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Contrasting and Comparing Descartes and Locke

occurred. One of the only things that one can find to argue about Locke is that he eventually becomes as inflexible as the rest o...

Hume and Descartes Compared

at the conclusion that there is no belief of which we can be certain, since the process of acquiring such information is inherentl...

Political Power, Supernatural Rituals and Anthropology

in society provide numerous functions while at the same time explaining mans origins and how man relates with nature. Many of the ...

Critically Exploring William Shakespeare's 'Othello' from a Marxist Perspective

a black man was not suitable to be a ruler. In clever fashion, he sets about to accomplish his goal. In fact, when Iago and Roder...

Armstrong and Descartes' Views Compared

one is not perceiving reality correctly. Yet, while all of these situations leads to a change in perception, who is to say that th...

'The Yellow Wallpaper' by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

have to occupy the nursery with the horrid wallpaper" (161). As befits a woman who is practically a nonentity, the narrator in "...

Organizational Behavior

question put forth by bosses and managers everywhere: "how do I get more out of my workers?" In this paper, we will...

Analyzing David Hume's Essay 'Miracles'

other words, lets say that someone came along and said that the sky was falling and that it was a miracle! Basically what Hume is...

Rena Graybeal Case Study Analysis

her mater grandmother remained a homemaker. This traditional family format was also reflected in her paternal grandparents in whic...

Responsibility According to John Stuart Mill, Immanuel Kant, and Aristotle

his position by specifying that only a certain kind of agent can qualify as a moral agent, and thus subject to the ascriptions of...

Analyzing the Video The Miracle of Life

Each transition flows seamlessly into the next. Clearly, the main point of this video is to detail the development process, and...

Transforming Knowledge and Effective Writing

reader, but it is not likely if the writing is dry or bland. One has to wonder weather or not bland writing is sufficient or just...

Bill Clinton's American Images

there are different views and images of America. Many take their images from their childhood. What is it like to grow up in Americ...

Nature and Biology According to Aristotle

Aristotle also proposed that the "idea of a perfect statue" is already in the marble and that the marble itself seeks to realize ...

Was Eliminating the Glass Steagall Act a Good Idea?

have addressed, Glass-Steagall served to establish financial regulations on banks, namely deposit insurance and a separation of co...

Promotion by Favoritism

Go and Kleiner use the example of promotions given to employees with "organizational connections" (Go and Kleiner, 2001). In such ...

The Independence of the Central Bank

1999). Thus, the central bank is most generally more anti-inflation than democratic governments. There are both advantages and di...

Ivan Ilyich and Socrates

from the fact that I realized that I knew nothing. A man of my era named Chaerephon once asked the Oracle at Delphi is there w...

Tibetan Buddhism and Gandhi's Satyagraha

BC and embarked on numerous expansionist campaigns. He later turned to Buddhism and, repenting of his earlier policies of violent ...

Terrorism War's Cost and the Dilemma of George W. Bush

Quaeda is not dependent on the continued existence of its leader. Even if allied forces were able to capture bin Laden tomorrow, ...

Comparing Niccolo Machiavelli's the Prince with Thomas More's Utopia

or socialism. More realized that it would be hard to find an established model to point to and so he created his own. More explain...

The Anti-trust Exemption in Baseball

most, if not all their careers (Sensenbrenner, 2001). Back then, baseball could be considered in "dire financial straits," and the...

A Position Paper on Montaigne and Descartes

little consequence when it came to the knowing the true nature of something. However, Montaigne seems to limit himself in that he ...

Architecture and its Controversies

to a particular interpretation (2002). In some way, modernisms influence never left. Modernism may also be construed as an archi...

Database Questions and Software Development

Vawter and Roman (2001) refer to .NET as a product of "Windows DNA," indicating the similarity between .NET and forerunner Windows...

Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail, & the Advent of Gonzo Journalism

The journalist records events as they occur, but also incorporates those details of personal opinion, sensory impressions, and so...

Justice as it Respects Hobbes and Plato

that was determined by human will, in that people choose whether or not to keep their promises (Hobbes, 1982). Those that keep th...

Legal, Moral, and Political Philosophy and the Concept of Rights

the issue of rights we may start with the theoretical foundation of the role that rights and the way these are seen in terms of e...

The Radical Nature of the American Revolution

This researech paper offers a comprehensive examination of the ideas that preceded the American Revolution, such as the concepts p...

Civic Duty, the Community, and Individualism

what could be, seeing community as important and contingent on something he calls social capital. University Professor Robert D. ...