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- 191: The Pearl Greed And Its Abunda
- ... ITS ABUNDANCE IN "THE PEARL" Greed: individuals have dissimilar opinions on this topic. Some have the positive influence approaches, for example; Donald Trump stated, the point is that you can t be too greedy , whereas Socrates expressed his thoughts that acquisitiveness was the foundation for countless hostilities, Wars and revolutions and battles are due simply and solely to the body and its desires. All wars are undertaken for the acquisition of ...
- 192: Internet Censorship
- Internet Censorship For centuries governments have tried to regular materials deemed inappropriate or offensive. The history of western censorship was said to have begun when Socrates was accused "firstly, of denying the gods recognized by the State and introducing new divinities, and secondly of corrupting the young." He was sentenced to death for these crimes. Many modern governments are attempting to ...
- 193: The Pearl Greed And Its Abunda
- ... ITS ABUNDANCE IN "THE PEARL" Greed: individuals have dissimilar opinions on this topic. Some have the positive influence approaches, for example; Donald Trump stated, the point is that you can t be too greedy , whereas Socrates expressed his thoughts that acquisitiveness was the foundation for countless hostilities, Wars and revolutions and battles are due simply and solely to the body and its desires. All wars are undertaken for the acquisition of ...
- 194: Mahatma Gandhi
- ... human following can be assembled not only through the cunning game of the usual political maneuvers and trickery but through the cogent example of a morally superior conduct of life. Other tributes compared Gandhi to Socrates, to Buddha, to Jesus, and to Saint Fancis of Assisi. The life of Mahatma (great soul) Gandhi is very documented. Certainly it was an extraordinary life, poking at the ancient Hindu religion and culture and ...
- 195: Plato And Justice
- Justice Plato (who speaks through Socrates) seperates people based on their innate strength, intelligence, and courage. Those who are not overly bright, or strong, or brave, are best suited to various productive jobs such as: building, farming, and smithing. Those who ...
- 196: Capital Punishment
- ... retaliation; they believed in the rule of "an eye for an eye." Similarly, the ancient Egyptians, Assyrians, and Greeks all executed citizens for a variety of crimes. The most famous people to be executed are Socrates and Jesus. Only in England, during the reigns of King Canute and William the Conqueror was the death penalty not used, although the results of interrogation and torture were often fatal. Later, Britain reinstated the ...
- 197: Anselm's Ontological Argument and the Philosophers
- ... believers still ask today. Anselm answers in a step- by-step manner, asking for confirmation along the way, until he arrives at a conclusion with which Boso is forced to agree. This is just like Socrates' procedure with, say, Crito. Later philosophers have both accepted and denied the validity of Anselm's famous ontological argument for the existence of God, presented in both the Proslogium and Monologium. Anselm did not first ...
- 198: The Life And Times Of Ghandi
- ... human following can be assembled not only through the cunning game of the usual political maneuvers and trickery but through the cogent example of a morally superior conduct of life. Other tributes compared Gandhi to Socrates, to Buddha, to Jesus, and to Saint Fancis of Assisi. The life of Mahatma (great soul) Gandhi is very documented. Certainly it was an extraordinary life, poking at the ancient Hindu religion and culture and ...
- 199: Aristotles Life
- ... while he was walking with his students. After Alexander the Great s death in 323 BC, Aristotle was charge with impiety by the Athenians, which was a similar crime that was brought upon another philosopher, Socrates. Worried that he would be set to death for this charge, Aristotle fled to the city of Chalcis. A year after his arrival in Chalcis, Aristotle died (World Book 663). Aristotle s Physics Aristotle work ...
- 200: Francesco Petrarch
- ... canonries by people high up in the church. Benedict XII gave him his first canonry, Pope Clement VI and, Jacapo de Cararra gave another. Of these later in life, he used to in dealing with Socrates, once again gaining influence. Besides influence, these canonries were a means of income for him and influence. At the Age of 49, Francesco was unsure of where he wanted to live. He sent out several ...
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