noticing here that he pre-assumes that the soul exists‚ so his central argument is not about whether the soul exists‚ but whether it is immortal. One of his arguments is that the soul is invincible‚ and invincible things can’t be destroyed‚ so the soul is immortal. I shall explain more fully this argument in the next paragraph. Then I shall offer my objection on his premise that invincible things can’t be destroyed‚ and thus how his argument of the immortality of the soul is invaid. Socrates starts by making
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Bhullar 1 Aziz Bhullar" Jaqueline Seydel" English 10" 29 May 2014 " The Survival of Tomiko Higa" " Tomiko Higa is the author of the book The Girl With the White Flag. The book depicts the realities of war through the eyes of the protagonist‚ who is a little girl known as Tomiko. Tomiko lives on the island of Okinawa and resides with her family. When the war of Okinawa starts‚ she is separated from her family and struggles to survive. She has to forage for food‚ shelter‚ and her lost
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Hamlet Argument #3 In the upcoming movie‚ The Tragedy of Hamlet‚ actors are required to compete against each other for the main role of Hamlet. In this challenging competition‚ the actors appearance‚ personality‚ and background will also be used as one of the qualifications. Denzel Washington‚ a man with great potential‚ competes against Bruce Willis‚ a wise and hard-cracking man for the leading role of Hamlet. These two famous actors believe they have the qualifications to act; but‚ they do not
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In his work "The Law of Nations or the Principles of Natural Law" Emer de Vattel uses authoritative appeals which express his views to the reader that in an international society of sovereign states‚ each state has certain undeniable rights and duties to which they are obligated. He states that in the law of nature men have mutual duties to assist one another. Since men are incapable of providing sufficient for themselves to improve their state of being‚ they must therefore "work together for the
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Teleological Argument Examine the key ideas and strengths of the design argument for the existence of God? The design argument is also known as the teleological argument. The word teleological has its root in the Greek word telos‚ meaning purpose or order .It attempts to prove Gods existence by using the posteriori argument‚ based on observations or an experiences. “What could be more clear or obvious when we look up to the sky and contemplate the heavens‚ than there is some divinity or
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of himself. However‚ doping in sports is more beneficial to the individual and the economy than it is detrimental. As a result‚ the government should remove the punishments and bans associated with doping in sports and legalize steroid use‚ with specific limitations thus leaving the final decision up to the athletes. Before performance-enhancing drugs were used as a way to become stronger and faster for competition‚ they were used for medicinal uses. “The first therapeutic use of steroids occurred
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John Self English 101 Prof. DC 4/4/2014 Should We Have Homework Ok class don’t forget the homework that’s due next class. Homework. The word that almost every child hates along with what its connected to. Homework assignments refers to tasks assigned to students by their teachers to be completed outside of class. Homework isn’t as well accomplished as people might think. Students or children should not have homework because it can cause depression. Teachers and parents rather have their
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since the beginning of mankind. Currently‚ there are only thirteen states that do not enforce the death penalty; meaning over half of the nation agrees with it. To this day‚ this subject remains very controversial. The main opposing view in this argument is that the death penalty is immoral; claiming that it under values human life. Also‚ many people with religious view oppose capital punishment because their religion preaches against the killing of any human being. Is seems this is an issue in which
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Writing Assignment Number 2: The Ontological Argument Through the ontological argument‚ Anselm seeks to prove that God exists and he attempts to refute the fool who says in his heart that there is no God. This fool has two important characteristics: he understands the claim that God exists and he does not believe that God exists. Gaunilo plays the role of the “fool” and challenges Anselm’s ontological argument. I will argue that Anselm’s response to Gaunilo’s attack is not adequate
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that her family owns guns and does not want to give them up fully either. The NRA statement tries to build up its ethos in the beginning of the article by explaining their reasons for holding off on making a statement. They could have improved their argument by keeping their ethos up throughout the entire statement instead of just touch and go. Pathos is used extremely well in both of these articles‚ but with a topic like gun violence that is kind of a given. With Giffords being shot‚ she has a different
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