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Problemata I of Fear and Trembling by Soren Kierkegaard

In five pages Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard's solution to Problemata I featured in his text Fear and Trembling is discussed...

Samuel Johnson and George Berkeley on Metaphysics

or of material things. Berkeleys philosophical stance of immaterialism or idealism simply denied the existence of matter all toge...

Algerian War and Albert Camus

the limited liberty that they offered was not sufficient to the majority of Arabs in Algeria (Gildea 17). Albert Camus wrote, in...

Socrates and Odysseus

is less important than the conversation which takes place, and since the two individuals are from periods in Greek history several...

Karl Marx, John Locke, and Thomas Hobbes

of society. However, Hobbes is also making the assumption that human beings will able to ascertain what is the correct way of doin...

Life and Philosophy of Denis Diderot

considered his philosophy to be heresy. Abbey (2004) notes that the work which gained Diderot the charge of disseminating pornogr...

Arguments of John Stuart Mill in On Liberty

that appraisal in terms of wrong, immoral, or wicked is appropriate: only in this area that deterrence and retribution as they ope...

The Mind-Body Problem and Descartes

thing" sets the stage for each of his subsequent steps. In Step 2 he delineates his completeness into one of its two parts, the b...

Interaction Between the Body and the Mind According to Baruch Spinoza

also saw mind and body as two separate substance. The Descartes position on the mind-body problem combines the idea of substance d...

Ancient Greeks and Politics

basically a war between Athens and Sparta (Thucydides, 1881). This came about as a result of the growth of the Athenian Empire, a...

Windows of G.W. Leibniz

that requires the transmission or transposition of the parts of those beings (1998). However, substances are simple unextended ent...

'Argument Against Skepticism' by John Hospers

to the first two in that people have some former knowledge in order to "know" someone, or "know" how to do something (Hospers, 196...

Concept of Human Nature

idea of self is more genuine and original, unique in its conception. Also, at the very foundation of this philosophy is that there...

The State and Virtue According to Alexis de Tocqueville and Aristotle

Virtuous action was defined by Aristotle as what a person with practical wisdom would choose. The golden mean, as defined by Ari...

Pacifist Just War Theory Analysis

the war has a specific goal in mind. NON-CHRISTIAN VIEWPOINT The problem, the non-Christian would say, is that these rules are ei...

Substance Dualism: Descartes, Spinoza and Berkeley

and escalate directly to the top to absolute knowledge. Step one in his groundbreaking compilation of scientifically conscious th...

Hamlet, Oedipus & Death of a Salesman

"Hamlet," the troubled Danish prince is morose and troubled because, just a short time after his fathers death, his mother remarri...

Contemporary Women's Lives and Backlash by Susan Faludi

progress because of the biased portrayal of women by the media and society at large. In this regard, this book is...

Immigrant Experiences and Angel Island

Before actually describing the art and poetry that came out of detainees from Angel Island, a look at the locations history would ...

Comparing Nike to Manchester United

what the actual value of the company is and deduct the physical asset. This can then be considered in terms of the actual amount, ...

The Works of Oskison and Posey

Various pieces of literature are explored, compared and contrasted. These are Native American works and beliefs are discussed as c...

Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, T.S. Eliot's 'The Mill on the Floss' and Narrative Perspective

had a daughter who loved him"; however, Maggie received no such indications either from her father" or from Tom--the two idols of ...

Contemporary Executions and George Orwell's 'A Hanging'

them on their journey to death are, more often than not, lacking in any sympathy or emotion, just as the characters in the end of ...

Iraq War Coverage in UK's The Guardian and The New York Times Compared

condemned The New York Times and The Guardian for liberal content and left-wing sympathies, and their war coverage has come under ...

Singapore and Criminal Justice

the primary influences in the restructuring and rebuilding of the civilian forces. A womens unit was added and new uniforms were s...

Imagination and Love in On Love by Alain de Botton and Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

In twenty four pages this report contrasts and compares the themes of love and imagination as depicted in these works and also com...

Thailand and Global Marketing

This may mean that different types of product...

Comparative Analysis of Niccolo Machiavelli/Thomas More, and Martin Luther/Desiderius Erasmus

In five pages the political views held by Machiavelli and More are compared and then the religious positions of Luther and Erasmus...

19th Century Literature A Comparison of Heroines from Two Stories

This paper compares Charlotte Bronte's heroine of Villette with Jane Austen's heroine of Persuasion. It discusses the roles of the...

Bernal Diaz del Castillo and Hernan Cortes

In seven pages the writings of these two men are contrasted and compared with Castillo's The Conquest of New Spain and Cortes' Let...