Philosophy
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2,286 Essays on Philosophy. Documents 811 - 840
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God and the Problem of Evil
Everyday it is possible to read a newspaper, or turn on TV or radio news and learn about evil going on in our world. Banks are robbed, cars are stolen, violent murders and rapes are committed. Somewhere in the world the aftershock of an earthquake is being felt. Cancer is killing millions of people each year, while other debilitating conditions continue to affect many with no cure to end their suffering. President Bush said that
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God's Existence Questioned: The Pursuit to Knowledge
God's Existence Questioned: The Pursuit to Knowledge God generally refers to one supreme, holy, personal being; the divine unity of ultimate goodness and of ultimate reality. Throughout history, God's existence has been questioned by many. The existence of God led to the pursuit of knowledge for many philosophers, including Rene Descartes. In Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy, Descartes logically proves the existence of an infinite and truthful being. As a result, he states two arguments
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God: Man or Myth?
The existence of man, earth and universe was no accident. It does not seem likely that such an immense creation would be for no reason. How do we really know the origin of what we identify as our universe? What are the true characteristics of a god? Is the role of god only to create, or does god control fate? Has god given us a purpose or are we just simply here for his entertainment?
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God: Truth or Myth
While in High School I encountered all different kinds of people. Some were nice, others were not, and there was always that small group of guys that always voiced their opinion and let others know what was on their minds. No matter what others thought or felt of their opinion. My friend Ray was one of those people. Ray was a very easygoing guy; he never started any trouble, never disrespected anyone, and never quit.
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God’s Existence Cannot Be Proved
But what is this unknown something with which the Reason collides when inspired by its paradoxical passion, with the result of unsettling even man's knowledge of himself? It is the Unknown. It is not a human being, insofar as we know what man is; not is it any other known thing. So let us call this unknown something: God. It is nothing more than a name we assign to it. The idea of demonstrating that
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Golden Ratio
The golden ration can occur anywhere. The golden proportion is the ratio of the shorter length to the longer length which equals the ratio of the longer length to the sum of both lengths. The golden ratio is a term used to describe proportioning in a piece. In a work of art or architecture, if one maintained a ratio of small elements to larger elements that was the same as the ratio of larger elements
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Good Example Is the Best Sermon
"Good example is the best sermon." -Benjamin Franklin Too often we hear of people telling us the right thing to do, yet they do not abide by the sermons that they tell us. However, there are those few special people in our life that we look up to. We look up to them because they not only teach us the right way to live our lives, but they also provide us with a good example.
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Goodness and Badness
It's very common to hear of a person being good, whether it's through conversation with friends or through the media. I have often asked myself where this judgment comes from. What makes a man or woman good? Is it that they are born a virtuous person, or do they earn virtue by their actions? On what basis can a person say someone is good? Do they know they are good because they have followed certain
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Gorgias Rhetoric in the Encomium of Helen
In the Encomium of Helen, Gorgias attempts to prove Helen's innocence since she is blamed to be the cause of the Trojan War. Gorgias uses rhetoric to persuade listeners to believe why there are only four reasons to explain why Helen was driven to Troy. All of which he will argue were not her fault. Fate was the first cause, followed by force. Gorgias then seems to focus the most on the power of Logos,
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Government Response Paper - Utopian or Reality?
John McLaughlin April 8, 2002 ENGL 110 Government Response Paper Utopian or Reality? Throughout history, it can be argued that at the core of the majority of successful societies has stood an effective allocation of leadership. Accordingly, in their respective works "The Tao-te Ching" and "The Prince", Lao-Tzu and Machiavelli have sought to reach a more complete understanding of this relationship. The theme of political leaders and their intricate relationship with society indeed manifests itself
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Governmental Roles
For years, people have argued over what roles a government should have in governing their citizens. One thing that most people seem to agree on is that the government that governs the least governs the best. Most political parties accuse their opponents of being for big government, when in actuality they all have their own issues that they feel need to be government controlled. The argument begins with what areas the government should stay out
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Graduation Epidemic
Ashley Morris Brant 11-12 MWF April 28, 2002 Out of class #2 Graduation Epidemic My high school graduation was one of the saddest moments of my life. Although I was excited about graduating, I did not know what I was going to do with the rest of my life. In Maya Angelou's "Graduation," Angelou was excited and proud of all that she had accomplished. In Flannery O'Connor's "A Late Encounter With the Enemy," Sally Poker
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Gravity
Anailys Acosta Mul2380 Prof. Abbot Elvis Presley On January 8, 1935, in Tupelo Mississippi, Elvis Aaron Presley was born to a lovely couple by the name of Vernon and Gladys Presley. He brought so much joy into the family. By the age of 18, Elvis and his parents moved to Memphis, Tennessee in 1948, and he graduated from Humes High School there in 1953. The pop and country music of the time, the gospel music
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Greatest Happiness Principal + Mill
According to Mill, people who believe in Utilitarianism are often asked to justify the calculus of the philosophy. Objectors of Utilitarianism argue "that there is not time, previous to action for calculating and weighing the effect of any line of conduct on the general happiness." (Mill 23) A brief overview of Mill's Utilitarianism concept is best described as the "Greatest Happiness Principle" (Mill 7) that states: you must always act to achieve "the greatest happiness
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Greek and Chinese Philosophy
Danial Shahbaz Mr. Mayers English 96 September 21, 2007 Communication "Phir oose bataadoo ke your fine? Yaan oose bataaoo ke your sick? Theek hai, I will not say a thing." One may take a look at the first couple of words and say to themselves, "what in the world is this?", but realizing it has English words, one can decipher what the sentence is proclaiming. The quote stated is an example of the hybrid language,
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Greek Mythology
1 Utilizing the legends and stories from which Greek Mythology derive, I will attempt to inform and stimulate the mind of an eight year old child as to the pleasures of reading and knowing such fascinating mythology. What exactly is Greek Mythology? The following was taken directly from the Encyclopedia Britannica. "Greek Mythology is a body of stories concerning the gods, heroes, and rituals of the ancient Greeks. Greek mythology has subsequently had extensive influence
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Greeks
The bust of Zeus found at Otricoli (Sala Rotonda, Museo Pio-Clementino, Vatican)Greek mythology is the body of stories belonging to the Ancient Greeks concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. Modern scholars refer to the myths and study them in an attempt to throw light on the religious and political institutions of Ancient Greece and on the Ancient Greek civilization,
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Greenville, South Carolina
Greenville is a mid-sized city located in the upstate of South Carolina. Greenville is located approximately halfway between the big cities of Atlanta, Georgia and Charlotte, North Carolina along Interstate I-85. Of a population of about 86,000 people: 62% are white and 34% are African-American , 3% of our population are Hispanic and 1% are Asian. The economy here was formerly based largely on textile manufacturing and our city was once known as "The Textile
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Gun Control
Try to imagine a stone cold killer who just got out of jail running loose in the streets. He sees a house with a family in it. He breaks into it with the intention of killing someone. As he enters, the owner of the house sees him with a gun in his jacket. The owner then goes to the drawer and pulls a gun on the person. That person just saved her life because she
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Gustavo Adolfo Becquer and Romanticism (spanish)
Gustavo Adolfo Becquer y el romanticismo. Para el trabajo nos gustaría analizar los rastros del movimiento del romanticismo en los poemas del poeta español Gustavo Adolfo Becquer, cuya rima ha sido fuente de inspiración de las generaciones posteriores. Este interés nace del hecho que el romanticismo estuvo muy presente en la poesía de dicha época (siglo XIX) y los vates fueron capaces de reflejar e irradiar sobre su entorno todos los postulados de esta naciente
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Habit 1 - Be Proactive
Habit 1 – Be Proactive GE-109L-S02 The first value is experience. We gain experience through events that we endure in life. The events that have happened to me can have an effect on my future. An example is the experience of living with roommates. I have lived alone before and my study habits were never hindered. Having roommates while a student here at SDSU causes obstacles I will have to overcome to focus on my
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Habit of Mind
A habit of mind is a way of thinking that one acquires over time. It is a type of thought that involves thinking beyond what society considers right or wrong, but acknowledging through complex thought, what is morally right. It is not easily achieved and is somewhat like a muscle, in that you have to build it up over time through intellectual work and hardship. Not everyone can achieve a strong habit of mind, in
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Hades
Hades was the god of the underworld. He had two brothers, Zeus and Poseidon. They divided the world between the three of them. Zeus got the heavens and was god of all gods and humans, Poseidon got the oceans, and Hades got the underworld. There are many things people don't know about Hades like what kind of god he was, who he really was, and how he stole his wife Persephone. In the first place
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Hahaha
Giant Food Markets of Broome County, New York From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For other uses, see Giant Food (disambiguation). Sign from the former Giant chain still attached to a store in Vestal, NY several months after its takeover by Weis Markets. Giant Food Markets of Broome County, New York was a supermarket chain founded in 1933, by Metrie and George Akel in Binghamton, New York and was the first self-service supermarket in New
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Halies Song
These distraught thoughts of a single mother in a homeless shelter About pain and heartache, ain't nothing you can tell her The case worker says that she should find a job But does this worker know what kind of jobs that there are? Degrading things like cleaning up people's vomit For a little bit of dough, and plus your brain gets nothing from it I'm smarter than that this girl thinks to herself I'm worth
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Handicap Law
Handicap Law What I find particularly fascinating is the notion that man has created "God's" law. Over time and throughout history we have come to obey these laws and make our actions the norm. With the exception of the sociopath, people within our society have to find a way to justify their misdeeds and wrongdoings. This is so because our society frowns upon "bad behavior" and whether we use displaced aggression or justification of cruelty,
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Hannah Arendt
In the Human Condition, by Hannah Arendt, the fundamental qualities of human behavior are described and analyzed. These qualities are first expressed by discussing the different aspects of life for Athenian Greeks. Arendt describes the division between public and private life and how it should be applied in the modern American society as well. Technology and capitalism are blurring the lines of Arendt's civic ideal between the public and private realms of society. Arendt refers
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Happiness Is Not a Pursuit
Happiness is Not a Pursuit Albert Camus presents an unorthodox and absurdist approach towards analyzing "The Myth of Sisyphus". He deems Sisyphus as an absurdist hero in an attempt to convey an absurdist philosophy of life. The myth entails an idea that life ultimately has no meaning, and in order to achieve happiness in life we must accept the meaningless of life. If we are devoid of hope to achieve something preferable compared to our
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Happiness Is Not Everything
Shapiro Spencer Shapiro Professor Parekh Introduction to Philosophy 27 November 2014 Word Count: 1748 Happiness is not everything Happiness is what many people believe is the most important thing to strive for in life. In this pursuit of happiness, people have many different ideas of the right way to live their lives. Aristotle describes happiness as the ultimate end. However, his definition of happiness is not simply having pleasures. Morality is an essential component of
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Happy, Productive Employees
Happy Employee are Productive Employees A just-released longitudinal study adding to the growing body of scientific evidence on employee productivity confirms that depression is common in the workplace and detrimental to employee performance. These findings are reported in the May issue of The American Journal of Psychiatry, the monthly scientific journal of the American Psychiatric Association. The study found that absenteeism due to health problems was twice as high for employees with depressive symptoms compared
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