...We associate the word “lover” with someone who is seeking happiness in someone else. The question is why can’t people who love ordinary things such as sports, or a hobby also be lovers. Seeking happiness in someone else is associated with wanting it to be good. For something to be good most people want what’s good to be theirs forever. This connects back to the theme that without wisdom you cannot fully understand love. “That’s because what everyone loves is really nothing other than the good.” (Diotima, 66). What Diotima is trying to explain is that when the good thing becomes his own is when they will have happiness. So then why do we not call everybody lovers or say that everyone is in love? This is because we only associate love with whole...
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...Name: Topic: Semesters: Class: Professor: Date: What is Love? The idea of love has been an everlastingly indefinable topic. It is a definition and meaning that philosophers, psychologists, and biologists have been seeking since the beginning of time. Wars have been fought over it, while friendships began and have ended because of this concept. However what exactly is love, and why is it important to define this mystery? Are we all slaves of our own minds centered around our physical reactions, or we do we fall in love in the philosophical term? Philosophers have been asking questions such as “why do we need to love” or “what love is” since the beginning of time. When I was younger my mother would read me fairy-tale bed time stories or tales about a Prince Charming rescuing a beautiful process, with the two of them riding off on a horse into the sunset, to live “happily ever after”. However the story always ended there, and the idea of a happily ever after life is never fully described. With the increased divorce rates, and the changing concept of marriage in today’s society, the importance of studying the idea of love, or a happily ever after cannot be ignored....
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...Love. The word itself has multiple meanings. However everyone knows what it is when they hear the word spoken. As Diane Ackerman puts it in her essay Love’s vocabulary “I believed what I had been told: that the idea of love was invented by the Greeks, and romantic love began in the Middle Ages. I know now how misguided such hearsay is. We can find romantic love in the earliest writings of our kind. Much of the vocabulary of love, and the imagery lovers use, has not changed for thousands of years” This shows that the idea of love has been around for thousands of years and even at the beginning of time. This could be considered an aspect of love. There are many aspects of love but like the quote “ Beauty is in the eye of the beholder” love is up to what the person feeling it wants it to be and this is why an aspect is that love has no perceivable definition. This is an aspect because, love can be interpreted in many ways, it can be identified in any time period or era and it can affect people in both a positive and negative manner. A key point in the aspect that love has no perceivable definition is that it can be interpreted many ways. For example Ackerman states that, “What is my goddaughter to think when she hears her mother say: “I love Ben & Jerry’s Cherry...
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...In this essay I will explain the concept of the holiness emerges and why it takes a prominent position in the conversation between Socrates and Euthyphro. I will also explain the three definitions that Euthyphro uses in his response to Socrates and then present Socrates’s refutation of each of Euthyphro definitions. Also this essay will test my ability to develop my own argument as to what I think Socrates’s goal is in this dialogue. How do you know that is his goal? What features of the dialogue align his goals? I will also give own definition of piety/holiness and then take on the role of Socrates and respond to my own definition as I think he would. Plato conversation set close to the king Archon court were Socrates and Euthrophy cross words. The conversation surround Socrates trying to understand the concept of how gods see piety and impious in mankind. The debate between Socrates and Euthrophy is that Socrates wants a new form of definition for pious and impious needs to man needs to be judge by man not from god’s justice. The concept of holiness explain how to be devout religiously not the act of being love. The conversation emphasize the true meaning of piety and impiety, and important conversation between Socrates and Euthrophy took place because Socrates does not believe in tales mythology and Socrates would like a more reasonable answer to all his questions. At the end of the conversation both Socrates and Euthrypho concluded that holiness as something love by Gods...
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...people may ask what a gay is or what a lesbian is. A gay person is a homosexual that is attracted to their own sex gender. A lesbian is the same as a gay person but it is just two females who are attracted to each other. What is marriage? Recently, people argue with respect to the definition of marriage. What happened to marriage? To get married is a very important event for almost everyone. Especially for women, marriage and giving a birth could be the two biggest events of their lives. Many people believe that getting married to the one whom he or she loves is natural. However, what do you think if you cannot get married to him or her because it is socially unacceptable? Andrew Sullivan and William Bennett are authors who are arguing about the homosexual marriage. Sullivan agrees with the same-sex marriage because everyone has a right to marry. On the other hand, Bennett contradicts Sullivan’s opinion. Bennett makes an assertion that marriage is between a man and a woman building up their entire life together. Both authors’ opinions are totally different. Nevertheless, their ideas are well established. In Sullivan’s essay, he talks about accepting same-sex marriage. If the judge accepted homosexuals as citizens in the Supreme Court, homosexual people would feel free. They do not have to hide and tell a lie anymore. Most people wonder why they desire to get married. The reason is the same as anyone who wants to get married to the one whom he or she loves. It is normal...
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...2011 Digital or Man-Dating? In this essay, I will examine two articles, one of them is Digital Dating: Desperation or Necessity?, written by Christine Hassler, a former Hollywood Agent, and the author of the book called Twenty-Something, Twenty-Everything. This article talks about social networks, their impact on both of our social and love life. It tries to convince us to try to experience all the benefits that online dating provides us. The second article, called “The Man Date”, written by Jennifer 8. Lee, a reporter for the NYT, tries to encourage the male population to try man-dating, a term that describes a new trend among guys that involves two heterosexual guys, usually good friends, going to a date. Lee also writes about the stigmas about relationship between two men that pervade our society. The purpose of her article is to change the perception that majority of adult males have about men-dating. These two essays are written by different authors, as I already mentioned, who share similar views of social and love life but also use distinctive styles of writing, by using different types of claims, proofs and language which makes their articles special in their own way. The first thing that we have to do when analyzing and comparing two articles is to identify the claims. As we all know, there are five types of claims: claims of fact, definition, cause, value, and policy. The author of the first essay does not directly state the claim but it can be implied...
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...Euthyphro by Plato Essay Porsha Jones PHI208 February 03,2014 Megan McLaughlin Socrates is accused for corrupting the young Athenians and not believing in the Gods and is facing trial. Socrates requests that Euthyphro teach him the meaning of piety, when he finds out that Euthyphro is persecuting his father for being impious. Euthyphro gives off attributes instead of the nature of piety. Socrates refutes Euthyphro's responses and persuades him to agree on what Socrates believes. They both agree eventually on piety having to do with justice The concept of holiness emerges into the dialogue from the moment it was known that Socrates was accused for lacking holiness and misrepresenting religious doctrine, and this is why he was facing trial. Socrates ask Euthyphro for the definition of piety and it is when Euthyphro responds the second time telling Socrates that holiness is what is pleasant to the gods, that it comes into notion. Holiness is important in the dialogue not only to prove that Euthyphro was not as wise as he thought but also so Socrates could know the nature of piety and use it to justify himself and his lifestyle. With Euthyphro being a believer of the gods and Socrates not believing in the gods, Socrates criticized Euthyphro's thoughts. Socrates uses elenchos approach with Euthyphro by asking questions of others to try and lead them indirectly to the truth. He is facing trial for this reason, he was accused of...
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...Happiness There can be many definitions of the word happiness. Happiness means different things. Many people are often in search of happiness. Some people cannot find it. While, some people seem to only get a glimpse of it, some find it however, they cannot know its value. The meaning of happiness’s everyone agrees that it may be the most important feeling a person can have and people strive to achieve for and reach to it. Everyone defines this magical term according to their own perspectives. Today happiness is observed in various ways. Each individual describes their inner feelings and emotions in some ways that you can’t compare with another and also with each other. The common definition of happiness is that it is a state of outstanding well-being and it is an intense emotion. Happiness actually means the inner state of well-being or an enjoyable or fulfilling experience as well. It gives you the green light to benefit from your highest happiness from love, success. What is love? Love is an intense feeling of deep affection. In his essay “The Happiness Factor?”, David Brooks states,” The daily activities most associated with happiness are sex, socializing after work and having dinner with others.” (Brooks 583). I agree with this quote because I am happy being with the guy I am with now. The reason I am happy with the guy I am with now it’s because we do different activities such as going out to eat, going to the movies, and shopping together. Love is like a drug and; we just...
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...Associate Program Material Appendix C Rhetorical Modes Matrix Rhetorical modes are methods for effectively communicating through language and writing. Complete the following chart to identify the purpose and structure of the various rhetorical modes used in academic writing. Provide at least 2 tips for writing each type of rhetorical device. Rhetorical Mode Purpose – Explain when or why each rhetorical mode is used. Structure – Explain what organizational method works best with each rhetorical mode. Provide 2 tips for writing in each rhetorical mode. Narration Narration is used for storytelling such as telling a friend about an incident that occurred in your day. The best organizational method will be to use chronological order. This will help the reader to understand how each event led to the next. Use strong details related to the 5 senses in your story to help the reader get immersed into the story’s world. Decide before writing if you want the story to be factual or fictional. This will help to allow you to decide how creative you can be with the story. Illustration Illustration uses evidence to clearly support the thesis (controlling idea) of the paper. An example would be to right a paper about why Genetically Modified Organisms are dangerous. The thesis belongs at the beginning, followed by the support in the middle, and finally finishes with the conclusion. It is advisable to use order of importance to organize the supporting paragraphs into lest...
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...Introduction to Personality This essay is based on the introduction to personality. He or she must include three important parts in this essay such as the definition of personality. He or she must examine the theoretical approaches in studying personality. Final part is analyzing the factors that may influence an individual’s personality development. Many scientists have tried to come up with the meaning of personality, but neither of them had the same meaning. One thing that the scientists could agree on was where the word personality originates from. Personality came from a Latin word that means persona that refers to a theatrical mask worn by Roman actors in Greek dramas. This mask or persona was worn by the Ancient Romans actors to project a false appearance or role. The term personality is used by psychologists for more than just the role a person play. One definition that some psychologists use to define personality is the unique characteristics which give both individuality and consistency in the behavior of a person relatively permanent trait. People take part in pertaining to an individual with different personality in ones daily aspect. “An individual’s personality consists of different parts and needs in which he or she chooses to call on depending on which part he or she needs during a situation. Personality is defined by most people as the aspects of us that makes a person who he or she is. The definition of personality varies, and the one...
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...I believe that definition of love varies for different people. So this is what I am going to define it as in this essay. Love is a friendship that has caught fire. It takes root and grows, one day at a time. With that being said for this essay I will define Infatuation as a foolish and usually extravagant passion or love or admiration. The tension from these two words comes from the poem A Woman Killed With Kindness One. The two words has tension in this poem because it is hard to tell weither he is feeling love or infatuation. For us to fully understand which one he is feeling, I will discuss in this essay the differnces between love and infatuation. Then will explain which one I believe he's in this essay. I will begin with talking about infatuation. The main thing that I would like to begin with is infautuation is selfish. The only thing that, that person is trying to do is fulfill that lust and desire for themselves, not matter if the feelings that the other person has differs from theres. Its a selfish unctrollable desire. It's bassically a reckless commitment to satify their needs by being with this person. For example, a part where i felt he was reckless was when he wanted her to tell her husband. "Go, tell your husband; he will turn me off, And I am then undone". The effect of infatuation is being controlled by brain chemistry, not the heart, loss of ability to make rational evaluations of what is true, valuable and worthy. The result that comes after infatuation...
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...MATERIAL ESSAY WRITING TUTORIAL a. What is an essay? An essay is a collection of ideas on a given topic. It explores various aspects of a given topic in a logical sequence and comes to a proper conclusion. A good essay is one which has captivating beginning, a comprehensive body, and a logical conclusion b. The basic structure of an essay Any essay should have the following parts: Introduction : Comprising the main idea Body : Comprising the supporting ideas Conclusion : The finale c. Steps to write an essay 1) Organize your ideas before starting to write. 2) Start brain-storming, linking facts, examples and your reading and experiences. 3) List your main idea, supporting ideas, and facts. 4) Write down the essay in an elaborate way with the inflexions of ideas. 5) Write the conclusion. d. First step – organizing Remember the first step in essay writing is organizing the ideas. While organizing you should evolve an outline of the essay by listing the ideas, leaving four or five lines in between each point. e. Steps to organizing 1. How do you wish to introduce the topic given? 2. What are the main points you want to cover in the essay? 3. Take only the salient features, not the universe. 4. What are the points you wish to add to support your main idea to build it into an essay? 5. What are the facts and examples you can add to support the ideas? 6. Once you have chosen the facts and ideas, ask yourself in which order to put them in the essay. 7. When...
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...Often times the term “worldview” is given a simple definition of: the way we see he world. While this is a simple definition is goes beyond just how we see the world. As stated in the Popular Encyclopedia of Apologetics “worldview is marked by the guiding premise of evaluation.” (pg. 498) It would be good to start with “who are we?” This is a very common question that many of us will ask throughout our lives. The simple answer to this question is: we are His creation. Genesis 1:27 show us that we are his creation: “So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.” We see that the bible tells us two times in this verse that we are created in God’s image. Since we are created in God’s image that means that we are his creation and that we are perfect in form since God is perfect. Not only did God make us in him image but also see in Job 33:4 that He gives us the very life that we have; “The Spirit of God has made me; the breath of the Almighty gives me life.” Without God we are nothing but with God we are perfect in His image and that through him we are given life. As we go throughout our lives and within our work place, to have a grasp of who we are in Christ, it makes it much easier to live. We can be comfortable knowing that we are love by Christ while others may not like us. Since we are loved by Christ and have that identity we can also who this same love to others even when it is hard. There are times at my...
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...Directions for Essay Two Step One: Understand the Assignment Before writing the essay, read the following documents in “Resources for Writing Assignments” in the course Content: How to Write a Literary Analysis Instructions for Doing Research Rubric for Grading Essays Guidelines for Using MLA Style Example of a Works Cited Page Sample Student Essays A Word of Caution: if you do not read/ understand the documents listed above, you will not fully understand the assignment and may not make a passing grade. Many of you did not read all of these instructions for Paper One. Step Two: Understand the Requirements (see Rubric for Grading Essays) Each Essay is required to have/contain the following: 3 – 4 typed pages, not counting Works Cited page Times New Roman, 12 point font A Works Cited page, even if only a primary source is used A critical argument, a thesis, based on one of the questions provided (see questions in Step Three) Essay’s thesis is supported with quotes/examples from the primary source; remember to always introduce quotes and then explain them after you have correctly cited them. Put your quotes into context for the reader. Essay’s thesis is supported with at least one secondary source – more than one source is not required, but strongly encouraged. However, do NOT use unreliable online sources, such as Wikipedia or Sparknotes Logical organization that flows, using clear transitions between sentences and paragraphs Grammatically/mechanically...
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...”Liking Is for Cowards. Go for What Hurts” Focus points: congruence and working in quotes All over the world, the media is becoming a dominating part of people's everyday life. Pages such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat and so on are affecting the society. We replace the bad things in life with technology, and we do not realize it before there's nothing else left. The kids who grow up in this world are so easily affected. The media raise them. They're raised by the idea that likes and comments are the definition of their popularity and how likeable they are. This is also some of the topics Jonathan Franzen talks about in his essay: "Liking Is for Cowards. Go for What Hurts". In the essay by Jonathan Franzen, he passes through a lot of topics. He's very critical towards the technology, which has developed aggressively throughout the last couple of years. He uses a lot of experiences from his own life such as when he talks about his new Blackberry (s. 1, line 1-4). He also talks about how we all want to be likeable. We all want to be accepted and liked by everyone. But it is just not possible. We use the technology to hide behind. The world of liking becomes dominant and that takes out the meaning of loving someone. Because when you love someone, then you expose yourself, which makes you vulnerable. So we hide on the social medias. We do not expose ourselves, but we can portray ourselves just as we like on the media. No one needs to know all the bad stuff. ...
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