... is most important because it creates virtue in other people (209d ­ 209e). The result of this discussion is the creation of a spectrum of love's functions, starting with sexual reproduction as its most base expression and ending with the teaching of justice and moderation as its most noble expression. The ... relationship and therefore the superiority of the intellectual man over the childbearing woman. Diotima says that men who try to gain the immortality they love by fathering children are only seeking "what they take to be happiness forever." (208e) The true avenue to eternal remembr...

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... that true joy and fulfillment does not stem from the unification of the body, but rather from the unification of the soul. Aristophanes characterizes love as the joy one derives from merely being with ones other half "And so when a person meets the other half that is his very ... own, whatever his orientation, whether it's to young men or not, then something wonderful happens: the two are struck from their senses by love, by a sense of belonging to one another, and by desire, and they don't want to be separated from one another, not even for a moment ... achieved by a total and complete...

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... the lobby of the hospital I told her about the prom, I asked her if she would come with me to the prom and she told me "I would love to but promise me you wont fall in love with me" "are you serious" I replied thinking she was joking, "yes, I promise", I couldn"t help but to laugh. After the whole conversation of ... Jennifer, she told me "Matthew...her father was the town's reverend" I knew what she meant by that but I didn"t care who her father was I was in love with her, not her father. At school I met Jennifer by the front door she was waiting for me, when I approached her I told h...

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... Party uses propaganda and brainwashing in attempts to dehumanize the people in Oceania. One aim of the Party is to replace all of man's desires of love, decency, and consciousness with its own ideas for their own needs and desires. This can be seen as re-programming a robot to do a ... different job that better suits the person's needs. The Party arranged organized riots, such as those during Hate Week, which replaced loving others with hating enemies. Decency was replaced by having children betray their own parents and reporting them to the Thought Police for ... caught by the Thought ...

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... a normal audience how war veterans are forced to cope with their experiences. The ending of the novel seems to accentuate this confusion as more stories dealing with the heavy topic of death are introduced and the importance of O'Brien's writing of his experiences is more defined. Particularly at the ... soldiers created ways to make the people they were close to that died seem less dead – they kept those people alive in their head with stories, like those O'Brien wrote of his friends Ted Lavender, Curt Lemon, Kiowa, and Linda. After Linda's death, O'Brien describes himself in fifth ...

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... a situation like this and you will be seen as a coward if you say that you stayed at home. The government also used posters to recruit and mobilise making the troops hate the other side e.g. the government would paint horrible cartoons of Hitler doing barbaric acts or the German soldiers bombing innocent targets such as children and women, and other such war ... so it was a very useful resource for swaying the publics thoughts on the war. In conclusion propaganda was used as a way to mobilise the troops by peer pressure, making them hate the enemy through vile cartoons and an image of b...

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... these intolerant values and beliefs to our children, hopefully they will be strong enough to not fall into that way of thinking. If we instill in them open-mindedness and a love of all people, perhaps prejudice may die in the future. Until then, we must see ourselves as American, not black, white, woman, man, gay, straight, etc ... ...

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... something being pious or holy and what is impious or not holy? Euthypro concludes that "E: I would certainly say that the pious is what all the gods love, and the opposite, what all the gods hate is impious" (Euthyphro). He is saying that for something to be holy the gods must approve it, and for it not to be the gods must disagree ... ...

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... capable of processing emotions and having his judgment impaired by the rush of emotions. Frankenstein's creation, although considered a monster, exhibits human emotions and wishes to love and to be loved. The creature's craving for Victor's love drives him to commit acts of evil. When Victor encounters the creature during his walk in the mountains, the creature confronts him and says, "I am thy ... as the creator. The creature promises his loyalty towards Victor as his father figure, but in turn wants the reciprocation of his love. However, Victor rejects any idea of love towards the cr...

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... 1960s-70s. In accordance with its simple but addictive melody composition, the lyrics play a significant role to evoke the aesthetic 'sense' not by persuading the listeners the facts and stories about the disastrous war but by making people contemplate on the values in human, as human, of human and human lives which are universally considered as the resources of the ... ...

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... Symposium there are three major speeches given by Aristophanes, Socrates and Alcibiades, where each portrays a different aspect of human sexuality and love. Aristophanes" speech is a fantastic representation of humans that were separated into two halves engaged in desperate search for their other half, ... a fantastical story that explained why humans are in constant, desperate search for our lost halves, it still captures the tragedy of human sexuality and love. The beings described within the story are characterized by their narcissistic nature, which results in their eventual demise. A...

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... that are "so-called" evil and harmful to the people. He realizes that he knows nothing about what he constantly fights against each day, and starts to read those fascinating stories and ideas him and everyone else have been deprived of for so long. After much thought Montag is able to reach and cross the boundary between freedom and the slavery ... ...

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... is not merely attempting to get Phaedrus to think, as he so often does in this text, but right here in this quote Socrates declares his love for the ability to be mad. The ability to want something so bad, so vehemently, is what Socrates flat out told Phaedrus, is nothing short ... now on a different level, this time as tool to describe inspiration to be a lover. Socrates literally cites his entire speech to explain how madness leads to love; to passion, not just an evolution of thinking, but also a pursuit of how it manifests itself through madness. It is the madness that I consider to ...

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... much trouble understanding the alien race's language was not because it was a difficult language to learn, but because the alien's had a completely different way of communicating. They communicated by telling stories that convey emotion. Their way of speaking is in some ways inferior to human's, but they are very adept at communicating emotion, something many humans have a hard time doing. When ... ...

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... controlled life and distinguish himself apart from others who live routine and dull lifestyles. The life of Sammy is irritatingly repetitious and slavish, lacking the freedom that he desires. The stories" setting is seemingly a hot summer day, one that most people prefer to reserve for personal enjoyment. Nevertheless, Sammy is once again working, as he often does, doing the exact same ... ...

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... realization of just how important people can be. "He was a miracle-worker " Hugh is grateful to Alf for fixing the car, even though Alf was rude and self-centered his "love for him was as vast as the outback itself. " AD Habib is another example of how kind and generous people may be. He learned that not all uneducated or egotistical ... dead to his mother but to Hugh, he was his loving grandfather that was genuinely concerned for him. "I didn't think you cared about the audition " At first, Hugh doubted Poppy's love, although they had only known each other for a couple of days, they ha...

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... the idea of self-esteem and pride in the self, which explains why the popular slang use of the word ("he has a big ego," "egomaniac") is a concept of excessive self-love. This is not what the original concept of ego meant, either in philosophy or psychology, but the whole modern emphasis on "self-esteem" and self ... -love (as opposed to love from other people or from God) has changed the way we interpret this word. Looking at my own life and experiences, I can definitely see that the ego is like a small, ... ...

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... with self-confidence, or positive characteristics, will be able to achieve success or experience happiness in his life because he has acknowledged his capabilities and has learned to accept and love who he is. On the other hand, an individual with low self-esteem, or negative characteristics will never experience such pleasure because he has not recognized his qualities nor will ... example, Socrates argues that self-control leads to pleasure whereas incontinence (lack of self-control), he asserts, prevents us from the finest expressions of pleasure in eating, drinking, resting & making...

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... . In my view the absence of these vital features of structure are a let down for the reader's expectations, but it is made up for by a sizzling background story filled with love, betrayal and murder. I think the author has chose to have a less action packed plot and no breathe taking ending to make it more believable and realistic as well as to ... ...

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... " (Sacks 2010). Aesthetic experience should be a fundamental part of education. This is when the individual's senses are operating at their peak, this is when someone is doing something they love and they feel their blood racing through their body, when they are fully alive. Contrastingly, "anesthetic" is when they shut this sense off. In the current educational system ... ...

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... the Maine countryside and coastline, he points out that Maine truly is home to the "unchanging" cities. Scofield raises the point that the cities we visit, cherish and love today are not very much different than they were several hundreds of years ago. The architecture, social construct, and the disposition of the locals are only a few examples of what ... ...

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... "The freer the relations between human beings, the happier."(Voices Of Freedom, 17) I think this is a good point she's making, I strongly believe that a happier marriage involves respect, eternal love, and devotion, which they didn't have during 1870s. Women suffered and tolerated more, which they didn't deserve. John Stuart Mills, a British philosopher, political economist and civil servant disagrees with Stanton ... ...

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... rational part's job is to regulate the other two desires. In other words, the chariot as a whole should be governed by the rational desires of the charioteer that represents the love of wisdom. Basically, he is saying that it is up to reason to find the value for the person. Frankfurt's definition of the will as second-order volition and Plato ... ...

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... that all of the positive things that happened to Coleridge leading up to the point in the novel in his life (such as getting the cottage, and getting Sara, the love of his life), were given to him by God, and he praises Him, but with a "Faith that inly feels" (60). This shows that the faith he has is ... ...

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... with any organization that has durability and the ability to promise something to its citizens. Nietzsche mocks modern society by saying: "we moderns with our anxious care for ourselves and love of our neighbor, with our virtues of work, of unpretentiousness, of fair play, of scientifically - acquisitive, economical, machine-minded- appear as a weak age our virtues are conditioned and demanded by ... ...

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