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This paper contrasts and compares how choice and evil were conceptualized by Aristotle and Saint Augustine. Eight sources are cit...

In six pages this paper discusses the modern and classical concepts of good and evil as conceptualized by these philosophers. Fiv...

moderation. We can see this as he puts those people in the first stages of hell, which had been neutral -nothing good-nothing bad...

own father; she, who in life was so calculated in her incestuous sin, is condemned to run naked and "berserk in just the way a hog...

In five pages this paper examines how the quest theme is depicted in these works by Dante and Homer. Three sources are cited in t...

who retained power in Florence under Frederick II decided to expand their society, incorporating the merchant or middle class, kno...

meets many individuals that he actually admired. When they were in the third ring, a ring that was devoted to those who committed ...

speech. "These in the flame with ceaseless goals deplore/The ambush of the horse, that opend wide/A portal for the goodly seed to ...

and Hollander 161). Dante comments to Virgil that the mosques inside the city can clearly be seen. The translators also comment th...

the doctors that he felt like "white smoke" and that he had "no consciousness" (Silko 14). With this allusion, Tayo tried to conve...

is pleasure derived from worshiping the Triune God. In Book II, Augustine discusses further the subject of signs. He defines wha...

In five pages this paper examines how evil is conceptualized by St. Augustine of Hippo in this early theological text. Three sour...

either good or evil. There was no "middle of the road" in this extreme religious philosophy. When Augustine was indulging in his...

seems to be known about the education of Mark. The author of this gospel is believed to have been John Mark, the cousin of Barnaba...

and with that has come an interest in spirituality itself, outside of any religious context. It is this search for a truth that m...

but Augustine lacked "the sincere desire of being heard," so that when he got to Carthage the city seduced him (Portalie, 2004). ...

the divine commands and the application of Mosaic tradition require a comparative view of these authors, their underlying purpose,...

born a Jew and lived under the Jewish law and system (Galatians 4:4). * Jesus life was characterized by service and humility (Phil...

2001). In many ways St. Augustines life would serve as a bridge between pagan Rome and the Christian middle ages (ODonnell, 2001)...

As for mankind, numbered are their days/ Whatever they achieve is but the wind!" (Epic of Gilgamesh 8). When Gilgameshs friend Enk...

with happiness, but the instant gratification achieved through immoral pleasure is not as good. It goes beyond that. Does one give...

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...

can defeat death too. His first leg of the journey involves descending into a tunnel-like cave composed of nine terrifying leagu...

In five pages this paper discuses the life and Western religious and cultural contributions of Augustine of Hippo which includes C...

The Aeneid of Virgil and Dante's The Divine Comedy are similar in style and format, both being produced by poets. This paper compa...

outlook by blaming someone or something else, thus we will remaining in a ?status quo? personality and spirit all our life, never ...

In eighteen pages this paper examines how St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Augustine of Hippo developed the 'just war' concept and theor...

In 5 pages this paper discusses how Hamlet's characterization was influenced by the philosophies of Saint Augustine of Hippo, Plat...

In a report that consists of five pages the environmental position of Vice President and 2000 presidential candidate Al Gore are c...

In five pages this paper examines how human nature is featured in classic literary works by Homer, Sophocles, Dante Alighieri, and...