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Rene Descartes, who formulated the innovative idea that sensory information is not a reliable foundation on which to base knowledg...
of God were those of the Old Testament, then came Jesus, whom they consider to be another divine prophet, and then Mohammad, the l...
Said argued that this enabled the West to use this part of the world as "a benchmark" to measure its own progress while at the sam...
leads to the meditative absorptions states known as jhana (Novak, 1989). The second, insight meditation, contemplates the "true n...
has her husband, children, sisters and other extended family, as well, who provide the missing link to her cultural roots back in ...
her time between home and school. But when her parents decide to marry her to Hussein, her only a choice is to submit to their wis...
spirit of impressionism in his work The Artist as a Man Champney was born in Boston in 1843. At Lowell Institute he studied...
such as the coyote tales which are only told in winter. Not only is the story repeated according to the inflections, drama and hu...
In ten pages this paper examines the conflict between African cultural traditions and the contemporary African American middle cla...
and that the intervention of priests between the faithful and God was a necessary component of worship. Nevertheless, there is sti...
target country. Political risk exists when discontinuities appear in the business atmosphere, when they are hard to predict and w...
count of 6 billion (The Christian Century 1192). China, the worlds most populated country, accounted for an entire fifth of that ...
A. Abu Boahen gives an unusual view of the colonial experience in African Perspective on Colonialism. Most books take the European...
In four pages the struggles for equality by these aboriginal women are considered and include self government tribal fights and th...
In nine pages this paper examines U.S. Chinese American communities and their traditions in this discussion of cultural anthropolo...
urban setting is critical to American life. The recent clashes between blacks and whites have gone unnoticed as time erases memori...
This 5 page paper discusses the role of innovation versus tradition in works by Derek Walcott and T.S. Eliot. Works discussed incl...
are the core of moral tradition as defined within the context of societal constraints. Most people associate moral tradition with...
In 7 pages the evolution of modernism is chronicled in an analysis of 'On the Genealogy of Morals' by Nietzsche; 'Civilization and...
Puritans have a dour, unsympathetic reputation, so the idea of Puritan poets may seem rather odd. However, that faith tradition pr...
In 5 page this paper defines modernism and then critically applies the concept to T.S. Eliot's 'The Waste Land,' and 'Tradition an...
In a paper consisting of 10 pages the aethetic, scientific, and sociopolitical influences on Eliot's 1922 masterpiece is considere...
In ten pages this paper refers to the writings of Thucydides, Aristotle, and Plato in a consideration of past and present politica...
from around A.D. 300, which is one of six classical systems of Indian philosophy. The literature on Yoga stems from the set of sut...
In ten pages this paper discusses the tradition represented by the Eucharistic Meal and Passover seder. Six sources are cited in ...
In five pages the literary progression from Celtic paganism to Christianity is discussed through the ways in which the emerginc cu...
In six pages this research paper examines Nigeria and Cameroon in a consideration of the tradition laden music in these African re...
In ten pages this research paper focuses on the novel's protagonist Okonkwo and discusses how he reflects his ideal society's trad...
In five pages this paper examines the health care of Native Americans and considers the impact of their cultural traditions. Six...
In four pages Christianity is discussed in terms of women's roles with references made to Her Story Women in Christian Tradition ...