Category: Philosophy

What does it mean if something is byzantine? a : of, relating to, or characterized by a devious and usually surreptitious manner of operation a Byzantine power struggle. b : intricately involved : labyrinthine rules of Byzantine complexity. Byzantine. Definition of Byzantine (Entry 2 of 2) : a native or inhabitant of Byzantium. Why did […]

What is a Pollyanna girl? : a person characterized by irrepressible optimism and a tendency to find good in everything. What is the opposite of a Pollyanna? Antonyms & Near Antonyms for Pollyanna. cynic, defeatist, pessimist. What did Pollyanna say? “if God took the trouble to tell us eight hundred times to be glad and […]

What is moral decay in society? “Moral decay” is a term used to describe the decline or fall of the moral values of a civilization. This is debatable, since there is no way to directly measure the effect that specific moral codes have on the world as a whole and how changes in those moral […]

What is the same word of oppress? Some common synonyms of oppress are aggrieve, persecute, and wrong. While all these words mean “to injure unjustly or outrageously,” oppress suggests inhumane imposing of burdens one cannot endure or exacting more than one can perform. a people oppressed by a warmongering tyrant. What does it mean to […]

How long do advance directives last? Advance directives do not expire. An advance directive remains in effect until you change it. If you complete a new advance directive, it invalidates the previous one. You should review your advance directives periodically to ensure that they still reflect your wishes. Under what conditions are advance directives no […]

What does Sophy mean in Greek? Sophy means “wisdom” (from Greek “Σοφία”). What does Sophia mean in Greek? The Ancient Greek word Sophia (σοφία, sophía) is the abstract noun of σοφός (sophós), which variously translates to “clever, skillful, intelligent, wise”. In that work, the leaders of the proposed utopia are to be philosopher kings: rulers […]

What does it mean to treat someone as a mere means what does it mean to treat someone as an end in himself or herself? In the idiom of the article, to say that someone is treating another as a means or, equivalently, using him, implies in itself no moral disapproval. To say that someone […]

How do you write Rubaiyat? The poem is comprised of quatrains following an aaba rhyme pattern. Each successive quatrain picks up the unrhymed line as the rhyme for that stanza. So a three-stanza rubaiyat might rhyme so: aaba/bbcb/ccdc. Sometimes the final stanza, as in Frost’s example above, rhymes all four lines. What do you know […]

What are examples of analogous traits? For example, the wings of a fly, a moth, and a bird are analogous because they developed independently as adaptations to a common function—flying. The presence of the analogous structure, in this case the wing, does not reflect evolutionary closeness among the organisms that possess it. What does analogy […]

What is the pastoral? (Entry 1 of 2) 1a(1) : of, relating to, or composed of shepherds or herdsmen a pastoral people, seminomadic in their habits— J. M. Mogey. (2) : devoted to or based on livestock raising a pastoral economy. b : of or relating to the countryside : not urban a pastoral setting.. […]