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Human Nature and the Writings of Lee K. Abbott

In eleven pages Lee K. Abbott's quirky exploration of human nature in the short stories collection Living After Midnight is examin...

Control of Nature by John McPhee

In five pages this paper analyzes 2 of McPhee's stories regarding the defiance of human nature by individuals. Two sources are ci...

New Designs from Ancient Forms

Originally, there were fifty-eight columns: seventeen on the sides, eight at each end, and six in the inner row of each porch. Th...

Analysis of Lost Boys Why Our Sons Turn Violent And How We Can Save Them by James Garbarino

its racial intolerance. "When white middle-class kids kill, there is always a public outcry of why and a search for what went wro...

Concept of Nature and Different Attitudes

In eleven pages the nature concept and the different attitudes that surround it relating to business organizations, specific count...

Society and the Ethics of Aristotle

In five pages Aristotle's contentions regarding overcoming self interests in human nature are examines within the context that acc...

Contemporary World and Taoism

in modern Chinese society; however, as the following discussion will illustrate, Taoist principles are also influencing Western cu...

Aeschylus and Plato on Justice

works into three central periods: namely, early, middle and late and the Republic is generally regarded as a middle period work (W...

Philosophy Questions and Religion

for example, would exist even if there were no human beings there to see it, but not that colour was an independent spiritual form...

Comparing the Philosophies of Friedrich Nietzsche and Karl Marx

in his own personal progress at the cost of everything else. He was wholly supportive of the scientific community during the Enli...

An Examination of George Orwell's Animal Farm

the animals and they all break out, running to the house where the food is kept. Mr. Jones discovers what has happened and he trie...

Contemporary Slavery and Philosophical Concepts

the buying and selling of human beings. How would a Kantian analyze the ethics of slavery? How might a utilitarian, a social con...

The Science of Consciousness

not sound in this matter due to the inability to gather all necessary data prior to the reduction (Cooney, 1999). Without the cor...

Cinematic Portrayal of Greek Virtue and Philosophers

84). However, Socrates is willing to concede that an individual can desire an evil thing if he mistakenly first evaluates it as go...

Comparative Analysis of the Poems 'Tintern Abbey' and 'The Thorn' by William Wordsworth

does the reader surmise that the author is wholly attentive to his craft, but he also is privy to the notion that Wordsworth write...

Ancient Literature and Cultural Characteristics

Oedipus story we have one that seems to offer us the belief that through intellectual pursuit we can somehow avoid the inevitable,...

Human Nature and the Poetry of Walt Whitman

this reveals his positive outlook toward the world and his own existence, and allows the reader some comprehension as to his value...

Plato's Answer to the Question 'Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road?:'

Republic, 2002). Therefore, according to this theory, knowledge of anything and understanding of anything comes from examination ...

Report on Cyber Crime

situation has resulted in opportunities for great innovation and creativity in both legitimate and illegitimate enterprise. Not su...

Contemporary Culture and Hip Hop

and become a very real part of the culture. "Now hip-hop has become the stuff of academic studies and museums. The Rock and Roll ...

Changing Times and Unchanging Philosophical Themes

youth by by those who wanted to restore democracy to Athens (PG). While Socrates had much faith in people and believed that morali...

Civilizations of Ancient Times

extant of the distinctive grey geometric ware produced in Crete during this period. Towards...

Form and Justice Theories of Plato

the notion of justice. This was essentially defined as doing the right thing. We note that one of the characters in the Republic i...

Human Nature and Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

own view of human nature was that it was filled with darkness at virtually every level. Layers Upon Layers Multi-layered storytel...

Analysis of a Section of 'Tintern Abbey' by William Wordsworth

interrelationship of human beings with the forces of nature. He mentions that his own growth as a mature individual allows him to ...

Good and Bad of Human Nature as Portrayed in Literature

Swift, "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley, and "Heart of Darkness" by William Conrad. Gullivers Travels "Gullivers Travels" is a b...

Contemporary Oedipus Imagery

if he should have a son. Therefore, Laius took steps to prevent conceiving a son by Jocasta. However, Jocasta wanted a child and c...

Jane Austen on Human Nature and Social Values

large family and its members extraordinary lives gave her much company and entertainment (one brother married their cousin, the Co...

Human Nature as Portrayed in Machiavelli's The Prince

armies. By the middle of the 16th century, Italy had become a battleground for the ambitions of France and the Empire, and the Ita...

Gothic Romanticism of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Matthew Lewis

Rime of the Ancient Mariner reflects a significance quite distinguishable in its ability to address faith human conflict with mere...