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Essays 1921 - 1950

History of Chasidism

This pivotal Judaism movement is examined in terms of its 18th century development as well as its contemporary practice with prose...

The Meaning of Life According to Leo Tolstoy

This 10 page paper examines Leo Tolstoy's literary works and personal philosophy, and argues that he sought simplicity and spiritu...

American Cinema, Historical and Education Ideology

In seven pages historical comparisons are made between the ways in which education is depicted in such films as Stand and Deliver,...

Utopia by Thomas More and Humanism

during Mores era. Characteristic of Mores concern for the worlds evils, Ames believed that Utopia was a means by which the author...

Philosophical Problem of Evil

In five pages this paper examines the problem of moral, natural, and physical evil in philosophy and assesses the validity of argu...

Life and its Meaning

In five pages this paper examines life's meaning in a consideration of such philosophies as Albert Camus' French existentialism, s...

Pan Africanism and Kwame Nkrumah

In six pages independent Ghana's first President Kwame Nkrumah's life and political philosophy are discussed. Five sources are ci...

Machiavelli and Socrates and the Notion 'All Men Should Act Justly'

In a paper consisting of three pages Socrates' philosophy that men should always act justly is in stark contrast to Machiavelli's ...

Discussing Indian Religion

In a paper consisting of two and a half pages a situation in which the writer overhears a conversation between a Saiva tantric pra...

Religion in Early America

In five pages the original 13 American colonies are examined in terms of their diverse religious practices with the effects on wom...

Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage and Existentialism

In 12 pages the ways in which Crane's novel reflects the principles that would later become known as the philosophy existentialism...

Mind and Body Dualist Philosophy and Rene Descartes' Psychology

considering them in De homine, and proposing that there was some kind of interaction between the two, Descartes provided a more cl...

Life Philosophy of John Steinbeck in Travels with Charley

In 5 pages this paper discusses how this travelogue represents the life philosophy of its author, novelist John Steinbeck. There ...

Enchiridion by Epictetus

In a paper consisting of 6 pages the beliefs of Stoic philosopher Epictetus are analyzed along with a discussion of how contempora...

Education and John Dewey

a social reformer. In his writings, these areas are explored. He inherited his theory of pragmatic tradition form Charles Sander...

Guatemala and Political Freedom

In six pages political freedom in Guatemala is analyzed with the assistance of the philosophy of Jean Jacques Rousseau and the wri...

Art, Philosophy, and History of the Renaissance

also equated with humanism, a movement that put man at the center of the universe, as opposed to God (Honderich 375). While the hu...

How Culture and History Influenced the Philosophical Perspectives of William James and Rene Descartes

In two pages this paper examines how the philosophies of these two theorists were influenced by history and their respective cultu...

U.S. Supreme Court Decisions Involving Freedom of Religion

In eight pages this paper examines the 1st Amendment's free exercise clause as it has been interpreted by the U.S. Supreme Court i...

Legal and Racial Perspectives Pertaining to the KKK

throwback from the days of slavery when whites wrongly ruled blacks. I. DEVELOPMENT OF THE KKK To understand the Klans mot...

Philosophical Perspectives of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle

In ten pages this trio of philosophers and their philosophies are contrasted and compared. Ten sources are cited in the bibliogra...

Democracy Supporter John Locke

In six pages this paper discusses how Locke's political philosophies may be regarded as advocacy for democracy in a consideration ...

Politics According to Plato and Aristotle

In five pages the differing political views between Plato and his one time philosophy student Aristotle are discussed with Plato's...

Ethical Views on Euthanasia

In five pages a nursing perspective is presented in this ethical consideration of euthanasia and its related issues with reference...

Fundamentalism Religion and Its Roots

In five pages Israel and the United States are the focus of this discussion of the roots of religious fundamentalism with such top...

Child Pornography on the Web

criminals - the children? While we might guess that a child would develop a sensitivity around his own sexuality, what often seem...

Constitutional Provisions and Freedom of Religion

In six pages this paper presents a fictitious situation in order to consider the U.S. Constitution's provisions regarding religiou...

Rousseau on Sexual Equality

This essay examines the writing of French philosophy Jean-Jacques Rousseau. The writer specifically examines Rousseau's discourse ...

Philosophy and Concepts of Erik Erikson

In five pages Erikson is examined in terms of his background, philosophy, essential concepts, and his theories of psychopathology,...

Categorical Imperative of Immanuel Kant

Challenge, then, for Kant, would come from the inherent process that man experiences as he moves away from nature and into a socie...