YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Second Meditation of Rene Descartes
Essays 181 - 210
In two pages this paper examines how the philosophies of these two theorists were influenced by history and their respective cultu...
do know for certain that objects exist, we must know of them through the mind and not the senses (Important arguments ...). Desca...
This 3 page paper gives an explanation of how meditation can help healing. This paper includes the practice of meditation for heal...
infinite substance: God, "the universal essence or nature of everything that exists" (Wozniak, 1995). Spinoza (1997) persevered a...
In two pages the Four Noble Truths and how meditation fits into these beliefs are discussed in an examination of Buddhism, with th...
This research report looks at Hume and Descartes and their ideas about reason. It is claimed that Hume minimized the use of reason...
simple to Descartes, so simple it needs no argument. He basically says that as long as one is thinking, one exists. To Descartes, ...
rising above childhoods of extreme poverty or abuse, yet cases do occur. James second argument in defense of free will point to th...
parables, or a book of varied quotes. As an example, in the Sixth Book he notes, "Do not ever conceive anything impossible to ma...
In nine pages this paper considers Zen Buddhism and Heidegger's teaching in a discussion of how meditation and its value relates t...
clutter and entanglements with regular meditation is one of the most effective ways to maintain a healthy existence. "The basis o...
your colleagues (those enemies trying to beat you to your rightful place) are now replaced with a lust for gain" (Ellis; Tissen, 2...
of realism as though it were a sketch. There is not the boldness of lines and the use of color that would represent the work of Ma...
"the aspirations of the people themselves. The controlling idea of the French Canadian is to retain...
done about those who suffered, those simple cultural people who were victims of the civilized world (Castillo 40-45). This...
or the perception of identity changes through time. For example, someone grows up and has certain experiences and perceptions and ...
conclusion that "a being than which none greater can be conceived can be conceived to be greater than it is," which is "absurd" (A...
This research report looks at how Descartes would feel about Plato's ideas. Would he agree with Plato in his ideas about death? Th...
at the conclusion that there is no belief of which we can be certain, since the process of acquiring such information is inherentl...
occurred. One of the only things that one can find to argue about Locke is that he eventually becomes as inflexible as the rest o...
that there are some tips toward combating stress and its effect on the human body. Taking time out each day to perform stress-bust...
This dissolution, first adverse, becomes a positive driving force which allows us to sway from crime, avarice and over-anxious car...
the most effective means of treatment. Stress is, in fact, a reaction; not the event or situation which causes the reaction (DeFr...
karmic retribution. Zen Buddhists believe that karmic actions result in reincarnation, and that "ones circumstances are the suita...
& of themselves... the mind in & of itself... mental qualities in & of themselves -- ardent, alert, & mindful -- putting aside gre...
In three pages this research paper examines creative visualization, channeling, Shamanic Journeying, and T'ai Chi practices of med...
In forty five pages this paper presents a literature review in which the incorporation of eastern medical practices including t'ai...
In eight pages this report contrasts and compares these various types of Buddhist meditation practices. Seven sources are cited i...
leads to the meditative absorptions states known as jhana (Novak, 1989). The second, insight meditation, contemplates the "true n...
Plato and Anselm . He talks about seeking truth and wisdom consistently throughout the text. For Augustine, "Truth is one, and Go...