1. Socrates
The tendency to ferret out pleasure and meaning in ones life and avoid pain and uncertainty in order to actualize one's full potential and survive is the main driving force. ... In less then satisfactory conditions, such as a child who is raised in the ghetto with minimal income and harsh living conditions, a person will have different driving forces then those in "normal" conditions. ... This is also the main driving force in children, being young and unaware of what goes on in the real world, their driving force is survival and happiness, which is instinctual. ...
All life is connected by the need to pass on genes. Some organisms do this asexually, but many reproduce sexually. Jerry Johnson was looking for a species of lizard with a very strange reproductive strategy. This species consists of only females. Their offspring are exact copies of themselves. He wo...
Today I"m going to talk to you for 5-7 minutes. If I talked for 10 minutes would you consider that greed? How much is enough? Greed is a selfish desire for more than one needs or deserves. It has made honest men murderers and countries with rich and valuable resources into the poorest countries in t...
My friend Nick, who shared the same adventurous interests as me, invited me to say in a lakeside cabin with him for a week in Chelan, Washington to which I graciously accepted, and before I knew it, we were touching down in Seattle and driving two hundred miles west into Central Washington. ... Just like Abbey, my natural instincts allowed me to see the powerful force of nature as beautiful even though it was the very force that was threatening my safety. ...
The solution that Robinson endeavors to force the reader to uncover in his narrative poetry is that people are essentially social creatures and that "no man is an island."" ... This is actually the sole driving force of Cory: he wants to be society's picture of the perfect man. ...
Humanities, art, style, genius, culture, bourgeois what do each of these words mean? They all tie in to each other, in that they are all part of the human experience. In this essay I will define each of these terms, and show what they mean to me personally. Webster's Dictionary defines the term...
A great number of people would argue that there are very few things, which our American society holds dear. However, after the events on September eleventh just over a year ago, it became abundantly clear that the one thing we revere the most is our freedom and ability to choose in a democratically...
Natural Selection The definition of natural selection can be stated as: the process by which individuals" inherited needs and capabilities are basically intimately linked to resources available in their environment, giving those with greater fitness a better chance of survival and the ability to re...