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Different 'David' Sculptures

that of David. This was his first real sculpture and perhaps, like David, he was taking on a powerful challenge that would determi...

Anne Boleyn and Catherine of Aragon

to Spain, stayed on in England in the vain hope of recovering her dowry from the skinflint Henry VII. She eventually married Arthu...

Knowing Truth That Has Not Been Proven

However, we can also argue that the proof f this truth made no difference to whether the belief was true, being true even before i...

Man Against Nature in Lee Tamahori's 1997 Film The Edge

new person. This has been tradition since Gilgamesh. The hero emerges from the wilderness to contribute to society and carry out...

David Lynch and Postmodern Theory

In Part I of David Harveys The Condition of Postmodernity - "The Passage From Modernity To Postmodernity In Contemporary Culture" ...

St. Anselm's Ontological Argument from Philosophical Perspectives

points which are "1) God is defined as the being in which none greater is possible; 2) It is true that the notion of God exists i...

Self Identity According to David Hume

and the imagination. However, he states that gaining an idea of self from the presentation given by the senses initially cannot re...

Contradictions in the Biblical Story of David

asks David directly whose son he is, when in the previous chapter, it appeared that David was Sauls favorite and the Saul was ver...

David Guterson's Snow Falling on Cedars

heard that Carl Jr. was going to reacquire his familys farm, he went to Carl Jr. to try to negotiate for the purchase of he seven ...

Philosophies of William David Ross

If we accept the premise, therefore, that science is capable of defining physiological death then we must ask ourselves how do we ...

Philosophy Q and A

While Hume appears down to Earth and logical, he is, in a very general sense, a skeptic. He notes that there is a battle between r...

Voting and Demographic Shifts

economy grow strong and continue to flourish. Unfortunately, however, it had been throughout that part of the century that this i...

Moral Defects and Virtues

be beneficial in the long run. Do the ends justify the means? Can virtue be whittled down to intrinsic right or wrong, or what one...

A Comparison of Herodotus and Fischer.

316). The idea that historical research and results should be confined only to a few learned scholars, as far as Fischer is concer...

David Hume

controversial writings on religion and morality (Hume, 2002). In fact, he continued to turn out essays and critical writings on ev...

Novelists Will Never Be Replaced By Artificial Intelligence

the realm of artificial intelligence, there are two primary theorists whose works should be explored in honing in on the major deb...

Life as Seen Through the Classics

to the role of an international statesman; through his efforts, he ultimately ended up as a role model for many American youths wh...

The Thematic Element in Art

song of Liling is that which provides us with the foundation of the story. Now, of course, the music and the song actually serv...

Issues of Stereotypes and Prejudice

of a belief concerning that type of individual, something discussed often in Jones book "Social Psychology of Prejudice." A black ...

David Mamet, Sam Shepard, and the Dramatic Idiom

plight of small-time con-men, dubious real estate salesmen and other marginal types, explore a desperate, obsessed landscape that ...

First 3 Chapters of David A. Karp and William C. Yoels' Sociology in Everyday Life

presents a rationale for the study of everyday behavior. The notion that clear cultural expectations underlie daily activity is il...

Hypothetical Debate Between Presidential Candidates Socrates and Henry David Thoreau

best and brightest citizens." After the candidates shake hands, the moderator presented the first topic for debate, that of taxat...

Henry David Thoreau's Concept of Wilderness

He believed nature and the wilderness to be the source of strength, vigor and inspiration. He even referred to the wilderness as ...

Administration of New York City Mayor David Dinkins and Labor Unions

Citys mayor before Dinkins would grab the title in 1989. Many consider Koch to have been a great mayor, and while that is the case...

Overcoming Death Through Comedy

unusual observances and ultimately lightens its impact. David Ives "All in the Timing" is a series of one act plays which t...

Blue Velvet and the Surrealistic Vision of Filmmaker David Lynch

everyday life" (Gott, 1993, p. 126). However, the surrealists were not only disturbed by the horrors of war. They were equally tro...

Australia, Critical Thinking, and David Malouf

fashion as to give the reader a sense of connectedness speaks volumes regarding the authors inherent talent for blending his homel...

Dark and Death Themed Comedy Plays

David Ives "All in the Timing" is a series of one act plays which tell the story of different situations all with a comical and...

Post 1984 Transitions in South Africa

of having been there. This autobiography is at once fascinating and unbelievable, torturous and sometimes funny; but underneath i...

Ehud Barak and Ariel Sharon on Realism and Idealism

to attain a better existence for itself, it has inadvertently caused a domino effect when it comes to such personal pursuits. It ...