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Medieval Civilization and Christianity

In six pages Dante's 'Divine Comedy,' 'Beowulf,' 'Song of Roland,' and Augustine's 'Confessions' are examined in terms of gaining ...

St. Augustine's Confessions and Concepts of Eternity and Time in Book XI

that it does not exist, a word can be a sign that signifies nothing. God, on the other hand, is omnipotent. He is omnificent. T...

Human Nature and the Views of Augustine and Aristotle

In a report that consists of ten pages human nature is examined in a contrasting and comparison of Augustine's and Aristotle's phi...

The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis

In five pages Augustine's influence and the significance of the heaven and hell bus ride iare considered in this overview of Lewis...

Government and the Role of the People and the Submission Theory

and existed to do good. Therefore, he sermonized, citizens should obey not just for fear of punishment but for consciences sake. "...

Analyzing the Tribute by Augustine to Monica, His Mother

debate in terms of wanting a peaceful and inner spiritual life and letting go of his past indiscretions (St. Augustine, Bishop of ...

Linguistics and Genderized English

dominated society. Furthermore, Miller and Swift point out that while words that are considered "masculine" traits describe admira...

Post-Revolution Britain and Satirical Literature

In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at post-Revolution Britain and the satirical literature that emerged from there. Gay's ...

Satirical Meaning in Gulliver's Travels

cronyism of the royal court and how the British government functioned, making people "jump through hoops," to use the clich?, in o...

Including Art in Third Grade Science Lesson

titled "Life Science: Animals and Their Environments" includes the idea of also incorporating art into the lesson. The first artwo...

The Principles of Goleman’s “Emotional Intelligence” Applied to “The Little Prince”

families, in career and the workplace, for health and contentment" (Wilson). People who have and use emotional intelligence gener...

Mosaics of the Middle AGes

illiterate public, this information was scrupulously made visible on walls or the ceilings of sanctuary buildings. One spectacu...

Review of Mary Frohlich's Text on St. Teresa of Avila's Interior Castle

In five pages this paper discusses the life and work of Saint Teresa in this review of the book by Mary Frohlich on this important...

Deterring Crime: The Effect of Truth in Sentencing

This 5 page paper examines those elements in current literature that suggest truth in sentencing may deter crime. The writer provi...

Women's Rights and a Speech by Sojourner Truth

offered chivalrous acts, such as with going through doors and stepping over mud puddles; however, she also acknowledges that she, ...

God's Second Son by Jonathan D. Spence

In 6 pages this paper examines the 19th century Chinese rebel peasant Hong Xiuquan who contended he was Jesus Christ's brother as ...

Life and Works of Saint Thomas Aquinas

In eight pages Saint Thomas Aquinas is the focus of this overview of his life and writings including Summa Theologica, The Three G...

Defining Philosophy With the Help of Stephen Clark

In a paper consisting of five pages truth and reality are two of the components factored into a definition of philosophy as well a...

Doubt and Descartes

This research report looks at this ultimate skeptic and explores doubt and truth in terms of all intellectual propositions. Is Des...

Narrative Speech Under Critical Analysis

in the continuing fight for womens rights. With the very first line, Truth exposes her defiance toward the systems rules, which, ...

Benjamin Franklin and Jonathan Edwards

on that he believes in the Presbyterian concept of Predestination -- "From my childhood up, my mind had been wont to be full of ob...

Personal Truths and Beliefs

People play devils advocate all the time, negating valid premises. This is how high priced attorneys win impossible cases and it i...

Saul Kripke's Philosophical Propositions

In five pages this paper examines the connections with 'a posteriori' and 'a priori' knowledge, contingent truth and necessary tru...

Aristotle and Augustine's Views on Friendship

This paper examines the views of Aristotle and Augustine relevant to the topic of friendship. This five page paper has five sourc...

Using Plato's Apology to Find the Truth

This 5 page paper examines the way in which one can use the Socratic method to find the truth. The writer also discusses the conce...

Augustine, Plato, and Anthropology

In five pages the ways in which anthropology is reflected in the philosophical works of Augustine and Plato are examined. Five so...

Augustine’s Confessions

grace precedes faith."7 Augustine argues that it is impossible "to believe without having heard," yet is also impossible for the i...

Religious Topics

this movement, they are turned against their families, their grades fall and they drop out of school, and they "surrender" their w...

Bertrand Russell: The Value Of Philosophy

third wife and third child come a year apart between 1936 and 1937, while his next publication - A History of Western Philosophy -...

Charles Peirce's Account Of Truth And Reality In "How To Make Our Ideas Clear"

perception is that which we, as humans, have been trained to discern as a species, inasmuch as the certain quality of perception r...