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Essays 1681 - 1710

On the Art of Building in Ten Books by Alberti

to have a grand view of the ocean. Yet, this concept is not new. the idea that location and climate were the utmost concerns emana...

Nature of Law Understanding and the Tool of Deconstruction

to destabilised the contemporary understanding that usually relies upon two opposing sides, the dominant side will usually rely on...

Scientific Revolutions and the Perspectives of Thomas S. Kuhn

of practitioners" (Davidson, 1997, p. 13). The existing paradigms of the science community, according to Kuhn, are established vi...

The 1950s

with the wall in the 1990s. Communism, the panacea of the cold war, was something that never materialized as Marx intended. Instea...

Literary Nature of Comedy

this suggests, comedy provides numerous benefits. When the famous Shakespearean actor Edmund Kean lay on his deathbed, it is reput...

Poetry and Nature

a wondrous season. In this poem Keats also brings sounds into play in a very powerful manner that speaks to us of nature and of...

Quantitative and Qualitative Methods in a Consideration of Whether or Not Cultural Anthropology is a Science

to an invalid who is totally dependent on her parents for her care. The tragedy here, as is true in many respects in the cross-cu...

Monster's Creation in the Writings of Joseph Conrad and Mary Shelley

so moved by the portrayal of Adam that he begins to identify with Adam. Like Adam at the beginning of creation, he, too, is lonely...

'First Follow Nature and 'An Essay on Criticism' by Alexander Pope

writes in lines 11 through 14: "In Poets as true Genius is but rare, / True Taste as seldom is the Critics share; / Both must alik...

Art of China Featured at LACMA

their writing was essential pictorial, but did allow for the expression of abstract ideas. Warfare with neighboring areas was a w...

Kate Chopin's Short Story 'The Storm' and Theme of Sexuality

In five pages this paper discusses how in this short story Kate Chopin depicts sexuality as a force of nature rather than as a pas...

Farewell To Matyora by Valentin Rasputin

This 5 page paper explores Valentin Rasputin's book Farewell to Matyora. The writer argues that Rasputin's novel explores levels o...

The Island Within by Richard Nelson

In five pages this paper examines the harmonious nature theme that is ever present in Richard Nelson's journey journal entitled Th...

Sociology's Function and Nature

In seven pages this paper examines the function and nature of sociology in a consideration of Emile Durkheim's theories and the te...

'dandelions' by Deborah Austin

reader that the barrage has lasted all day yesterday and today with "deafening sight." This figurative language mixes sensory in...

Literature of the Late Eighteenth Century and Humanism

Tales" reflect the fact that these stories were written during a time of tremendous transition in England. As the opening lines of...

Media Messages Content Analysis

influence of the television news programs on the American public and on our understanding of political, social and international i...

Connections Between Nature, Madness, and Cognitive Psychology

occur within a therapeutic perspective that recognizes cultural and social differences and acknowledges the impacts of societal ex...

A Ficticious Literary Panel Discussion

its extreme, I pointed out the evil being perpetuated against the Irish." Lady Macbeth interrupts, "I am familiar with this wo...

Relationship Between Man and Nature in The Outcasts of Poker Flat by Bret Harte and The Open Boat by Stephen Crane

what man believes he can confront and ultimately overcome and what the bitter truth of reality says he can accomplish when up agai...

Love's Infinity in D'Aragona's Dialogue and Plato's Symposium

In five pages this paper compares the views expressed by these authors regarding women's role and the infinite nature of love. Fi...

Naturalistic Realism as Defended by Aristotle

In four pages Book I of Aristotle's Politics is used as the philosopher's 'natural' realism defense especially pertaining to the n...

Man's Nature According to Thomas Hobbes

In four pages this paper examines how Hobbes viewed man's nature in a contrast with St. Augustine's philosophy. Three sources are...

State of Nature and The Leviathan of Thomas Hobbes

In four pages this paper examines the state of nature as determined by Thomas Hobbes with an analysis of the three assumptions dev...

On Being and Consciousness by Jean Paul Sartre

In ten pages this essay critiques Sartre's reasoning as it pertains to consciousness and the nature of being. There is no bibliog...

Nature as Analyzed by the Philosophy of Aristotle

In a research paper that consists of six pages Aristotle's nature philosophy as described in Physics and Metaphysics is considered...

Second Treatise On Government by John Locke

In five pages this paper examines various topics explored in this text including society and the individual's role, the worker's p...

The West Front of Wells Cathedral

in early Christianity. This group includes statutes of "St. Augustine...St. Paul, (and) St. Joseph of Arimathea (Van Rensselaer, 1...

Computer Technology and Art

the diversity and liveliness of the culture of the time. One could...

Literature and Nature

powerful setting. In the title itself we imagine hills and we envision hills that look like white elephants. This could clearly...