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Human Nature and the Views of Augustine and Aristotle

In a report that consists of ten pages human nature is examined in a contrasting and comparison of Augustine's and Aristotle's phi...

Changing Perceptions Regarding Nature, Animals, and Humankind

In nine pages this research paper considers the natural world and how humankind's perceptions regarding animals have changed with ...

Second World War's Mythological Nature

In four pages this paper examines the myths associated with the Second World War in an analysis of Michael C.C. Adams' The Best Wa...

Reclusive Emily Dickinson

of struggling against it. For example, the "gentleman caller" in "Because I Could Not Stop For Death" -- who is clearly intended...

The Nature of Group Politics

Nuclear weapons and other issues are examined in the context of politics. The political process as it respects group consensus is...

Humanity, the Universe and its Hierarchy

then leads to living and non-living matter. Can there be such a distinction? If all matter is the result of the interaction of mo...

Adaptive Consciousness

Human consciousness has proved very adaptive throughout our existence. This paper discusses the nature of human consciousness and ...

Comparative Philosophical Views of John Locke and Plato

to Locke. Locke was able to succinctly describe and honor the Enlightenment in his belief in the middle class and its right to fre...

Medieval Art, Ancient Art, and Divine Nature

In five pages the depiction of divine nature in the Greek marble Girl with Doves and the German stained glass Six Scenes from a Tr...

'Mont Blanc' and 'Mutibility' Poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley and William Wordsworth

example, he paints a picture of fleeting beauty and dispair about both the frailty and temporary nature of life. He paints a pict...

Judicial Process

In five pages a book review of Benjamin N. Cardozo's Nature of the Judicial Process is presented. There are no other sources list...

Chin P'ing Mei's The Golden Lotus

In five pages this paper reviews the text and considers what cultural aspects are revealed about society as well as what is symbol...

Twentieth Century Christian Theology and 'Holiness'

possess it?presumably "attribution of qualities like thankfulness, courage, and chastity" are ruled out (Geach 333). According to ...

Warfare and Changes Resulting from the Nuclear Arms Race

In five pages this paper examines changes in the nature of war since the Second World War in a consideration of the evolution of t...

Political Theory, Human Nature, and the Theories of Thomas Paine, John Locke, and Martin Luther

In five pages this paper examines how political theory incorporates human nature concepts articulated by Thomas Paine, John, Locke...

Personal Experience in Nature

protection of the environment that sustains life, it is no longer possible to dismiss the planet as a nothing more than a static o...

Ambrose Bierce, Stephen Crane, Nature and Salvation

In five pages this paper discusses how nature adaptability influences a character's salvation in 'An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridg...

Analysis of Rene Descartes' Two Meditations

In five pages two of Descartes' arguments are analyzed in terms of the nature of object existence and the determination of dreamin...

'A Small Good Thing' by Raymond Carver

In five pages this report examines how existential reality and daily life's transitory nature are depicted in the 1983 short story...

Beaux Arts Architects William Morris, Labroust, and Frank Lloyd Wright

In five pages this report considers how Beaux Arts architecture was mastered by Frank Lloyd Wright in terms of environmental harmo...

Self Concept According to George Herbert Mead

In five pages Mead's self concept is examined in I and Me definition applications along with social cultural nature of self also c...

An Analysis of Pinter's Play, The Dumb Waiter

This paper examines the importance of the play's final scene as it pertains to human nature, society, and providing a conclusion t...

Different Views on Chaos Theory

7 pages and 7 sources. This paper provides an overview of the basic elements of chaos theory and relates them to views of their a...

Candide by Voltaire and the Travelers in Nature

In five pages this paper assesses the relationship between the travelers and nature in the satirical Candide by Voltaire in an ana...

Walt Whitman, Henry David Thoreau, and Ralph Waldo Emerson

In 5 pages these influential 19th century authors are examined within the context of their writings 'Preface to Leaves of Grass,' ...

More Than Petticoats by L.E. Bragg

In 5 pages this paper examines the eclectic nature of the Pacific Northwest and how this has contributed to the strength of the wo...

Comparison of John Locke and Thomas Hobbes

In twelve pages this paper examines man's nature in a contrast and comparison of Second Treatise of Civil Government by John Locke...

Idea of Nature by R.G. Collingwood

ontological status of nature and humanitys ability to gain knowledge about nature. Basis for Collingwoods Thoughts and Premises ...

Odilon Redon, Berthe Morisot, Girls, Gardens, and Nature

In five pages Redon's 'Two Young Girls Among Flowers' and Morisot's 'Young Girls in a Garden. Basket Chair' are compared in a dis...

John Dryden's 'Absalom and Achitophel' and John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress

In five pages this paper discusses the human nature representation in allegories featured in each of these works in a contrast and...