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“Medea” by the Ancient Greek Playwright Euripides and Aristotle
Aristotle
Medea
What are Aristotle’s 3 unities? Define each. How does each show up in Medea? The 3 unities of Aristotle are the three factors that he claims in his treatise of Poetics as to the rules to create true drama. These 3 factors are the unity of action, which necessitates that the drama should have one…
Critical and Creative Thinking
Concept
Critical Thinking
Education
Educational psychology
Teacher
In today’s world, the importance of critical thinking and creative thinking is on the rise. Critical thinking helps us gain a clearer and more precise understanding of difficult concepts, thereby facilitating comprehension of various situations. Independent judgments based on experience and knowledge are essential in everyday life. Without critical thinking skills, each situation would have…
Edward Snowden Kantian Ethics
Ethics
Kant
This has raised multiple ethical issues ranging from national security, information privacy and the ethics behind whistleblowing in general. The reach and impact of these leaks have gone global and have put in question the very overnment that protects us as well as the extent Of the public’s rights on privacy. Various foreign governments have…
Existentialism vs Essentialism
Absurdism
Existentialism
A belief that things have a set of characteristics that make them what they are, & that the task of science and philosophy is their discovery & expression; the doctrine that essence is prior to existence While, philosophical theory or approach, that emphasizes the existence of the individual person as a free & responsible agent,…
Argument Against Divine Command Theory
Ethics
Morality
Soul
Russ Shafer-Landau presents an argument against the divine command theory. To understand this argument, it is necessary to grasp the concept of divine command theory. The theory posits the existence of one God and asserts that moral uncertainties are eliminated due to this belief. Additionally, divine command theory emphasizes that correct actions are determined by…
Summary of Thomas Hobbes “Self-Love”.
Love
Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes opens with the idea that all animals live within two sets of perpetual motion. The first being the inborn nature of animals to breath, the pulse and course of blood, the acquiring of nutrition and the exertion that follows, his vital motions. The second animal motions are voluntary, to speak, move and go….
Classroom observation summary
Classroom
Observation
a.Site description, including number of children observed The preschool classroom I visited provides an educational environment for children from twelve months to about two years of age, The curriculum is designed for the growth and development of these 50 children by applying developmentally appropriate activities. The learning through play, exploration and discovery are vey…
Karl Marx: The Proletarians Have Nothing to Lose but Their Chains
Capitalism
Karl Marx
Social Class
Karl Marx firmly believed that society is comprised of two opposing social classes. These are no other than the bourgeoisie and the proletariat. The two are in constant struggle against each other. The conflict between the two has been going on for years and until now, the success of the proletariat on the global level…
An Analysis of What We Really Miss About the 1950s by Stephanie Coontz
Aesthetics
Hope
Optimism
January 2013 What We Really Miss About the 1950s Summary In What We Really Miss About the 1950s, author Stephanie Coontz explores the infatuation that many Americans have with the 1950s and attempts to set the record straight regarding the various positives and negatives that are associated with the decade. She begins by explaining that…
Explain Plato’s Form of the Good
Knowledge
Logic
Plato
Explain Plato’s Form of the Good Plato held the belief that the world we perceive is not real and that the ordinary things we see are mere imperfect copies of the true essence behind them. He posited that every material object and abstract idea, like beauty, has an ideal version that exists beyond the earthly…