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- 361: Good Vs. Evil Miltons Paradise
- ... angel that spoke at the meeting was Moloch, who was the "strongest and fiercest spirit that fought in Heaven, now fiercer by despair" (Milton, II-l. 44-45). He came forth with a "suicidal battle philosophy" (Blessington 39), promoting open war in Heaven. He was very aggressive in nature, and did not care if God destroyed the fallen angels in the battle, as long as they fought in revenge (Bush 258 ... Mammon was in Heaven, he desired the golden floors he walked on better than desiring the wealth and virtue available from God who ruled over them (John). The reader saw this same desire in his philosophy of what the angels should do in Hell, which was to stay there and exploit its wealth rather than war in Heaven against God (Milton 67-68). The final speaker at the meeting was Beelzebub ...
- 362: Lord Of The Flies - Book Revie
- ... basic struggles that man has. One must not think that Golding did not go unchanged from the war, because analysis of his pre-war poetry shows a much softer, more forgiving Golding. Goldings basic philosophy can be summed up in a few words - society is evil. All of his books deal with this idea in some way or another. It is very easy to see how this idea is presented ... nature. William Golding the man himself is qualified enough to write about such topics because he was involved heavily in W.W.II. This caused Goldings views on life to change to his current philosophy The shape of society must depend on the ethical nature of the individual and not on any political system however apparently logical or respectable (Baker 5). The frame work of a Golding novel is simple ...
- 363: Liberalism: Hervert Spencer
- ... His father encouraged his interest in the science and tecnology, and Spencer became an engineer. However, he practiced his profession for a few years, because he became increasingly interested in political economy, sociology, biology, and philosophy. He was a subeditor of The economist from 1848 to 1853, and then ventured into a full-time career as a free-lance author. As early as 1842 Spencer contributed to the Nonconformist a series of letters called The Proper Sphere of Government, his first major publication. It contains his political philosophy of extreme individualism and Laissez Faire, which was not much modified in his writings in the following sixty years. Spencer expresses in The Proper Sphere of Government his belief that everything in nature has its ...
- 364: Dante Alighieri: A Poetic Descent into Metaphorical Hell
- ... altercations, he joined the Guelphs, as opposed to the Chibellines, and he was involved in a battle and emerged victorious. It was around this time, 1290, that Beatrice died, after she died he began studying philosophy, he read the works of Boethius and Cicero. He soon after married Gemma Donati, a member of a noble Florentine Guelph family. He attempted to settle down and forget Beatrice, however he became more and ... an introduction, and the other fourteen were to take the form of commentary on fourteen poems of Dante, sadly however only four books were finished. De Monarchia(On Monarchy) is a book of Dante's philosophy, including the need for a supranational Holy Roman Emperor and the need for complete separation of church and state. Quaestio de Acqua et Terra(The Question of Water and of Earth) written near the end ...
- 365: Charles Manson: Orgins of a Madman
- ... once again. Several arrests for car theft and pimping followed; in 1960 Charles was given ten years imprisonment for forging government checks. While he was serving his ten year sentence at McNeil Penitentiary, he studied philosophy, took up guitar, and taught himself sing and compose songs. His newfound musical skills would later attract followers. His study of philosophy helped create some of his outlandish ideas that later appealed to his would-be followers. Manson was released in March, 1967 after serving seven years. By the time Manson was thirty-two years old, he ...
- 366: W.E.B Du Bois
- ... as if he belonged at Harvard as he had at Fisk. While at Harvard Du Bois was not allowed to join clubs and dances due to his skin color. With his background and study in philosophy, W.E.B. was driven to write The Suppression of the African Slave- Trade. This was the first volume in the Harvard Historical Series, and William was the first Negro to receive a Doctor of Philosophy degree from Harvard. Although Du Bois was qualified for any teaching position, no white university would hire him. After a two year fellowship in Europe, he obtained a teaching position in Latin and Greek at ...
- 367: Ralph Waldo Emerson
- ... his first boot, Nature, was published. Nature expressed the main points of Transcendentalism. With this, Ralph Waldo Emerson started the Transcendental Club the same year. This club published a magazine called The Dial, fully promulgating philosophy, literature, and Emerson's truth fearlessly. He was starting to gain recognition. The young were opening their minds, and the old were impressed. Harvard was so impressed of him that ther asked him to give several addresses. In 1837, he gave a well-known address called "The American Scholar" in which he outlined his philosophy of humanism. A year later, he gave another address, called "The Divinity School Address." This argued about Christianity at that time for being too traditional and ritualistic in its ways. These methods didn't fill ...
- 368: Their Eyes Were Watching God B
- ... and oratory descriptions to make her text come alive. She tried to pull from all the areas of her personality to develop something on paper, the way she experienced it in life. She showed her philosophy on how a person should live their and get the most out of it. In her autobiography she wrote: I had stifled longing. I used to climb to the top of one of the huge ... trees, which Janie associates with young black men, like TeaCake, who are often seen 'picking' guitars" (Conjured into Being, 16). The wind is commonly associated with love, the soul, and femininity. She expresses her feminist philosophy with the description of women not as weak creatures needing to be cared for, but as strong capable peers. Bryan D. Bourn, with help of Dr. Laura Zlogar of the Wisconsin-River Falls University discusses ...
- 369: Japanese Aesthetics, Wabi-sabi
- Aesthetics: In the Western world, aesthetics is considered the branch of philosophy that is concerned with concepts of value and beauty as they relate to the arts. Philosophers from Plato until the present time have had rigid ideas about what artists should create and what people should like, but in today's world, aestheticians represent a variety of approaches to the philosophy of art. Aesthetics, in the broadest sense, may be thought of as a worldview, a view that may be markedly different in other cultures. Objects from other cultures that are categorized as art works from ...
- 370: The Awakening By Kate Chopin
- ... summer out of a life-long, stupid dream . . .Oh! I have suffered! Now you are here we shall love each other. Nothing else in the world is of any consequence." In keeping with Kant's philosophy, Edna's life has been riddled with reason and duty, essentially giving herself away to the people around her. This devotion to responsibility causes her to break away from her common behavioral pattern and moves her to focus on finding her inherent happiness. Ayn Rand objectivism states that a person should live life by pursuing their abilities and engaging in trade of equal value with others. Further her philosophy states that working for another's good or sacrificing your self for another's happiness goes against the very nature of existence. Edna was not engaged in the pursuit of her finest abilities. She lived ...
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