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of knowledge through experience, and so is the basis for synthetic statements that are linked to a postiori knowledge. Kant used ...

of the world (1993). Yet, one can see this in action in smaller ways. Another way to look at the world is through the model called...

the weight,/ the weight we carry/ is love" (Ginsberg 1-9). In this poem we do not necessarily see love as an uplifting real...

nature of war in relationship to what may be perceived by some as the just nature of the terrorist acts waged against the United S...

by fellow workers2. This was seen with many examples, from the entrance of union activist Julia Luna Mount leaving her job at a c...

solution. Rousseau was an individual who attempted to incorporate civil religion as that solution. One author tells us that "Rouss...

This concept, in and of itself, is the fundamentally defining element to Miss Helens persistence to uphold her own existence in th...

because that is what provides the very essence of who we are as Americans. The United States v. Eichmann...

this man. Not only had he put himself beyond the pale of human laws, but he had made himself independent of them, free in the stri...

teachers beliefs, principles, convictions and interpretation of reality are all pertinent. They influence the students and so it i...

to have stood, though free to fall" (Milton Book III). In this we see that Adam had the freedom to make a choice, and in that free...

And Nietzsche might agree. After all, if morality is a fluke, then everything is okay. Of course, in other writings, Nietzsche di...

man being superior to another, the contradiction still stands. Despite some inadequacies in his work, the simplicity of Locke is ...

challenged mankinds very conscience. He retreated to Walden Pond in order to refresh his own character and to effectively remove ...

truth is that they sometimes support antiquated principles. While Dewey wrote in a time when the 9 to 5 job was a given, fast forw...

freedom supersede mans other concerns in daily life. Before exploring philosophy in respect to freedom, a student writing on this...

by one of his masters, Gustavus Vassa (Equiano, 1969). On first being consigned to a slave ship, Equiano wrote that his first reac...

and as such women did not have these freedoms at the time the Declaration of Independence was written. Interestingly enough, tod...

pushed too far. Eric Erikson, one of the first pioneers of human growth and development, agreed that each person must go through a...

for all of that, the country was restless. This laid the foundation for Fidel Castro to sweep into the capital city, execute nearl...

With the plain-speaking simplicity that was his trademark, Whitman constructed this poem in such a rhythmic way that it could be s...

the needs of the people as paramount. To derive this point, and other theories related to government, Hobbes paid a great deal of ...

so evident in official circles before. Individuals adopted rules and standards of behavior designed to serve "appearances." Youn...

It is in the Second Meditation, however, that the apparent flaw in his logic appears and gives rise to the Cartesian Circle. In th...

such each person contributes much like the spokes on a wheel or the gears in a machine. Even emotion is regulated and defined by a...

Throughout the centuries, patriarchy has been responsible for designing womens role within society; many of these devices used in ...

was perhaps so impressive about Roosevelt is his willingness to introduce morality into the decision making process with which he ...

nonetheless that speaks of how we feel, as Americans, we are free and independent, yet powerfully under the control of our own "so...

white counterparts. It can be argued that the police are decidedly more prejudiced toward some races and class status than they a...

obviously submissive, if not threatened, position. She uses the words of the Commission on Obscenity and Pornography to define por...