Plato and Machiavelli‚ both take into account in their writings the power of the people in society‚ however‚ both have different ways of dealing with this unchecked power. Plato wants to establish a society‚ based upon his concept of logos that there is some forms of eternal common good‚ that need to be followed‚ so he wants to set up a Philosopher King‚ instead of a democracy. Machiavelli points out that regardless of the system in place the individual in charge needs to pay attention to the opinions
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Introduction to Hospitality 1 Introduction to Hospitality Manual on Module II Introduction to Hospitality (Fine-tuned version) 2 Introduction to Hospitality Contributors Dr Benny Chan‚ Hong Kong Community College‚ The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Mr Murray Mackenzie‚ School of Hotel & Tourism Management‚ The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and PSHE Section‚ Curriculum Development Institute. 3 Introduction to Hospitality Copyright © The Government of the Hong Kong Special
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The day of December 1‚ 2000 is a day I will never forget. It was a Friday. I was involved in a car accident that changed my view on life. The accident was the scariest experience I had ever had in my life. The day had started out too good to end the same. It was something about the day that didn’t sit right in my stomach. The day started out good‚ everyone woke up on the right side of the bed. Our daily routine wasn’t hectic like usual‚ there was usually an argument over the shower‚ comb
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T.S Eliot’s ‘ The Journey of the Magi ’ and Seamus Heaney’s ‘ A Found Poem’ both details a man questioning the role of belief. In ‘Magi’‚ the speaker is one of the three wise men experiencing an arduous journey. In the ‘ Found Poem‚’ the speaker questions his own loss of faith during the mass. Therefore‚ both poems display divinity and hardships. Both T.S Eliot’s ‘The Magi’ and Seamus Heaney’s ‘A Found Poem’ both explore the journeys physically and mentally of men who are struggling with faith.
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In the Wall Street Journal‚ Lost in Translation is an article about how language has influenced the way people view the world. Lera Boroditsky ask the public a question if language really shapes the way we speak without even noticing that our brain is even doing that. She explains that English language marks the verb tense‚ but that the Russian language marks the verb tense and describes the gender as well. In the Turkish language you would require the verb and the information to support the verb
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There are multiple methods of English language teaching. Ever since the invention of what some may argue to be the pioneering method in the field‚ the Grammar Translation Method (GTM)‚ various other methods have been devised‚ in order to try and overcome the limitations of their predecessors. It is well known that each method has its strengths and limitations. The degree to which the strengths catalyse‚ and the limitations impeding the learning process of the student‚ depends mostly on the student
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Lesson 35‚ 莊子秋水 (3) 河伯曰：「若物之外，若物之內，惡至而倪貴賤？惡至而倪小大？」北海若曰：「以道觀之，物無貴賤； The earl of the He said‚ ’Whether the subject be what is external in things‚ or what is internal‚ how do we come to make a distinction between them as noble and mean‚ and as great or small?’ Ruo of the Northern Sea replied‚ ’When we look at them in the light of the Dao‚ they are neither noble nor mean. 以物觀之，自貴而相賤：以俗觀之，貴賤不在己。以差觀之，因其所大而大之，則萬物莫不大；因其所小而小之，則萬物莫不小。 Looking at them in themselves‚ each thinks itself noble‚ and despises
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Lost and Found in Translating Tourist Texts Domesticating‚ Foreignising or Neutralising Approach He Sanning‚ Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology ABSTRACT Domesticating and foreignising strategies are popular in translation studies and each of them has its own advantages and disadvantages in translating tourist texts. The advantages for domesticating include maintaining the terseness of the text‚ obtaining the reader‘s understanding of the translated text‚ and gaining
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Gender issues found in Titanic *The difficulties facing Rose’s relationship with Jack. If the genders were reversed- Rose was a man‚ Jack a woman- there would have been little or no comment about a man of high social class in a sexual relationship with a woman of low social class‚ provided he was discrete and didn’t attempt to marry her. It would have even been expected to a degree‚ "Sowing wild oats" as the saying goes. *Rose expected to marry‚ and the view that marriage was her only legitimate
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Literary Translation as a Creative Act Literary translation implies the translation of all genres of literature‚ which include prose‚ drama and poetry. Literature is described as ’an apparently nebulous body of knowledge in oral or written form‚ an imitation of life‚ which reflects civilization and culture‚ and which covers every angle of human activities-culture‚ tradition‚ entertainment‚ information among others.’ It is one of the great creative and universal means of communicating the emotional
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