TimaeusBy Plato Written 360 B.C.E Translated by Benjamin Jowett Persons of the Dialogue-SOCRATES- CRITIAS- TIMAEUS- HERMOCRATES Socrates. One, two, three; but where, my dear Timaeus, is the fourth of those who were yesterday my guests and are to be my entertainers to-day? Timaeus. He...
The MeditationsBy Marcus Aurelius Written 167 A.C.E.Translated by George Long Book One From my grandfather Verus I learned good morals and the government of my temper. From the reputation and remembrance of my father, modesty and a manly character. From my mother, piety and beneficence, and...
Careers within the health care industry are expected to expand into a record number of job opportunities. Health care careers dominate eight of the top ten highest paying occupations and offer a variety of employment possibilities with ample salaries. During May 2009, the U.S. Bureau of Labor...
It is not uncommon to hear people complain about the cost of medication today. Wherever you are in the world, the price of medicine is always an issue. Of course, there are countries where medicine may be cheaper than in other places, but in general, medication comes at a price. This is especially...
Paul of TarsusSaul of Tarsus, a.k.a. Paul the Apostle, Paul of Tarsus [?-65 c.e.] was a Hellenistic Jew and student of Gamaliel the Elder who served as enforcer for the Pharisaic Sanhedrin against the apostate Christian sect following the crucifixion of Jesus. Around 33 c.e. he experienced a dramatic...
Those born between 1964 to the late 1970s in the United Sates and Canada, are usually referred to as Generation X. The meaning is also sometimes watered down to include those who were in their twenties during that time. The Baby Boomers generation after the Second World War preceded Generation X...
General damages is a type of legal term which is used in situations where monetary retribution is sought for damages which cannot be priced in any conventional way
HARRISON BERGERONby Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. THE YEAR WAS 2081, and everybody was finally equal. They weren't only equal before God and the law. They were equal every which way. Nobody was smarter than anybody else. Nobody was better looking than anybody else. Nobody was stronger or quicker than anybody...
Image: Eddie Adams Popular photography as we know it was presented to the public in the 1840s. It was proposed as the ultimate portrayal of reality and the eternal confinement of history - unlike art or prose, photographs are not easily altered. They have been used to depict the terrors and truths...
The Baby Boomers, the Me Generation, Gen X, Gen Y, and now Gen Z. Each generation that comes is given a very convenient label, not because labels are cool (okay, it kinda is) but because these labels actually describe that generation -- and to an uncanny degree. The “Me” Generation was really...
