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Materialism, Hylemorphism, and Philosophy

The views of Thomas Aquinas and Aristotle are examined in this consideration of the preference for hylemorphism over materialism i...

Gases and Physics Laws

pump and then an interest in gases (Asimov, 1994). In 1662, he discovered that air could be compressed, and further that its volu...

Political Aspects of Slavery

"In moments of agony, I envied my fellow-slaves for their stupidity" (Douglass 279). These men were better equipped -- intellectu...

Comparing Utopia and The Prince

This 6 page paper compares and contrasts Thomas More's book Utopia with The Prince by Machiavelli. The writer considers what More'...

Thomas Hardy and George Moore's Victorian Fiction and Naivete

In five pages this research paper examines the naivete of the protagonists in Esther Waters by George Moore and Far From the Maddi...

Discussion of 4 Writings on Politics

In ten pages this paper discusses Malthus' An Essay on the Principle of Population, Thomas Paine's response in The Rights of Man, ...

Thomas Hardy's Works on Society and the Individual

In 8 pages this paper discusses characterizations, relationships, and how they thematically represent society and the individual i...

Abraham Lincoln and Opposing Views of Him

In seven pages this paper contrasts the Confederate and Union views of Abraham Lincoln as presented in Glenn Linden and Thomas Pre...

Administration of President Bill Clinton

In nine pages this paper defines concepts of articulation, disjunction, and reconstruction in this consideration of the Clinton pr...

An Analysis of The Lexus and the Olive Tree by Thomas Friedman

New York Times foreign affairs columnist Thomas Friedman expertly illuminates his knowledge of globalization in the captivating bo...

Venice and Friedrich Nietzsche

In five pages this paper considers the similarities between Irvin Yalom's When Nietzsche Wept and Thomas Mann's Death in Venice. ...

Declaration of Independences and Birth Rights According to Alfred Young and Thomas Paine

In 5 pages this paper examines birth rights in accordance to the articles penned by Alfred Young and Thomas Paine and expressed in...

England and Italy's Political Development

a utopian society -- represents a rational philosophy educated by science, motivated by art, and inspired by compassion. Declarin...

Seventeenth Century Cavalier and Metaphysical Poetry

In twelve pages this paper contrasts and compares the cavalier and metaphysical approaches to seventeenth century poetry in a cons...

Reality and Social Constructs

already been, we will eliminate the need to relearn the same lesson more than once. However, there are some problems that necessi...

Literature and Music Expressed in the Nationalist Culture of African Americans

In six pages this paper discusses the expression of cultural nationalism in African American literature and music as depicted in t...

Man of All Seaons/Robert Bolt

This essay discusses Robert Bolt's play that relates the life of Thomas More, A Man For All Seasons. The writer compares More's he...

Victorian Spirituality in A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

This state of affairs was the order of the day in that era, and it was this sad setting that added to the problems of every day li...

Falsification Theories of Karl Popper

In fifteen pages Karl Popper's 1934 The Logic of Scientific Theory is examined in terms of the proof and falsification theories de...

Structure of Scientific Revolutions and the Postscript of Author Thomas Kuhn

In 10 pages the 1969 postscript Thomas Kuhn added to his 1962 text is examined in terms of content with its 7 subsections analyzed...

The Role Player as Seen in Mann's Confessions of Felix Krull

This paper describes the concept of a role player, as demonstrated by Thomas Mann with the character of Felix Krull. This five pa...

Poetry's Subconscious Impact

In 5 pages this paper examines the subconscious impact of animals in an analysis of 'The Fish' by Elizabeth Bishop, 'The Darkling ...

Overview of the United States Virgin Islands

John is largely a national park. St. Thomas boasts a deepwater harbor. St. Croix has rolling hills. All three are special touri...

Proof Offered by St. Thomas Aquinas That God Exists

This paper examines the contingency theory and causality argument offered by Saint Thomas Aquinas in his cosmological theories on ...

She Who Is The Mystery of God in Feminist Theological Discourse by Elizabeth Johnson

In five pages the opening chapters of this text are analyzed with the emphasis on Thomas Aquinas' writings as considered by the au...

Coach Carter/Hoosier, film comparison

when the teams losing streak continues. There is one boy in the high school, Jimmy (Maris Valainis) who is a superb player, with...

MONARCY AND FREEDOM: DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES

behind horrors, leading to situations in which there is censorship of the press, little education and "goodness trod under foot, t...

Martin Luther King and Thomas Jefferson on Freedom

the slaves. Slavery was legal, but it was not right and it was not conducive to freedom. For King, freedom was about equality and ...

A Night-Piece on Death by Thomas Parnell

mans mortality is Death itself. He walks among the graves and notes that the poorer people have flat markers and the more famous h...

Thomas Nagel and Marilyn Friedman and the Relationship between Society and the Self

"out" group is dangerous: its members views are often suppressed (Friedman). From there its a very short jump to oppressing the "o...