A person in public life who I respect very highly is my best friend, advocate, and sister, Mahana Pierre. ... At first, we didn't get along, but as time passed I really got to know her. ... At first, I was a little intimidated. ... WE even decided that we would become roommates the upcoming fall, and it was then when I noticed Mahana was truly an awe inspiring person. ... And I respect that because anyone who puts God first is truly amazing. ...

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With the success in 1959 of A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry became the first black woman to win the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for the best American play. This, her first play, was also the first by a black woman to be produced on Broadway. ... Each person is clearly individualized and none are able to dominate others (Miller 188). ... Beneatha has pride in her person, during the play she shows and expresses her pride in various ways. ...

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I will first define what Aristotle thinks virtue is, explain the virtue of bravery, and then finally reflect this virtue on my personal experience in the Shaw neighborhood. ... What is fine to a brave person is bravery. ... A brave person that has deficiency is a coward. ... He says that citizen's bravery comes first because they stand firm against dangers with the aim to avoid legal problems or gaining honors. ... However these people are the first to become cowardly when the danger overstrains them, and them are more afraid of being killed than doing something shameful which is not of a...

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In order to have good friends, you need to be a good friend first! ... A person who is trustworthy is a person that you can trust and be confident in. They are a person who is reliable. ... They do not choose to always be first or have their way.  ... Chances are they would have a wonderful friendship because they would always be thinking of the other person first. 3. ...

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When a person is dishonest they will act in a way that they know is wrong and, if asked to explain, will proceed to lie about what they have done. Being dishonest usually will catch up with the person. ... Integrity allows a person to be proud of what kind of morals they have, what kind of things they do and are proud and unafraid to tell the truth. ... But, next time, not taking the disk is the first thing is the lesson I have learned. It was stupid in the first place, and integrity is what allows me to write this essay. ...

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The first thing mentioned in Franklin's autobiography is mobility. I feel that Franklin was correct in thinking that the first process in building a solid foundation for a better life, is to take on a journey. A person must figure out the journey they want to take in life before they can do anything. ... If a person has good morals and is willing to try than they are more apt to succeed in life. ... I believe education is among the first steps to making my life a success, and I know that all goals are within my reach. ...

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From my own personal experiences, I have grown as a person. ... Before I entered into high school, I was a extremely unorganized person. ... The first semester of freshman year was the hardest year to deal with organization. ... If you ask any of my friends when I first entered high school they would tell you I was not a very modest person. ... At first they did not believe me so I did everything I could to convince them. ...

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For example a young person does not contain all the knowledge of right and wrong or the knowledge of a certain subject, whereas an older person may have the knowledge of these things. ... The first is pleasure, the second is utility and the third is character. The first two Aristotle states are implausible. ... What Aristotle would call a real friendship is one that each person within the relationship cares for one another. ... Each person within the relationship will profit and enjoy one another. ...

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From the first words of the book, it is clear that he is so uninvolved and uncaring that he is not even sure what day his mother died. ... He has no concept that Raymond might not be a good friend or a person of integrity himself. ... I found that this book grabbed my attention right from the first page. ... Thinking more about this, I think this indifference could be unrecognizable in a person. We know about Meursault's indifference only because the book is written in first person. ...

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According to Aristotle, virtue primarily involves the use of a person's rationality. ... In other words, a person with a good character has virtue. ... This balance becomes an index of the person's virtue. ... The rational can also be divided up by what a person knows is intrinsically reasonable, and the ability of a person to listen to or be convinced by someone else's reason. ... If two people have the same virtues, and in the same degree, but find themselves in different circumstances whereby the first person is forced to respond in regards to those virtues he lacks, while th...

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In his own philosophy he believed that a persons actions must be just and he tended to prove wrong people's beliefs by questioning them into confusion. ... He would first make certain that they believed in their views almost definitely. Once he was assured with that, he would do some deep inquiries into how the person felt and end up turning the person's entire opinion into something else. The person generally would become confused, but he understood himself completely. ... First, there is the obvious problem that, since questions of right and wrong often generate neverending di...

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To be a virtuous person, one must achieve a mean between extremes. ... "(1) The first virtue pertaining to reason that Aristotle mentions is virtue of thought. ... A person with too little fear is considered to be rash. While a person with too much fear is considered too cowardly. ... This good person is the person who has the virtues aiming at fine and right actions. ...

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Numerous experts in modern time regard Plato as the first genuine political philosopher and Aristotle as the first political scientist. ... He even explains how happiness is different for every person, and each different type of person has a different idea of eudaimonia. ... Aristotle believed that a person who has difficulty behaving ethically is morally imperfect. His ideal person practices the "golden mean of moderation." ... First, it is a polytheistic religion where there are many gods, who are not necessarily in agreement with one another (similar to ancient Greek gods). ...

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Today the most heroic characteristics in a person are selflessness, perseverance, and gallantry. ... Selflessness is putting a person one has never met, a complete stranger, before oneself. ... Persistence, because nothing that is remotely difficult ever works perfectly the first time. ... A person that encounters danger with a cheerful attitude, it is being bold and having courage. ... In 1919 Frenchman Raymond Orteig offered a cash prize of $25,000 for the first pilot who could fly between Paris and New York. ...

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The first thing we can say about virtuous conduct is that it is inconsistent with excess or deficiency. ... A virtuous person will react moderately to both pleasure and pain. ... And human excellence must be the disposition that makes a person most inclined to be a good person and fulfill the human function (living a virtuous, rational life). ... First, the virtuous mean may sometimes be closer to one extreme than the other. ...

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He had set temperance as his very first virtue that he should perform, since it is a simple but hard one to really put it into action. Having a full stomach and an indistinct spirit never allows a person to neither concentrate nor humble him or herself. ... How will you please to be a venerable person if you are drunk to elevation and show yourself causing big mistakes? ... A single word can be a knife stabbing to the person's heart, or it may be word of a lovely licorice that cures the person's wound deep inside their heart. ... One person thinks deeply about the appropriate words ...

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Sometimes theses value also comes as one person grows and adapts to the society. ... I remember, when I first entered to second year of high school. ... Pride is also a push to a person to become better academically. ... In this class, I have four friends who were also competitive in getting the first rank. ... Determinations take a big role in my life because it is what made me write this essay in the first place. ...

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One man can be friends for utility, while the other is an actual good person. ... First, Aristotle allows you the freedom of becoming virtuous simply by performing virtuous acts and forming a virtuous character. ... First of all, Crito seems like he is nave in the fact that he does not know the true meaning of being just and Socrates seems like he is the teacher, or superior to Crito. ... Aristotle says that a virtuous person loves himself more than any other person loves himself, but that he also loves his friend for his own sake, and that the virtuous person, because he wants to achieve h...

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My hopes were that I would have a few things in common with him like being a tidy person, sleeping in a cool, quiet room, and that overall we both could respect our differences. In that first year my hopes for a good roommate became a reality. ... I had a very good experience living with someone I did not know for the first time and we had a good time rooming with each other. ... You may be the kind of person that likes to study with the TV on in the background or some music playing, but your cotenant may like peace and quiet. ... Respect is earned and not given, and sometimes in order to gai...

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Aristotle suggested that a person could improve his or her character by practicing self-discipline, while a good character can be corrupted by repeated. ... How does a person develop virtues? ... That is, once they are acquired, they become characteristic of a person. ... For example, in the movie "Wall Street- Gekko was a person who developed the virtue of greed and corporate takeovers, and is often referred to as a money hunger person because he tends to be greedy in all circumstances. ... The first step is to have a clear idea as to how our past behavior has led to our present state of af...

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A virtuous person is one adheres to a standard of right conduct. ... The purpose of this is to develop knowledge, skills, and character of a person. ... Education is important because first we need educational credentials for jobs. ... The first latent function of the school is that it serves as a "baby sitting" agency. ... The character of a person can be either good or bad. ...

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A virtuous person will react moderately to both pleasure and pain. ... This is the first distinction that is made under the heading of involuntary actions. ... He thought that a person's nature was made so that only God could give the person ultimate satisfaction or happiness. ... However he would say that it takes much more than well doing to make a person happy. ... It really makes a person think. ...

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On the surface, the first sight of the veil not only confuses the congregation, but scares them as well. ... Even the good doctor cannot help but mention, "the black veil, though it covers only our pastor's face, throws its influence over his whole person, and makes him ghostlike from head to foot."... Not a single person realizes the intent of the minister until his deathbed utterance that defiles the virtue of the community. ... Only by adding of a simple cloth did the person they once knew change into a stranger in their own eyes. A simple difference in appearance can change a perso...

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First we must break down the two words into separate definitions and then entwine the definitions to make one logical explanation. ... A person obtains moral freedom when they recognize and accept the guidelines of virtuous actions and behaviors....

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He established the first empirical guidelines for the conduct of scientific investigations. ... His treatment of the Prime Mover, or first cause, as pure intellect, perfect in unity, immutable, and as he said, "the thought of thought-. To his son Nicomachus he dedicated his work on ethics, called the Nicomachean Ethics, this is the first systematic treatment of ethics in Western civilization. ... Such a person lacks what Aristotle calls moral virtue. ... For example, the generous person has the virtue of being disposed to give away money in a fitting way, neither too much nor too little...

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