The Origins of Freemasonry

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Presentation   |   05/22/2009   |   .doc   |   7 pages
Document abstract : « of the Templars and the preceptor of Normandy were roasted to death over a slow fire. Some claim that Bruce s army was strengthened by the fighting skills and ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Operative masons and freemasonry. Freemasons and the Knights Templar. Origins of the Knights Templar. Beyond the Holy Land. Templars and Freemasons. Metaphysical thought in Europe. Conclusion. Bibliogra...»

Zinzendorf and the Moravian Church

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Research papers   |   04/11/2008   |   .doc   |   4 pages
Document abstract : « between Herrnhut and his own parish, which had been engaged in bitter fighting, and set Thomas and their need for the Gospel lit a fire within Zinzendorf and a ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. First roots. Count Zinzendorf. Herrnhut. Conclusion. Bibliography....»

The ethics of Merton: Non-violence and its connection with the sacred

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Presentation   |   07/08/2008   |   .doc   |   9 pages
Document abstract : « Merton says that this act of fighting for peace that starts all wars. schools of rational inquiry which can find no spark to light the fire of activism, unless ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander.. The duty of a righteous man.. Emptiness makes us the vehicle of a greater understanding. . Religion is bound up in the dogmas which can be used as tools of power and division.. How do you enforce nonviolence?...»

Homer and the Futility of War

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   School essay   |   12/04/2007   |   .doc   |   3 pages
Document abstract : « other and Achilles offers his kindness by giving Priam a short cease-fire in which All that is left over are the soldiers fighting no longer a war to resolve a ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Ways to divide various Anti war fiction. The traditional cut endings. The destruction of the great city . Evidence of Homer's detraction of war . The question of the dates of the Iliad. Conclusion....»

The hobbesian state of nature: A prisoner's dilemma?

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Term papers   |   06/10/2009   |   .doc   |   7 pages
Document abstract : « a piece of dry-ice with their eyes closed might actually believe that fire is burning For War consisteth not in battle only, or the act of fighting, but in a ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. The formation of commonwealths . The discrete entities of the world . Arguments for an empiricist epistemology and ontology. Physical and psychological stress. Hobbes's War of All against All. The crux of Gregory Kavka's criticism...»

Apocalyptic rhetoric and its effect on religious identity

Political science   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Term papers   |   05/31/2009   |   .doc   |   9 pages
Document abstract : « Evil still existed in those Israel was fighting against, while the nation itself was Fallen stars that lost their way are punished in desolate, burning fire. ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Functional definitions of apocalypticism . The symbolic practices. The question of evil in apocalyptic texts. The temple in apocalyptic text. The similitudes of Enoch . The law in apocalyptic literature. Judgment in apocalyptic...»

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