The Prince Analysis
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AP European History Summer Assignment 1. In your opinion, why do you think Machiavelli wrote this book?
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AP European History Summer Assignment 1. In your opinion, why do you think Machiavelli wrote this book?
That which can be assumed without evidence can be dismissed without evidence
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Theory of Knowledge Essay Question 5: ?That which can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.? (Christopher Hitchens). Do you agree? Rolan Hernandez Westwood High School Word Count: 1,388 How reliable is the logic derived from Hitchens? quote, ?That which can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.?, and to what extent can it be applied to reality (i.e. the past and present)?
Traditions and Encounters chapter 10
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Chapter 10: Mediterranean Society-The Greek Phase The Cultural Life of Classical Greece(249-255) Rational Thought & Philosophy: Socrates -The pivotal figure in the development of philosophy was Socrates (470-399 BCE), a thoughtful and reflective Athenian driven by a powerful urge to understand human beings and human affairs in all their complexity. -Studied Greek scientists in his youth. Believed natural world was less important than human affairs. -He posed questions that encouraged reflection on human issues, particulaty on matters of ethics and morality. -Leading honest lives and that honor was far more important than wealth, fame, or other superficial attributes. Need to reflect on the purposes and goals of life.
Jeremy Bentham
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Christina Krucylak
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Jeremy Rodriguez Academic English III Mr.Friedman 9/14/12
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5 Trabanino Roberto Trabanino Mrs. Michelle Motz English II Honors Friday, October 5th, 2012 All to None, One to Himself
Ch. 26 Outline and Study Notes-AP World History "The Earth and its Peoples", 5th edition
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CHAPTER 26 ? AP WORLD HISTORY ? STUDY TOPICS ?THE NEW POWER BALANCE, 1850 ? 1900? **Introduction to Chapter: In the late 19th Century a very small number of states, known as ?great powers?, dominated the world. Great Britain, France, and Russia had been recognized as the great powers long before the industrial age. Russia began industrializing in the late 19th century, as did Germany, the US and Japan. The US rise to power was covered in Chapter 23; this Chapter (26) will cover the other great powers of the late 19th century.
Aristotle Books II Summary
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Berkeley, Epicurus, and Plato
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Plato -RATIONALIST -world of the Forms, unchanging universal ideas of nessnesses, difficult to know them -physical objects are imperfect, finite instances of the Form of a chair -it is difficult to access the Forms -the Form of x includes this or that good -to this or that good, we need the Form of good -true knowledge is access to the forms -the Forms are the eternal and unchanging reality beneath the constant flux of life -physical world exists but is a shadow of what is real, the Forms exist in an intelligible realm -Error comes from thinking that we have access to truth -physical objects share in and resemble reality but are not identical with it, Forms are more real than tangible objects
Sofies world
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Clare Morris Honors English 3-4 Sophies World Outline Philosophy Sophie Amundsen is introduced to the world of philosophy 1. She finds mysterious letters in her mailbox containing philosophical questions a. The questions confuse her and force her to think about who she is and where the world came from 2. Sophie also finds a birthday postcard addressed to ?Sophie Amundsen c/o Hilde Moller Knag? a. This confuses her further, because she has no clue who Hilde Moller Knag is. 3. Sophie is sure that the mysterious letter, the birthday postcard, and the strange questions are somehow connected. Philosophy is the search for truth by questioning 2. Philosophy is not something that can be taught, rather a person can be taught to think philosophically.
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