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This paper contrasts and compares American federalism perspectives featured in Paul E. Peterson's The Price of Federalism and Thom...

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

woman who all her life has rejected any opportunity to choose her path in life, as well as any responsibility for her actions; and...

it is interesting to note that the heros first name is the same as both Apuleius himself, as well as the name of the author from w...

In fifteen pages this paper examines the intention of philosophy from a historical perspective that includes consideration of phil...

In five pages these philosophers' views on ethics are contrasted and compared as represented by Aristotle in Nicomachean Ethics an...

men for the society in which they develop. Youngs concepts of justice and mans role in society appear to challenge those prese...

In a paper consisting of nine pages this work by Aquinas is evaluated in terms of its strengths and weaknesses of points. Five so...

In four pages this paper examines how Hobbes viewed man's nature in a contrast with St. Augustine's philosophy. Three sources are...

actions would have been sanctioned by law forty years ago, the consensus of society at today is that this sort of discrimination i...

education, Aquinas was exposed to the work of the ancient Greek philosophers. Throughout his writing , Aquinas worked out a relati...

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

a "relentless critic of metaphysics and religion" (David Hume, 2002). Hume argued that "our purely philosophical conceptions of G...

In five pages this paper examines Aquinas' 5 arguments on God's existence and exposes the errors in his 2nd argument. Three sourc...

a certain inclination towards laziness. In discussing his childhood, Augustines theories toward education come out. He adamantly r...

boils and sores but Job continues to praise God. Jobs wife tries to get him to curse God. Then, friends suggest he is being punish...

Different theological philosophies attribute free will and freedom to different other theories. This paper explores libertarian fr...

parables, or a book of varied quotes. As an example, in the Sixth Book he notes, "Do not ever conceive anything impossible to ma...

This essay focuses on Plato's use of dialogue in his "Apology" and "Crito," and Augustine's use of the monologue in his "Confessio...

for them, allowing them to live in a state of perfection. But, in so doing Adam and Eve would not have had free will. They would h...

and a posterior arguments here, there is a priori knowledge of Gods existence but that knowledge is beyond human understanding. In...

Plato and Anselm . He talks about seeking truth and wisdom consistently throughout the text. For Augustine, "Truth is one, and Go...

Augustine Chapter X). He then notes that he learned many things through such examination concerning his behavior, behavior...

the Buddhist worldview and the goal of detaching oneself from the material world and the body. "Thought is an attribute that rea...

the body dies (Island of Freedom, 2003). Although Descartes saw the mind and body as two separate substances and also having diff...

as family, friends and personal interests, such as hobbies and projects, ahead of work related issues imposed by others, people ca...

However, the historical record indicates that it was not long before the image of Jesus began to be detached from the historical J...

the problem-solving work "forward by rendering intelligible the problems various dimensions" (Miller, 2002, p. 173). The first se...

back by the love of temporal pleasure" (Augustine 167). In accepting Christianity, Augustine records that he "no longer desired a ...

be an object of science. To this question, Aquinas answers "no." First of all, following the medieval style of reasoning, he posit...