... In this case it seems that there is a circular/round object in front of me that I normally refer to as a basketball. When looking at this basketball I believe that it is an orange-like color with black lines around its surface. I also believe that the size and shape of the ... ball remains constant at all times. In addition to this I think that if any other normal human being were to walk into the room they would see the same basketball that is currently in front of me ... . It all seems so logical and without any need for questioning, except to a person like me who is searching for know...

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... it manifests itself through madness. It is the madness that I consider to be what the Phaedrus needs to understand. It is in the film Meet Joe Black that was shown in class that Bill Parish (Socrates) explains to his daughter Susan (Phaedrus) Love is passion, obsession, something you can't live without ... head something in direct contrast to the encounters that Susan has had in her life so far; a pursuit of passion to a captive audience that just like Phaedres has never experienced being made mad by something. It is that madness, that irrationality that has to be present to have the pa...

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... can look at what role culture plays in the development of prejudiced thinking and behavior in the United States. Prejudice is literally pre-judging, or a preconceived judgment or opinion. I always like to look at the synonyms Word offers for words; for prejudice it offers narrow-mindedness, intolerance, bigotry, and chauvinism (a few have been left out). This is interesting to ... me because the connotation of the word brings racism immediately to mind. Chauvinism, however, connotes sexism against the females while narrow-mindedness connotes intellectual judgment, in my opinion "it is ...

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