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Social Work and Human Relations

first level of human relations issues addressed here is the relevancy of compensation for emotional labor. "Four general dimensio...

Political Rule and The Republic by Plato

In five pages this paper examines political rule in a consideration of knowledge, wisdom, and morality in Plato's The Republic. T...

Platonist v. Sophist World Perspectives

A creative fictitious dialogue is developed between a Platonist and a Sophist in this paper consisting of six pages which emphasiz...

A Self Examination and Personal History

In a paper of twenty pages family histories and self examination are explored in terms of how they mold personal respectives and h...

Richard Rodriguez's 'The Achievement of Desire'

In five pages this paper analyzes the essay by Richard Rodriguez entitled 'The Achievement of Desire' in which learned and experie...

Intellect in the Renaissance of the Twelfth Century

people were gradually becoming restless in light of many realities. The conditions in Europe were not good, nor had they been for ...

Cancer Detection and Breast Self Examination

In an analysis of the study, throughout 1994, doctors had diagnosed breast cancer in 144 of the women getting regular screenings a...

Is Knowledge True, or False, or Does It Reside Somewhere in the Middle?

would provide an explanation for celestial motion (Greer 356). For hundreds of years, Newtons laws of physics remained unchalleng...

Bombing of Coventry, England and Winston Churchil

of the city of Coventry goes back to the Middle Ages, and was first settled in the seventh century (Longmate 13). Prior to the 194...

Meditations on the First Philosophy by Rene Descartes and 'Freeing the Mind'

In five pages this paper examines the French philosopher's text as it explains his approaches to recognizing knowledge that is 'tr...

Argument of Illusion by George Berkeley

In five pages Berkeley's illusion concepts and arguments as represented in Principles of Human Knowledge and the Three Dialogues b...

T. Coraghessan Boyle's Carnal Knowledge

Alena and Jim's relationship is the focus of this analysis of T. Coraghessan Boyle's Carnal Knowledge consisting of five pages. F...

Siddhartha and Descartes

and space-- the factual historical figure and the imaginary Eastern mystic. Descartes criticism of Siddhartha One can imagine t...

Historical and Contemporary Religious Responses to Science and Technology

empires that would endure for centuries. These initial ties would culminate in a genuinely global integration of human cultures. ...

Conceptualization and Teaching

In eleven pages this paper discusses how preteaching conceptualization for a specific child group can be organized as it pertains ...

Benito Cereno by Herman Melville and 'Song of Myself' by Walt Whitman

Romantic tradition, of which Melville was a nominal or part-time member, of the innocence and moral superiority of a pastoral moti...

Counseling and an Eclectic Approach

all of us are enough complexes, minor neuroses, quirks, behavior patterns, beliefs, inadequacies and competencies to require at le...

Concepts of Julien Offray de La Mettrie and Immanuel Kant

de La Mettrie - Mental Activity In "Man a Machine" (1748), de La Mettrie says: "Let us start out then to discover not...

Theorists and Course Setting Management

the late 1950s and co-founded Scientific Methods, a consultancy business, in 1961 (Scientific Methods, 1998). Dr. Blake institute...

Teaching Strategies and Curriculum

In five pages specific curriculum effectiveness of such teaching strategies as Socratic dialogue, didactic instruction, and cooper...

Bertrand Russell and 'A Priori Knowledge'

In one page this paper explains Russell's The Problems of Philosophy in which he discusses how a priori knowledge exists and emplo...

Oedipus and Gilgamesh Compared

The tragedies these leaders experience that lead them onto a path of self knowledge are the focus of this paper consisting of five...

'Eye of Power' by Michel Foucault

In seven pages Michel Foucault addresses knowledge and power and the relationship that exists between them in his essay entitled '...

Letters of the Civil War

This research report looks at the American Civil War and how knowledge is acquired through letters written during the time period....

Higher Education Trend of Attracting the Older Student

30 years of age and 70 percent of all part-time students are 25 or older (Ludden, 1996, p. 2). The number of part-time students ha...

Coping Strategies and Breast Cancer

In a paper consisting of twelve pages the field of nursing is discussed in terms of breast cancer, coping strategies, and how nurs...

Zen of On the Road by Jack Kerouac

In four pages this paper examines On the Road from a Buddhist perspective of a symbolic journey toward nirvana through knowledge. ...

Blind Oedipus

In seven pages this essay discusses how Oedipus was able to 'see' certain things after blinding himself, from this knowledge he ga...

Ignorance is Bliss Theme in Oedipus the King by Sophocles

In six pages this essay discusses how Oedipus would have been more content without the knowledge of his fated life in this themati...

Scientific Knowledge and Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne

In six pages this report analyzes Verne's text in terms of how scientific knowledge influences plot, character, and subplots. Fou...