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- Opening Brooklyn follies
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FREEDOM, LEISURE AND EDUCATION
leisured people voluntarily abandon themselves to a servitude of amusement and social duties, more pointless tban work and often quite as arduous. Consider another point often insisted upon by the prophets of Utopia. "Travel", they say (and with reason), "is a liberal education. Freedom to travel bas been a privllege reserved to the rich. Leisure, with cheap and rapid transport, will make this privilege accessible to ali. Therefore ali will re...
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La valeur dans la pensée économique du xixème siècle.
Cependant, pour Ricardo, le travail n’est pas l’unique source de valeur puisque la rareté détermine elle aussi la valeur de certains biens. Il en découle la classification par Ricardo des biens en deux catégories distinctes : les biens dont la valeur provient de la rareté (ex : oeuvres d’art) et qui ne sont pas reproductibles, et les biens reproductibles dont la valeur provient de la quantité de travail incorporée, soit directe (heures de travail) ou indirectes (durée cr...
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BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS
do. PART II: JE explains why he decided to write thisantismoking article to launch his antismoking campaign/crusade. The answerisquite clear, 18 month before he was diagnosed with throat cancer (l.27)although he is still alive, he's had an operation,which has deprived him ofmore of his larynx. He calls himself "maimed". All of a sudden he has decidedto become a goodboy. God gone was the bad boy image. He goes to church, he hasbecome a family man and wants to see his 4 boys grow up, hehas made a...
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SAVOIR PRESENTER SON TEXTE
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advantages on the other hand. - He objects to, protests against... / He puts forward an idea, and develops it - He presents, provides the reader with a wide range of examples, views of... - He awakens, arouses, excites, compels, stimulates the interest. - He reports, treats, deals with a large number of cases... - He manages (fails) to bring his subject, the period alive. - He succeeds in bringing... in conveying to the reader - He relies on particular devices to achieve his aim (effects, aims)....
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English
typical elements to define a style. Hairs can be read, blue, blond or black, it can be long, short, curly, straight or it can be a crest. About what it concerns the behavior, people can be excited, funny, stiff or run wild, impossible is nothing. Instead of copying what is shown in the newspapers, or in fashion magazines, creating your own style is like you have to mix what you've seen. Then, thanks to your personality, your liking and your opinions, you change it. Then, the « classi...
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classique (école), ÉCONOMIE : courant de pensée dominant en Grande-Bretagne entre
1750 et 1870, et dont l'objet principal était l'explication des phénomènes économiques à
partir des mouvements du taux de profit.
L'école classique aujourd'hui. Après une longue éclipse due au triomphe du marginalisme après 1870, puis au déplacement de l'attention vers l'analyse keynésienne après 1936, l'école classique a été redécouverte en 1960 sous l'impulsion de Piero Sraffa (1898-1983). Une reformulation rigoureuse de la théorie de Ricardo a permis de critiquer la théorie marginaliste du capital et de reprendre l'analyse économique en privilégiant la question du taux de profit. Cette approche, surtout vivante en Itali...
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Walras Léon Marie Esprit, 1834-1910, né à Évreux (Eure), économiste français.
François Quesnay (pour l'interdépendance), Jean-Baptiste Say (pour l'entrepreneur) et Antoine Augustin Cournot (pour la mathématisation), Walras fut ignoré dans son pays jusque dans les années cinquante. Ses disciples italiens, Enrico Barone et Vilfredo Pareto, contribuèrent à la renommée de l'école de Lausanne en Europe, mais c'est seulement à la fin des années trente que, sous l'influence de John Hicks, le marginalisme de Walras supplanta l'approche anglo-saxonne issue de Stanl...
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WHY I'M NOT WHERE YOU ARE 5/21/63
To my unborn child:
point at,"The regular, please," orperhaps, "AndIwouldn't saynotosomething sweet,"whenmyonly friend, Mr.Richter, suggested, "Whatifyou tried tomake asculpture again?What's theworst thingthatcould happen?" Ishuffled halfway into thefilled book: "I'mnotsure, butit'slate." Iwent through hundreds ofbooks, thousands ofthem, theywere allover the apartment, Iused them asdoorstops andpaperweights, Istacked themifIneeded toreach something, Islid them under thelegs ofwobbly tables,Iused them astrivets andc...
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Dictionnaire en ligne:
DÉCRIÉ, -ÉE, participe passé et adjectif.
d?crier D?CRIER, verbe transitif. A.? Vieux. D?fendre par cri, le cours, l'usage de quelque chose; en particulier annoncer publiquement la d?valuation ou la suppression de certaines monnaies. Remarque?: Attest? dans Dictionnaire de l'Acad?mie Fran?aise 1798-1878. B.? D?truire par des paroles le cr?dit de quelqu'un, de quelque chose. 1. [Le compl?ment d'objet direct d?signe une personne] Nuire ? la r?putation de quelqu'un, lui faire perdre son autorit? morale?: ? Mon amie, ma tendre et...
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From Bulfinch's Mythology: Cadmus - anthology.
Milton, describing the serpent which tempted Eve, is reminded of the serpents of the classical stories and says: … '—pleasing was his shape, And lovely: never since the serpent kindLovelier; not those that in Illyria changedHermione and Cadmus, nor the godIn Epidaurus.' Source: Bulfinch, Thomas. Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable, The Age of Chivalry, Legends of Charlemagne. New York: Random House, 1934.
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Belief and knowledge
know that it is the case. There are two advantages to this. First, when we accept that something is the case, we do so for a purpose, and the relevant purpose for epistemic agents is the pursuit of truth. When we believe (or harbour a conviction) we need not have any such purpose. So the use of 'acceptance' rather than 'conviction' helps us keep in sight the goal-oriented nature of epistemic agents. Second, a belief (and conviction) can be the product of entirely irrational factors, such as...
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Excerpt from Our Mutual Friend - anthology.
The Podsnaps lived in a shady angle adjoining Portman Square. They were a kind of people certain to dwell in the shade, wherever they dwelt. Miss Podsnap's lifehad been, from her first appearance on this planet, altogether of a shady order; for, Mr Podsnap's young person was likely to get little good out of association withother young persons, and had therefore been restricted to companionship with not very congenial older persons, and with massive furniture. Miss Podsnap's earlyviews of life be...
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Micro-économie
Introduction : Dans l’analyse économique, c’est la
A) Crime et discrimination. B) Education et famille. II) Coup de tonnerre et coup d'éclat : Freakonomics et Superfreakonomics (Levitt-Dubner) A) Le sillage de Becker Où sont passés les criminels ? Mandeville justifié par l'économie expérimentale (List) B) Economie et religion : Entre la tentation et le salut : Blaise Pascal revisité (Barro-Cameron) III)Le Public Choice ou le renversement du paradigme dominant du Welfare State A) Aux...
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AcheLouspALAmedes
nation. Il en découle un deuxième aspect de la contrainte extérieure : les marges de manœuvres des politiques économiques sont écoule réduites. Prenons l'exemple d'un gouvernement qui cherche à réduire le chômage en relançant l'économie par une augmentation des dépenses publiques et une reprise de la consommation et de l'investissement grâce à une baisse des ntation taux d'intérêt. On peut craindre que sa politique échoue. En effet, la relance risque d'être inflationniste, la demande...
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Définition:
EXCÉDER, verbe transitif.
destinés à influer sur cette valeur [des métaux précieux] , excèdent toute prévoyance humaine (JEAN-BAPTISTE SAY, Traité d'économie politique, 1832, page 341 ). La notion d'un équilibre méditerranéen tantôt rompu, tantôt rétabli, notion qui excède le domaine de l'histoire politique (PAUL VALÉRY, Regards sur le monde actuel, 1931, page 321) : Ø 2. L'indicible n'est pas seulement individuel comme l'a cru surtout le romantisme; il peut être éprouvé aussi par tout un groupe humain, une collectivité...
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From Uncle Tom's Cabin - anthology.
the evils of slavery from sketches like these, is not the half that could be told, of the unspeakable whole. In the northern states, these representations may, perhaps, be thought caricatures; in the southern states are witnesses who know their fidelity. What personalknowledge the author has had, of the truth of incidents such as here are related, will appear in its time. It is a comfort to hope, as so many of the world's sorrows and wrongs have, from age to age, been lived down, so a ti...
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english history
He was a Scottish moral philosopher and a pioneer of political economics. Smith studied social philosophy at the University of Glasgow and the University of Oxford. Smith obtained a professorship at Glasgow teaching moral philosophy. Smith returned home and spent the ten years writing The Wealth of Nations , publishing it in 1776. He became famous for this book, which had a profound influence on modern economics and concepts of individual free...
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HISTOIRE DE KEYNE BRITISH
He was a Scottish moral philosopher and a pioneer of political economics. Smith studied social philosophy at the University of Glasgow and the University of Oxford. Smith obtained a professorship at Glasgow teaching moral philosophy. Smith returned home and spent the ten years writing The Wealth of Nations , publishing it in 1776. He became famous for this book, which had a profound influence on modern economics and concepts of individual free...
- Résumé de la pensée économique
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Dictionnaire en ligne:
ÉQUIVALENT, -ENTE, adjectif et substantif masculin.
Charles Pléssis. 1968, page 71) : Ø 4. Un homme est un individu (...) dont le mode d'existence est trop différent de celui d'une cellule (...) pour qu'il puisse jouer un rôle équivalent, et qu'une association d'hommes ressemble à une association de cellules. RAYMOND RUYER, Esquisse d'une philosophie de la structure, 1930, page 95. C.— [En parlant d'une chose abstraite] Qui ne présente pas de différence, qui est au même degré d'extension dans deux choses. 1. [Chose abstraite désignant une quan...
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"Which was this.
was good. It'seasy tobe emotional. Youcanalways makeascene. Remember meeight months ago?Thatwaseasy." "It didn't sound easy.""Itwas simple. Highsandlows make youfeel that things matter, butthey're nothing." "Sowhat's something?" "Beingreliable issomething. Beinggood." "And what about thekey?" "Atthe end ofhis letter hewrote, 'Ihave something foryou. Inthe blue vase, onthe shelf in the bedroom, isakey. Itopens asafe-deposit boxatour bank. Ihope you'll understand whyIwanted youtohave it.'" "And? W...
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hAdsAcheLous
de Sparte Archidamos entreprend de ravager l'Attique. La population se replie à Athènes. Les campagnards affluent dans la ville, et doivent se débrouiller pour trouver un logement. On leur dresse des tentes dans l'espace protégé des longs murs qui relient aux Pirée. Paysans supportent mal cet exil. Se sentent coupables de sacrilèges en abandonnant leur terre. On néglige de surcroît le culte des morts. L'évacuation n'a cependant qu'un caractère saisonnier. Les paysans reviennent sur leurs...
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Excerpt from The Two Gentlemen of Verona - anthology.
JULIA. Is he among these? HOST. Ay; but, peace! Let’s hear 'em. SONG:Who is Silvia? What is she,That all our swains commend her?Holy, fair, and wise is she;The heaven such grace did lend her,That she might admirèd be. Is she kind as she is fair?For beauty lives with kindness.Love doth to her eyes repair,To help him of his blindness;And, being helped, inhabits there. Then to Silvia let us singThat Silvia is excelling;She excels each mortal thingUpon the dull earth dwelling.To her let us garlands...
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Dictionnaire en ligne:
ENTREPRISE, substantif féminin.
jeunes gens sont à craindre, lui semblait exagérée [à de Géry] . ALPHONSE DAUDET, Le Nabab, 1877, page 163. B.— ÉCONOMIE. 1. Mise en oeuvre de capitaux et d'une main-d'oeuvre salariée en vue d'une production ou de services déterminés : Ø 9.... « jamais gouvernement n'a été aussi favorable au développement de toutes les facultés actives, ni à faire naître, à exciter cette énergie qui conduit également aux spéculations du commerce et à celles des manufactures et des défrichemens. La surface des...
- Les grands courants de la pensée économique
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To have a conscience involves being conscious of the moral quality
ends up doing the right thing. Talk of a ‘perverted' conscience may mean that a person's ultimate convictions are judged to be perverse, as in the first strand identified; or that their capacity to know good from evil, in general or in the particular case, has been distorted or corrupted. Building on the above, we may note a third emphasis in the idea of conscience, to do with the care, intensity and frequency with which someone examines the moral credentials of their desires, feelings,...
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Excerpt from All's Well That Ends Well - anthology.
SECOND LORD. Do not say so. COUNTESS. Think upon patience. Pray you, gentlemenI have felt so many quirks of joy and griefThat the first face of neither on the start soCan woman meun to't. Where is my son, I pray you! SECOND LORD. Madam, he's gone to serve the Duke of Florence.We met him thitherward, for thence we came,And, after some dispatch in hand at court,Thither we bend again. HELENA. Look on his letter, madam: here's my passport.(She reads the letter aloud)“When thou canst get the ring upo...
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HERMES
* Types d'audit : de conformité et de pertinence 1- audit de conformité quand la finalité est de contrôler l'application des lois, normes; existence et respect des règles établies. 2- audit de pertinence, subdivisé en audit d'efficacité quand la finalité est d'évaluer la pertinence de l'organisation et l'efficacité du fonctionnement, qualité de prestation et amélioration des règles et audit de management quand la finalité est d'évaluer la pertinence des objectifs et la cohérence des opé...
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Babe Ruth's "Called Shot".
When Ruth, the second New York batter in the fifth inning, came to the plate, Wrigley Field was roaring. “They called me ‘big belly’ and ‘baboon,’” Ruth recalled,according to the book Great Moments in American Sports by Jerry Brondfield. The New York Times said of the Chicago fans, “It seems decidedly unhealthy for anyone to taunt the great man Ruth too much, and very soon the crowd was to learn its lesson.” During the at bat, Ruth mouthed off to the Chicago players in thedugout as they and...
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Zeus (Day, Bright Sky) Greek The chief god
of Greek mythology.
induced Cronus into releasing his brothers and sisters, the siblings decided to go to war against Cronus and the Titans. For 10 long years, Zeus fought against the Titans, who were led by the mighty Atlas, for Cronus was now old. Finally Zeus enlisted the help of Gaia (Earth), who advised him to release the Cyclopes and the Hundred-Handed Ones (the Hecatoncheires), who had been imprisoned in the Underworld. Zeus did this, and in gratitude the Cyclopes gave Zeus the thunderbolt as a weapon. They...
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Bac L anglais
12AN1LME1 Page : 2/4 Joseph Netmaker brought the letter out to me. Winter had just started to settle itself into the country. Joseph walked on snowshoes from the town. ‘This is for you, Niska,’ he said. ‘It is from the Canadian boss, their hookimaw.’ As soon as I saw the brown letter, the English words written upon it, I knew what it contained. I sat down beside the fire and stirred at it with a stick while Joseph read, first out 5 loud and in his stumbling English, then for me in our l...
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THE ALCHIMIST
Pau lo C oelh o - T he A lc h em is t 2 o f 6 8 w ho l iv ed i n t h e v illa g e t h ey w ould r e ach i n a b out f o ur d ay s. H e h ad b een t o t h e v illa g e o nly o n ce, t h e y ear b efo re . T he m erc h an t w as t h e p ro prie to r o f a d ry g oods s h op, a n d h e a lw ay s d em an ded t h at t h e s h eep b e s h eare d i n h is p re se n ce, s o t h at h e w ould n ot b e c h eate d . A f r ie n d h ad t o ld t h e b oy a b out t h e s h op, a n d...
- The Alchimist
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From The Hunchback of Notre Dame - anthology.
If then we were to attempt to penetrate through this thick and obdurate bark to the soul of Quasimodo; if we could sound the depths of this bungling piece oforganization; if we were enabled to hold a torch behind these untransparent organs, to explore the gloomy interior of this opaque being, to illumine its obscure cornersand its unmeaning cul-de-sacs, and to throw all at once a brilliant light upon the spirit enchained at the bottom of this den; we should doubtless find the wretch in some mi...
- The way in which companies frame themselves, their products and their clients
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George Washington
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INTRODUCTION
George Washington (1732-1799), first president of the United States (1789-1797) and one of the most important leaders in United States history.
A2 Promotion This was Washington’s first experience with the difficulties of raising troops while lacking equipment, clothing, and funds. Apparently he thought his efforts worthy ofsome recognition and successfully applied to Dinwiddie for a lieutenant colonel’s commission. He left Alexandria, Virginia, early in April with about 150 poorly equippedand half-trained troops. A3 First Battles Before he had advanced very far, Washington received news that the French had driven Trent’s men back from...
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George Washington.
A2 Promotion This was Washington’s first experience with the difficulties of raising troops while lacking equipment, clothing, and funds. Apparently he thought his efforts worthy ofsome recognition and successfully applied to Dinwiddie for a lieutenant colonel’s commission. He left Alexandria, Virginia, early in April with about 150 poorly equippedand half-trained troops. A3 First Battles Before he had advanced very far, Washington received news that the French had driven Trent’s men back from...
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George Washington
A2 Promotion This was Washington’s first experience with the difficulties of raising troops while lacking equipment, clothing, and funds. Apparently he thought his efforts worthy ofsome recognition and successfully applied to Dinwiddie for a lieutenant colonel’s commission. He left Alexandria, Virginia, early in April with about 150 poorly equippedand half-trained troops. A3 First Battles Before he had advanced very far, Washington received news that the French had driven Trent’s men back from...
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tALus AcheLous
Il s'agit donc d'un droit, mais comme tout droit, son abus peut être sanctionné, au terme de la théorie de l'abus de droit. "La liberté consiste à pouvoir faire tout ce qui ne nuit pas à autrui" D'après Pierre Desproges: "on peut rire de tout mais pas avec n'importe qui". Ce qui amusera l'un risque de choquer l'autre. La portée de l'humour dépend du public et du sujet abordé. Ce qui juge le rire, c'est la nature des motivations dont il précède. Le rire peut être l'écho de tout ce qui...