In "The Myth of the Cave" Plato describes a scene with people living in a cave. ... Socrates says in the first paragraph, "And now, I said, let me show in a figure how far our nature is enlightened or unenlightened Behold human beings living in an underground den, []" ( 564). ... He is, somewhat, making fun of those who are still living in the dark or "in the cave" so to speak; but he's doing it in more of a sympathetic kind of way. ... In these paragraphs he states that one might have a mind to laugh at someone who comes from below into the light. ...

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Many important Earth's resources are declining each year. As the human race develops itself and as its demands increase, the resources of our planet are decreasing constantly. One of these natural resources is the forest. Forests are important for both animals and humans. In my thesis below I ...

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This increase in chocolate sales as well as the way its consumed has lead many people into believing that the farmers are getting a fair share of this wealth however, contrary to this belief chocolate farmers actually make "3% of the retail price" as well as living on "less than $1.25" which puts them well below the line of poverty. ...

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This occurred when the Arabian Plate and the African Plate began to move apart, resulting in a fissure just below the Red Sea, called Great Rift Valley. ... Aboard the Beagle, Darwin realized that some of his own observations of fossils and living plants and animals cast doubt on some accepted scientific theories. He noted, for example, that certain fossils of supposedly extinct species closely resembled living species in the same geographical area. ...

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We had best living conditions and environment which was never possible before. ... Despite of all the medical, health, educational facilities and our living environment, mankind hadn't cared for Mother Nature. ... Development in different areas of life and innovations of this age were mentioned in the details below: Engineering With the inventions in engineering sector, we had created millions of devices which were capable of doing all kind of work form writing to wash washing and from speaking to washing clothes and heating the whole buildings. ... Today one cannot even think of living ...

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Skull size, tools, and distinctive features The 130,000 year-old reconstructed skull shown below at left represents the earliest known example of a modern human being, Homo sapiens sapiens. ... Hunters living near the ice, like those depicted above right, followed the vast caribou or reindeer herds; hunters in Central and Eastern Europe lived a dangerous life hunting the Mammoth. ... The paintings at Lascoux are hundreds of feet underground and remote from living areas of the cave complex. ... Cave art is found usually deep underground, far removed from the living areas of the caves, which...

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Surely organisms that value their experience and have subjective experiences deserve a moral status, unlike the group below them, who arguable only deserve some moral status, as pleasure is merely a preference to them, and they do not possess a subjective experience. ... " This group includes: non living things, plans, insects and molecules, thus all other animals arguably deserve moral consideration to some extent. ... " He concludes that despite animal face contortions or screams of pain (etcetera), our inference that they are experiencing displeasure is wrong, as pain behaviours ...

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In Aristotle's hierarchy of being, male humans occupied a place just next to the top, below angels but above female humans, slaves, and children. ... They treat these animals harshly and often these animals live in tightly packed living conditions and given antibiotics and hormones to fatten them up. ... They have been bred to profit factory farming for food and dairy products in horrendous and overcrowded living conditions. ...

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This means that there are about 68,872 people per square mile.6 Communities are also often based on common characteristics between the people living there. ... When a swarm of krill is found, one whale will swim below them and release a stream of bubbles in a circle around the pray. ...

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Due to the high and sophisticated state of the "Houyhnhm" civilization, he understands that he inferior to them, placing himself and human- kind below their benevolent society. ... Because of this, one would expect Gulliver to feel envious and inferior to the forever- living. ...

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Many of the ancient Latin cultures used masks to display their gods in living form;it was a way of paying homage to them while asking for a safe trip into the afterlife. ... Food on a grill is below them. ...

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Sexologist John Money draws the line between love and lust: "Love exists above the belt, lust below. ... People of similar natures would band together to share various skills, protection, food, and other such thing to enhance the possibility of living through another day. ...

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The different views are given below: Against: The Catholic Truth Society greatly oppose abortion, they give their reason as: "We have been created by the almighty God in his own image and likeness. ... According to the UK Pro-Life Campaign after conception a foetus is a living thing and its right to life should not be taken away by anyone, especially by its mother. ... It is for this reason that the "living will" has come into being in the United States as part of the right-to-die principle. ...

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Farming has been around since the 8000 B.C perhaps one of the most important inventions ever made Too many people are living on the plant presently, thanks to technology less people are dying due the quality of life that is improving, though its not directly related to malnutriention it's the speed of growth that is the cause of malnourshed and farming is the fuel that lets the population grow so fast. ... Now a days competition among farmers is ver intense which makes it hard to earn a living from farming. ... People who live in countries where contraceptives are legal with a in high ...

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For the first time the cloning of a whole human being seems really possible. It is absolutely necessary to consider the harm that can be done and move to curb abuses. Also, it is important to understand some of the theory underlying the desire to build a better human. The Ethical Downside of Cloning...

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