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'Where I Lived & What I Lived For' by Henry David Thoreau

that he was "in haste" to buy it before the owner finished making any more "improvements," i.e. changes that Thoreau implies he hi...

Church Unity and the Significance of the David and Goliath Story

to the concept of monotheism and from that point on, every Jew born is considered to be "a son of Abraham" (Nyrop). Abraham and h...

David Hume's Philosophical Arguments on the Global Presence of Evil

guessing his parents. An eight year old may argue that it is proper for him to go to a particular event by himself, but his parent...

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 ...

Gates and Jobs and Hewlett and Packard

he met his soon to be arch rivals, Bill Hewlett and David Packard. Bill attended MIT part time after a stint at Stanford ( "Agilen...

Overview of the 'New South Africa'

comparison of the two works, illustrating what one can learn of South Africa through having two different sources of information, ...

God's Existence Arguments

speaker is Philo, a religious skeptic (Johnson 266). The discussion is chiefly between Philo and Cleanthes, with occasional remar...

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...

Civil Disobedience and Civil Rights Leaders

Malcolm X who had such ideas, and his concept had nothing to do with changing class problems, but with race. The notion that soci...

Women as Viewed by Charles Dickens and Jane Austen

the novel and the author views her, and thus views women in general perhaps. The character to be examined is Rosa Dartle. She "i...

Administration of New York City Mayor David Dinkins and Labor Unions

Citys mayor before Dinkins would grab the title in 1989. Many consider Koch to have been a great mayor, and while that is the case...

Hypothetical Debate Between Presidential Candidates Socrates and Henry David Thoreau

best and brightest citizens." After the candidates shake hands, the moderator presented the first topic for debate, that of taxat...

Henry David Thoreau's Concept of Wilderness

He believed nature and the wilderness to be the source of strength, vigor and inspiration. He even referred to the wilderness as ...

Post 1984 Transitions in South Africa

of having been there. This autobiography is at once fascinating and unbelievable, torturous and sometimes funny; but underneath i...

Overcoming Death Through Comedy

unusual observances and ultimately lightens its impact. David Ives "All in the Timing" is a series of one act plays which t...

Philosophers on Moral Theory

a store, and decides that he will not do it again but keeps the merchandise anyway to avoid prosecution, he is being reasonable. H...

Australia, Critical Thinking, and David Malouf

fashion as to give the reader a sense of connectedness speaks volumes regarding the authors inherent talent for blending his homel...

David Mamet, Sam Shepard, and the Dramatic Idiom

plight of small-time con-men, dubious real estate salesmen and other marginal types, explore a desperate, obsessed landscape that ...

First 3 Chapters of David A. Karp and William C. Yoels' Sociology in Everyday Life

presents a rationale for the study of everyday behavior. The notion that clear cultural expectations underlie daily activity is il...

Ehud Barak and Ariel Sharon on Realism and Idealism

to attain a better existence for itself, it has inadvertently caused a domino effect when it comes to such personal pursuits. It ...

Dark and Death Themed Comedy Plays

David Ives "All in the Timing" is a series of one act plays which tell the story of different situations all with a comical and...

David Hume and Thomas Aquinas on God's Existence

that any passage outside our sensitive impressions was not possible and as such "there is no metaphysics: we know nothing of God, ...

Man Philosophically Defined

going to equal seven. He states in his Mediations on First Philosophy: "SEVERAL years have now elapsed since I first became awar...

Madame Butterfly and Cultural Context

while, the duplicity of each of these dichotomies becomes apparent. In fact the first direct comparison would be that of Gallimard...

American Literature's Romantic Movement

in the goodness of man and the mans natural state is in nature and is burdened by civilization (Campbell). The doctrine of sensibi...

David Guterson's Snow Falling on Cedars

heard that Carl Jr. was going to reacquire his familys farm, he went to Carl Jr. to try to negotiate for the purchase of he seven ...

Contradictions in the Biblical Story of David

asks David directly whose son he is, when in the previous chapter, it appeared that David was Sauls favorite and the Saul was ver...

Identity in the Novel as a Philosophical Exploration

there is continuity through time in terms of personal identity and her doubt about her own continuing identity is contradicted by...

Issues of Stereotypes and Prejudice

of a belief concerning that type of individual, something discussed often in Jones book "Social Psychology of Prejudice." A black ...

Economic Contributions of Smith, Ricardo, and Keynes

university in 1751 as a professor of logic. The lectures he gave covered subjects such as ethics and jurisprudence as well as the ...