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Essays 541 - 570
God first made covenants with individuals - Adam, Noah, Moses, Abraham, David, then with a nation - the Israelites, and then, with...
cross? Or, do you accept and live by Christs Gospel and gain eternal joy through Him. Paul continues: "For it is written: "I will...
fundamental importance in the Republic of the metaphor of descent and its connection to the two great themes of birth and death, a...
she proved to me as I proved to him that, by my own showing, Love was neither fair nor good. " Here, the idea that love is powerfu...
like knowledge itself, is secure. Indeed, according to Plato correct opinion is a guide to knowledge. To be correct, opinions th...
thought that the Theory of Forms was useless when it came to explaining the material world "because the connection between the two...
his faith (Barclay 65). The covenant with Abraham was dependent on two things: "the free grace of God and the perfect faith of Abr...
One of the questions that has plagued theologians, Biblical scholars, philosophers and others has to do with God and evil. How can...
This essay focuses on Plato's use of dialogue in his "Apology" and "Crito," and Augustine's use of the monologue in his "Confessio...
The Book of Jeremiah is the longest book in the Bible containing more words than any other book. The greatest majority of the Book...
This 5 page paper gives an overview of the Greek god Apollo. This paper includes what areas of life Apollo ruled over and how he w...
This essay pertains to Plato's perception of rhetoric and the role of eros, as indicated by his texts Gorgias and Phaedrus. Five p...
to the outside, the cave becomes a type of conduit, or birth canal which brings him into the life of actual knowledge. What one ca...
Testament Law and the Ten Commandments express this relationship (Out of Egypt, 2003). One of the first examples of Gods...
reaching true conclusions and therefore may use their knowledge of language and logic to confuse the average person on the issues ...
with sickness, or the pilot who helps friends against "the perils of the sea" (Plato Book I). He then inquires into "what sort of ...
Arguments for the Existence of God Rene Descartes (1596-1650) is known as one of the most influential Western philosophers today....
human being from conception to death is encapsulated in a pod. In Platos Cave the only thing that they can see is...
to be transcendent elements sent to teach important lessons turns out to be nothing more than images cast from puppets whose shado...
Although biblical, the story provides a warning in that perhaps a little knowledge can be harmful. Another point of view is that k...
she would give him a whipping with a belt. These beatings only reinforced Willies belief that the best way to settle problem situa...
are afraid because ignorant, and perceive the pain and not the benefits; nor do they apprehend that a sick soul is worse than a si...
supporters of the argument from design see a babys perfect little fingers with unique fingerprints and the fact that the honey bee...
between the citizens. Taken together, the guardians are people who are skilled in governing certain areas. However, these two type...
how ones intellect cannot be considered a gender. In other words, intelligence is intelligence regardless of where it is housed. ...
is no realistic political system, for it takes considerably more than one mans word to impart a true sense of unity. "Thus, for y...
from the fact that I realized that I knew nothing. A man of my era named Chaerephon once asked the Oracle at Delphi is there w...
his book, Does God Exist God: The Oldest Question, that yes, God does exist 2000). OMalley seems to be addressing his comments to ...
of the world (1993). Yet, one can see this in action in smaller ways. Another way to look at the world is through the model called...
individual to the spiritual and the universe. According to the scala amoris, then, love is that which in its highest and purest se...