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Every human, born with normally functioning body and a sane mind, dreams of one thing day in and out, and that is to excel whatever field he is engaged in. A student keeps studying throughout the year with a dream that at the end of the session he will be able to top the list of toppers, a sportsman leaves no stone unturned to bag gold medal in the final, a soldier does not hesitate to make the supreme sacrifice of his life in order to be conferred on the ‘PARAMVEER CHAKRA’(highest gallantry awa

Realism [ˈriəlizəm]and nominalism ['nɔmənlizəm]功利主义

Skepticism [ˈskeptisizəm]怀疑主义

Pragmatism['prægmətizəm]实用主义

Phenomenology现象学

Existentialism[ˌegzis'tenʃəlizəm] 存在主义

Structuralism  ['strʌktʃərəlizəm]and post-structuralism结构主义 后结构主义

The analytic [ˌænəˈlitik] tradition 分析传统

Idealism is the epistemological doctrine that nothing can be directly known outside of the minds of thinking beings. Or in an alternative stronger form, it is the metaphysical doctrine that nothing exists apart from mind

Doesn’t medicine go too far by giving birth to foetus weighting only 500 grams ?

According to belgian gynecologists weight does not matter as much as the fetus (foetus) number of weeks. A little baby girl weighting 460 grams was born at 25 weeks and was kept alive for 7 months in a special premature unit in a belgian hospital.Today, at 7 months, she weighs 4.2 kg and measures 54 centimeters. Since yesterday and though she still have many health problems, she sleeps in her own bed in her parent’s

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai's brother Ahmad Wali Karzai has been assassinated on the 12th of July 2011 by one of his own bodyguards at his residence in Kandahar. Ahmad wali Karzai was addressing a public rally when his assassin open fired at him  He sustained bullet injuries in the neck and head  He was rushed to nearby hospital where doctors declared him brought dead President Hamid Karzai was with the French president Nicolas Sarkozy when the incident took place The Taliban has claimed the r

Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language.It is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational argument.The word "philosophy" comes from the Greek φιλοσοφία (philosophia), which literally means "love of wisdom".

Branches of philosophy

The following branches are the main areas of study:

• Metaphysics  [ˌmetəˈfiz

Who has never had to make a difficult choice in their lives?

I'm facing one now that is making me really  confused.

I feel I've come to this point in my life I should try hard to develop in my profession. You know what it means "now or never"? That's my deliberate decision, of course...

What annoys me is the fact that I am not really sure I need to have this kind of job with legal documentation and stuff like that, but I feel it's the only way to find a way out, I mean, a chance to develop furt

Toronto takes the place of Vancouver as costliest city in Canada

--immigrant: someone who lives in another country permanently

--domestically: in one particular country

--accommodation: place to live, stay, etc

Toronto has just replaced Vancouver as the most expensive city in Canada. Thanks to a lot of immigrants from around the world, Toronto is now the biggest city in Canada, which caused the increase in rent for those who are living there. Second only to Toronto, Vancouver,the most beautiful city

If lower form animals are interviewed how they view humans, they would probably say that we are perfect in every way because we are the highly develop animals in the animal kingdom. However, this statement is wrong since we all know that we are not completely perfect. We have flaws and irregularities just like the other animals in the animal kingdom.

In our existence in this roller coaster world, we probably experiencing different things. Some are good and some are not. These experiences let us

This week's winning caption is by the talented caption writer "Forget-me-not":

Those "paparazzi" are really annoying  us with their cameras! Could you please respect our little nap?

Do you want to create your own Wordless Wednesday post? Choose a photo to post in your blog. Use the title "Wordless Wednesday". Make sure to use your own photo or one you have permission to use. 

Many of you learn English through EnglishClub.com's Weekly News. I have been reporting the world news for many years now. English Club used to have the Monthly News Digest. It had four stories from the previous month. This year we changed the format to a weekly news report. I add one new story every Tuesday.

This year is the most exciting year. Do you know why? A group of MyEC members are using English Club's weekly news for pronunciation practice! If you haven't visited the Audio Speaking Group

Hi all my friends... Do you remember how and where did you meet me for the first time???

Do you remember how I took your attention???

I read Ranu posted that in his page and it was fun to read the comments! I asked his permission to copy and paste it, but I found out that these sentences have circulated on his friend's page and he also copied this hehe.

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Now, I wonder about you!

Do you remember how and where did you meet your bestfriend in th

Dear friends! I don't actually know why I decided to post this blog but I hope you don't mind. Two days ago I was downtown (I rarely go there). The center of Kiev (downtown) is the most ancient part of the city with great architecture and I have always felt something special being there, not to say that I was born and raised in that part of the city. Kiev is an ancient city founded in the 5th century A.D. However, this territory had been populated many centuries before and I want to tell you som

Hi everyone, I am Viviana; I am a "newbie" for a couple of days, and I really enjoy this site! 

As I was searching for some more tips for IELTS, I was discovered that this is not just an English site, but an English site with very nice people... and nice blogs. Thanks for that.

As reading, is an important step in learning English, I will stick to it and continue to read the nice posts from here.

A wonderful day to all of you!

Hi all of you ,Today I am going to give you a glimpse of  my hometown called Jabalpur,it is situated in the central India,it is a small but a beautiful city,there are so many alluring places to be seen ,I have  photographs of some the most visited places of Jabalpur ,which I have posted blow.THE MARBLE ROCKS ,it is also known as Bhedaghat. Some songs of Bollywood have been shot here .

A DIFFERENT VIEW OF THE MARBLE ROCKS.

THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH 

Madhya pradesh is the state where I live i

             Yesterday, one of my friends said to me a saying “Lazy fish always goes in the downstream”. He means that lazy people don’t want to struggle for life so they always go easy ways. When I hear that, I think “Yes” he’s right. Later, I realize I couldn’t accept this.

“Lazy” doesn’t stand on struggling.

    Stupid people have to struggle for lief while smart people are enjoying their easy time.
    It doesn’t matter fish goes in the upstream or downstream. Where is the destination? The fish

A sad story to share with you all...

I am sick today. Early morning I felt a mild headache with body pain and vomiting. I ran to  hospital without second thought.

Once my elder sister had the same sickness, her husband, my bro-in-law took her to hospital to consult the gynaecologist. When they come back I saw their faces were reddish, cause of happy.

So I did the same. Consult the gynaecologist. But she shouted on me, chased me away from the hospital.

I felt very sorry for my self and the whole