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Essays 481 - 510

A Look at Figaro

Figaro, the work and the character, are discussed. This Beaumarchais work is contemplated in four pages and utilizes four referenc...

Comparative Study of Hinduism and Buddhism

In six pages historical and contemporary perspectives are used to compare these two religions in terms of enlightenment goals, tea...

Sarte and Descartes Compared

approaches to subjectivity have been characterized by an overwhelming modern anxiety not to be Descartes (206). Descartes pictur...

Philosophy of the Enlightenment and Postmodernism and the Self Concept

that had to be made without conclusively knowing what the correct choices might be (Stack 162). Thus, it can be seen that the Enl...

Western Enlightenment and the Philosophies of John Locke

In five pages this paper discusses how Locke's philosophies contributed to the Enlightenment of the West in an examination of how ...

Century of Air Cargo 21st Century

This paper consisting of 5 pages examines the support for the notion that air cargo is the 21st century industry and its problems ...

Life and Activism of Malcolm X

In five pages Malcolm X's life, his Nation of Islam activism, subsequent disillusionment, Mecca spiritual enlightenment pilgrimage...

Outcome of the Twentieth Century's Global Population Explosion

This paper consists of five pages and considers the potential outcome of the global explosion of population in the 20th century. ...

Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment Perspectives on Society and the World

In six pages this paper contrasts and compares the global and societal perspectives of the Enlightenment and the Scientific Revolu...

Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries' Emigration from Ireland to the United States

In six pages the immigration to the United States by the Irish is examined in terms of the struggles and achievements that were en...

America's Enlightenment

In five pages this paper considers America's Enlightenment era in a consideration of the Revolutionary War and such important thin...

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad and the 'Quest' for Self

In six pages this paper analyzes the quest for self in a discussion of Charlie Marlow's enlightenment in Heart of Darkness by Jose...

'Everyday Use' by Alice Walker and Revelation

to her" (2274). Maggie had a disfiguring accident as a child, the result of the familys home burning to the ground. As her mothe...

Jocasta Versus Antigone

In a paper consisting of five pages the differing paths of enlightenment each of these characters took regarding their own heroism...

Baroque and Enlightenment Period Differences

and reality. It was a completely unique movement which "generated its own standards" and cannot, therefore, "be measured by class...

Europe During the Seventeenth Century, Faith and Religion

believe, truly was the Age of Reason in that it caused the people to consider their existence more carefully and in a spiritual fr...

Enlightenment Period and Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels

In five pages this paper examines how the Enlightenment is reflected in Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift. Six sources are cit...

Enlightenment According to Sigmund Freud and Friedrich Nietzsche

the beginning of unique aspirations and an original quest for truth. In his book On the Genealogy of Morals, Nietzsche reac...

Comparative Analysis of Buddhism and Taoism

"a holy book" but Tao means "the way," simultaneously a path and principle of order. Throughout the centuries, translators have al...

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

This paper examines Franklin's memoirs in terms of the ways in which it reflects Enlightenment ideals in context as well as form. ...

Enlightenment Ideals in Common Sense by Thomas Paine

written in 1776 by Thomas Paine. This pamphlet requested that the United States immediately declare independence from Britain. I...

Zen Buddhism Term Satori and its Meaning

In one page this research paper defines the Zen Buddhist concept satori as heightened enlightenment comprehension. One source is ...

Values of the Enlightenment and Romanticism

In seven pages this paper discusses the Enlightenment and Romantic values in a consideration of 'The Tyger' by William Blake and '...

Primo Levi and Sigmund Freud on the 20th Century's Cataclysmic Events

Arguments of Primo Levi and Sigmund Freud are presented in five pages and then applied to the 20th century's cataclysmic events in...

U.S. Political Culture's Development

In five pages this paper examines the growth of American political culture from British colonization until the 1787 Constitutional...

Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries' Artistic Transition

In seven pages this research paper considers the transition from Impressionist subjectivity to twentieth century 'internalism' of ...

Patriarchal Designs of Women's Roles

In a paper consisting of twenty three pages this paper discusses how the English patriarchal society designs women's life roles wi...

Enlightenment and Entwinement Myth of Horkheimer and Adorno

In seven pages the correlation between enlightenment and mythology as argued by Horkheimer and Adorno is examined. There are no o...

Analysis of Enlightement's Role on the Definition of Modernity

In four pages this research paper examines how modernity was defined by the natural, social, and scientific developments of the En...

Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson

In three pages this paper examines how Jefferson borrowed from Enlightenment theories and John Locke's political philosophy in wri...