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- 6391: Plato's Simile of the Cave: Artist's Work is Based On Illusion
- ... in Iris Murdoch’s The Fire and the Sun, “art naively or willfully accepts appearances instead of questioning them.” Plato supports writers who relish on good people and censor their work by writing morally sound stories. He is proposing that an earnest man would produce real things (which direct the mind to philosophy) opposed to unreal things (speculations of reality). Because of this, Plato believes that art can increase psychological harm ...
- 6392: Should Marijuana be Legalized for Medical Purposes?
- ... neighborhood pot addict. Upon noticing the marijuana, he says “Excuse me brother, what we call drugs at 74th street Baptist Church, we call a sin” (Friday), representing the views of many Christians today. Only a short time later, however, he changes his mind, saying: “Why don't you give me a little bit for my cataracts?” (Friday). This film makes a comment on the attitudes of U.S. society today towards ...
- 6393: Lions
- Lions Physical Characteristics Lions have relatively short-legged, long, muscular bodies and large heads. The male grows on average to 1.7 to 2.5 m (5.6 to 8.2 ft) long, not including the tail, which is 90 to 105 ...
- 6394: The Dark side of a Wonder Drug-A Selected Collection of Testimony on the Safety of Ritalin
- ... alleged disorders is a powerful drug called Ritalin -- a Schedule II controlled substance, as are cocaine and methadone. Attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder is a baffling brain disorder. Children who have it are hyperactive, have a short attention span and are easily distracted. Most experts believe that ADHD stems from biochemical malfunctions in the brain. Children with ADHD are usually in constant motion, tapping fingers or toes, wiggling in chairs, jumping up ...
- 6395: Constantine The Great
- ... had created. The victor in the struggle, his son Constantinus II, was an Arian, but he was no less committed to the Christianization of the empire than his father. Paganism survived, but only during the short reign of Julian the Apostate was it again represented on the imperial throne. Constantine can rightfully claim the title of "Great", for he turned the history of the world into a new course and made ...
- 6396: Crazy Horse
- Crazy Horse When I think back of the stories that I have heard about howthe Native American Indians were driven from their land andforced to live on the reservations one particular event comes tomy mind. That event is the Battle of the Little Big ...
- 6397: Marajuana: Effects and After Effects
- ... Forgetfulness in conversation, inflammation in the whites of the eyes and the pupils unlikely to be dilated are in the la It is still undetermined whether light doses of marijuana has long term effect. Some short term effects are; it causes a higher heart rate, reddened eyes, clumsiness, and blunt reflexes. The physical effects of marijuana use, particularly on developing adolescents, can be acute. The emotional development of adolescent users may ...
- 6398: Daniel Boone
- ... or twenty he left his family home with a military expedition in the French and Indian War. There he met John Finley, a hunter who had seen some of the western wilds, who told him stories that set him dreaming. But Boone was not quite ready to pursue the explorer's life. Back home on his father's farm he began courting a neighbor's daughter, Rebecca Bryan, and soon they ...
- 6399: Emily Dickinson
- ... not stop for Death- He kindly stopped for me- The Carriage held but just Ourselves- And Immortality. Life according to Emily is brief and the people living out their lives have little control. In this short life That only lasts an hour, How much, how little, Is within our power! However non-religious she may appear and however insignificant she believes life to be she does however show some signs in ...
- 6400: Allegorical “Young Goodman Brown”
- ... easier to lean on the evil and take the path of least resistance rather than stand up for what is right and what we believe in. The forest is a classic symbol used in many stories. The forest is seen as dark, deceiving and a way to get lost. In “Young Goodman Brown” the deeper Brown gets into the forest the more lost he becomes. He is separated from his faith ...
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