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Knowledge of God According to Teresa of Avila and John Calvin

natural instinct, an awareness of divinity," that "God himself has implanted in all men a certain understanding of his divine maje...

Epictetus and Aquinas on Nature, the Universe, and God

needs of the spirit, which were outlined through divine law (Pierce, 2002). The law of nature, Epictetus believed, was that the be...

Nietzsche's Philosophy

(Nietzsche, 1974). It does seem to be true that when someone supports old institutions and mainstays they are applauded by the lar...

Nietzsche's Philosophy and Essays

that is good. The sun is going down, and it is cold, so that is bad. Evil is something much worse than bad. Obviously, a setting s...

Comparison of Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, and 'Paradise Lost' by John Milton

God had created an idyllic paradise for man, and it was only when a winged Satan invaded the peaceful calm and inflicted his exist...

Benjamin Franklin and Jonathan Edwards

on that he believes in the Presbyterian concept of Predestination -- "From my childhood up, my mind had been wont to be full of ob...

'Paradise Lost' by John Milton and Lack of Intervention by God

literary critics, philosophers, and even theologians have questioned and considered for centuries. That Which Cannot be Known A...

Twentieth Century Literature and Gender

and large, the wealthy is a class of leisure. This upper class mentality is expressed in Whartons (2000) House of Mirth. The nov...

The Hand of God in The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

The issue of playing God as depicted in the characterization of the Count is the focus of this paper consisting of five pages. Th...

Marie de France by Dante

In three pages this essay considers how the passion Marie de France and her lover share is compared with her contention God suppor...

Zora Neale Hurston and Henrik Ibsen on the Individual and Society

In five pages this paper examines the relationship between society and the individual as represented by the female protagonists of...

Creon's Patriotism in Antigone by Sophocles

In three pages this essay examines the patriotism of Creon who thinks he has the support of the gods in this analysis of Antigone....

Works of Sophocles and Homer and the Gods

In five page this paper considers Gods and their roles in ancient Greek society and literature in a consideration of a passage fro...

Divine Power and 'The Iliad' by Homer

on Mount Olympus, where the gods lived. As the Iliad opens, the Trojan War has actually been going on for nine years, but the figh...

Gods and Goddesses in 'The Iliad' by Homer

bow rang death as he shot his arrow in the midst of them. First he smote their mules and their hounds, but presently he aimed his ...

Gods and the Treatment of Mortals in 'The Aeneid' by Virgil

When he eventually realizes he is neglecting his duty -- Jupiter tells him he has a destiny to found Rome -- Aeneas sails away, te...

Carl Jung's Possible Influence on Grimm's Fairy Tales

but collective experience, an inherited set of "primal data" (Jacobi 8) that all people share. It is a compilation of universal co...

Injustice in The Color Purple by Alice Walker

This paper consists of six pages and discusses how injustice manifests in the novel and how Shug, Nettie, and God, represent liber...

Flannery O'Connor and Religion

In ten pages this paper examines how religion, particularly the grace of God, is thematically depicted in Flannery O' Connor's sho...

What Life Is

In five pages this paper examines life and humanity in a comparison of the short stories Paul Fussell's 'Thank God for the Atom Bo...

Perspective of Satan in Paradise Lost by John Milton

In five pages this report focuses on Paradise Lost Books One and Nine in a consideration of Satan's perspective regarding right an...

Modernism and Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

She received an associates degree from Howard, which did not benefit her in any material way; following her college graduation, sh...

Plot, Florida, and Literary Quality of Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

In seven pages this paper examines how 1930s' Florida life is presented, literary aspects, and plot significance of Zora Neale Hur...

Richard Wright and Zora Neale Hurston on Female Power

In six pages this paper examines women's power and how it is portrayed in Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Are Watching God and Ric...

Slavery's 'Long Arm' and the Literature of African Americans

In six pages the enslavement of African American females as depicted in Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God, Toni Mo...

God and the Creation of Evil

This paper argues in five pages that God is the Creator of all goodness but that he allowed evil to exist despite the fact that He...

Temple Priests of Ancient Greece

In six pages the ancient Grecian religion is discussed in terms of examining the different roles of the priests and the significan...

Babylonian God Marduk

In six pages this god is traced throughout history with similarities between the Biblical and Babylonian creation stories and the ...

God and Nature According to Baruch Spinoza

In seven pages this paper examines the perspectives of this seventeenth century philosopher in terms of man's natural existence an...

Existence of God

In ten pages this paper argues in favor of the existence of God. Eight sources are cited in the bibliography....