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Critiquing Epictetus's Philosophy

what one wants, and visualizing it, that one will eventually be free from the gnawing desire. This is true either through attainme...

Aristotle and Plato Critiquing Education

as people do want to know things and understand (1995). Both theorists do view education as important and place a particular empha...

Flicker in the Porthole Glass by Desautels

cinematic and visual in their orientation. She describes, first of all, a night when Ruineux allows her into the projection booth ...

Social Policy and its Formation

need to resolve these problems and that all values of the society can be known and evaluated (DiNitto 5). It further assumes that ...

From the Light into the Darkness of Japanese History

from one epoch to another. The title symbolized customs of the past, but it could also be adapted to whatever future social or ec...

Senility and Aging

allowing the elderly to stay mentally alert is: "a sense of belonging and purpose"...

Exploring Three Different Philosophical Dilemmas

in such a case: 1. They can tell the child what happened. 2. They can pretend that they dont know what happened. 3. They...

The Causes of Civil Wars and Solutions

to the end of World War I. This was a war which affected the entire world. It was a war which centered on nationalistic ideolog...

Frame Concept and Cinematic Representation

surprise twist at the end - the camera, representing the subjective perspective of the audience, is "run over" by a car rather tha...

The Subjects of Virtue and Beauty

2003). Restating that: sentiment is beauty and virtue; and if the sentiment we feel when we see beauty is instinctive approval, ...

Differing Views of Tragedy by Assorted Philosophers

of the tragedy is that it is connected with the heros activities and it emphasizes human vulnerability (2005). To Aristotle, trage...

A Cognitive Behavioral Therapy History

be able to point out faulty thinking, something that can free a person from the desire to act a particular way. Such acknowledgmen...

Telecommuting Advantages and Disadvantages

said, reduced to wage laborers. Everything comes down to billable hours or what one has to do based on an outside agency such as a...

Greek Virtue

the foot of power!/Nothing care I for Zeus" (Aeschylus). In other words, Prometheus will not succumb to tyranny and a power that r...

The Conflict Between the West and the Rest of the World

when there was a first, second and third world, a paradigm that no longer exists (Huntington, 1993). Indeed, it does seem to be th...

Peter Rachleff Hard-Pressed in the Heartland

The writer examines the Peter Rachleff book Hard-Pressed in the Heartland and analyzes Rachleff's main points, opinions, ideas and...

Using Structure to Develop the Story in How to Make an American Quilt and The Color Purple

This 9 page paper describes the way in which two authors use structure to develop the ideas in their books. The works under consid...

Themes of A Tale of Two Cities

The idea of sacrifice is the focus of attention in the context of this thoughtful analysis of this Dickens tale. Darnay and Carton...

Thucydides and the Assembly of Athens

This 5 page paper is written as if it were a speech given by Thucydides to teh Athenian Asembly suggesting the action that should ...

Stress Theory And Coping With Stress

results (Posen, n.d.). When the rats were examined, they had "swollen and hyperactive adrenal glands, shrunken immune tissue (thym...

Trait Leadership

in respect to other important traits. Good leaders possess numerous positive aspects. For the most part, leaders with desirable t...

Analysis of Michael Moore’s Essay, “Idiot Nation”

two hundred million stone-cold idiots in this country, that leaves at least eighty million who will get what Im saying" (Moore 132...

Article Analysis/Crazy Beliefs

example, one of his main analogies is to compare the irrationality of religious loyalty to the phenomenon of falling of love, whic...

Emotional Disorders

Kids, 2008). Those with severe emotional problems may demonstrate thinking that is distorted, severe mood swings, an abundance of ...

Change in the Workplace

counties and cities and they are paid what the city budget will allow. It is difficult for individual employees to argue with the ...

Black & Decker

one company yet not another as a means by which to meet the demands of an ever-shrinking economy; Black & Decker realized early on...

Two Literary Portrayals of Racism and Oppression

This paper offers a discussion that answers the question of whether or not a caste system that is racist in nature can be perpetur...

Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature for Children

In nine pages this research essay discusses the importance of horror, fable, and myth genres in terms of intellectual development ...

Jung's Mystic Considerations- Christ As Savior

This paper discusses Jung's beliefs as they relate to the idea of Christ as mankind's savior. The author discusses religious, psy...

DHL and RFID Technology

money. Customs officials could then link directly to the information databases of the manufacturers of the products that have been...