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Meursault as Society's Threat in 'The Stranger' by Albert Camus

In this paper consisting of five pages the role of the protagonist Meursault and why he is considered to be a threat to society ar...

Immanuel Kant, Mary Wollstonecraft, John Locke and Adam Smith on the Enlightenment

In 5 pages this paper examines the Enlightenment contributions made by Kant regarding morality concepts, Wollstonecraft regarding ...

'Enlightened' Satire of Voltaire and Jonathan Swift

In 5 pages this paper discusses how Swift and Voltaire satirized 18th century Enlightenment philosophies in their literary works. ...

Society's Dualism in A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen

In five pages this paper considers society's dualism as represented in Ibsen's social drama. One source is listed in the bibliogr...

Contemporary Thinking and the Influence of Existentialism, Romanticism, and the Enlightenment

In five pages this report explores how the schools of philosophical thought that characterized the Enlightenment have influenced c...

Schumacher Society's Role and Contemporary World's Sustainable Development

In twenty five pages this paper examines the meaning of the concept known as sustainable development and also considers the Schuma...

A Comparison of Heart of Darkness and Apocalypse Now

A 5 page discusion of the differences between the movie rendition of the book The Heart of Darkness and the movie Apocolypse Now. ...

Age of Enlightenment and Religious Views on God?

In eight pages this paper discusses the Ages of Reason and Enlightenment in a consideration of how God was viewed by the Jewish an...

Eighteenth Century Age of Enlightenment and Politics

out to apply the critical method to the problem of government in The Spirit of Laws (1748). The result was a complex comparative s...

Reason Plus Spirituality Equals Enlightened Theology

Jonathan Edwards succeeded in defining both his physical and spiritual universes through sense and affection, an entirely new conc...

Chinese Society's Collectivist Vision

In eight pages this paper discusses China's 1960s' and 1970s' collectivist vision in a consideration of the New Life Movement and ...

Enlightenment and A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift

have consumed the island and its resources, it could pursue a useful policy for dealing with Irish children by butchering them and...

US Society's Polarization Regarding the Vietnam War

In five pages this paper discusses how US culture was polarized as a result of the Vietnam War and considers the media's role. Fo...

Europe During the Seventeenth Century, Faith and Religion

believe, truly was the Age of Reason in that it caused the people to consider their existence more carefully and in a spiritual fr...

Values of the Enlightenment and Romanticism

In seven pages this paper discusses the Enlightenment and Romantic values in a consideration of 'The Tyger' by William Blake and '...

Enlightenment Period and Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels

In five pages this paper examines how the Enlightenment is reflected in Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift. Six sources are cit...

'Everyday Use' by Alice Walker and Revelation

to her" (2274). Maggie had a disfiguring accident as a child, the result of the familys home burning to the ground. As her mothe...

Jocasta Versus Antigone

In a paper consisting of five pages the differing paths of enlightenment each of these characters took regarding their own heroism...

Baroque and Enlightenment Period Differences

and reality. It was a completely unique movement which "generated its own standards" and cannot, therefore, "be measured by class...

Political and Economic Power Correlation

In six pages this paper discusses the Enlightenment of the 19th century in terms of how Jefferson, Paine, Smith, Rousseau, and Loc...

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad and the 'Quest' for Self

In six pages this paper analyzes the quest for self in a discussion of Charlie Marlow's enlightenment in Heart of Darkness by Jose...

Hypocritical Title of the 'Scottish Enlightenment'

In 5 pages this paper argues that the so-called Scottish Enlightenment was neither Scottish nor particularly enlightened with Ferg...

Society's Definition of Crazy

This paper examines how society defines what it means to be crazy in five pages. Two sources are cited in the bibliography....

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing's 1779 Play Nathan the Wise

realizing that she is adopted and Christian. This conversation occurs as Nathan is trying to thank him for his actions toward his...

An Article on Knowledge and the Gnostics

In seven pages this paper discusses the Gnostics and the enlightenment of knowledge it embraced. Nine sources are cited in the bi...

Buddhism's 8 Fold Path and Yoga

In five pages this paper examines Buddhism's 8 Fold Path in this consideration of yoga that analyzes Jack Kornfield's observation ...

Evolution of Art During the Enlightenment

In five pages this paper discusses how classical art and its balance, simplicity, and order evolved during the Enlightenment era. ...

Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller and Society's Morals

In eight pages this paper discusses how the play's plot and characterization focus on moral values of society. Four sources are l...

Enlightenment Ideals and Military Theory

In twenty five pages this research paper examines how late 18th century military theory was profoundly influenced by the Enlighten...

Enlightenment and Industrial Revolution Peasant Life

In five pages this paper examines what peasant life was like for a man who lived through the Enlightenment period as well as the I...