In Praise of Shadows

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    every living thing. This collective unconscious is evident in an individual’s personality, which is comprised of five separate personalities blended together; these are called archetypes. In Jungian psychology, there are five different archetypes: the shadow, anima, animus, persona and the wise old man or mana-personality. Each influences a different aspect of one’s personality. These influences vary from one individual to another depending upon the dominance of each archetype. In the play

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    behind them. Behind the prisoners is a fire and a raised walkway for people to walk on. The people on the walkway are carrying objects that give off shadows for the prisoners down below. The prisoners naturally assume the shadows to be real. The shadows are thought to be so real, that whichever prisoner can identify a shadow the best receives praise. Then the allegory proposes a question, what would occur if one of the prisoners should be released? Should the freed prisoner turn his head to look

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    character even means anymore. Every individual has a different perceptive and outlook on the delineation of character and their own thoughts on what Godly character looks like. Abraham Lincoln stated, “Character is like a tree and reputation its shadow. The shadow is what we think it is and the tree is the real thing” (Linclon, n.d.). Character is not merely making the best choices when everyone is looking or when no one else

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    reflected as a hero… but I know that my heroic act was rather a dirty job” (Davies 79). One can see he struggles with the concept of being a hero, while actually examining himself as a man who did what anyone would do to survive in war, who gets undue praise from it. Psychologically, he struggles to comprehend his act on a higher level because of his insistence on being Fifth Business, which states he is not a hero nor a villain. He is continuously torn between the notion that society needs heroes,

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    years has thoroughly convinced me logically, emotionally, and practically of His existence moreover the Bible. To logically be convinced of Christianity was a struggle growing up. Ever since I could remember I questioned the legitimacy of Christ. Praise the Lord that He had me grow up in the church that I’m still at. Edmond Faith Bible is known as more logically based than emotionally, neither are bad in my opinion. Furthermore, growing up in doubt, the church was making the soil ready in my heart

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    fit to rule as kings to the cities because of their political greatness and wisdom which stems from their knowledge of the intelligible realm. Through the allegory of the cave, Socrates enhances his argument that the people inside looking at the shadows are constrained within their own understanding in the perceptual and physical realm. In comparison, true philosophers have a greater sense of truth and understanding from their knowledge of the world outside the cave. Ultimately, true philosophers

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    a blank wall. Behind them is a wall of fire with a partition that various objects are placed and manipulated by another group of people. These shadows are the only action that they ever see. They can only talk to the surrounding prisoners, and watch the puppet show on the wall in front of them. Naturally, the prisoners come to believe that the shadows on the wall in front of them are

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    Curtis Cui The artist I want to describe actually deserves his fame and praise the world gives him. He is so unique that we could not stop thinking about his special mustache, his handsome appearance, and of course, his marvelous talent. He is Dali, my favorite artist all over the world. As an art student in Madrid and Barcelona, Dali assimilated a vast number of artistic styles and displayed unusual technical facility as a painter. Most importantly, he rejected to follow the rules docilely and appeared

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    The Republic by Plato

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    to be a negative thing in terms of power, as seen clearly in the Melian Dialogue. Honor distracts those who desire it from the true and important things in the world. “Consider if there had been any honors, praises, or prizes among them for the one who was sharpest at identifying the shadows as they passed by and who remembered which usually came earlier, which later, and which simultaneously and who could thus best divine the future” , they prefer the comfort and superiority held in the cave. Once

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    be virtuous at all times because it would not be in the best interest of the people. Machiavelli received much criticism from this suggestion, but he saw nothing wrong with it. To Machiavelli, the definition of virtue was anything that receives praise from others

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