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Aristotle: A Comprehensive View On Nature And Society
Words: 1198 - Pages: 5.... a substance is a “this”, not a
qualification or a 'such' (which stresses individuality); a substance has no
contraries to it (there are no opposites of a substance); a substance does not
admit more or less (there are not degrees of a substance); and a substance can
admit contraries while remaining numerically one.
In the Physics, Aristotle addresses that which constitutes Natural
Objects as substances. He states that all Natural Substances consist of both
form and matter. Matter is that out of which the substance arises and form is
that into which the matter develops. In building a table, the wood, nails, etc.,
are the matter, .....
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Sickle Cell Anemia
Words: 827 - Pages: 4.... gets clogged up it can causes a stroke because oxygen can't flow. Most Americans who have are of African descent. The disease also affects Americans from the Caribbean, Central America, and parts of South America, Turkey, Greece, Italy, the Middle East and East India. Since is an inherited disease if both parents have the trait for sickle cell, their baby's chances of having sickle cell disease is one in four.
Many doctors are trying to find cures for this disease by trying the solution on patients. Doctors at Emory University and University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Chicago. Doctors in Emory University in Atlanta c .....
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Donnellan On Attribution And Reference Idiolects
Words: 966 - Pages: 4.... to refer to something, and call this use the referential use of a definite description.”2
Donnellan asserts that there are two uses of definite descriptions that he will call the attributive use and the referential use. A speaker exercising the attributive use of definite descriptions asserts something about “whoever or whatever is the so-and-so”, whereas a speaker using a definite description referentially enables his audience to choose or decide whom or whatever he is talking about and asserts something in lieu of that person or thing.
...To assert something about whatever or whoever fits that description; but in the referent .....
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Homeless 2
Words: 957 - Pages: 4.... involved in creating a policy to help better homeless people.
The main policy the government should enforce is allowing for a proportionate tax to be placed on people. In the United States alone there are over 250 million people living in homes. The government should make it so every month each household must pay a dollar per person living in that residence. The money made from this should be given to the poor in forms of programs and financial aid. Another way the government can help better the homeless people is to tax people according to how much money they earn. If a person makes over a certain level of income then the government .....
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Risk Taking
Words: 975 - Pages: 4.... which risks are
acceptable. One could say, for example, that the only acceptable risk is one
for which the odds of success are greater than the odds of failure. Another
definition of acceptable risk might be a risk that does not harm one's future.
We might also say that the only acceptable risk is one where the aggregate
happiness is increased, thus increasing the moral good of the risk, an idea
which is based on John Stuart Mill's Utilitarianism. Finally, we might define a
morally good risk in a Kantian way by saying that the only acceptable risk is
one which is rationally thought out (Thomas, lecture).
Now that we have severa .....
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The Advantages Of American Educational System
Words: 489 - Pages: 2.... with this trademark. According to this system,
children can learn effectively only when they are allowed to explore freely with
their ideas, "without this they will not really be able to think or believe in
themselves" . When children are forced to memorize some materials, they will
remember the materials for a few days. However, they would have forgotten
everything after a summer vacation. On the other hand, when children are
allowed to think of their own ways of learning the concepts, they will tend to
remember them longer and apply them appropriately since they are their own ideas.
In addition to promoting freedom, the American .....
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Heroes-A Definitive Essay
Words: 775 - Pages: 3.... heroes in my opinion. Policemen and firemen are at times classified as heroes. Until they prove themselves they are just ordinary people. The title heroic is not given by occupation, rather by achievement.
So what exactly is a hero? Parents are true heroes. Most parental units sacrifice time, money, love and everything else for their children. When times are tough good parents do all they can to make things better for their children. Mothers and fathers often work two jobs, late at night, or on weekends to provide for their kids. My mom is always there for me when I am sick, telling me she wishes she were the sick one. She als .....
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Religion In Media
Words: 1534 - Pages: 6.... has written, “is the most powerful tool of communication ever devised by man. Each of my prime time ‘specials’ is now carried by nearly 300 stations across the U.S. and Canada, so that in a single telecast I preach to millions more than Christ did in his lifetime.” (Postman, 118). Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World” sets forth the notion that religion is a bad thing, and that it only leads to problems.
“But if you know about God, why don’t you tell them?”
asked the Savage indignantly. “Why don’t you give them
these books about God?”
“For the same r .....
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Land Of Canada
Words: 595 - Pages: 3.... history. The richness of our soil, adequate watering from the great rivers, and the paramount of our mountains attract thousands of tourists to visit our country each year. As a Canadian, I personally take pride in all those little things that make up our country. One of the most vivid and memorable memory of this, was my 15th birthday. A day that I spent watching the sunset at Stanley Park.
Endless miles of pure salt water stretches along the summer night skies. The edges surrounded by golden brown sand topped with decorative shells of all sorts. Mountains could be mistaken for beautiful paintings because of their misty, smooth, and op .....
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A Case Study In Diversity India And Romania
Words: 1077 - Pages: 4.... culture and country to interested people, and to p ‚rovide access to the atmosphere of ‘home’ for any people not living in their own country, be it India or Romania. Visually, each site is very different. Virtual Romania is very flashy, with lots of photos, java and shiny banners, and it is set up in a four frame format - very pushy. In contrast, SAWNET is much better organized, with lost of eye-easy ‘white-space’ and culturally representative yet simple graphics. I have yet to decide if this is indicative of a cultural influence, or simply gender-biased. Both sites are several years old - in fact, Virtual R .....
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