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Sufi Poet and Mystic Jelaluddin Rumi

they are found in the Koran, point to this constant interplay of Mercy and Wrath, Beauty and Power" (76). (As bibliographical data...

'Virtu' Princely and Civic Concepts of Niccolo Machiavelli

A Prince with virtu needed people with virtu in his armies to be able to conquer and control others and to maintain an element of ...

David Fincher's The Fight Club

libidinal desire and an internal examination, which tends to idealize self (Naiman 333). The one factor which unites the two symb...

Methodologies of Second Language Instruction

their questions, the students responses, and any recurring patterns which occur. Discourse analysis can also help identify cross c...

First Meditation of Rene Descartes

be deceiving. This is his first error, but we can guard against it be not placing "absolute confidence in that by which we have e...

Jean Jacques Rousseau and John Locke on America's Problems

fix the problems of the world unless they have no problems of their own. One problem that is quite prevalent in the...

Historical Changes and British Racial Discourses

races interact in that culture. These races include blacks, Asiatics, Hispanics, and Arabics to name just a few. British...

Conquest of Mexico

of possible later interpretations of the "historical record after the conquest" (Schwartz 129). Also, other scholars assert that t...

Rousseau: "Second Discourse"

tribes" (Delaney, 2006). And so we cannot know precisely what Rousseau meant by these definitions. The first part of the Discours...

David Hume on Natural Religion

a philosopher, Philo a skeptic and Demea a theologian. Well see if this is correct and analyze one of the arguments. Cleanthes O...

Matthew 24:9-14

this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come (New Inte...

Review of "Presence: Exploring Profound Change in People, Organizations, and Society"

of the group of Detroits new competition. The purpose of the many trips to Japan was to "find out why the Japanese automakers wer...

Epistemological Issues In Research

is more discreet because it is based on information that one gains or obtains from persons who are considered experts. This type i...

US Constitution and Jean Jacques Rousseau and John Locke's Influence

In six pages this paper discusses how the American Constitution was influenced by Discourse on the Origin of Inequality by Jean Ja...

Analysis of textbook using discourse theory

we acquire knowledge not through a straightforward one-way transmission of information, but through a complicated interplay betwee...

"Discourse on the Method," Part 4, Descartes

Tis essay presents a summary and discussion of the perspectives presented by Rene Descartes in his "Discourse on the Method," part...

Song "The Adventures of Greggery Peccary" by Frank Zappa: A Social Discourse Interpretation

This '70s song by Frank Zappa is subjected to a social discourse analysis in 3 pages. The bibliography cites 3 sources....

Semiotics and Multimodal Discourse Analysis

In a paper of seven pages, the writer looks at multimodal discourse analysis. This unique type of semiotic method is examined, and...

Perceptions to Drug Addiction

the argument of Levine (1978) that disease approach to addiction was not a discovery that resulted from true medical research or s...

The 2008 Election and the Mass Media

often said, no longer reports public opinion, it drives it. This paper considers the way in which mass media sets the agenda for d...

Just Hypocrisy in Pisan and Machiavelli

student explore the profundity of the ideological shift represented by de Pisan and Machiavelli. To be certain, the advocation of ...

Politics and Ethics - A Philosophical Overview

to explore the views of human nature of Plato and other thinkers, as well as how these views were expressed in governmental form. ...

The Same Sex Marriage Debate and Religious Discourse

the fight against same-sex marriage being legalized is largely influenced by religious ideology in the legislative and constitutio...

Discourse on Africa

all, endeavors to present Africas history within a broad historical context that details the early significant events in human his...

Political Discourses and Ethical Approaches That May Impact on Environmental Issues

capitalistic hegemony. Mainstream models such as socialism and feminism given alternative view on the political and ethical issues...

Rousseau's A Discourse on Inequality

was beginning to find his way out of his despair. He would go on to take a mistress, attempt a musical career, and have five chil...

Discourses and The Prince Compared

the day and time in which they were written. Of course, no true political analyst can be excused simply for that reason. Still, it...

Acculturation Process and English to Arabic Political Discourse

varies significantly depending on the continuity of a specific immigrant subculture. In understanding the progression of...

Machiavelli's Discourses and The Prince

readings in Western political science. The Prince was written in response to the decay of the Italian states-system" (Hoyt, 2002; ...

An Analysis of The Long Discourses Of The Buddha: A Translation Of The Digha Nikaya

& of themselves... the mind in & of itself... mental qualities in & of themselves -- ardent, alert, & mindful -- putting aside gre...