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- 621: Carpe Diem: The Golden Chance
- ... to accomplish anything in this life if they do not risk themselves or do not do anything to get what they want. One should enjoy this life in a responsible way. My particular carpe diem philosophy is do the right thing at the right moment. My parents have taught me that without effort there is no reward, and that the duties are due before distraction. The logical order, is not put ... she is doing is memorizing information. The reward will come sooner or later when one gets a marvelous job and is earning money like crazy. Now I am living and experiencing my own carpe diem philosophy. Now I am experiencing my golden chance of having a great education, and I have to make good use of the experience. The opportunity to come United States to study is very limited for Spanish ...
- 622: Wuthering Heights: Romanticism
- ... studying this conflict, the reader is at odds and would like to have rational emotion, but that is impossible as he can see from looking at Catherine's decision to marry Edgar. The Neo-Classic philosophy stressed the uses of elevated diction and vanity of the nobility, or elite. The Romantic philosophy was that one should be humble and use the common language like the common man. At Thrushcross Grange, Mr. And Mrs. Linton show their vanity by requesting Catherine to revive from her sickness at their ...
- 623: Stoicism And Epicureanism
- ... contrary were indifferent to all types of pleasure, often putting themselves in danger for their beliefs. Stoics lived according to nature claiming that it was in conformity with the divine order of the universe. Epicurean philosophy defined the time in which it was created, where life was thought only to be full of pleasure without any fear punishment in any life after death, while Stoic philosophy went against the normal desires of humans to seek pleasure.
- 624: An Analysis of British Literature
- ... shown in the poem when he told his lover, "We cannot make our sun/ Stand still, yet we will make him run." Marvell did not believe in the afterlife, so he advocating a Carpe Diem philosophy because he thought life was all a person has. John Donne's writings during the Jacobean Age expressed a very different view than that of Marvell. He strongly supported the church's view of the ... find, and not to yield." The poem expresses the need to look ahead, and continue on with life, even though death may be approaching. "Ulysses" and "To His Coy Mistress" both advocated a Carpe Diem philosophy, but in "Ulysses," the persona had a belief in the afterlife. He believed that he may reach the "Happy Isles" which is the place heroes went after death. It is interesting how both encourage Carpe ...
- 625: Socrates
- THE LIFE AND DEATH OF SOCRATES Philosophy was both serious and dangerous, Socrates chose to ignore both. Ignoring the first made him one of the most engaging of all philosophers, ignoring the second was to cost him his life. He was born ... in court. Unfortunately, it did not take place in 1998, and was a mistake from the beginning. Nevertheless, everyone learns from his or her mistakes eventually. "Most portraits represent Socrates as the great ironist of philosophy. He knows but ironically denies that he knows. He teaches but ironically denies that he teaches. He claims that knowledge is identical to virtue, ironically disclaiming the one yet implying that he possesses the other ...
- 626: Psychology B.f Skiner
- ... death in 1990 at the age of 86. Behaviorism is a school of thought in psychology that is interested in observable behavior. Skinner said, Behaviorism is not the science of human behavior; it is the philosophy of that science (Skinner, 1974). There are various types of behavior, such as innate behavior. Innate behaviors are certain behaviors that we are born with, such as eating when we are hungry and sleeping when ... my opinion, Skinner was one of the most well known psychologists of all time. He was a very intellectual man and will be remembered far into the future. References Behaviorism. (1997). The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Retrieved April 07,1998 from the World Wide Web: http://www.utm.edu./research/iep/b/behavior.htm Boring, E.G. (1967). A History of Psychology in Autobiography. New York: Irvington Publishers. Retrieved April 07 ...
- 627: Simpsons 4
- ... for its appeal to the educated and academics. This is a level that I call educated reference humour. It is made up mostly of literary and academic references. They are usually references to art, politics, philosophy or literature. (Sometimes they are cultural and as such will be dealt with in more detail later on.) Some examples of this higher level of humour are when Sideshow Bob refers to the documentation of his political corruption as Machiavellian art. A particularly good example is the Ayn Rand School for Tots. Ayn Rand was a founder of the strict philosophy of objectivism. There is much irony and humour in having a kindergarten based of Rand's philosophies, and Ms. Sinclair, who runs it, explains "`Our aim here is to develop the bottle within.'' Hence the ...
- 628: Elie Wiesel Biography
- ... and younger sister perished there, his two older sisters survived. Wiesel and his father were later transported to Buchenwald In 1945, at the end of the war, Elie moved to Paris, where he studied literature, philosophy, and psychology at the Sorbonne. With a strong desire to write, Elie worked as a journalist in Paris before coming to the United States in 1956. He became an American citizen almost by accident. After ... Mellon Professor in the Humanities at Boston University where he also holds the title of University Professor. He is a member of the Faculty in the Department of Religion as well as the Department of Philosophy. He has been an American citizen since 1963 and lives in New York with his wife and son.
- 629: The Rise of Capitalism and its Opposition
- ... clock in the morning until seven in the evening, with ne-half hour each, for breakfast and dinner."(Robinson pp.106-107) These conditions led Karl Mark and his collaborator, Friedrich Engels to develop a philosophy that had a great impact on future views of the capitalist system. Their views established a foundation for future opposition, for the kind of Communist economic systems used in the USSR and still in use ... particular class, the bourgeois. They proposed an alternative to capitalism, in which land and capital is owned collectively, by society, and that the products of the system should be distributed according to need. Thus, the philosophy of Marx and Engels influenced future opposition and revolution's against capitalism. For most of the 20th century capitalism had faced much opposition. World War I brought revolution and a Marxist-based communism to Russia ...
- 630: Billy Budd
- ... me company I shall be glad. At the least we can promise ourselves that pleasure which is wickedly said to be in sinning, for a literary sin the divergence will be. (20) Because of his philosophy, Captain Vere always strives to do that which he believes to be right according to the laws set by his superior officers. This is a stark contrast to Billy, who keeps quiet when he learns ... of the dawn"(80). Such glory and beauty in death can only be achieved by those who are truly ready and without regret, as Billy was. The question, then, is presented. Innocence or wisdom? Which philosophy, which way of life is more correct? Claggart, who represents the natural evil in the world, serves as the opposition and corruption which we face everyday. He is the obstacle that Billy must deal with ...
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