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- 1551: Kurt Vonnegut--slaughterhouse
- ... it cannot be stopped. Billy, by accepting the Tralfamadorian view, frees himself from the guilt which one feels when one is locked in time and responsible for one's actions. Billy Pilgrim grasps the Tralfamadorian philosophy and insists the Tralfamadorian world exists because it eliminates the "Why me?" question. Guilt is a feeling of responsibility or remorse for some offense, crime wrong ;a feeling of culpability. For example if one steals ...
- 1552: Decartes
- ... is independent of matter just as matter is independent of thought. But, although the two are indeed completely independent of each other, there is constant interaction between the two. This is the essence of Decartes philosophy of dualism. We as humans, consist of both and are therefore, dualistic creatures. We have a mind and we also take up space. Both are crucial to our elements of being, but we will grow ...
- 1553: Dorian Gray
- ... the 19th century lack true beauty. Dorian Gray sold himself to the devil for a pretty face . They re both empty on the inside, with no religion at all, which leads to Nietzsche and his philosophy that God is dead . In the novel, Basil acts as God, Lord Henry as Nietzsche, and Dorian as the 19th century. During the Renaissance, people used to be really faithful to God like Dorian and ...
- 1554: Don Giovanni, Critique Of The
- ... Three, you can feel there is no prison so deadly as a life of unnecessities, which is what marriage is. In most religions marriage is considered a sacred joining of two people. The Don s philosophy undermines the marriage ideology to the point that it is sinful to the religious community. Even if a person is not active in religion, s/he usually has a set of morals that frown upon ...
- 1555: Death Of A Salesmen
- ... kinds of important people in the stands and the first thing you know..."(l. 926). A dream that never achieved anything. Willy could not understand Biff s failure, because he raised his sons on the philosophy that, success obtained by being well liked and hard working. Willy not knowing his son's failure is his fault turned to his brother for guidance. Apparently all Willy felt he had left was his ...
- 1556: Dealing With Death Inspired By
- ... one realizes the truly important things in life: God, family, friends, and emotions of love, happiness, and the sort. And then the actualization of this knowledge would create a need to apply such a perfect philosophy to one s way of life before it is too late in order to better the world and develop a more perfect environment for others to enjoy. All these realizations would be so strong that ...
- 1557: Chaucer 2
- ... writing McKinley 5 and poetry were only a part of the larger picture of sciences. This larger picture helped man with his true perception of reality, and this was the point of Chaucer's poetry: :"philosophy as the foundation of his art" (Williams 2). The church also took a role as an educational institution (http://virginia.edu/literature/chaucer 2). It served as a vital part of society. Routine church services ...
- 1558: Into The Wild
- ... decided to partake in such an adventure. For the reasons that he was so into his readings he wanted to relate better to them. What way better to relate to them then to join there philosophy. McCandless decided to go to nature to understand what his favorite wirters, Tolstoy and Thoreau was speaking of. Without first hand information there is no way that he could really understand their writing. That is ...
- 1559: Comparison Between Virginia Wo
- ... being incumbent upon the artist to, not just be aware, but to have studied the whole historical tradition of poetry. In his development of this theme there maybe seen to be links in his basic philosophy and that of the Romantics insofar as he sees the poet as a vessel or channel through which, to put it cruisely, inspiration passes. If there is to be any element of continuity, which of ...
- 1560: Inherit The Wind
- ... God didnt exist -- I wouldnt want to. Turn around 360 degrees and you are back facing the same direction, now science lies in front of you where religion so recently resided. Politics, science, philosophy, theology, technology -- its so easy to become confused. Science is a truth, no matter how adamantly we decree it otherwise. If we were the center of the universe (as the Bible mandates), if we ...
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