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Essays 391 - 420

States of Consciousness

is indicative of REM sleep. If one has reached Stage IV, it is indicative that one will shortly be entering the REM stage where d...

First Person's Account of 'My First Day in America'

in snow are silent, peaceful and beautiful. Vietnam is warm throughout the year so I reveled in the snow fall. I only knew how...

Healing and the Meditation Ritual

clutter and entanglements with regular meditation is one of the most effective ways to maintain a healthy existence. "The basis o...

'Song of Myself,' 'When I Read the Book,' and 'One's Self I Sing' by Walt Whitman

With the plain-speaking simplicity that was his trademark, Whitman constructed this poem in such a rhythmic way that it could be s...

Daily Living Through Zen Buddhism

karmic retribution. Zen Buddhists believe that karmic actions result in reincarnation, and that "ones circumstances are the suita...

Feminist Message in A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf

"linear narrative and instead went to an interior monologue, or stream of consciousness, technique"(Virginia Woolf, 2003). Woolfs...

Jonathan Ellis and Rene Tissen's The Seven Deadly Sins of Management

your colleagues (those enemies trying to beat you to your rightful place) are now replaced with a lust for gain" (Ellis; Tissen, 2...

Androgyny and Isolation in A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf

An androgynous individual relies upon social acceptance just the same as other more gender-specific people; when he or she receive...

Rene Fortunato's Film The Power of the General

One is not expressly privy to the formative influences in his life, but the directors suppositions are obvious. Those that Trujill...

Evaluating Childbirth Pain Management Alternative Proposal

drugs. In reality, pain management in labor delivery can include not only pharmacological approaches but also behavioral approach...

Feminine Reading of Woolf's, A Room of One's Own

an intimate conversation among feminine equals. Men are excluded" (Marcus 79). She has, in essence, constructed an alternate fem...

An Analysis of The Long Discourses Of The Buddha: A Translation Of The Digha Nikaya

& of themselves... the mind in & of itself... mental qualities in & of themselves -- ardent, alert, & mindful -- putting aside gre...

Living on One's Own is Better

virtue of an extensive library and the contributions of fellow students. Not only is the type of school all-important to ones aca...

Aristotle and Plato on Knowledge

subject of forms. While Plato held a dual realms theory, Aristotle saw form and matter as existing in the same realm. In discussi...

The Teaching Profession from a Philosophical Position

teachers beliefs, principles, convictions and interpretation of reality are all pertinent. They influence the students and so it i...

Anthony Rotundo's American Manhood

be a norm, whether one is discussing a Marmot or a Human. However, that being said, of course, there is a lot more going on in the...

Analyzing the Orientalism of Edward Said

their own power and superiority. There was no real learning about the culture on the part of the Westerners, but rather a sense o...

Leo Strauss on Political Philosophy

science or subjects in the humanities do not. Both classic philosophy and modern philosophy seem to make political philosophy a qu...

Perception, Language, Cognition and Consciousness in Classic Indian Philosophy

modification, which dispels ignorance" (Mohanty, 2001). When we cognize we abate ignorance....

21st Century and Henry David Thoreau

States and among philosophers in general. While this background was largely unnecessary from the perspective of many of the retre...

Thomas Nagel, Peter Unger, and David Hume on Skepticism

present impression, the sight of a flame, for instance, results in a causal relationship in the mind of the observer between flame...

Obstacles of Knowledge According to Francis Bacon

were synonymous. In his investigations into science, Aristotle knew of inductive reasoning, but he relied heavily on use of the de...

Religion and the Perspectives of Karl Marx

existence will continue and the thing that people are most afraid of-death-is something that is comprehended as tolerable. Death b...

Developing a Personal Education Philosophy

the standards movement. This "default" philosophy emerges from a behaviorist, positivists background that places great emphasis...

Volunteerism in the Assistance of Dogs

the board or they may witness a dog being beaten to death and nothing is done. In fact, the plight of the homeless dog is a cause ...

Ralph Waldo Emerson on Spirituality

the individual. For one to realize his best self he had to first discover himself and to learn to trust himself. He believed in ...

Capitalism and the Philosophy of Karl Marx

they realize that they may not be able to survive. They only have to come up with the money because an old, poor friend married a ...

Plato's Philosophy and Criticisms

thought that the Theory of Forms was useless when it came to explaining the material world "because the connection between the two...

Development of an Individual Value Framework

go beyond the generally accepted rights and wrongs, which may be taught in religions but are rarely seen within the law, such as c...

Self-Assessment Educational Philosphy

it worth it to reduce instructional time in sciences, art, etc. in order to gain higher scores in reading and math? (Glickman, 200...