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Jesus and Mohammed, 2008.
This paper compares and contrasts Jesus and Mohammed and looks at the impact on their respective religions, as well as on the world in general.
1,000 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 35.95
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In this article, the writer notes that both Jesus and Mohammed have had enormous influence on the way the world currently worships as well as the way the world has worshipped throughout the centuries following each man's birth and death. The writer looks at stories of Jesus and Mohammed noting similarities and differences. The writer discusses that the name of Jesus, as well as the name of Mohammed has been the cause of much bloodshed, tears and despair. Yet at the same time both have also brought comfort, hope and charity throughout the world. The writer concludes that wars have been fought, buildings toppled and millions of lives affected, both for good, and for evil, all in the names of these two men. The irony of all this is that both taught tolerance and love for their fellow mankind.
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"Jesus was born in Bethlehem approximately 2040 years ago. At the time there were many events taking place in the world that were interpreted as signs of a coming Messiah. One of those stories was that a new star would rise in the sky brighter than any other. Many of these events are written about in the New Testament, which those people who practice Christianity believe are the words of Christ and his disciples.
"Mohammed was born approximately AD 570 into a turbulent world that was also searching for a Messiah, and similar to the time of Jesus many events were taking place that were interpreted as signs that such a Messiah had come. A familiar story says that when Mohammed was born the entire earth was filled with light."
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Eastern Philosophy, 2008.
A comparison of eastern and western philosophy.
983 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 34.95
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This paper describes and compares the differences between eastern and western philosophy. The author has included texts and examples from both cultures.The author explains that Eastern philosophy is felt and experienced rather than thought about and that it is intelligence versus emotion instead of a combination of the two when talking about philosophy.
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"Think. Don't Think. From the beginning this has been one of the primary differences between Eastern and Western Philosophy. Generally Western systems attempt to think and rationalize a system of philosophy based on experience and create a logic theory on the meaning of life. In Eastern philosophy, thinking is part of the discursive mind and clouds the actual perception of reality, so don't think, experience. In the West experience is explained in words, in the East, words are slowly pealed away so one can experience reality directly. Think. Don't Think. In fact the Taoist text, The Tao Te Ching, opens with the following, "The Way that can be told is not the Unvarying Way, the names that can be named are not the unvarying names." (Morre 149) So, in essence, words always fall short of the true meaning of experience. Eastern philosophy must be felt and experienced rather than thought about. In these philosophies there is not just the mind but the heart-mind from which understanding comes, something the west has separated into two distinct entities. It is intelligence versus emotion instead of a combination of the two when talking about philosophy."
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Nirvana as Opposed to Salvation, 2008.
This paper examines the Buddhist concept of nirvana, its development and its importance to the Buddhist faith.
3,865 words (approx. 15.5 pages), 16 sources, MLA, $ 105.95
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In this paper, the author contends that the idea of nirvana and salvation are fundamentally different one from the other. He proposes that salvation, the Christian concept, is based on the idea of one central deity being responsible for the believer's soul. In Buddhism, on the other hand, there is no central God and each individual is responsible for reaching his or her state of nirvana. The writer goes on to examine the state of nirvana as one of the central concepts of the Buddhist philosophy and discusses how the idea of nirvana is central to the Buddhist theology and philosophy.
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"In China, Buddhism is the dominant religion. Buddhism has a very different conception of the relationship between man and nature from that of Christianity and a different sense of the meaning of salvation and the route to achieve it. Salvation in Buddhism is an escape from the suffering of this world and is stated as the third of the Four Noble Truths, the extinction of suffering, a turning away that is possible only for the person who has recognized that everything is fleeting, subject to suffering, and without a self and yet who can face everything with serenity even with this knowledge. For the Buddhist, salvation is found in the state of nirvana, which involves the elimination of all pain and desire. It is essentially a way of escaping from immortality. The Four Noble Truths extend back some 2,500 years and have shaped the way the culture has developed."
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Marx, Kafka and Foreign Languages, 2008.
This paper discusses the concept of a foreign language according to the beliefs of Franz Kafka and Karl Marx.
858 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 30.95
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In this paper, the writer discusses the concepts of a common language and a foreign language. The writer notes that in his 'Communist Manifesto', Karl Marx at one point states that a foreign language is only appropriated by translation. The writer explains that Marx believes that a foreign language only becomes a foreign language when it is identified as being foreign and thus set off from the "normal" or accepted language through the process of foreign language translation. At the same time, in his 'An Introductory Talk on the Yiddish Language', Franz Kafka once described the relationship between the German and Yiddish language as being related in that Yiddish is the only language that allows the Jew to describe their suffering at the hands of the German language. The writer maintains that taken together, what both authors claim is that the act of translating a foreign language is futile in that, within the translation, the concepts or emotions of the words and language becomes lost and thus the result of the translation is a foreign language.
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"According to Marx, language and political or economic power does not intertwine. Take for instance the case of Russia. For centuries the dominant language of Russia has been Russian. This has been the language of all classes of people. Even after the fall of the Czar and the reign of Communist Russia, Russian remained the national language. Likewise, after the fall of the communist regime and the establishment of the Russian Federation, Russian remains the language of the nation.
"However, when the Soviet Union began to colonize the surrounding states, such as the Ukraine, Georgia, Estonia, and the nations of Central Asia, part of the plan was to enforce the Russian way of life onto these people and thus make them Russian."
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Organization Theory: Positivism and Postmodernism, 2008.
A discussion of the perspectives of positivist science and postmodern science on organization theory, contrasting the two.
2,001 words (approx. 8.0 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 63.95
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This paper discusses organization theory, which originated with Max Weber, and two of the ways in which it has evolved since its conception. The author defines positivism and postmodernism and explains both points of view in detail. The author then analyzes the gap between them, and concludes that postmodernism is the antipode of positivism, as the two perspectives have only differences and no similarities, and respectively favor the subjective and objective nature of reality.
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"The term positivism was introduced, in 1853, by French philosopher Auguste Comte who believed that humans could stand back and observe the already existing reality, without influencing what they observed provided that the appropriate methodology was used. This means that the guiding principle of the above theory is "facts speak for themselves". Moreover, scientists believe that objective reality is made up of those elements that are tangible or that can be perceived with the help of our senses. Therefore, any phenomenon that isn't validated by smell, taste, touch, hearing or sight, is denied existence in the real world and is considered to be the result of superstition, dogma or fantasy. However, a human being's senses can be misleading. This is why positivists embrace those objective methods that derive from physical or hard sciences and that are said to be the keystone against which validity is decided."
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Marx and the Species-Being Doctrine, 2008.
An examination of the flaws with regard to human diversity that exist in Karl Marx's species-being doctrine.
1,633 words (approx. 6.5 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 53.95
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This paper discusses Karl Marx's species-being doctrine. It describes the doctrine and discusses the concepts behind Marx's views. The paper suggests that Marx is both blindly idealistic and wildly out of touch with reality, which makes for a very bad and very flawed philosophy. It explains this viewpoint in light of human diversity. The paper concludes that Marx absolutely missed the necessity and nature of human diversity in his species-being doctrine.
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"While Capitalism might separate man from his labor - giving credit for the final product to people who never actually labored physically upon the product - our modern world has given us technologies, medicines, materials, and processes that have significantly improved the quality and duration of life and has increased our natural security. Marx' view of the species-being makes too big an assumption about the universality of the human personality. Thus, his doctrine absolutely ignores and thus negates the truth of human diversity and the diversity of human needs. Human nature is predicated on an interest in self-preservation, a willingness to give up particular rights in order to enjoy the protections of the community, and to further the cause of the community in order to secure personal security. Thus, humans seek to strike a balance by their very nature between independence of human spirit and dependence on the community for conformity and controlled or dictated participation in the local economy. The result, then, is that even in the most mutually supportive of economic models, the individual producer is as important as the person acting as the labor for production. Thus, Marx absolutely missed the necessity and nature of human diversity in his species-being doctrine."
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A Discussion on Jean-Paul Sartre, 2008.
A study of Jean-Paul Sartre and his brand of existentialism.
2,941 words (approx. 11.8 pages), 12 sources, MLA, $ 87.95
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This paper gives a history on the life of Sartre and talks about his works and brand of philosophy. The paper discusses how Sartre was influenced by other philosophers and how these opinions helped shaped his own views on existentialism, fear and self-deception.
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"For Sartre, God is not necessary and is in fact non-existent, and so man is free in a way that can be terrifying and that imposes responsibility. Jean-Paul Sartre was not only a leading philosopher of his generation but also a playwright, novelist, political theorist, and literary critic. Sartre in his writings in the 1940s and after was reacting to the horrors of the war, but he viewed the devastation of war not in terms of its effect on a specific country or people but on humanity. He was continuing in an intellectual tradition extending back to the nineteenth century and to the works of Dostoyevsky, Kierkegaard, and Nietzsche. His philosophy is not collective in the way Marxism is nor built on social classes and hierarchies in the way Hitler's is. His view is described as a contemporary form of humanism, with the individual at the center and with a belief in the ability of each individual to shape his or her own existence."
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Rousseau and Marx, 2008.
A contrast and comparison of the theories of Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Karl Marx in their works "Discourse on the Origin of Inequality Among Men" and "Communist Manifesto" respectively.
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This paper discusses the writings of French educator and philosopher, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, particularly his "Discourse on the Origin of Inequality Among Men," written in 1755, as well as Karl Marx's theories, which he expounded in his "Communist Manifesto" in 1848. The paper compares and contrasts their theories and looks at the reasons why Rousseau's views were not embraced at the time he wrote his work, while Marx's views were accepted when he wrote his work.
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"As Marx's ideas fueled the Russian Revolution, Rousseau's writings helped inspire France to start an armed rebellion against being dominated by a tyrant. The working class people of the French Revolution stormed the Bastille with his battle cry on their lips, protested oppressive armies seeking to keep them poor and without rights, and controlled the course of the Reign of Terror. This revolution took down the French government and guillotined Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, their king and queen. The Russian Revolution toppled the tsar in a bloody social and economic war, resulting in the Bolshevik party led by Vladimir Lenin forming the Soviet Union in 1922-3. In both the French and Russian revolutions, violence and extremism turned an enlightened philosophy based on reason and equality into an era filled with death. As it had in France, the long battle for the rights of the working man turned bitter and violent in Russia, as Stalin took over and, violating their own Marxist beliefs, formed new classes and forced the mass of people into servitude."
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Morality and Ethical Sense, 2008.
This paper looks at morality and ethical sense with regards to decision making and making choices in life.
1,071 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 37.95
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In this article, the writer discusses that when morality and ethical sense are the pre-requisites for making a decision, most people would like to believe that they would opt for what is in the general interest of the greatest number of people. However, the writer expresses doubt that this is actually what happens. The writer ntoes that people with basic moral sense are also guided by self-interest and self-love and they might choose something that appears to be in their interest. But there is a major mistake they make. The writer maintains that the mistake as most people would think does not lie in making a selfish choice, but it actually lies in not recognizing their own real interest. This paper is written from a personal point of view.
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"When you have to make a decision that you know would benefit you and is in your interest, it becomes extremely easy to make it. The only problem is recognizing what is in our real interest. I discussed the offer with my well-wishers and found that while apparently the offer was appealing, it had never been in my interest. True, I could help in improving sales and could even be financially free for life, but the human cost of my actions would have never allowed me to enjoy my success. If you know that you must sacrifice the lives of 100,000 people in order to enjoy few great dinners and lunches, do you honestly believe you would be able to even utter the word enjoy, let alone actually have fun?"
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Socrates and Humanity, 2008.
This paper compares and contrasts the relationship between God and humanity for Socrates in the "Apology" and for Gilgamesh in "Gilgamesh".
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In this article, the writer notes that both the ancient Greek text of Socrates' "Apology" and the Mesopotamian epic of origins "Gilgamesh" are tales of pre-Christian lives, of people who are actively struggling with the concept of morality and the divine. The writer looks at how both works deal with the relations between God and humanity. The writer discusses that rather than a traditional moral economy of righteousness receiving rewards and evil actors being punished, these works present the gods as capricious entities, dispensing fate by their whim rather than basing their rewards upon the moral nature of individual human beings. The writer maintains that both of the main protagonists struggle to make sense of this chaotic and unjust state of affairs, and to find some way to live moral lives in the midst of tragedy. The writer concludes that both Gilgamesh and Socrates believed humans could only use reasoned actions and thoughts within themselves to deal with arbitrary forces.
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" Over the course of both works, the main protagonists suffer perceived or real injustices. Gilgamesh sees his dearest friend Enkidu die, after he is marked out to suffer by the gods. Socrates stands accused of impiety by the Athenian demos, even though he states that he believes in the gods. Set in a mythological past rather than a historical present, Gilgamesh and friend Enkidu must deal with the gods on a one-to-one basis, unlike Socrates who merely deals with the gods as abstractions, in dialogue with his fellow Athenians. Gilgamesh's' friend falls ill because Enkidu has been impious by urging his friend to hill the demon of the Cedar Forest Humbaba. Humbaba curses Enkidu to die before Gilgamesh. Even though Humbaba was attacking the two men and is described as an evil entity the greater influence of Humbaba upon the will of the gods means that his word is heard, not that of Gilgamesh or Enkidu."
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Philosophy of the Mind, 2008.
A look at the argument the nonphysical, phenomenological experiences of the human being can be referred to as consciousness or the soul.
2,416 words (approx. 9.7 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 73.95
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This paper makes a case for consciousness as the seat of the soul through an analysis of works by David J. Chalmers and Stephen Knapp. The paper looks at how Chalmers approaches the concept of consciousness from the assumption that it is a non-physical phenomenon that cannot be proved by physical means and how he spends a large amount of time refuting arguments by materialists in order to prove this point. In comparison, the paper then examines how Knapp takes this a step further and uses the non-physical nature of consciousness and the difficulty of pinning it down for study in order to make his points regarding the nature and location of the soul.
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"In his paper, "Consciousness and its Place in Nature" (2002), Chalmers explicates the problem of studying consciousness in terms of two types of problems: the "easy" and the "hard" (Chalmers, p. 2). The former refers to the "mechanical" functions of consciousness, such as discriminating stimuli, reporting information, and controlling behavior. These functions, being fairly homogeneous among individual persons, do not pose a problem for being explained in terms of neuroscience, according to the author. Indeed, in Knapp's terms, they might as well be performed by very complex machines or robots. The three functions are based upon the human capacity to learn and internalize external stimuli, which then translates into the manifestation of certain functions. These are "easy" problems of consciousness in terms of philosophy."
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The Clash of Civilizations, 2008.
This paper discusses the book 'The Clash of Civilizations and the Coming of the New World Order' by Samuel P. Huntington.
2,090 words (approx. 8.4 pages), 9 sources, APA, $ 65.95
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In this article, the writer studies Samuel P. Huntington's book 'The Clash of Civilizations and the Coming of the New World Order'. The writer hypothesizes that the fundamental source of conflict in this new world would not be primarily ideological or primarily economic. The great divisions among humankind and the dominating source of conflict would be cultural. The writer discusses Huntington's theory that nation states would remain the most powerful actors in world affairs, but the principal conflicts of global politics would occur between nations and groups of different civilizations. The writer concludes that given that both East and West are subject to many of the same internal forces, the idea of conflict can itself be a part of the cultural make-up of various nation-states and can cross boundaries as we see ourselves as part of something larger, in this case the idea of Western civilization, in opposition to the forces of unreason represented by a different cultural system.
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"Given the tensions of the time, Huntington's thesis was taken to be largely a reference to the clash in the Middle East, though Huntington also referred to various Asian states as well and talked of the Confucian-Islamic countries. His thesis has been most cogent since it was written in terms of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, however, with many seeing first the Gulf War, then the terrorist attacks, and now the Iraq war as direct evidence of a clash of civilizations of the sort cited by Huntington. Specifically, the clash is not between the United States and a specific other country, even if a war is now being fought in Iraq. The real war is between ideologies, as Huntington states, so that the West is arrayed against Islamic countries. Even if the enemy is identified as Islamic fundamentalism or Islamic radicalism, at heart the clash is between the liberal, Christian West and the conservative, Islamic East at the present time. Huntington's book is a good framework for the analysis of this conflict and for understanding more clearly what is at stake in this battle."
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Empiricism, 2008.
This paper offers an understanding of empiricism, as it compares to naturalism as a theoretical principle of scientific discovery.
2,097 words (approx. 8.4 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 65.95
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The paper discusses the development of metatheoretical realism and its application to international politics. The paper looks at how empiricism moves into logical positivism, a conglomerate theory that answers many of the questions regarding how theory can be applied to both natural and social science research. The paper then discusses interpretivism that is decidedly an oppositional approach to "scientific" and empirical exploration. The paper also examines the theory of constructivism in international politics.
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Introduction
Empiricism Compared
Metatheoretical Realism a Contrary Concept
Logical Positivism
Interpretivism and Constructivism
Constructivism in International Politics
Conclusion
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"According to some social scientists, empiricism is the only truly scientific basis for social science research. This assertion is made with the purpose of understanding that empiricism does not rely on reason as its guiding principle but instead relies upon direct observation of phenomena as it occurs in nature. Some argue that the natural sciences and the social sciences are distinctly different, in content and therefore require differing scientific theories to develop realistic concepts to explain phenomena, while others argue that the natural laws, can be applied to both the social and natural worlds, and therefore such discovery cannot be eliminated as "unscientific.""
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Understanding Exodus, 2008.
This paper provides an examination and discussion of Exodus 19:5-6.
3,645 words (approx. 14.6 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 101.95
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In this article, the writer discusses how the 19th chapter of Exodus works into God's plan. The writer studies what impact the individual verses 5 and 6 have on our faith and purpose, in relation to the overall book. This paper attempts to identify the meaning, context, and placement of these verses in the greater text. The writer presents a formal analysis of the form, structure, and movement of the text and notes that mainly, the importance of a close examination is in the detailed analysis; here, the passage is examined word-by-word and section-by-section, searching for the truth intended by God. Following the detailed analysis, a formulation of thoughts culminates in the synthesis of the materials and final reflections on the passages in question.
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"Again, this section's importance lies in the choice posed to the Israelites by Yahweh. The use of the wording "if" implies that the Israelites must enter willingly. The word "indeed" implies that a preexisting relationship exists between Yahweh and the Israelites, since it seems that He expects an affirmation. We, of course, know that He has developed a relationship with the Israelites through Moses, who he sent to deliver them. Knowing this allows up to easily associate this passage with a continuation of a relationship rather than the creation of a new relationship."
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Donald Davidson and Knowledge, 2008.
This paper looks at Donald Davidson's theories about knowledge.
1,041 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 36.95
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In this article, the writer notes that in tackling the problem of epistemology, Donald Davidson identifies three types of human knowledge that can be validated by empirical means. The writer discusses that these are self-knowledge, knowledge of the world, and knowledge of other people. The writer points out that Davidson then embarks upon the establishment of a comprehensive systematic means by which these three types of knowledge might be linked and hence legitimized in the eyes of the non-empiricist skeptic. The writer concludes that Davidson suggests that one naturally has thoughts that one does not share with others, but then makes the provocative statement that the content of such thoughts is not personal and individual, by which he presumably means they are not original, because of the fact that they are still grounded in the physical world and the conceptual, communal framework that the individual dwells in.
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"But in order to obtain knowledge of another's mind via communication, one must first have knowledge of the external world. This is because communication is contingent on stimulation from an external source. This is where Davidson introduces his theory of triangulation. A stimulus sends out waves to two different people at once. The two people then face one another and communicate as a means of correlating their observed reactions to that particular piece of stimuli. Thus, argues Davidson, knowledge of both the external world and knowledge of the minds of others are interrelated, and neither form of knowledge is possible without the other.
"What is more, in order to be able to attribute a thought to someone else, we must first be aware of what our own thoughts are. Thus, self-knowledge and the knowledge of the minds of others are interrelated. "
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A Dionysian Analysis of Three Poems, 2008.
This paper provides a Dionysian analysis of the poems "On the Pier" by Brenda Hamilton, "The Guild" by Sharon Olds and "Pride" by Yusef Komunyakaa.
1,586 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 51.95
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In this article, the writer notes that the Apollonian and Dionysian dichotomy has frequently been employed as a departure point for the critical evaluation of poetic works. In this essay, the writer proposes using those qualities typically associated with Dionysus - that is, the integration of the self into the whole, the life and death cycle (the myth of descent and ascent), the natural world, and the ecstatic - in order to analyze poems by Brenda Hamilton, Sharon Olds, and Yusef Komunyakaa. The writer shows that the Dionysian tendency, rooted in the belief that man plays a role in the drama of eternal repetition that is grounded in the cyclical view of nature, is present in these works and informs each poet's mythic vision of the universe.
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"What each of these three poems has in common is the fact that they are based around images of human figures confronting the Dionysian motifs of descent and ascent via nature. Each poem represents a struggle between the Apollonian and Dionysian extremes, a struggle that is very much part of every human being's life. In Hamilton's poem, the poet is quite eager to run away altogether from Apollonian order into the wild chaos of poetry and the sea. It does not take much convincing for her; from the moment the poem opens, she is ready to go. Olds's poem represents a more virulent struggle between the two poles. While the father in the poem has clearly made his choice and has learned to live with it, for the younger man, the son, the journey will be a much longer road, Olds infers, marked by pain and suffering. In Komunyakaa's poem, wild Dionysus is consistently present from the beginning in the form of the figure in the poem, who is apparently half-man and half-beast - a hefty dramatization of the sublimation of Apollo into Dionysus. The poem plays not only with this dichotomy between man and the animal kingdom, but between man and woman as well."
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God and Humanity, 2008.
A descriptive perception of God and his relationship with man by three philosophical groups.
852 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 30.95
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The paper is a discussion of the philosophical interpretations and commentaries of Plato, the Christian theologies of St. Augustine and the group referred to as the Stoics. The paper relates that all three link a connection between man and God, through religious devotion and knowledge of the world. The paper continues that the three philosophical groups are united in their beliefs that humans are born recognizing the presence of the divine and to connect with God.
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"Plato expressed the Socratic idea that it is our life's work to improve the soul and gain wisdom. Through this pursuit we gain true knowledge, untainted by opinion known as doxa. Plato explains in his work The Republic, that it is therefore our life's work to learn as much as we can about "the one," for our knowledge brings us closer to it. The Forms are manifestations of "the one," or the source of all intelligibility and goodness. Through truly knowing the Forms, we gain real knowledge and forever leave the cave which traps us in opinion."
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Sankhya, 2008.
A review of the philosophy of Sankhya.
1,755 words (approx. 7.0 pages), 8 sources, APA, $ 56.95
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The paper discusses Sankhya, a version of Hindu philosophy. The paper explains in detail its origins, theologies, traditions, perceptions and beliefs. The paper notes that while, Sankhya has a similar foundation to other Hindu philosophies, in that the attainment of enlightenment is the eventual goal, Sankhya seeks to do this without the aid of theology and religion, relying instead on logic and reason to end suffering in the world.
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"To understand perception in the philosophy of Sankhya, one must first understand the relationship between senses and cognition. In Sankhya, the object of cognition is observed through one of three faculties, those of the mind, the intellect, and the ego. The mind is responsible for constructing mental representations of the world around an individual with data supplied by the senses themselves. On the other hand, the ego adds personal experiences, and relates them to information gained from the mind. The intellect is the understanding of both knowledge and personal experiences."
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Monkey and Gilgamesh, 2008.
This paper discusses and compares the ancient characters of Gilgamesh and the Monkey King.
750 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 26.95
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In this article, the writer notes that when comparing the ancient heroes Gilgamesh and the Monkey King the similarities in both characters are surprising and intriguing in nature. The parallels are interesting because the two stories have much the same theme but were written on two separate continents during two distinctly separate eras, yet the themes of both stories sound eerily familiar. The writer points out that Gilgamesh is the world's first super-hero and the reader discovers the stories of his fantastic deeds on tablets dating back to approximately 2000 BC. Monkey is also described in a super-human manner and as a being that acquires super-human skills. The writer concludes that both stories allow the reader to understand and carefully comprehend the ancient message of what we, as human beings, will endure if we believe the reward is big enough. The similarities of the goals and objectives from both stories leads the reader to believe that perhaps mankind is much more closely aligned than some experts would have us believe.
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"In both the story of Gilgamesh and the story of Monkey, each hero travels on a journey that could be described as a journey of life. It is interesting to note that both characters begin their journey by displaying the 'bad' side of their particular character. Both heroes initially oppress their followers, but as they travel this 'life' journey they both evolve into super-heroes that help their people rather than oppress them.
"Both characters are also seeking fortune and redemption on their journeys, yet the tone of both stories could not be more different. This difference could be primarily due to the culture and traditions of the people the stories originated from."
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