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Abortion and Ethical Issues

appears to vary according to just who is considering the question and around such particulars as whose life is being considered (T...

God's Existence Cosmological Argument

be a less sure guide than revelation; however, Aquinas did believe it possible to reach certain truths without the aid of revelati...

Critical Analysis of the 4th Proof of St.Thomas Aquinas

various things as they approach in diverse ways toward something that is the greatest, just as in the case of hotter (more hot) wh...

Thomas Aquinas and David Hume on Religious Morality

a "relentless critic of metaphysics and religion" (David Hume, 2002). Hume argued that "our purely philosophical conceptions of G...

Christian Views on Evil

story has on an impressionable young mind. What did Isaac think and feel at the time? What must he have thought when he was bound ...

Rene Descartes and Thomas Aquinas on Knowledge

we note that it "covers what we can know by Gods special revelation to us (which comes through the Bible and Christian Tradition)....

Just War Concept of Thomas Aquinas and the Vietnam War

the United States holding the political bag. Ho Chi Minh determined that this was the perfect time to try and reunite North and So...

Thomas Aquinas' Work

the Summa that "St. Thomas, following Aristotle, gives a perfect description and a wonderfully keen analysis of the movements of m...

Cantos 11 and 12 of Dante's 'Paradiso'

doubt, people during that time would have recognized. The twelve person circles are led by each St. Thomas, the Franciscan, and St...

Saint Thomas Aquinas' Theology

the universe reveals that the natural world provides a graduated scale of existence, from lower beings to those that are higher or...

Natural Law and How It Developed

also wrote that one could live justly only if they lived in a just society (Beck, n.d.). Plato had a number of caveats about a jus...

The Influence of Thomas Aquinas and Augustine of Hippo

still prevalent in Christian theology, that the all of scripture if divinely inspired and therefore completely correct. On the o...

5 Ways of St. Thomas Aquinas

be the first cause (Philosophy Online, n.d.). 3. Everything that exists at one time did not and may not at some time in the future...

Philosophy and Metaphysics

human nature is bound by the weakness of mans character? In short, Platos (1979) freed prisoner is himself, the cave reflects the...

Defending Thomas Aquinas' Proof God Exists

basic argument that Aquinas presents for the existence of God. The following is just one way in which this could be addressed: A...

Law, Power, and Politics According to Saint Thomas Aquinas

belief at the time (The Radical Academy, 2004). God gives this power to the people as a whole, not to individuals (The Radical Aca...

Art and Beauty in The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

for their own sake and not for moral edification, as was the stance popular in the Victorian era. There has been considerable de...

Art v. Science

scientific images art (Beauty in Art and Science, 2005)? Both the scientist and the artist...

Beauty, Consumption and Habits of Thought

If we look at the way that conspicuous consumption today and in the past there is still an element of class differentiation in the...

Humanities Makes Life Worth Living Through the Study of Literature, Art, and Music

their own various ways of struggling for coherence, for a compelling faith, for social vision, for an ethical position, for a sens...

Life is Worth Living Through a Study of Humanities

In this paper consisting of five pages life's beauty is demonstrated in a core curriculum of art, music, and literature. There ar...

Detailed Cinematic Analysis of American Beauty

of confines. The overall metaphor of this movie is the symbol of the rose. At one point a neighbor asks how the roses are grown s...

France's Beauty and Health Industry

trade. However, this also increases the potential competition. There are several different segments to the health and beauty marke...

Media and Illusion

are not our leaders, but terrorists, such as the Unabomber and Timothy McVeigh. Within this mass of confusing images and media mes...

Friendship in Three Poems by Sappho

was such time as it was appropriate to say goodbye and release them to adult life as defined by that society. In this poem, Sapp...

Beauty and Friendship in 3 of Sappho's Poems

seemed inseparable. A true friend, in other words, wishes for another person the highest possible good. This sort of friendship i...

Love Stereotypes in Literature and Cinema

screen is transitory at best. This movie asks the question: Is love merely going through the motions? Is beauty a trap? Are women ...

China's Health and Beauty Market Assessed

thousands lost their loves. However, there was also wide scale support as many in the country believed in Mao and the idea that al...

Imaginary Dialogue Between Socrates and Sen. Jesse Helms

an imaginary podium, and is steadily building volume when Socrates interrupts.) Socrates: Oh, I see. Then the nude statuary that s...

Self Esteem in Adolescents and Fashion Industry Effects

certain physical appearance is quite easy to trace over the past one hundred years; however, one might readily argue the fact that...