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Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino

wrong with modernism, inasmuch as the very existence of society depends upon progress. However, it is this progress at the expens...

Nature of People and Counseling Theory

the nature of people, the developmental process, and the therapeutic relationship that can assist in the initiation of change. ...

Politics, Human Nature, and Machiavelli

a prince should behave and when behavior is justifiable. The author also to an extent addresses the nature of man. At least one ca...

Overview of Gestalt Therapy

human beings perceive of things far beyond their physical limitations. The law of pragnanz, which asserts that man is "innately d...

Stem Cell Research: Argument Against

of medical advancement that purports to save lives, the necessary research requires the taking of other lives, which presents a di...

Social Change: How It Shapes And Impacts Society And The Human Family

did not hold much power within society, inasmuch as there was an unyielding sense of control that loomed over the aspects of freed...

A Fictitious Discussion Between Hobbes and Kant

of his own life; and consequently, of doing anything which, in his own judgement and reason, he shall conceive to be the aptest me...

Place Of Religious Experience In Lawrence Kohlberg's Ideas Of Human Development

social order that refuses to acknowledge the elements of good and bad. Correspondingly, Fontana (2003) points out how the good "a...

Plato's "Allegory Of The Cave" And Francis Bacon's "The Four Idols" - How We Know What We Know

smartest beings when it comes to illustrating their capacity for cultivating and understanding knowledge; therefore, the value of ...

'Perspectives on the Individual' and Human Nature

among four children in his family. The father was an intelligent, religious man, a hard-working storekeeper and an important leade...

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...

Authority Compliance as a Dangerous Social Characteristic

In 3 pages the human nature experiments of Stanley Milgram are examined in a consideration of the negative impacts of blind author...

Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People

do most of the talking. While much of Carnegies advice may sound manipulative or dishonest, consider for a moment how making team ...

Human Nature as Defined by Frederick Douglass

In five pages this paper compares Frederick Douglass's definition of human nature with that of the Black Codes, Jefferson Davis, a...

Thomas Hobbes and Aristotle on Human Nature

the civilization that had sprung up, flourished for centuries, and now stood on the brink of massive change in his native land of ...

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and Being Human

a peasant cottage where he can unobtrusively observe a family and how they interact and he begins to learn from them. In other wo...

5 Dialogues of Plato and Human Nature

It is important for to understand that there exist a great many philosophies by which people live their lives. These philosophies...

Control of Nature by John McPhee

In five pages this paper analyzes 2 of McPhee's stories regarding the defiance of human nature by individuals. Two sources are ci...

Human Nature According to Schiller and Rousseau

In six pages this paper examines how human nature was perceived by Schiller and Rousseau. Three sources are cited in the bibliogr...

Human Nature and the Writings of Lee K. Abbott

In eleven pages Lee K. Abbott's quirky exploration of human nature in the short stories collection Living After Midnight is examin...

Lord of the Flies, Human Nature, and Social Defects

In thirty pages this paper examines how social defects reflect those in human nature as depicted in Lord of the Flies by Golding. ...

Intertwining Cultural and Social Contexts

In 5 pages this paper examines human nature in a consideration of the relationship that exists between cultural and social context...

Niccolo Machiavelli and Plato

In nine pages this report compares the philosophies on human nature as conceptualized by Niccolo Machiavelli and Plato with Plato'...

Attack on Personal Identity by David Hume and Karl Popper's Response

In five pages Hume's attack on the self or personal identity is discussed as represented in A Treatise of Human Nature and also co...

Human Nature, Culture, and Capitalism

In five pages capitalism, culture, and human nature are explored within the context of a letter Thomas Jefferson wrote to John Ada...

Human Nature and Karl Marx's 'The Communist Manifesto'

In five pages this paper examines historical materialism and alienation within the context of 'The Communist Manifesto' and argues...

Analysis of Lost Boys Why Our Sons Turn Violent And How We Can Save Them by James Garbarino

its racial intolerance. "When white middle-class kids kill, there is always a public outcry of why and a search for what went wro...

Overview of the Dahomey Kingdom

trade, they were unable to win and became a tributary to Oyo. However, they effectively retained their independence and the king a...

Human Nature - The Philosophical Perspective

view is that the appetite for wisdom is the most noble of the possible forces that can drive humanity, and as such, the one which ...

Human Nature and Democracy

In five pages this research paper considers how democracy is the type of government that most adequately suits human nature in a d...