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Propriety Rule, Socrates, and Confucius

In five pages Confucian concepts of 'man of humanity' and 'rule of propriety' are considered with the incorporation of Socrates' p...

Politics According to Plato and Aristotle

In five pages the differing political views between Plato and his one time philosophy student Aristotle are discussed with Plato's...

Bret Harte's Life and Writings

In five pages this biography of Bret Harte includes the times in which he lived, his philosophy, and his text The Outcasts of Poke...

Utopian Thought and Transcendentalism

In eight pages this essay discusses the philosophy of transcendentalism and whether or not it is rooted in what is referred to as ...

Homeopathic Philosophy Lectures of James Tyler Kent

In five pages this paper discusses how 'modern' man's ailments of the spirit, body, and mind can be cured by the beliefs contained...

William James' Free Will and Baron d'Holbach's Philosophy of Determinism

In four pages this paper contrasts these two very different philosophies. Four sources are cited in the bibliography....

Property Concepts of Karl Marx and Jean Jacques Rousseau

such "luxuries" as central air conditioning and a built-in dishwasher. Today, these items are considered essential. Similarly, mos...

Ethics by Benedict Spinoza

In a paper that consists of five pages Spinoza's one substance concept of God is examined in terms of his philosophies. There are...

The Enlightenment in America by Ernest Cassara

In five pages this text is examined in a discussion of enlightenment philosophy as represented by Rousseau, Hume, and Locke. Ther...

Community and the Possession of Private Arms

In ten pages this paper considers the right to bear arms in America in a discussion of community with a comparison of the philosop...

Aristotle and Plato Critiquing Education

as people do want to know things and understand (1995). Both theorists do view education as important and place a particular empha...

Doctrine of the Trinity and Saint Augustine

either good or evil. There was no "middle of the road" in this extreme religious philosophy. When Augustine was indulging in his...

Jean Watson's Nursing Theories

the word alone that Watsons ideology is based not just upon clinical actions but upon the implementation of emotional availability...

Philosophy of Nursing and Values

money" (Collings, 1997; p. 52). The sentiment was true long before the 1980 survey, and its persistence over time likely would no...

Nursing and Knowledge

led to alter his position. The old philosophers gave much attention to the issue of knowledge and epistemology. Aristotle ...

Social Policy and its Formation

need to resolve these problems and that all values of the society can be known and evaluated (DiNitto 5). It further assumes that ...

Concept of the Human Imagination

What is Imagination? Imagination is "the power of the mind to consider things which are not present to the senses, and to consid...

Biography of 19th Century British Romantic Poet William Blake

begin studying engraving and it would be here that his genius would find a purchase. As a young man, some biographies state,...

Hypothetical Criminal Intelligence Unit Examined

the Criminal Investigations Bureau but it is also identified as "a support function for the Special Weapons and Tactics Team (SWAT...

Case Study of Japan's Komatsu Limited

such as the "F and F" project - Futures and Frontiers. Through this project, the company asked all employees to contribute ideas a...

'Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius' by Jorge Luis Borges

the author - harbor the repression of ones unconscious, a theory many believe to be the most significant milestone of his career. ...

Obstacles of Knowledge According to Francis Bacon

were synonymous. In his investigations into science, Aristotle knew of inductive reasoning, but he relied heavily on use of the de...

Law, Power, and Politics According to Saint Thomas Aquinas

belief at the time (The Radical Academy, 2004). God gives this power to the people as a whole, not to individuals (The Radical Aca...

Morality and Religion According to Immanuel Kant

what no republic may dare" (1784). Interestingly, about five years after the writing of this piece the French would take the heads...

Beat Generation, Burroughs, and Kerouac

world which has lost its humanity. The insane way in which the book is put together only reinforces the theme of madness. I Dont W...

Personal Exploration Through Biography

that Jean Edward Smith agrees with this assessment, but he believes biography is an art form that should take into account the anc...

Politics Institutionalization, Expert and Non Expert Roles

by viewing the history of "political thought and practice through the lens of what he called the American tradition of empirical c...

Philosophy and Metaphysics

human nature is bound by the weakness of mans character? In short, Platos (1979) freed prisoner is himself, the cave reflects the...

U.S. American Peace Organizations and Activities

a larger number of people were appraised of the issues. Understanding who these past groups were allows one to adequately compare...

Contemporary Western Culture and Humanities

deal of power into one ruler (or, at the very least, a collection of rulers who wont end up fighting among themselves)....