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and a pragmatic one. From its inception, the Constitutional Convention was more concerned with economics than ideals. The majori...

man who understood the "power of language" and "fought through language to influence history" (Demetrios, 2002, p. 7). Thomas Pa...

by the American readership who was eager to see a new direction forged in the colonies (Baym, Franklin, Gura, 630). Paine saw the...

to God or to some type of "Ultimate Reality" (16). Such an experience differs from religious insight in that a religious insight ...

as well (Lev, 2004). This evident blending of past and present very much expressed the Federal era values of retaining the rich cu...

still the most important piece of history that the U.S. embraces. Jefferson married in 1772 and owned both land and slaves ("Jef...

goodness and evil. They are the opposite ends of a pendulum. If God existed there would be no observable evil. Since we know there...

In eleven pages this paper discusses how Thomas Paine and Thomas Jefferson perceived liberty and then discusses its evolution with...

In five pages this paper examines how American literature evolved from he colonial times of Jonathan Edwards, John Winthrop, Benja...

In four pages this paper discusses how God's existence is argued through epistemology with Thomas Aquinas' arguments providing evi...

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them ...

In six pages this paper discusses how a private sector elite was created by American Founding Fathers George Washington, Thomas Je...

In fifteen pages this paper examines Jefferson's concepts as they relate to the church and state separation and democracy. Ten so...

There is no question that through Jeffersons influence, the United States of America was built on a foundation of democracy and li...

This is particularly true for Jefferson verses Madison and Hobbes verses Locke. Despite their differences in philosophies, ...

into the pen during the day. After the best of the gang were sold off, the balance was taken to the Exchange coffee-house auction ...

derives from the fact that it seems as if it had a familiar or conventional meaning. One might be tempted to try a nonliteral int...

major transportation route of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. In the years preceding the Louisiana Purchase the Spanish ...

do not even attempt to explain it. You either believe or you dont. The Doctrine of the Holy Trinity evolved over many years and ...

various things as they approach in diverse ways toward something that is the greatest, just as in the case of hotter (more hot) wh...

dot.coms are in great part responsible for the changes. These young people shed the suits and adopted street-wise jargon, flauntin...

them somehow" (Ancient Greek Religion and Mythology, 2003). For example, "The Egyptian goddess Isis was especially popular in Athe...

be a less sure guide than revelation; however, Aquinas did believe it possible to reach certain truths without the aid of revelati...

course, defines that which is proper conduct, it distinguishes right from wrong; morality points to proper behavior that serves so...

the universe reveals that the natural world provides a graduated scale of existence, from lower beings to those that are higher or...

theme, in fact, throughout the book, as resentments continued to simmer). Peasants, for the most part, pretty much dont know they ...

In six pages this paper compares contemporary religious views with Plato's philosophical concepts with God's existence, morality, ...

In eight pages this research paper considers philosophical perspectives regarding God's existence and includes David Hume's opposi...

In twenty pages this research paper considers philosophical arguments pertaining to God's existence as argued in support and in op...

Most people like an ordered existence. It makes them feel comfortable with the real uncertainty of life. Descartes made "doubt" a ...