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  • Montaigne and Descartes on Doubting

    Montaigne and Descartes on Doubting

    Diane Ihlenfeldt March 4, 2004 Philosophy 110 Montaigne and Descartes Montaigne and Descartes both made use of a philosophical method that focused on the use of doubt to make discoveries about themselves and the world around them. However, they doubted different things. Descartes doubted all his previous knowledge from his senses, while Montaigne doubted that there were any absolute certainties in knowledge. Although they both began their philosophical processes by doubting, Montaigne doubting a constant

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    Submitted: May 9, 2010 By: Tasha
  • The Gods Role in the Iliad

    The Gods Role in the Iliad

    The Gods Role in The Iliad The gods in The Iliad are very greedy, self-centered, vain, malicious, and two-faced. Homer does a very good job of showing us this throughout the entire epic poem, and he does it in such a way so that anyone who reads this can understand. All of the gods that get involved in this war have their own self-serving motives behind all of their interference. Right in the very beginning

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    Submitted: May 9, 2010 By: Anna
  • Outline and Discuss the Four Noble Truths: Is the Buddhist View of Existence Optimistic or Pessimistic?

    Outline and Discuss the Four Noble Truths: Is the Buddhist View of Existence Optimistic or Pessimistic?

    Q2. Outline and discuss the four noble truths: is the Buddhist view of existence optimistic or pessimistic? The question of the Buddhist view of existence being optimistic or pessimistic is one which is many have an opinion on. It could be said that the four noble truths provide the views of the Buddha in the way that life is led and more importantly, should be led. Certainly, the end goal is clearly optimistic, the attainment

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    Submitted: May 9, 2010 By: Artur
  • Notorious God

    Notorious God

    1. What did these people do? Richard Hugspurger was associate chief of party in Vientiane in 1967-1969. He went to different sites and helped troubleshoot different problems amongst the IVS'ers. He also knew a lot about the market about the villages and budget that was allocated to AID. 2. How did the experience change their lives? He thought IVS was a continuation of the church that wanted him to help. He wanted to help people.

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    Submitted: May 10, 2010 By: Tasha
  • God and the Sea of Lust

    God and the Sea of Lust

    A man and a woman fall in love and make promises to love each other and uphold each other in times of need, to love and to protect each other during whatever storm may crash upon their beach of love and peace. This is what God intended for us. A good husband will give his wife a place to live in this world and a place in his heart; a place that she may call

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    Submitted: May 10, 2010 By: Kevin
  • Descartes, Leibniz, and Spinoza

    Descartes, Leibniz, and Spinoza

    Erik Irre Modern Philosophy December 16, 1999 Paper 1, Section 2 If these great thinkers (Descartes, Spinoza, and Leibniz) were to discuss instead the soul's connection to the body, what might each say (both on his own behalf and in response to the other)? Would they find any places where they might agree? If not, why not? (These are, after all, smart guys!) Though this sort of meeting would strike me as a debate with

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    Submitted: May 10, 2010 By: Jon
  • Concept of God in Islam

    Concept of God in Islam

    CONCEPT OF GOD IN ISLAM by Dr. Zakir Naik The Most Concise Definition of God: The most concise definition of God in Islam is given in the four verses of Surah Ikhlas which is Chapter 112 of the Qur’an: "Say: He is Allah, The One and Only. "Allah, the Eternal, Absolute. "He begets not, nor is He begotten. And there is none like unto Him." [Al-Qur’an 112:1-4] The word ‘Assamad’ is difficult to translate. It

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    Submitted: May 12, 2010 By: Max
  • Theories of God

    Theories of God

    Theories of God • If man did not exist, there have been no God problem. The problem really is that man exists and he wants to know why. • Friedrich Nietzsche’s ominous proclamation that “God is dead” and after his own death himself, the God problem persisted over the years of philosophical speculation. • Nangagsipatay na ang mga pantas na nagsabing “patay na ang Diyos”, subalit buhay na buhay pa rin ang problema tungkol sa

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    Submitted: May 12, 2010 By: Wendy
  • City of God

    City of God

    The City of God is based on actual events that occurred in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) during the 1960s and 1970s. During this time period, Brazil was undergoing a lot of socio-economic problem. The disfranchising of working class and peasantry from politics, the suspension of civil rights and liberties of the Brazilian people by the Heads of State, and the rising inflation were just some of the few political turmoils going on in Brazil.

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    Submitted: May 21, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Bacchus: God of Wine and Intoxication

    Bacchus: God of Wine and Intoxication

    Bacchus: God of Wine and Intoxication Much to many parents' dismay, teenage drinking is a very common and infamous trend of the times. Many teenagers illegally consume alcoholic beverages weekly. However, instead of linking this problem to the media or peer pressure, one may want to take a look back to the days of ancient Rome; more specifically the god Bacchus. Bacchus, the God of Wine and intoxication, is known in Greek mythology as Dionysus,

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    Submitted: May 22, 2010 By: Top
  • Greeks Vs Gods

    Greeks Vs Gods

    The Greeks always had a big relationship with there gods. They had good ocations with them and bad. The Greek gods were supuior then them. So they respected them. Like a kindergarten kid looks up to a high scholar. Its simple view that the Greeks had for there gods. They would have a lot of respect for them. But the gods would always ruin things for the humans. Always they would interfere. The gods would

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    Submitted: May 22, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Proof of God

    Proof of God

    Subject: God is awesome Scientific Proof of God For all you scientists out there and for all the students who have a hard time convincing these people regarding the truth of the Bible...here's something that shows God awesome creation and shows that He is still in control. Did you know that the space program is busy proving that what has been called "myth" in the Bible is true? Mr. Harold Hill, President of the Curtis

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    Submitted: May 22, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Gods in Business

    Gods in Business

    In the United States, in seems that values and morals are being dominated by greed in the business world. Guptara addresses this in a notable way. He makes us recognize that this problem is only going to persist in the future if the upcoming generations don't take steps to change this corruption. If this issue prolongs, the United States will be in jeopardy with the global market. Guptara points out a few problems we have

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    Submitted: May 23, 2010 By: Bred
  • Playing God

    Playing God

    September 28, 2004 Paper #1 Playing God “One day, when I was oppressed by cold, I found a fire which had been left by some wandering beggars, and was overcome with delight at the warmth I experienced from it. In my joy I thrust my hand into the live embers, but quickly drew it out again with a cry of pain. How strange, I thought, that the same cause should produce such opposite effects!” (107)

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    Submitted: May 23, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Their Eyes Were Watching God

    Their Eyes Were Watching God

    Their Eyes Were Watching God Of the Many themes that course through Zora Neale Hurston’s well known 1937 Novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, the evolution of the protagonist, Janie’s, voice is one of the more well known subjects. Though the novel may be about a young African American woman growing into herself, the entirety of the novel can be traced through Janie’s speech. From her Disagreement with Logan Kilicks, to her silent but begrudging

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    Submitted: May 24, 2010 By: Fonta
  • The Island of Dr. Moreau - Evolution, God and Society

    The Island of Dr. Moreau - Evolution, God and Society

    The Island of Dr. Moreau Evolution, God and Society In the book The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells, we see a microcosm in which Evolution, God and the society are all represented by something strange. First, Dr. Moreau is playing the role of God. Dr. Moreau is an educated man trying to prove that he can turn an animal into a human form, so that the animal will forget all of its animal

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    Submitted: May 24, 2010 By: Mikki
  • Is God Black?

    Is God Black?

    Do We Know? Everyone in this world has their own opinion and I have mine. Do we really know if God is white, black, Hispanic, Jewish, Muslim, female, or male? In entertainment industry movie producers are playing games and changing things from the traditional God being white to God being black. In Bruce Almighty God is black. In previous years in movies God was always a white male. Through time it seems that people open

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    Submitted: May 25, 2010 By: Tasha
  • God Father Death

    God Father Death

    Godfather Death Introduction: The choices that we make in life determine the direction that our life takes. As in the story Godfather Death, there were many choices to be made. The father clearly could not support the thirteen children that he had, and it was believed that if a family has thirteen, one must sit down. So the father decides to look for a Godfather for his son. This is the decision that determined the

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    Submitted: May 26, 2010 By: Anna
  • Did Homer’s Trojan War Exist?

    Did Homer’s Trojan War Exist?

    The Trojan War, the event depicted in Homer's Iliad, was the most popular subject in Greek drama and told its story elaborately to next generations. According to Homer, the war started because Helen, the most beautiful Greek woman and wife of a Greek king, Menelaus, decided to leave her husband and ran away with a Trojan Prince, Paris. This angered the Greeks so they sailed to Troy and fought for Helen's return. As the war

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    Submitted: May 29, 2010 By: Mike
  • Night ( Was God Really There)

    Night ( Was God Really There)

    Was God always there when Elie needed him the most? This was a great concern to the Jews at the time of the Holocaust. Was God really there? Though this experience did God disappear when Elie was in the camps. Elie attitude towards God at the begging of the book is he want to know every thing he could about God.” One day I asked my father to find me a master who could

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    Submitted: May 30, 2010 By: Anna
  • The Best Way to Know God

    The Best Way to Know God

    The best way to know God is to learn about him through religion. Though there is much room for skepticism, religion is one of the oldest practices for a reason. People need to believe that there is more to life than simply working towards death. It seems to me that it doesn’t hurt to believe, but it certainly hurts not to. To delve into this notion further, I will use my own religion as an

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    Submitted: May 31, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Descartes

    Descartes

    Paper Proposal I 1. Thesis: Descartes seems to jump to his conclusion of the existence of God without much reasoning listed. I will argue that what he has written in his Discourse on Methods and Meditations is not a good enough argument to prove God's existence decisively. 2. Argument: Descartes has five arguments for the existence of God: 1. All we can know about finite substances is they are spatially extended. 2. The mind can

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    Submitted: June 3, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Descartes Third Meditation

    Descartes Third Meditation

    Once Descartes has "proved" his existence by way of the Cogito argument, and has determined what it is that belongs to his essence of being a thinking thing, he must move to examining questions about the world around him. However, before doing this, he thinks it better to examine the question of the existence of God. If he can prove that he was created by a perfectly benevolent creator, then his innate ideas must carry

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    Submitted: June 4, 2010 By: Tommy
  • God’s Bits of Wood

    God’s Bits of Wood

    MikEyBC01: lol berryfine13: i guess berryfine13: do you know any names MikEyBC01: i've pretty much read everything there is to read MikEyBC01: Sembene Ousmane's third novel, God's Bits of Wood, was originally written and published in French as Les Bouts de bois de Dieu. The novel is set in pre-independence Senegal and follows the struggles of the African trainworkers in three cities as they go on strike against their French employers in an effort for

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    Submitted: June 5, 2010 By: Mike
  • Review of Descartes: An Intellectual Biography and Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain

    Review of Descartes: An Intellectual Biography and Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain

    Access provided by St. Josephs College Descartes and the Algebra of Soul Review of Descartes: An Intellectual Biography and Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain Paul Miers -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen Gaukroger, Descartes: An Intellectual Biography. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1995. 499 pages. Antonio R. Damasio, Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain. New York: Putnam, 1995. 312 pages. Descartes' error, Antonio Damasio tells us, was his belief in "the abyssal separation between body

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    Submitted: June 5, 2010 By: Venidikt

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