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Machiavelli's Beliefs on Truth as a Princely Duty

a leader? How should a prince behave? Although the motive for Machiavelli writing this piece, and the application of this work to ...

Beliefs of the East

In seven pages the Taoist, Buddhist, and Confucian concepts of 'nothingness' are examined in terms of how these ideas represent a ...

Belief and Disbelief in an 'Accidental Century'

and the use of technology in the form of the atomic bomb laid waste to the concept of an egalitarian Utopia. The postwar world us...

Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and Puritan Beliefs

a result Europe was not loner unified to the degree that had existed for almost one-thousand years. While Martin Luther would ina...

Belief Formation and Induction

may base a belief. Those who most support induction as the framework for forming beliefs think of it as a logical process that inv...

Revolutionary Beliefs of Albert Einstein

moon. This was possible because, Einstein theorized, that the same laws that govern the physics of nature must be true of things...

Goals, Beliefs, Values, and Norms of American Society and its Subcultures

have purposefully separated themselves from the rest of society as a means by which to build a community of their own jurisdiction...

God's Existence Belief

at the bottom of the ladder, and humanity at the top, by virtue of the faculty of reason (Augustine of Hippo, 2001). After carefu...

Beliefs and Tenets of Islam and Sufism

a more intimate and personal approach to God than was provided by Sunni formalism and detachment (Lippman, 1995). The Sufis found ...

Beliefs and Concepts of Judaism

In six pages this paper examines Judaism's beliefs, concepts, benevolence, and peace doctrine. Seven sources are cited in the bib...

Southern Baptist Convention's Belief Systems

Convention (SBC) has grown to 15.8 million members who worship in more than 40,000 churches in the United States. Southern Baptist...

Egyptian Afterlife Beliefs and Natural Forces

of the mortal life. Consequently there were elaborate worship rituals concerning death and the afterlife. Many of these rituals ...

Belief in God in Hinduism and Buddhism

reverence that can only be achieved through understanding the esoteric aspects of the three worlds. "The experiential and devotio...

Comparative Analysis of Buddhism and Native American Beliefs

In nine pages a comparative analysis of Native American and Buddhist beliefs considers their similarities and differences. Six so...

'Reasonable' Belief in God?

In seven pages this paper examines whether or not the human belief in God's existence is reasonable. Eight sources are cited in t...

Philosophical Beliefs of Malcolm X

In eight pages this paper examines Malcolm X in a consideration of his philosophical principles. Three sources are cited in the b...

Examining Rituals and Beliefs of Islam

provides a non-ethnocentric view of Islam. A number of Western writers, however, have attempted to approach Islam in an honest an...

Life After Death in Hindu and Christian Beliefs

we think of as ourselves continue to exist in the soul body. Death is a most natural experience, not to be feared. It is a quick t...

Secular Society and Doubt and Belief

In five pages society's incorporation of religion is discussed in terms of several philosophical views that include mainstream rel...

Unified Christian Belief

In six pages this paper examines the unity of belief that was called for by The Second Vatican Council's Dogmatic Constitution on ...

Christianity versus Judaism Beliefs

Holy Ghost/Spirit (Faigin, 2002). This difference is directly related to belief in Jesus. Judaism does not accept Jesus Christ a...

Opposition to Islamic Beliefs

their lifetime. Presumably this requirement is for the spiritual edification of the Islamic adherent. During the ten days of rites...

Political and Personal Beliefs Reflected in Tillie Olsen's Writing

Indeed, Olsens socialist upbringing and working class background, as well as her experience as a single parent, provides a major s...

Belief and Knowledge According to Plato

of innate knowledge, he was adamant that nothing could be learned except through experience and sensory input: "How comes [the mi...

John Demos' The Unredeemed Captive and Puritan Beliefs

similar theme: Though hast cast off and put us to shame...and has scattered us among the heathen."2 In this simple illustration ...

The Ethics of Belief by W.K. Clifford

the only way to arrive at this point, he seems to be saying, is to carefully examine anything that one believes with the yardstick...

Beliefs in Confucianism

to think about it, ritual, or the act of performing ritual cannot be faked or deceptive. For example, one may be throwing a birt...

Modern Mind and Concepts of Doubt and Belief

human environment" (Freud NA). This would indicate that Freud felt that in a secular world, it may well be the case that mankind i...

Corinthian Church and Paul's Beliefs

Paul wrote several letters to the Corinthians, addressing his concerns (Pauls First Letter to the Corinthians, 2003). First, he...

Morals, Beliefs, and Ethics

Ethics is concerned with how a moral person should behave, whereas values are the inner judgments that determine how a person actu...