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    Teacher Name Subject Date Interrelation of Knowledge and Intuition The Problem with Philosophy is a book written by Bertrand Russell that revolves around the different aspects of philosophy. It deals with the various principles and truths that prevail in the field of philosophy and in one of the chapters, Russell sheds light on the knowledge of truths. In Chapter 13, Russell discusses that it is the mind of a person who determines whether what he heard is true or false. He states that not all of our

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    Timothy Ferris Fallacies

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    Robert Frost once said “By working faithfully eight hours a day, you may eventually get to be a boss and work twelve hours a day”(Frost). In his book, Timothy Ferriss educates his readers on how working less is more. He tells his readers the story on how he quit his job, but is now living his best life yet. From winning a National Championship to traveling to a different country every few weeks, Ferriss has an elaborate lifestyle. He uses this book to share how he got where he is today. With the

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    Everyone defines success differently, but it is an achievement everyone strives for. John Wooden was notorious for his achievement as a basketball coach, and his philosophies on success. The movie “Hoosiers” is a great story of an underdog team that won a championship with all the odds against them. Like most people, I have also found success in my life in numerous events. John Wooden, a renowned basketball coach is quoted for his motto, “Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction

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    The 2000 film Gladiator, produced by Douglas Wick, David Franzoni, and Branko Lustig through Scott Free Productions and Red Wagon Entertainment, is based on the Ancient World and radically compressed the chronology of the Emperor Commodus’ reign. The film’s director, Ridley Scott, conveys his best work on the historical events as accurately and entertaining as be possibly could. Gladiator the movie is about seeking revenge and fulfilling the dying wish of Emperor Marcus Aurelius. Roman Empire was

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    Gladiator is a film about Maximus, a soldier of Rome that is forced into the gladiator arena after the emperor, Marcus Aurelius, is killed. This film follows the Hero’s Journey almost perfectly. Maximus encounters some form of all but a couple stages of the Hero’s Journey. The first phase of the Hero’s journey is departure, when the hero transitions from one world to another. The first stage in this phase is the call to adventure, which is when Maximus is asked by Marcus Aurelius to be the next

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    Willy Russell, a famous playwright presents this two character dramatic piece following the story of Susan White, a 26 year old working class woman, with a passion for education and self-discovery. She strives to be a certified member of the middle class, believing that education is the key to gaining more choices in life. By changing her name to ’Rita’, after the author Rita Mae Brown, she hopes to breach the limitations of her class, and progress further with the help of her tutor Frank, under

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    Bertrand Russell a British Philosopher, logician, Essayist and a social critic was born on 18 May, 1872 at Montmouthsid. He belonged to a popular aristocratic family. He was grandson of Lord john Russell, who had twice served as Prime Minister under Queen Victoria. He was first Educated at home and then was sent to Trinity College, Cambridge where he obtained first class degree in Mathematics and Philosophy, later on he started teaching at the same college. His major works in mathematics includes

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    Philosophy and Its Importance Doing philosophy as many philosophers demonstrate over time and in the present is to simply question the understanding of what is known and not known or accepted and unaccepted. This is to say, that philosophers must question all aspects of life and all the surrounding dimensions of the world. In doing so, the philosopher is trying to grasp a firmer or different understanding of the truth that is either presently or not presently known; whether comforting or not comforting

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    A Beautiful Mind was the film that changed my life. It is biographical drama film based on the life of John Nash (Mathematician), a Nobel Laureate in Economics. A Beautiful Mind was directed by Ron Howard, starting Russell Crowe as John Nash and Jennifer Connelly as his wife (Alicia Nash). The film starts off with John Nash (Crowe) at Princeton University, who was there for scholarship of mathematics alongside with other well respected classmates. John Nash (Crowe) was pressured to get publish

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    The Man with a Mission, Mitchell Stephens Sometimes there is a situation that one is dragged in to, such as some type of accident. For example, Mitchell Stephens is one of the narrators in “The Sweet Hereafter” by Russell Banks. In his side of the story, he is a lawyer from New York who heard about a bus accident in Sam Dent where ten children died in a bus crash. Mitchell is also the one lawyer representing Risa Walker and her husband in a negligence suit that financially compensated them for the

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