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Hume and Descartes Compared and Contrasted

This research report compares and contrasts the ideas of these two philosophers. Linear deductive reasoning is examined along with...

Andrei Tarkovsky's Cinematic Poetry

This in-depth research paper puts forth the argument that the films of director Andrei Tarkovsky are best seen as cinematic poetry...

Metaphors in 'Oresteia' by Aeschylus

In this paper consisting of five pages the argument presented is that metaphors especially bird metaphors are employed to represen...

Justice Theories of Plato in The Republic

In six pages this paper considers the self interest and justice arguments of Thrasymachus and Socrates in The Republic. One sourc...

The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

in different locations. In this case, the division of labor is not "so obvious," and, therefore, not as easily observed (Smith Ch...

Private Sector Elite and the U.S. Constitution

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

Iraq and Democracy

a lot. Lives were lost in the struggle. Some do not think it was worth it. In understanding democracy and the process of democra...

Standards Based Teaching Article Analysis

can make the curriculum work best for varied learners" (p. 8). In other words, Tomlinson presents differentiation as a challenge t...

Women as Depicted by William Faulkner in 'The Hamlet'

of the careful construction lends enough credibility for the reader to suspend disbelief, but all the while, when one backs up to ...

Bellah's False 'Unsituated Self'

American selfhood that go all the way back to the beginning"(Bellah 55). Given this, then, if one accepts what Bellah is stating, ...

Causes and Consequences of the New Imperialism

altruistic claims, both of these theorists argued that greed was the fundamental motivation that propelled imperialism (The New Im...

William Shakespeare's Coriolanus

men pitted against one another. As a reader, and as an audience member, one does not have any sort of emotional attachment to any ...

Federalist Period Architecture

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

Writers of English Prose

assist Bacons advancement" (Abacci Books). Yet, despite that all he had accomplished, and despite all that Essex had provided him,...

Arguments of John Stuart Mill in On Liberty

that appraisal in terms of wrong, immoral, or wicked is appropriate: only in this area that deterrence and retribution as they ope...

Just War Against Terror by Jean Bethke Elshtain

no political science degree is required to understand the theory and ideology behind the assertions of this author. There is a we...

Existence of God and Proof

Kant believed that accessing this moral law which was indeed universal consisted of relying on our own instincts, not in the realm...

Gun Control and the 2nd Amendment of the U.S. Constitution

were needed, and with that, the Second Amendment guaranteed the right of individuals to bear arms in service of that militia, so t...

Atheists and the Counterargument of Lois Hope Walker

not. For example, one can take a leap of faith in any direction, whether that is to believe or not to believe. One can believe in ...

Reason, Good Will, and the Concepts of Immanuel Kant

In six pages this paper examines good will and reason from the conceptual philosophical perspective of Immanuel Kant with argument...

African Slave Trade and its Impact

that that seen in the Americas and the different reactions and interactions that were seen....

'Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night' by Dylan Thomas

In seven pages this tutorial considers Dylan Thomas's classic poem. Nine sources are cited in the bibliography....

The Angel Crest Manor Long Term Assistance Living Facility

contracts back in the 1970s. In the last few years, the facility see-sawed between economic ruin and financial stability. A majo...

God's Existence and the Argument of Saint Anselm

In five pages the eleventh century argument of Anselm regarding God's existence is examined as presented in Monologium. One sourc...

A Good Thing Gone Bad in a Study of Affirmative Action

the work force and university admissions. In essence, these governmental mandates (still in force today) impose hiring quotas, r...

Offender Population and Behavioral Motivation

In five pages the offender population in terms of a lack of motivation is discussed with the argument presented that self worth an...

Primary and Secondary Qualities According to Berkeley and Locke

the ways that we experience these objects. A table is solid; stars in the night sky are innumerable. Secondary qualities o...

Dreaming Argument of Rene Descartes Analyzed by Norman Malcolm

Malcolm instead contends that if one is thinking, making decisions and so forth, he or she is obviously awake. Malcolm takes on ...

Racist Text The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

about slavery reveal the horrors of slavery and the injustice which the system of slavery imposed on the lives of so many black pe...

Thomas Nagel, Peter Unger, and David Hume on Skepticism

present impression, the sight of a flame, for instance, results in a causal relationship in the mind of the observer between flame...