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Food & Drink > Wine How to find cheap but good wines
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As much as we'd all love to have cellars stocked with $400 bottles of chardonnay, most of us cannot quite afford it. There is no reason however that we cannot enjoy good wine at a bargain price, all it takes is a little know-how, and a little luck.You have probably heard before now that cleanskin wines are the way to go. I ca... More..

Arts & Humanities > Ethics Is honesty really the best policy?
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The answer to the question of honesty largely depends on who you look to for philosophical guidance. Here we shall look at the two most influential philosophers on this subject in today's world, Fredrick Nietzsche and Emmanuel Kant.It is interesting to note, that these two figures take almost entirely opposite views on the su... More..

Arts & Humanities > Awareness & Reality Understanding the concept of reality
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What is reality? Can we be sure that all our experiences are "real"? How can we define "real"? What if everything we experience takes place only in our mind? Once we start considering these questions, we are exposed to infinite possibilities. We go through our lives without really thinking about it. What if we were to wake up... More..

Arts & Humanities > Philosophical Concepts Interpreting Plato's Cave
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As a student of philosophy, I have at one point spent the better part of a year studying Plato's cave analogy, along with my fellow students and several teachers as well as other interested parties. Eventually, after much arguing, pain, and resentment for the "dead Greek dude" as one of my classmates called him, we came to a ... More..

Education > Homework & Testing Can your child be hurt by too much homework?
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The suggestion that there is such a thing as too much homework is simply ludicrous. Homework is only going to hurt a child if they don't do it, because they will fall behind and struggle to keep up in class. As a year 12 VCE student (last year of high school) The amount of homework I have to do is well below what others have ... More..

Arts & Humanities > Ancient History Was the philosopher Socrates of Athens a hero?Smallicon
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As a student of philosophy, I can safely say that Socrates is one of my heroes. Of course, if one follows Sartre's doctrine of existence, that is enough to say that he must, therefore, be a hero the world over. However, as most are unhappy with the concept of being a part of my universe, I shall argue here the merits of my ca... More..

Arts & Humanities > Classical Literature & Mythology Greek mythology: Atlanta
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Atlanta was one of the greatest ancient Greek heroes. Her parentage is uncertain, but it is most widely accepted that she was the daughter of King Iasus and Clymene. Being female, she was taken into the wilderness at birth and left to die. Atlanta was a strong child however, and was raised by a bear as one of its cubs. As she... More..

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