Essays 811 - 840
the conflict in terms of an insult to his personal honor. Homer writes that Achilles responded by telling Agamemnon, "Ah me, cloth...
knowledge is not as important as faith. That is a significant difference between the two. At the same time, neither admits that hu...
also suggests that battle was not only crucial, but perhaps desired. We also note that in some legends Odin sacrificed one of h...
and reflection question : In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus pictures a religious and moral orientation that draws on Jewish tradit...
main gods of the Sumerians included the god of water (Enki); the god of earth (Ki); the god of air (Enlil) and the god of heaven (...
been utilized in the protection of public interest, especially when issues of safety can be impacted by widespread public response...
born a Jew and lived under the Jewish law and system (Galatians 4:4). * Jesus life was characterized by service and humility (Phil...
encompassed as well. This view of good and evil has a very Eastern flavor to it, as Eastern religions, such as Hinduism, stress th...
the Big Bang, that was the "source of mystical illumination" (Henderson). This completely undermines the Church dogma that God is...
As would be expected there has been a great deal of outcry about this particular ruling. For example, one senator stated, "This is...
We can look at this and begin to understand that China was going through a great and difficult period in relationship to many real...
warrior society that Beowulf invokes derives from these "newcomers" to the British Isles. Abrams, et al also state that in this wa...
idea of a virtuous republican citizen similar to how one might consider a citizen today. To give power and authority to the indivi...
As for mankind, numbered are their days/ Whatever they achieve is but the wind!" (Epic of Gilgamesh 8). When Gilgameshs friend Enk...
In four pages concepts of religion, God, and transcendence are considered in a comparative analysis of Kant's philosophy and Hegel...
addresses the divine" (Smith PG). Greek mythology is replete with examples of how anthropomorphic gods influenced cultural behavi...
tells the reader that all the Romans desired, and more, would actually be found in the City of God. This is not to say that moneta...
human origins. He discusses the beliefs maintained by the three major Semitic religions and then discusses the role of Charles Dar...
America, they worked very hard to convert the Native American Indians, who obviously did not believe in Jesus Christ. The new set...
Chief among notable theologians to undertake study of this matter is Jurgen Moltmann, and his philosophy is often referred to as t...
so clearly it is evident why the Indian people placed such importance on caste and took the entire system so seriously....
that can render a thought or a concept wrong. One can do a study one day to prove that cholesterol is bad, and then another day, a...
done to rein them in. Even many business people felt that capitalism had to be saved from itself because it was an economic system...
sex, and they can be both works of sexuality, and still be considered works of art. Heterosexual women may paint women who are cle...
would end without seeing "half my days thats due" (line 13). This suggests that Bradstreet is giving birth in middle age, which s...
Within this framework of using the condemned mans impending death as a general warning, Occom also illustrates how alcohol had pro...
of this passage implies that humanity resembles God, that is, that the human race is similar "in kind" in a manner that is analogo...
capable of undergoing so many changes with regard to appearance, temperature, solidity and so on as to be rendered completely diff...
with a wholly different sort of argument. He states that if the universe has an intelligent designer (i.e., the cosmological argum...
doubt and thought. If he thinks, then he exists: at least, his mind exists, since what he knows of his body is dependent, again, o...