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I want to do? Are there really any obligations which reach me from outside the realm of my own desire? To put it into a more pithy...

In eight pages this paper contrasts and compares Marxist and Hobbesian theories regarding a market economy, the State, and society...

A slight acquaintance with numbers will show the immensity of the first power compared to the second" (Anonymous, 2000). Malthus ...

Thomas Aquinas' distinctive theology and philosophy and how it differed from the ancient Greek thinkers are examined in seven page...

body defines justice that makes it so. Therefore, as Plato points out, rulers must be able to distinguish between justice or inju...

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the philosophies of Thomas Paine and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Three sources are cited...

the issues surrounding slavery and indigenous rights lasted long past the time where such mindsets were becoming extinct in other ...

the idea that the aristocracy was inherently better than other socioeconomic classes and, therefore, entitled by their superiority...

major transportation route of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. In the years preceding the Louisiana Purchase the Spanish ...

is a sincere form of flattery. Still, no living politician is compared with Jefferson on the whole. Few can even compare with the ...

enough of these will find their way into every branch of the legislation, to protect themselves...I think the best remedy is exact...

Hobbes clearly addresses the notion of individualism and Social Contract Theory as they relate to the moral factor behind justice....

of life or meant literally in respect to wealth. No matter how one interprets the sentiment, it seems that life is not good accord...

This paper assesses Jefferson's contributions and how they corresponded with his views on slavery and indigenous rights. There ar...

disorder," which does suggest that a social goal is that everyone should get along. But Hobbes knew early on that people do not ge...

likely to effect their Safety and Happiness." While a well known mandate, this paragraph provides a sense that indeed, man does ha...

belief at the time (The Radical Academy, 2004). God gives this power to the people as a whole, not to individuals (The Radical Aca...

and bring the concept back to reality, most people know someone who gets wonderful grades in school, but does not have a lick of c...

human nature is bound by the weakness of mans character? In short, Platos (1979) freed prisoner is himself, the cave reflects the...

unspoiled by either man or society? In "The Tiger," Blake appears to be pondering the marvels of the world while at the same time...

This itself is also likely to have been influenced by the long Peloponnesian war in which Plato himself was involved. Different me...

In a paper of eight pages, the writer looks at the works of John Updike and Dylan Thomas. Themes of death are contrasted between "...

on earth by making the life of such as me bitter and black with sorrow; and then it is a fine thing, when you have had enough of t...

into two very obviously distinct groups. These groups of citizens may not have the same political party affiliation or the same ec...

many years, but started to become less open during the dark ages. It was at this time that the Christian church took control. The ...

an almost detached amusement. He describes them rushing about, in a hurry to get to work and to work as hard as they can. However,...

(Washington State University, 2004). Plato asserts that our perceptions are essentially "shadows" of real objects. In ot...

is believed to be around 1600. By the end of the seventeenth century, they had become accustomed to European guns, tools, cloth, ...

society, actually many shifts, that led to the current attitudes held by Christians today. For example, there was a time when peop...

think, therefore I am" (Frost 2550. From this Descartes reasoned a body of ideas that he did not believe could be disputed, as th...