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Comparison of Pablo Picasso's Massacre in Korea and Guernica and Francisco Goya's The Shootings of May 3, 1808

the most defiant aspect of its symbolist tendencies; without uttering but a single word, this work of art is fully able to communi...

Social Attitudes and the 'Mirror' of Religion

its way into common acceptance among the general public. While the current attitude toward this practice might still view it with...

A Comparison of Machiavelli and Hobbes

idea of a virtuous republican citizen similar to how one might consider a citizen today. To give power and authority to the indivi...

Emotions and Health

in a joint effort by the American Psychological Association and the Mayo Clinic demonstrated that there are significant advantages...

Corporate social responsibility, cognitive dissonance, and preserving the environment.

Inasmuch as "dissonance theory applies to all situations involving attitude formation and change" (Cognitive Dissonance #2), the m...

God's Existence Arguments

speaker is Philo, a religious skeptic (Johnson 266). The discussion is chiefly between Philo and Cleanthes, with occasional remar...

The Nature of Machiavelli

forces which existed during his time. Some of those forces could be interpreted as evil, as could the impact they had on Machiave...

Martha Graham and James Joyce

about the time of the life of Beethoven, artists needed the patron to support them in order to have the freedom to pursue their ar...

Ralph Waldo Emerson's 'Self Reliance' and 'Nature' Essays

or change as well as "identity or rest...the first and second secrets of nature: Motion and Rest. The whole code of her laws may b...

Neusner's Introduction to Judaism

job it is to perform certain sacred rituals, whereas in Judaism, the rabbi has no authority to perform rituals. Instead, Rabbis ar...

The Concept of 'Freedom' of Choice as Perceived by Epictetus, Epicurus, and Aristotle

be regarded as involuntary because it is not externally rooted in another person; but it is irrational and therefore not represent...

Religious Rituals of Judaism and Christianity

offers the marriage contract, and the woman accepts: this is a contractual obligation which can only be broken by death or divorce...

Men Are the Weaker Sex

places with fatty deposits (atheroma) which narrow them, restricting the blood-flow. This leads to coronary heart disease" (Inform...

Machiavelli's Views Regarding the Welfare of the People

He did not believe that methodology was particularly important as different rulers have different styles. Above all, Machiavelli b...

The Realist Perspective in Dickens' Hard Times

view of reality that emphasizes a more Biblical approach to life. Through the "good" characters of the novel, principally Sissy, S...

Subjectivist vs. Rationalist Philosophical Theories

here on Earth. This of course, did not go over well with the Church who was used to organizing everyones life on Earth. Reason, th...

West and Whether or Not Iran Poses a Legitimate Threat

life. Though cultural and religious differences are often supported as a means of directing public opinion towards the belief t...

Developing and Marketing New Services and Products and Consumer Attitudes

fair Trade, or received a good review in a food and drink magazine. It is worth noting that this will also reflect political chang...

Reincarnation and Past Life Regression

investigation that Dr. Weiss found Catherine, a patient who "started to channel wisdom Weiss believed to be from beyond the scope ...

Maintaining Order Through Law

role to play, on its own it does not give a moral framework, only a legal framework. However, in the opinion of Devlin it was more...

Overview of Taoism

life" which "surrounds everyone and therefore everyone must listen to find enlightenment" (Robinson, 2003). The many gods which ar...

Culture and Social Change in China

introduced many economic reforms which took into account global markets and the output of China increased nearly four times. Overa...

Slavery and Thomas Jefferson

a slave owner. Regardless of his commitment to democracy, such commitment did not extend to include slaves in that process. Vali...

The Current Problem of Air Pollution

5 pages and 4 sources. This paper considers the nature of the problem of air pollution and the variety of types. This paper rela...

Spirituality and Death from the Perspective of Social Work

In a paper consisting of eight pages the inherent implications of social work are clarified as accepting individual beliefs and a ...

Early 20th Century Progressivism

In two pages this paper examines the origins of Progressivism in the United States and the beliefs they reflected. Two sources ar...

Herman Melville's Life and Works

In six pages this paper discusses how Herman Melville's life and societal beliefs molded Moby Dick, his literary masterpiece. The...

Buddhism, Judaism, and the Concept of an Afterlife

In five pages the beliefs of an afterlife as espoused by Buddhist and Jewish religions are discussed. There are ten bibliographic...

Enchiridion by Epictetus

In a paper consisting of 6 pages the beliefs of Stoic philosopher Epictetus are analyzed along with a discussion of how contempora...

Sexuality and Prostitution in the novel, Catcher in the Rye

This paper examines issues of sexuality in the novel, Catcher in the Rye. The author focuses on the spiritual and social beliefs ...