Separation Or Assimilation?
.... by Boxill are to establish
pride in one's own race, to maintain the authenticity of one's own culture, and
finally to benefit the world populace. Through pride, the disdain of
inferiorities along with self respect, one adopts an attitude of self-
segregation. Boxill argues for pride as a means of preserving one's race,
overemphasizing differences between individuals because of the color of their
skin or cultural differences, is a great defense to assimilation.
Understanding Dubois's concept of cultu .....
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A Critical Analysis Of "The Doctor Won't See You Now"
.... he suggests some AIDS patients
deserve their predicament and others don't. At this point, the reader sees that
Gorman is being very sarcastic and bitter towards physicians who mare share
this view.
In paragraph three, Gorman attempts to make an analogy between other
professions and related obligations. In essence, the analogy equates the amount
of money and personal taste one may have, with the level of care and/or
attention one deserves. The analogy appears to be very inappropriate at first,
however .....
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The Importance Of Literature Vs. Science
.... as in science, there are different
genres. Literature is often backed up by research or first hand information,
but can also be fanciful flights of the imagination. They are similar to the
research, observation, and hypothesis found in science. Experiments can be
performed in both. A scientist could ask what if, and logically and
scientifically follow his what if through. A writer could ask the same and use
his imagination, knowledge, and perhaps a little research, to guide his
imagination. Litera .....
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The Myth Of Perfection
.... human beings, we have no conception of any absolute values, such as
perfection and imperfection or hot and cold. We can only perceive changes or
comparisons based on what we already know. Through experience, we can tell what
is hotter or colder, but never actually tell what the absolutes are. This is a
central aspect of what makes perfection impossible to achieve. What exactly is
perfection? Seeing as we have no inherent knowledge of what is perfect or
imperfect, these ideals are usually set by th .....
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The Capitalist Future: A Consequence Of Calvinist Annunciation
.... (100) and those "foreordained to everlasting death"
(100). Calvinists also believe that God, a distant "grand conception" (164) who
is "beyond all human comprehension," (164) is unreachable. Both these beliefs
together eliminated any possibility of appeasing God through service or
sacrifice. The answer to the question whether believers were the chosen or the
damned could thus neither be influenced nor known. If, however, one turned his
work into a 'calling,' restricting any desire to wasteful pleasure, he .....
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Humans And Their Ability To Make Mistakes
.... it
in be adding two numbers, or calling someone by the wrong name, these are all
errors that a computer would not make. An error can also be interpreted as being
a wrong physical move. If a person is walking in the woods and trips on a branch,
it is because the person erred in the sense of watching the path followed.
There is no doubt in anyone's mind that humans make mistakes all the
time. Let us simply analyze any process in which there is a chance for someone
to commit an error. Take for exa .....
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Brent Staples' A Brother's Murder
.... task. The smell of fear, death, and misguided souls reek to
the nose of the onlooker. Brent Staples does an outstanding job of describing
the severity of these problems. His brother, Blake, leads a life molded by this
street life. His official cause of death was murder. However, at the young age
of twenty-two years old, they should have noted his death as a casualty of war.
He played a part in the war of gangs and guns. If he did not live in the inner
streets of Roanoke, Va., he would probabl .....
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Contemporary Thinkers: Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Aguinas
.... The Council of 500 consisted of 500 members,
chosen from lottery and election from the Assembly of Ecclesia. The Council of
50 was made up of 50 members chosen from the Council of 500. The second class
of people in the city-states was the Metics. This class was made up of people
that were not citizens, either because they were not born in the city-state, or
they were prevented from being citizens. The third class were the slaves.
These people were captured from wars and subject to serve the city-state .....
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Martin Luther King And Patrick Henry: Cry For Freedom
.... interested.
Patrick Henry uses biblical allusion when he states, "It is only in this
way that we can hope to arrive at truth, and fulfill the great responsibility
which we hold to God and our Country." Another rhetorical device that Henry
uses well is imagery. A good example of Henry's imagery is, "The next gale that
sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms!"
Henry uses these and many more devices to keep the attention and the open mind
of his audience who was mostly o .....
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A Student's Reading Of The Politics Of Rich And Poor
.... the country on a rollercoaster
ride of economic instability and shaky ground. These ideas remain constant and
prevalant throughout the seven chapters. His views, though somewhat repetitive
in the text, strike the reader with astonishment, especially when considering
Phillips' Republican party affiliation.
With his thesis in mind, Phillips discusses three major factors that
escalate and at the same time submerge the state of the economy in America.
These factors include: the sudden shift .....
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Trouble With Bill Clinton's Character
.... than Clinton, but they still prefer Clinton as President. This notion
comes from the reasoning that most Americans are only concerned with whether or
not the country and its citizens are taken care of, and so disregard the
President's moral imperfections which, in the people's opinion, have very little
to do with the issues. So the President can cheat on his taxes or even his wife
and the Americans will overlook it as long as he is getting the job done.
Claims such as these lead some to believe .....
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The Lives Of Confucius And Guatama Siddhartha
.... showing “reverence by avoidance”. (Encyclopedia Americana, v. 7; 540)
K'ung Futzu was what was used. The name got Latinized and it became Confucius.
Ever since Confucius' birth, he was a great student. All throughout his
childhood Confucius liked to play religious and cultural roles. By the age of
15, Confucius began to take his studies very seriously. He was a diligent and
studious learner and put forth his whole effort on his studies. Nothing is
known about his educators or his education.
Confuciu .....
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The Lust For Power: How Politics And Personal Relations Become One
.... struggled against neighboring tribes. The
new generation of Israelites “knew neither the Lord nor what he did for Israel”
(Judges 2:10). They began to “do evil in the eyes of the Lord” by worshipping
other gods and engaging in various sexual activities. To save His people from
their enemies and from their “evil ways,” God “raised up” judges to rescue them
(Judges 2:16). These so-called judges had the political authority vested in
them to lead the people of Israel and to save them from their sins. .....
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The Trickster
.... John Laynard. In his research on schizophrenia he found the
qualities of the trickster surfacing in the disorder (p.54 Euba). This suggests
that the Trickster is within all of us just sitting on the borderline of
conscious and unconscious though.
So who is this Trickster? He has many forms both human and animal. His
physical form seems to be particular to each religion. The best way to view a
trickster is by his personality. "[He is] Admired, Loved, venerated for his
merits and virtues, he is repre .....
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Three Female Characters In Greek Tragedies
.... Seeking a
solution, Lauis went to the oracle at Delphi and asked how the proble might be
overcome. Instead, the oracle proclaimed that the son born to Jocasta would be
his murderer. Upon hearing the prophecy, Lauis rejected all women. This
infuriated Jocasta and she had gotten Lauis drunk, and slept with him. This
proves that Jocasta refuses to be outdone, even by her husband. When Jocasta
had given birth to a baby boy (Oedipus), Lauis had it sent away by a messenger
to die of exposure high in .....
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