European social philosophy: A look at human need in Hegel's "Modern civil society"

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Book review   |   07/10/2008   |   .doc   |   4 pages
Document abstract : «In his Elements of the Philosophy of Right, Hegel gives an account of the modern social world as consisting of three institutions: the family, civil society, and the state. Focusing on modern civil society, I plan to discuss one of several ways in...»

Synopsis abstract : «The first principle, according to Hegel.. All individuals in modern civil society are interdependent.. The individual continues to consciously acknowledge himself as being alone.. Hegel argues even further on multiplication and particularization of...»

The circle of life: A comparative look at the metaphysics of Conway and Spinoza

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Book review   |   07/10/2008   |   .doc   |   3 pages
Document abstract : «Both Lady Anne Conway and Baruch Spinoza argue that the individual things in the world, everything from the mosquito to the chair to the supermodel, contain the substance of God. And by sharing in the substance of God, the chair, the supermodel,...»

Synopsis abstract : «The idea of God, or he who is responsible for individual things.. Spinoza's God is not the same as Conway's. . Conway and Spinoza - their conceptions of God.. Spinoza has a very different argument than Conway.....»

An investigation into cause and effect in Hume

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Book review   |   07/10/2008   |   .doc   |   4 pages
Document abstract : «My roommate has asserted that every time she breathes pepper, she sneezes. Her past experience of breathing pepper and sneezing has always reflected her future experience of breathing pepper and sneezing. She claims that if she amasses a...»

Synopsis abstract : «There are two kinds of propositions for Hume.. Cause and effect reasoning according to Hume.. My roommate and the rest of humankind.. My roommates belif on the connection between the pepper and sneezing.. My roommates attempt to tries to show that...»

Memorize your timetables: The rational world and the power of prediction in Tabucchi's La Testa Perduta di Damasceno Monteiro

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Research papers   |   07/10/2008   |   .doc   |   4 pages
Document abstract : «In Antonio Tabucchi's La Testa Perduta di Damasceno Monteiro, the reader is pulled into a detective murder-mystery dealing with decapitation, murder suspects named il Grillo Verde, and tripe. Of particular interest, however, is the character of Don...»

Synopsis abstract : «Don Fernando can be interpreted as committing himself to a claim.. Don Fernando - then, l'opinione pubblica can be manipulated in a predictable way.. The insopportabile human behaviour that Don Fernando considers.. Whether or not the world is, in...»

Fitzgerald and modernism

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   07/11/2008   |   .doc   |   4 pages
Document abstract : «Throughout periods of literature, Modernism has revolted against former social standards and subject matter that is both prohibited and restricted in conversation and literature alike. The early 1900s were a time when writers were determining for...»

Synopsis abstract : «Fitzgerald's portrayal of the 1920s.. Nothing new about first-person narration in the 1920's. . Material Fitzgerald employed to write.. Amory Blaine and Jay Gatsby share similar backgrounds.. Fitzgerald comments on the importance of wealth in...»

American art : An interface with the modern art

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   07/11/2008   |   .doc   |   4 pages
Document abstract : «Throughout the history of art, different movements arise as a result of the social, political, economic, and emotional state of mind that both people and nations are experiencing at a given time. Modern art and postmodern art are no two exceptions...»

Synopsis abstract : «Modern art and what it means.. Witcombe notes - 18th century thikers beliefs.. 19th century - exercise of artistic freedom.. World War One left progressive modernism dazed and confused. . Postmodernism.. Postmodernism and modernism.. Witcombe -...»

Why the Greeks?

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Presentation   |   07/13/2008   |   .doc   |   4 pages
Document abstract : «I take the question which is the title of this paper in two ways. First, I take it to mean, "what racial, historical, cultural, geographical and political factors gave rise to what is commonly considered the first flowering of philosophical...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Technology and society.. Greece's rise above other civilizations.. The receptive impulse.. The creative impulse.. Greek Philosophy - aligned with the Christian worldview.. Conclusion.....»

Modern tragedy-The crucible

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   07/13/2008   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : «In the history of the theatre, tragedies have always existed as a window to human nature. They depict man at his best, ready to sacrifice everything, even his life for the cause. The different types of tragedy include Sophocles's Greek tragedy,...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction - history of tragedy in theatre.. Authenticity among gross hypocrisy running rampant in Salem.. John's efforts to achieve authenticity.. Motif in The Crucible - moral absolutism.. The permitting factor for the court's moral...»

But the sun also rises

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Book review   |   07/13/2008   |   .doc   |   4 pages
Document abstract : «In Ernest Hemingway's book, The Sun Also Rises, both the title and epigraph create commentary on the attitude of the characters. By using both a Gertrude Stein quote and a passage from the book of Ecclesiastes, Hemingway shows how his generation was...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The repetitiveness found in nature.. The flawed standards in judging life. . The Sun Also Rises - search for the meaning of life.. Lessons learnt.. Conclusion.....»

Death of a Salesman: Tragedy or not?

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   07/13/2008   |   .doc   |   7 pages
Document abstract : «The great authors of old, such as Aristotle, Sophocles and Homer, all wrote incredible tragedies that immortalize the classical notion of a tragic hero. But what of today? Are there no tragedies that occur in the society of today? Where is...»

Synopsis abstract : «Willy and Biff Loman go on an archetypal 'voyage of discovery'.. Biff Loman succeeds where his father failed. . Miller's Death of a Salesman.. Sartre says that one who kills himself lies to himself.. Miller's Death of a Salesman, it matters not...»

Augustine and the vast interior: A discussion on Christian Asceticism

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Presentation   |   07/14/2008   |   .doc   |   4 pages
Document abstract : «Augustine's Confessions are built upon the twin poles of a search for God and a search for self. These twin poles are also twining poles because Augustine proclaims that one can only understand self in light of God and that one can only find God...»

Synopsis abstract : «The origins of accusation.. The creatureliness of man.. Augustine - 'happiness is indeed the chief end of man'.. The intention of sinful actions.. The life of accusation.. Augustine's seriousness about seeking righteousne...»

Myth, the age of irrationalism, and the cult of celebrity.

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Presentation   |   07/14/2008   |   .doc   |   10 pages
Document abstract : «Ancient and primitive cultures demonstrate the use of myth as an epistemological basis, but historically they have been replaced by Rationalism. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, however, the insufficiency of reason for the task we give it...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Myth in history and primitive cultures.. The universality of myth.. Myth replaced by Rationalism.. Socrates, doubting myth.. Plato, originating Rationalism.. Aristotle, perfecting Rationalism with Empiricism.. The downfall of...»

Tool or trifle: The moral question of style

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   07/14/2008   |   .doc   |   4 pages
Document abstract : «"You know not what hurt you do to learning that care not for words, but for matter, and so make a divorce betwixt the tongue and the heart." (Roger Ascham) I am thirteen. Almost every afternoon I shove a book in my pocket, a hat on my head, and...»

Synopsis abstract : «My instruction in writing always seemed to contradict my taste in reading. . Morris W. Croll, a Princeton professor - Historian.. The development of theory regarding style.. Should we even be worrying about sty;e? . The problem with scientific and...»

Sermon 8 on the plagues of Egypt and the ten commandments of the law

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Presentation   |   07/15/2008   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : «Augustine was greatly appreciated by his respective community for his teachings on Christianity and the profile of the Christian identity. His resources were not limited to only the New Testament Scriptures but avail other writings to further...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction - Ten Commandments - Symbolic of the plagues of Egypt.. 'You shall have no other gods beside me'.. 'Remeber the Sabbath and keep it holy'.. 'You shall not dishonor your parents'.. 'You shall not kill'.. 'You shall not covet your...»

The Wife of duplicity

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   07/16/2008   |   .doc   |   3 pages
Document abstract : «The Wife of Bath's Tale, from Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales", was a veiled social critique. Her tale was a treatise of social commentaries on the role of gender, the church, and nobility in society. Geoffrey Chaucer used the duplicity of...»

Synopsis abstract : «The Wife of Bath's.. The meaning of the tale.. Symbolism in the Wife of Bath's.. Chaucer and the Church's politics. ....»

Denial: Internal struggle of a homosexual

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   07/16/2008   |   .doc   |   4 pages
Document abstract : «James Baldwin's" Giovanni's Room" explores the internal struggle of a homosexual in denial. The main character, David, faces an internal conflict that eventually destroys every relationship he encounters in his personal life. His own struggle with...»

Synopsis abstract : «David's sense of isolation in adulthood.. David's sexual development.. David's flight to Europe.. David's sense of normality.. His relationship with Giovanni and his infidelity of Hella.....»

Troilus' unwilling free will

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   07/17/2008   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : «Chaucer's "Troilus and Criseyde" consistently and emphatically stresses the absolute nature of courtly love and its proclivity to incite moral responsibility with relation to one's sense of free will and personal obligation. Chaucer toys with the...»

Synopsis abstract : «External influences to which Troilus actively submits.. Pandarus.. The concept of courtly love.. The idea of celestial authority personified as Nature, Love, Fortune, and Fate. . Troilus's passivity in his love affair with Criseyde.. Chaucer's...»

Real-World relevance of fantastic creation: An examination of "High Fantasy" and the goals of literal and historical writing.

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Research papers   |   07/17/2008   |   .pdf   |   4 pages
Document abstract : «For the most part, fantastic or otherwise impossible methods of storytelling are ignored in the world of modern and classical literature. In order to accurately appreciate the quandary of the modern "Fantasy" author, one must be aware of the...»

Synopsis abstract : «Improtance of J. R. R. Tolkien's work.. The language.. The sentence structure.. Composition.. Characters.....»

Teaching themes of empathy through children's literature

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   07/17/2008   |   .doc   |   4 pages
Document abstract : «As Christians we are called to treat all individuals with understanding and compassion, extending to them the same unmerited favor that God has extended to those who follow Him. But how do we extend a sense of understanding to those whose...»

Synopsis abstract : «psychological definition for empathy.. Stories and eliciting emotional responses.. General reading and reading stories with empathetic characters.. Tom's Midnight Garden.. The Secret Garden.. Then There Were Five.. Conclusion.....»

Circumstance in Jane Austen's early novels

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   07/20/2008   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : «Circumstance and money figure heavily in Jane Austen's first two novels-Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice-particularly in the way these social and financial considerations impact marriage. They can cause multiple problems, thwarting...»

Synopsis abstract : «Importance of financial and social circumstance while marrying.. The character of Mrs. Dashwood.. Lucy Steele - epitomy of the common belief.. Edward and Elinor's marriage and Miss Steele's and Willoughby's.. Characters from Sense and Sensibility...»

Is "Sicilian truth" an oxymoron?

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   07/20/2008   |   .doc   |   4 pages
Document abstract : «Tomasi di Lampedusa's Il Gattopardo is by no means the kind of text that invites the reader to take it lightly and straightforwardly. The subtle irony running through the piece constantly implores the reader to interpret and re-interpret various...»

Synopsis abstract : «Lampedusa's irony on the narrative level.. Partial insight into Tancredi's consciousness.. Truth and interpretation.. Conclusion.....»

Petrarch's rime sparse

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   07/20/2008   |   .doc   |   7 pages
Document abstract : «The reader of Petrarch's Rime Sparse is compelled as early as the first sonnet to impose narrative onto the poems. In Voi ch' ascoltate in rime sparse il suono, a poet-figure emerges and addresses the reader as he reflects on what he calls his...»

Synopsis abstract : «Fundamental assumptions derived from the two poems.. True and false autobiographical statement. . Did Laura cause the poet to see without eyes?. Poet's emphasis on the truth of the tornare a me(nte) trope. . The timelines within the poems.. Laura...»

The spirit of Thoreau

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Presentation   |   07/20/2008   |   .doc   |   4 pages
Document abstract : «Henry David Thoreau was an essayist and philosopher who played a major role in the moral consciousness of the United States during the decades leading up to the Civil War. An influential and revolutionary thinker through both his writings on...»

Synopsis abstract : «The life of Thoreau.. Thoreau's life in Emerson's cabins.. Thoreau as a political prisoner.. His tendency for a principled anarchism. . Thoreau's writings on slavery.. Martin Luther King and Thoreau.....»

Points of intersection: A handful of dust and St. Mawr

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   07/20/2008   |   .doc   |   7 pages
Document abstract : «In Evelyn Waugh's novel A Handful of Dust as in D.H. Lawrence's novel St Mawr, a common rhetorical layer discusses the search for life's meaning, which in many aspects mirrors Ellington's experience of finding agreeability in music, as well as the...»

Synopsis abstract : «The protagonist in A Handful of Dust.. The characters of Brenda and Mrs. Witt in St. Mawr. . Lawrence's protagonist of Lou and Waugh's protagonist of Tony Last.. Lou Witt's realization on escaping the false illusions that surround life. ...»

Female protagonists in the sound and the fury and as I lay dying

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   07/20/2008   |   .doc   |   8 pages
Document abstract : «"The following Ralph Ellison quote is often found on the book jackets of William Faulkner's novels: "For all his concern with the South, Faulkner was actually seeking out the nature of man. Thus we must turn to him for that continuity of moral...»

Synopsis abstract : «Parallels between 'The Sound and the Fury' and 'As I Lay Dying'. . The significance of the parallels between the male characters.. The female characters of Addie Bundren.. The character of Dewey Dell in As I Lay Dying.. The character of Cora in As I...»

On necessity as a defense to homicide in Regina v. Dudley and Stephens

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   07/20/2008   |   .doc   |   10 pages
Document abstract : «The present paper asks and addresses the questions: what principles, if any, distinguish Regina v. Dudley and Stephens (RDS) from scenarios in which necessity ought to be a defense to homicide? Were Dudley and Stephens guilty of murder? After...»

Synopsis abstract : «Floodgate necessity scenarios. . Destruction of property to avert peril to a community or destruction of a community to avert peril to a larger community.. Translating ex post RDS into an FN.. Contrasting the ex post and ex ante floodgate...»

Adolescence and growth development

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   07/20/2008   |   .doc   |   4 pages
Document abstract : «In the realm of mother and daughter movies, "White Oleander" touches base on so many topics in its attempt to create beautiful chick flick as an adaptation of the popular novel that Oprah herself had recommended. The movie itself was moving and it...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction of the film.. Understanding Astrid.. The second foster home for Astrid.. One among top female movie of the decade. ....»

Taking virtue seriously

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Presentation   |   07/20/2008   |   .doc   |   6 pages
Document abstract : «In the present paper I will examine Cicero's charge in De Finibus that Epicurean theory does not, as it were, take virtue seriously. I will then lay out two Epicurean responses to Cicero's objection. I will show that the first response - that...»

Synopsis abstract : «The difference between Epicurus and the other Greek ethical theorists.. Pleasures and pains do not always guide one's actions.. How is it possible to reconcile the tenet with the claim that Epicurean theory takes virtue seriously? . Is living...»

Homosexuality and deceit within "The Children's Hour"

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Book review   |   07/20/2008   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : «The Children's Hour by Lillian Hellman is a cautionary play of how small lies can lead people into ruin and self-destruction. The central issue of homosexuality driven by deceit is the cause of turmoil on the lives of the people of Lancet. A...»

Synopsis abstract : «The element of deception.. The first accusation of homosexuality.. The homosexual lie - its effects on lives.. Martha convinces herself of the lie.. Relevance of homosexuality today.....»

Seamus Heaney's politically poetic voice

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   07/20/2008   |   .doc   |   4 pages
Document abstract : «Seamus Heaney is one of Ireland's most prolific poets. He has published thirteen major volumes of poetry to date, and shares the honor of being awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature with fellow Irish writers William Butler Yeats, Samuel Beckett, and...»

Synopsis abstract : «Seamus Heaney.. The critic Elmer Andrews.. Death of a Naturalist and Personal Helicon.. Heaney's political interests as a Roman Catholic and a nationalist.. Bog poems.. Identity crisis.. Heaney as a poet.....»

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