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- 3271: Analysis Of Platos Simile Of T
- ... men is freed and ventures out of the cave into the light, or the world above, and sees the sun, symbolizing the form of the good . Plato s object in this work was not of personal enlightenment; he had the sense to understand that where communication was lacking, such as those prisoners still locked in the cave. The wise, represented by the freed prisoner, should distribute their knowledge to others who ... seems to be an individual venture, and it appears that the good cannot be realized by a collective enlightenment. This holds true to today s society also. Man s journey into enlightenment is still a personal adventure; success or failure in today s society with our government depends on our individual drive to succeed and our own individual effort to do our best. In conclusion, Plato s Simile of the Cave ...
- 3272: Serach Engines
- ... 74). The first portal to look at is Yahoo, which has almost double the amount of visits per day the either Lycos or Excite get. Yahoo was the first major search engine and also my personal favorite. It has chat rooms for people of all ages, current news, and the depth of it's directories are unmatched (Essex pg 74). Like the other portals it is paid for by mostly advertisement ... the basics of a top-notch portal: good search capabilities, homepages, email, and community building sites like angelfire.com. Lycos doesn't have news-clippings like the other 2. Lycos is also geared to more personal-finance than market news. I think Lycos has a more business and less commercial look to it. These three portals are like the NBC, ABC, and CBS of television, they relaying all kinds of news ...
- 3273: Our Town By Thornton Wilder
- ... basically the backbone of "Our Town". The Stage Manager tells the story, sets the mood, and organises the entire play. His voice must be relatively monotone, but not to the extent of boredom, simply without personal expression. His movements should mirror his voice, slow, and unmelodramatic. The other characters should be more expressive than the stage manger, yet not to the extent of personal emotions. the actors must present emotions to the extent of comprehension for the audience, but not to the extent of comparison. The audience must be able to relate to the emotions, not compare themselves with ...
- 3274: U.S. Scourge Spreads South Of The Border
- ... see much of a let-up in the amount of Rohypnol from hitting the streets. Even with recent actions, Rohypnol has become much tougher to obtain and sell, several drugstore owners said. Nonetheless, in a personal visit to 15 pharmacies, I was able to find one willing to sell it over the counter. Others suggested nearby doctors who would provide a prescription. I went to nearby medical office lined with oil ... 10. While the U.S. Food and Drug Administration frowns on the practice, there is nothing stopping Americans from buying most medicines from Mexican pharmacies. U.S. Customs normally allows Americans to bring in a “ personal supply” of prescription drugs-up to 90 days worth, to be declared a the border. The average age of the consumer was around 34 (when I asked one of the United States Customs agents). I ...
- 3275: Spelling Of Emigre Russians
- ... language of their new home. Almost all people claim to read in their second language more proficiently than they speak1, however, emigres who attend high school and college in a foreign country often find themselves writing more often in their second language than in their first. After time, the second language becomes the default language of writing for these emigres and the spelling in their native language deteriorates2. As the second language becomes more frequently relied on than the first, several aspects of the second language will affect the first, which is ...
- 3276: Henrik Ibsen
- ... the Stockman Building in Skien, Norway. He spent part of his childhood on Venstøp Farm after his father went bankrupt. In 1843, he was apprenticed to a chemist in Grimstad. That was when he began writing satire and elegant poems in the style of the time. He wrote his first play in 1849, a five-act tragedy in verse, Catiline, which was published in 1850 under the pseudonym Brynjolf Bjarme. The ... Poems, collected and published in 1871, show that he was also a master of lyric poetry. Henrik Ibsen died on 23 May 1906 in Christiania after suffering from a debilitating illness that prevented him from writing during the last years of his life.
- 3277: A Good Man Is Hard To Find The
- ... Not only is she random and frivolous, but she also demonstrates hypocrisy and manipulation. "Aren't you ashamed?" she asks when June Star insults the owner of Red Sammy's Barbecue (196), but experiences no personal shame at all in stating that "Little niggers in the country don't have things like we do" (195). The grandmother knows there is no secret compartment in the house she wishes to visit, yet ... interaction between The Misfit and the grandmother. The grandmother learns that The Misfit does not fit into her mold of an ideal Christian. He does not pray, and he is also confused in his own personal beliefs. He believes Jesus disturbed universal natural balance by raising the dead; this act forces humanity to either "throw away everything and follow him" (203), or otherwise it denies his existence. With these beliefs directly ...
- 3278: Comparison Between The Red Roo
- ... nor sound, that will not bear with reason, that deafens and darkens and overwhelms.’ Whereas the ghost in the ‘Farthing House’ is unconcerned for the occupants of the house but only cares for her own personal trauma this is shown because the ghost only enters the room and ‘cries’ but does not harm anyone. The man emotions in ‘The Red Room’ would be the same as most people when confronted with ... Hill’s story is relating to people who believe that anything can happen, that are totally irrational, and they are lost in a world lacking faith and need some proper guidance. All this is my personal response to the stories, and I prefer ‘The Red Room’ because it was a complete story because it explains why the things happened in the first place. I firmly believe that there is reason behind ...
- 3279: Development Of Computers
- ... tropics” in the hall, so they had to remove a part of the ceiling to decrease the temperature. In autumn 1951 the machine executed a complex program rather stabile. OIA MESM WITH SOME OF THE PERSONAL (KIEV, 1951) Finally all the tests were over and on December, 15 the MESM was put into operation. If to remember those short terms the MESM was projected, assembled, and debugged - in two years - and ... the past, but nevertheless it played a negative role on the Ukrainian computer development. It also should be noticed that in America they paid more attention to the development of computers for civil and later personal use. But in Ukraine the attention was mainly focused on the military and industrial needs. Another interesting aspect of the Ukrainian computer development was the process of the 70s when “sovietizing” of the IBM-360 ...
- 3280: Something Wicked This Way Come
- ... task of joining faith with reason onto his pupil, Thomas Aquinas. Aquinas set forth that his life's task was to do this, join "the Bible" with the Aristotelian writings and outlook. He resulted in writing the famous Summa Theologica, which he chose to leave incomplete, was a magnificent intellectual structure; but it was never intended to be a closed system of definitive knowledge. At Paris he had to defend his ... hundred years was among the most esteemed authors, Enlightenment philosophy and German Idealism eradicated Renaissance Scholasticism.[Decay of Scholasticism] The questions of Scholasticism may never be answered, but this philosophy led to advanced thinking and writing still used today to try to answer questions about the existence of God and basic concepts of life. Scholasticism also helped produce the well-developed universities. It gave us the love, desire and pursuit of ...
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