For almost one hundred years, the Latin words, "Vires, Artes, Mores" have been the guiding philosophy behind Florida State University. Vires signifies strength of all kinds moral, physical, and intellectual; Artes alludes to the beauty of intellectual pursuits as exemplified in skill, craft, or art; and Mores refers to character, custom, or tradition. Describe how one or more of the values embodied in these concepts are reflected in your life.
Vires, Artes, Mores or strength, skill, character has been the guiding philosophy behind Florida State University for over one hundred years. After researching these words I have come to understand how I value them in my life. Values are things we live by and guide our life off of. Vires and Mores are the two concepts that closely describe who I am as an individual, student and athlete.
The Latin word Vires is defined as a variety of strengths such as physical, moral and intellectual. Physical strength plays a big part in my life. I have been playing soccer for the past 12 years and over these years I see my physical strength building up and becoming a stronger player. Moral strength tells a lot about a person and who they are. I stand strong as to what my moral beliefs are and know nothing can pull me from them. Intellectual strength is something I use everyday from going to school or work. You must acquire strength intellectually through education and life lessons.
Mores has many different meanings. The meaning I tend to go by is character. Character separates you from other people. In my life I have never been one to want to blend in with the crowd just because they were doing something or wearing a certain type of clothes. A famous quote that I like to go by is "Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind". I say this quote is self explanatory, don't live your life for others, live it for yourself, show your character.
To make it in today's world values and goals are a must, without them life to me would seem pointless and boring. With the guiding philosophy behind Florida State University's Latin words the school stands for you will be sure to go far in life.
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My main concern here is your mechanics; you have a good essay but I am afraid that your story will get lost in mechanical errors, mainly word usage and sentence structure. To help with this, I suggest one of the books from the "Prentice Hall Guide for College Writers" series written by Stephen Reid. You can pick any of them up cheap used, or get them from the library. I think there are six in the series now, and any of them would help you here.
Also, avoid using the pronoun "you" as it is inappropriate in formal academic writing. Instead, try using "I" or "one."
In regards to content, you have good reasons in your response, and the conclusion ties things up nicely.
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