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Essays 271 - 300

Law, Power, and Politics According to Saint Thomas Aquinas

belief at the time (The Radical Academy, 2004). God gives this power to the people as a whole, not to individuals (The Radical Aca...

Politics and Imaginary Dialogues

In ten pages this tutorial paper imagines a lively dialogue between political philosophers including St. Thomas Aquinas, Aristotle...

Life of Thomas Paine

Excise (1772), arguing for a pay raise for officers."5 From the age of 19 onward for 24 years: "Paine held various jobs. He spent ...

Concepts of Thomas Hobbes and John Locke

is the part of a wise man to believe them no further than right reason makes that which they say appear credible." In other words...

Thomas Cahill's Sailing the Wine Dark Sea

world. There was nothing that did not deserve serious inquiry. Not only did the Greek society have a curious nature, but they had ...

Various Views on Revolution Causes and Impacts

in our government and our policies. His role extended through the years preceding the American Revolution and on into the early y...

Thomas Hobbes' 'Fool Argument'

he is good and honest, the covenant will be kept. If not, then it is more likely than not that it will be broken. Hobbes (1651) ...

Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes and the Fool's Role

Man has a natural propensity for conflict and human beings form societies not out of their desire for complicit, but out of a fear...

Thomas Jefferson's Life and Contributions

still the most important piece of history that the U.S. embraces. Jefferson married in 1772 and owned both land and slaves ("Jef...

Utopian Literature's Similarities and Differences

be attacked as while many analysts will agree that Plato clearly states this in The Republic, his other works suggest other ideas....

Jefferson's Relationship with Sally Hemmings

times of conception for the birth of all of those six children. There are no records that she was elsewhere during those times, or...

Four Commencement Speakers from American History

Americas historical experience with race, ethnicity, and/or gender. Who could be more appropriate for this task than one of our c...

Thomas Aquinas' Work

the Summa that "St. Thomas, following Aristotle, gives a perfect description and a wonderfully keen analysis of the movements of m...

What Would Have Happened in America if William Bradford Had Not Prevailed and Thomas Morton Had?

thus arrived in a good harbor and brought safe to land, they fell upon their knees and blessed the God of heaven, who had brought ...

5 Ways of St. Thomas Aquinas

be the first cause (Philosophy Online, n.d.). 3. Everything that exists at one time did not and may not at some time in the future...

Personal Exploration Through Biography

that Jean Edward Smith agrees with this assessment, but he believes biography is an art form that should take into account the anc...

Renaissance Sonnets and How They Evolved

composing sonnets was considered a necessary endeavor when courting someone (Goldenberg). For example, a man of any position would...

The Radical Nature of the American Revolution

This researech paper offers a comprehensive examination of the ideas that preceded the American Revolution, such as the concepts p...

Church and State Views of Thomas Jefferson

believe in freeing slaves, and he was "stuck" with their decision. The student may consider the fact that President Jeffer...

Philosophy and Metaphysics

human nature is bound by the weakness of mans character? In short, Platos (1979) freed prisoner is himself, the cave reflects the...

Higher Education and the Curriculum Inclusion of Thomas Paine

(Generation Terrorists, 2004). In England, however, he was looked upon with great distaste as he stood, perhaps, for all that t...

Nature and Man in Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan

upon human sense organs. The sights, smells, touches, and sounds of pleasurable things gives rise to appetite. Appetite gives rise...

Kingdom and Sowell's Views on America

into two very obviously distinct groups. These groups of citizens may not have the same political party affiliation or the same ec...

Victorian England and the Rural Life Philosophy of Richard Jeffries

an almost detached amusement. He describes them rushing about, in a hurry to get to work and to work as hard as they can. However,...

U.S. Civil War and Abraham Lincoln

Each side was consistently successful in resolving its problems in politics, civil morale, and economics when its military was vic...

Ethical Obligations of Humankind

repetition, thus forming a habit. In other words, the virtuous man will take pleasure in acting good because it is an expression o...

Medieval Times and Attitudes About Women

the man is Ywain she is happy and tells him, "she ought not refuse to take as lord a good knight and the son of a king" which is s...

Dominick in Wally Lamb's I Know This Much is True

In ten pages a behavioral character analysis of Dominick's personality as presented in Lamb's text is examines and also compared w...

Late Medieval Period Account of Spielvogel and Utopia by Thomas More

peasantry, although far more numerous, have very few material resources and no political power at all: they have no say in the way...

Jefferson and Hemmings, Fiction or Fact

conception for the birth of all of those six children. There are no records that she was elsewhere during those times, or records ...