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Essays 541 - 570

Cultural Values in History

the end of the Gita, Arjuna says "The delusion is gone...by your grace I have recovered my wits. Here I stand with no more doubts....

Different Types and Regional Museum Pieces

liked to envision men, the primary subject of sculpture, as regal and noble and strong characters. There was nothing more powerful...

Galileo and Why He Should Have Been Excommunicated

all involvement with Copernicanism and to stop teaching and talking about this approach (ChristianAnswers.net). The fact that he d...

Letters Accounting Daily Life In Ancient Greece and Rome

of herself and reassure her that all will be will. You know what her days are like: as the wife of a noble (how silly that sound...

Ancient World Letters

wife, and particularly Athena, the Goddess of Wisdom. Our beautiful city is named after her, and Melitta wants to honor her and as...

History and Introduction of the Early Catholic Church

Pauline Christianity, which was developing at that time. Eusebius of Caesarea--Eusebius (263-339) studied under Pamphilius, a Ch...

Ancient Rome and the Works of Vergil

by Homer, Vergil, by establishing Aeneas as a Trojan also justifies Romes invasion and conquest of Greece as retribution for the f...

Law Enforcement and New Technology

Justice notes that in 1999 seven of ten law enforcement officers were employed by offices utilizing in-field computers or terminal...

Rights of an Individual and Fetal Rights

into the controversy surrounding issues such as abortion, the use of fetal tissue in treating certain diseases, stem cell research...

Evaluating Ancient Civilizations

of the civilizations are important. In fact, one source claims that the Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians and Egyptians were consi...

3 Types of Roman Triumphal Arches

marble in opus quadratum" and the upper portions constructed from "opus latericium covered with marble slabs" (Seindal [1]). It ha...

Symbolism and Characteristics of the Pantheon and the Parthenon

bulk of the building, it also works with the inner dome to "add a sense of space and regeneration" (Brown, 2000). The whole vision...

Perspectives on Human Nature

the pagan world, sex was considered a divine gift and it carried none of the sense of sin and punishment that became associated wi...

Cultural Ideals and Plays of Chikamatsu

giri. Osan says, "I could see that you were drifting towards suicide. I felt so unhappy that I wrote a letter, begging her as one ...

Roman Catholic Church Child Sex Scandal

is both a government (via the Vatican) and an organization, it is a church. The data are astounding. The John Jay College of Crimi...

Comparison Between Catholic and Mormon Interpretations of Christianity

will proclaim their "Christian" beliefs but such beliefs often do not square with the traditional Christian ideologies of either t...

Cult Status of the Film Rosemary's Baby

away at a person until there is nothing left. A loss of humanity and depth is mourned in this movie, it could be stated. Demonic ...

'Urbanization' in the Architecture of Early Rome

city. The system that the early Romans devised for delivering water to where it did not naturally travel on its own has been a ma...

History and Architecture of Sicily's Villa del Casale

the same impressive mosaics. Seindal notes that the villas original owner would have been of the...

3 Religious Issues

women being "accepted in the diaconate which is a part of Holy Orders" (Womens Ordination Conference, n.d.; also see The Campaign ...

Roman Copy of Aphrodite's Torso

In four pages this paper compares the Greek version of the Torso of Aphrodite with a Roman copy and also discusses the sculptor Ma...

Literature of the Medieval Period

seems to be known about the education of Mark. The author of this gospel is believed to have been John Mark, the cousin of Barnaba...

Three Historical Perspectives on Roman Imperialism

"extension of power by ones own group over others," is basic to human nature and "does not call for special explanation.iii One se...

Triangular Relationship Between Islam and Eastern and Western Christendom

existed a triangular relationship between Islam and Eastern and Western Christendom. The Council of Chalcedon (451 AD) was exempla...

Elements of Screwball Film Comedy

legacy of screwball comedy. Both Ninotchka and Roman Holiday encompass themes that are more sophisticated than the typical screwb...

Mythology and the She Wolf of the Capitol Statue

can deduce from a study of the dark sculpture is that the Romans considered themselves to be of supernatural abilities and as such...

Overview of Roman Baths

and decadent individuals enjoying baths. In truth, the baths were originally only used by the poor because the wealthy did not bel...

Social Work and Alcoholism

are the personal and societal costs. There is no way to predict which families will suffer from the direct and indirect impacts of...

Mayan Games and Myths

of the Natural World III. Conclusions A....

Roman Catholic Church and Process of Canonization

in a huge portfolio (Lim and Lau, n.d). The inquiring process is next and there are three kinds of inquiry processes: 1. Informa...