she has the right to search/test you. It is unconstituti ...
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America’s Youth And Today’s Violence
Number of Words: 891 / Number of Pages: 4
... many students go into schools and just start shooting and being violent. Most students of today do not promote that type of violence. In fact, many athletes of all levels inspire youth to do better in school, to work as a team, and to try harder to give their all. Some examples of professional athletes that inspire youth are Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan, Peyton Manning, and Chamique Holdsclaw. They all encourage youth to do their best. And since Athletes encourage positive actions and do not promote violence, athletes should not be the ones to blame.
Athletes encourage kids to stay in sc ...
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Homosexual Marriage
Number of Words: 1203 / Number of Pages: 5
... Dictionary, homosexuality is "having a sexual orientation to persons of the same sex." Men and women are obviously biologically different. People of the same sex having intercourse goes against what is biologically natural. Part of the homosexual agenda is to make people believe that homosexuals are the same as heterosexuals when it comes to engaging in sexual behavior. This is absolutely not true. In his book **Cassel's Queer Companion, a Dictionary of Lesbian and Gay Life and Culture**, William Stewart describes some of the sexual activities that homosexuals practice. These include "fis ...
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The Advantages Of Stupidity
Number of Words: 937 / Number of Pages: 4
... your head straight!" or, "You have a brain,
use it." Yet these are all true, there are still many advantages to
stupidity.
The first advantage is very easy to understand. Stupid people are
never asked to do a lot. Many have noticed that people tend to steer away
from someone they feel may be stupid. This is for a very good reason.
The stupidity which they posses makes a name for themselves, a name which
can be very difficult to shake. Possibly, it is a word which describes
the working habits of the person, such as "crappy". Yet, this creates a
positive situation for the stupid person. They w ...
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The American Dream/Promise
Number of Words: 357 / Number of Pages: 2
... could have people like the bushmen living right next door to upper class Americans that just don’t want people who walk around pretty much nude right next to them. That then has people of different groups striving for their cultural identity to be shown because they aren’t fitting into the Eurocentric ideal of an “American” culture. Saying that this country is like a tossed salad though is a lot different and a lot more realistic. The salad dressings that hold America together in the tossed salad, are democracy, freedom and liberty. Diversity is another problem of the nation. Blacks are still discri ...
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School Uniform
Number of Words: 409 / Number of Pages: 2
... of students were compared. Each of the groups had 1000 pupils. Group "A" consisted of students that had a policy. Group "B" did not. After they took the same test, group "A" got 15% higher grades than group "B". This study shows that uniforms improve grades in school.
Every time children who don't have rich parents look at the wealthy students they will dream about fancy clothes. If the schools adopt a uniform rule, children won't be teased about what they wear, because everyone will be wearing the same thing. Nobody will be jealous of anyone else's clothing. Kids who wear regular clothes, not ...
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Male And Female Roles In Society
Number of Words: 386 / Number of Pages: 2
... characteristics such as competitiveness, aggressiveness, confidence, etc. Bearing these qualities has served as a hindrance to being accepted by my society. Fortunately, my parents never stuck to the traditional rules for girls. We were taught how to do everything that a boy does, probably because we don't have a brother.
Although I strongly disagree with the role girls and boys are expected to play in society I do embrace one particular aspect of it. The fact the in the Indian culture a woman is supposed to completely dedicate her life to her family is questionable. Nonetheless, the fact ...
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