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Benjamin Franklin and Jonathan Edwards

on that he believes in the Presbyterian concept of Predestination -- "From my childhood up, my mind had been wont to be full of ob...

Twentieth Century Literature and Gender

and large, the wealthy is a class of leisure. This upper class mentality is expressed in Whartons (2000) House of Mirth. The nov...

Epictetus and Aquinas on Nature, the Universe, and God

needs of the spirit, which were outlined through divine law (Pierce, 2002). The law of nature, Epictetus believed, was that the be...

Nietzsche's Philosophy

(Nietzsche, 1974). It does seem to be true that when someone supports old institutions and mainstays they are applauded by the lar...

Nietzsche's Philosophy and Essays

that is good. The sun is going down, and it is cold, so that is bad. Evil is something much worse than bad. Obviously, a setting s...

Comparison of Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, and 'Paradise Lost' by John Milton

God had created an idyllic paradise for man, and it was only when a winged Satan invaded the peaceful calm and inflicted his exist...

'Paradise Lost' by John Milton and Lack of Intervention by God

literary critics, philosophers, and even theologians have questioned and considered for centuries. That Which Cannot be Known A...

Analyzing Mark Twain's 'What Is Man'

death (As To Posthumous). There is one chapter, for instance, called "The Death of Jean" which was written just four months prior...

Justo L. Gonzalez and Soren Kierkegaard Compared

his or her own singular importance. "The ethical is the universal, and as such it is again the divine. One has therefore a right ...

The Existence Of God and Descartes' Argument

simple to Descartes, so simple it needs no argument. He basically says that as long as one is thinking, one exists. To Descartes, ...

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and the Conflict Between Man and God

up in a "freethought household" (Madigan 48) and her mother had already written about womens rights while her father "a noted Util...

Plato, Francis Crick, and Leibniz on the Existence of God

being" (Burnham, 2001). In order for our universe to have taken on the form that it has, it has been necessary, according t...

Modern Ministers and Gods of Ancient Greece

given to the primary gods and goddesses; this was true from Homeric times on but perhaps it goes back to the Minoan and Mycenaean ...

Adam Smith and Aristotle on Social Relations and Economics

as acceptable. If the issue in question happens to be acceptable to two-thirds of the population (upper class elitists), it is hi...

Dorothee Solle's Thinking About God

hundred years ago the God that Americans envisioned is highly different than the God envisioned today. Today we can see God take o...

Knowledge of God According to Teresa of Avila and John Calvin

natural instinct, an awareness of divinity," that "God himself has implanted in all men a certain understanding of his divine maje...

Having a Personal Relationship With God

that man is separated from God: "God is on one side and all the people on the other side" (1 Timothy 2:5a). It is mans sin that se...

Dialogue on Whether or Not God Exists

Theres no justice in this world. The poor get cheated and the rich get off." He states that this proves God does not exist. Bar...

Radical Elements of Judaism According to Huston Smith

1500 years before the Messiahs birth. The Torah contained 630 laws, including the Ten Commandment Law (ethical laws), such as reme...

Abstract Thought, Language, and a God Capable of Transcending Creation

In five pages this paper presents an insightful conversation regarding whether or not a God transcending creation can be meaningfu...

Fourth Chapter of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and the Character of Dr. Victor Frankenstein

In 5 pages the changes in Victor Frankenstein's personality as he becomes obsessed with being god like that occur in the fourth ch...

Influence of Politics on the Characters in The Marrow of Tradition and Their Eyes Were Watching God

In five pages this paper discusses the political disadvantages experienced by Dr. William Miller and Janie Crawford in the novels ...

Vexing and the Writings of Jonathan Edwards and Jonathan Swift

a slender thread, with the flames of the divine wrath flashing about it, and ready every moment to singe it, and burn it asunder. ...

Literary Metaphors Involving Water

In five pages this paper examines how water is metaphorically depicted in 'The God of Small Things' by Arundhati Roy, 'The Innocen...

Gods, Priests, and Warriors by Robert Goldman

In five pages this paper discusses the Sanskrit collection, the Mahabharata, as represented by Robert Goldman in Gods, Priests, an...

Depiction of Humans and Gods in the Book of Genesis and the Epic of Gilgamesh

is that the creationist deity has no gender, and it is a characteristic peculiar to humans and animals. As William Hallo (...

Christianity Challenges, Mandates, and Dualism

the entertainment industry and organized crime. Americans spend billions on dollars in x-rated entertainment, drugs, religious lit...

Interpretation of God and Faith in Western Civilization's Development

In five pages this report considers how the development of Western civilization encouraged a Christian interpretation of God and f...

Wondering About the World in Meditations on First Philosophy by Rene Descartes

In five pages the sense of wonder Descartes conjures in his Third Meditation regarding the existence of God is examined. There ar...

The Oresteia Trilogy by Aeschylus and Virgil's Aeneid

values that had defined Homers story of the war to capture Troy. Aeneas reluctance to leave his native city is therefore both "a ...