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E. Pluribus Unum and Thomas Jefferson

In ten pages Thomas Jefferson's life and achievements are chronologically considered as is his E. Pluribus Unum role. There are 3...

Perspectives of Aquinas, Aristotle, and Plato on Economic Growth and Human Welfare

In six pages this report contrasts and compares the views of Thomas Aquinas, Aristotle, and Plato on economic growth in terms of h...

Limited or Absolute Power in the Monarchy

In five pages this paper discusses the absolute power represented by France's Louis the Fourteenth and Thomas Hobbes' limited powe...

Thomas Hobbes' and John Locke's Views and the 'Opposing Appetites' of Niccolo Machiavelli

In five pages this report contrasts Machiavelli's social opposition theory with the perspectives of political theorists Thomas Hob...

Objectivism v. Ethical Relativism

I want to do? Are there really any obligations which reach me from outside the realm of my own desire? To put it into a more pithy...

Paul Revere's Ride by David Hackett Fischer

In five pages this historical text is summarized and analyzed with the roles of British General Thomas Gage and Paul Revere discus...

Three Leaders, Tecumseh, Jefferson and Columbus

was 14, leaving him 2,750 acres in land and numerous slaves. Between 1760-1762, Jefferson attended the College of William and Mary...

Philosophy and Presidential Candidates

In five pages this paper discusses how presidential candidates can each be connected in some way with the philosophies of Jean Jac...

Victorian Literature and Class Consciousness

In 5 pages the Victorian class consciousness that reached a pinnacle during the mid to late 19th century is examined as it is refl...

Thomas Malthus and His Theories on Population

1798) These theories were very significant as over two hundred years later they are still considered valid as arguments an...

Disproving the Theoretical Validity of Panpsychism

"Take a sentence of a dozen words, and take twelve men and tell to each one word. Then stand the men in a row or jam them in...

Utopian Political Philosophy Criticism in The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli

In seven pages this paper examines Chapter XV of The Prince in a consideration of how it criticizes the political philosophy descr...

Enlightened Age Elements of Progress, Nature, and Reason

and comparison of the volumes of literature that were produced during this era. Three of the great philosophers of this era, Thom...

Western Films and the Themes of Loss and Regret

on him by his situation, but belonging to him intimately and testifying to his completeness" (655). Also on the subject of Wester...

Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton

to feel the calling to a religious life. Decides to become a Catholic, then decides to be a priest. Part Three has 4 chapters th...

David Hume's Perspectives and the Arguments of Thomas Nagel

In five pages this paper examines how David Hume's perspectives are addressed by Thomas Nagel in his arguments. Three sources are...

Was Thomas Aquinas a Direct Realist?

This paper consists of six pages and evaluates whether or not Thomas Aquinas can be considered a direct realist and argues that he...

Wasteland or Wonderland of Industrial Progress?

In five pages this paper evaluates industrial progress within the context of articles written by Arne Naess and Thomas Berry. Two...

Possible Futures For The Microsoft Corporation

antagonize the government. Gates attitude appears to be one of the principal factors behind why the ruling went against Microsoft....

Literary Examples of Desire and Reason

In five pages this research paper examines how literature portrays the conflict between reason and desire in a consideration of Ut...

Concepts of Saint Thomas Aquinas

has likely already noted that . Bracken (1996) suggests that what is missing from Aquinass argument is a distinction between per...

Social Discrimination in Hardy and Dickens

The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy and Great Expectations by Charles Dickens both deal in major part with discrimination. T...

Relationship Between Tazio and Gustav von Aschenbach in Death in Venice by Thomas Mann

In five pages this paper discusses Aschenbach's obsession with Tadzio in this analysis of Death in Venice by Thomas Mann. There a...

From Beirut to Jerusalem by Thomas Friedman

Two time Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas Friedman reveals his talent in the 1989 book. Focusing on Israel and Lebanon in particular ...

Sovereignty and Issue of a Central Government of the United States in the 18th Century

In twelve pages the sovereignty issue is examined within the context of the theories of Thomas Hobbes and John Locke and the effec...

Bigger Thomas in 'Native Son' by Richard Wright

while contemporary critic Louis Tremaine disagreed, arguing that Bigger Thomas was, in the final analysis, a positive African-Amer...

First World War According to Thomas Hardy and Wilfred Owen

In five pages this paper compares the views of the First World War that are presented in The Man He Killed by Thomas Hardy and Dul...

Canada's First People

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares how the early people of Canada are depicted in Thomas King's Borders and Margaret ...

Philosophy and Cultural Relativism

own regions. For example, in New York it is legal for a woman to remove her shirt on a public, city street but few do so as they r...

Thomas Aquinas and Aristotle on Virtue

subdivided into passions and reason (Yu 323). So, too, was his moral character, which explained how man could exist as both a soc...