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Virgil's The Aeneid, Free Will, and Fate

In a paper consisting of five pages this paper examines the concepts of fate and free will within the context of Virgil's epic and...

God and State Views of Leopold von Ranke

In eight pages this paper discusses von Ranke's views of history and how they relate to the State and God. Seven sources are cite...

God and Suicide

In five pages this paper argues that in certain situations God would not condemn a person for committing suicide. One source is c...

Metaphysics As a Guide to Morals by Iris Murdoch

looked at in the context of history and of the study of philosophy. II. Metaphysics Metaphysics is an abstract part of philos...

Comparative Analysis of the Theories of Karl Marx and Jean Jacques Rousseau

at the essential nature of man. The nature of man is such that it is a favorite subject of philosophers. Hobbes for example sees t...

Looking for God in Science Fiction

left audiences incredulous with the thought that somewhere, sometime, the world as we know it may reflect the directors vision. A...

St. Athanasius's 'On the Incarnation'

This is a 5 page paper that discusses why the author believes God was transformed into man through Jesus Christ. There are no add...

Contemporary World, Heroes, Gods, and Joseph Campbell

In fifteen pages this paper discusses the myths of gods and heroes as contemporary instruments of change as described by Joseph Ca...

Tutorial on Dionysus

In seven pages the Greek God Dionysus is discussed in a study tutorial about his disposition and form duality. Seven sources are ...

Saint Anselm and the Noncontradiction Laws

In five pages this paper discusses Saint Anselm's 2 proofs regarding the God concept and the noncontradiction laws along with thes...

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...

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 ...

Reconsideration of Incarnation

"Christians" would gather before dawn and recite a "hymn" to Christ, as if "to a god" (Shelley 22). These hymns, which can be date...

'The Holdfast' by George Herbert

from grace. I threatend to observe the strict decree Of my dear God with...

Dictatorships and Foreign Policy of the United States

its right-wing allies, "he may be a son-of-a-bitch, but is our son-of-a-bitch" (Schmitz 4). Schmitz traces the origin of this ch...

God, Science, and Religion

on through infinity. However, at some point, there had to be a first cause, which set these wheels into motion, which is the bein...

Religion and Anthropomorphism

out of favor as a more philosophical approach took over. In more recent years, however, the fundamentalist and evangelical movemen...

Chinua Achebe's Arrow of God and a Consideration of Ulu

which the British officer solicits his aid illustrates the bipolar reaction of Ezeulu verses the office who has been appointed to ...

Ancient Literature on the Life's Meaning of Moral Order

Sophocles "Oedipus the King" Sophocles establishes a setting in which the twists and turns that ultimately led to the vision of ...

The City of God - Two Cities

of his time period would see the end of the one city, the city of man, and the reign of another, the city of God. One author state...

Questioning Who Jesus is and What He Represents

accompanies a mortal existence, one will reap the benefits of living a pure life; indeed, whatever trials and tribulations one exp...

Contemporary Product Name and the Greek God Apollo

their strong financial record demonstrates a doubling in their enrollments and their gross revenues between 1995 and 1999 (Company...

Godly Encounters

means "face of God" (NIV). These verses record that a "man" (exact origin is unstated) wrestled with Jacob until daybreak. Jacob ...

Southern Fiction and Manners

that manners and formal politeness will overlap: the way in which white Southern gentlemen treated white Southern ladies, for exam...

Protagonists' Waiting in Waiting for Godot

up life. Most people will not do this, although there are some who are willing. Some of the kamikaze pilots who crashed into build...

Belief and Disbelief in an 'Accidental Century'

and the use of technology in the form of the atomic bomb laid waste to the concept of an egalitarian Utopia. The postwar world us...

Contemporary American Novel

Penn Warren, Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston and The Age Of Innocence by Edith Wharton. All of these novels ...

Images and Energies of Apollo and Dionysus

the purpose of allowing the repressed feminine or nurturing side of man to come forth and for the brutal or aggressive side of wom...

Woody Allen's Crimes and Misdemeanors and Ethics

In five pages this 1989 movie's portrayal of ethical and moral considerations is examined along with a discussion of how it portra...