English, 08.01.2020 17:31 justincsh7238
What comment does the author make through the analogy at the end of this paragraph? great geniuses have the shortest biographies. their cousins can tell you nothing about them. they lived in their writings, and so their house and street life was trivial and commonplace. if you would know their tastes and complexions, the most admiring of their readers most resembles them. plato, especially, has no external biography. if he had lover, wife, or children, we hear nothing of them. he ground them all into paint. as a good chimney burns its smoke, so a philosopher converts the value of all his fortunes into his intellectual performances. (from representative men by ralph waldo emerson) plato did not want to have a family or a significant role in society. plato's obsession with philosophy was a major impediment to his social life. the ideas that philosophers expound are the most notable aspects of their lives. philosophers essentially think alike despite the differences in their fortunes.
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English, 21.06.2019 22:30, byrdkellykellybyrd
Read the movie summary. two rival magicians compete for fame and success in edwardian london. when their bitter feud begins to escalate, they each resort to more and more dangerous tricks to try to outdo the other, ultimately placing the lives and sanity of those around them in jeopardy. based on this summary, the film is most likely a(n)
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English, 22.06.2019 09:10, paytonpaige22
What contradictory idea is kafka bringing up about his relationship with his relationship with his father in this passage from letter to his father
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What comment does the author make through the analogy at the end of this paragraph? great geniuses...
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