There is one story within these books that I have taken time to study. ... The story of Jesus" temptation is very small within the book of Mark. ... Differences in how things are presented and also differences in detail, in the words and in the feeling that you get from each passage. But all these accounts have the same use, they are guides that can help us understand how Jesus can be our saviour. ... He is our guiding light and he is also our shield. ...

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Moses brought them God's Ten Commandments to prove that, if they followed God's will, His promise would be kept. ... "They taught that by conformity in daily life to the Torah as elaborated in the rabbinic tradition, that through study, prayer and observance the individual Jew could achieve salvation while still waiting for God to bring about the Messianic redemption of all Israel. Thus institutionally the synagogue and the rabbinic study have replaced the destroyed Temple- Jews dispersed throughout the known world. ... This "ultimately led to the creation of the state o...

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It originated among a small group of intellectuals who were reacting against the orthodoxy of Calvinism and the rationalism of the Unitarian Church, developing instead their own faith centering on the divinity of man and nature. ... Nature gives the alert man fresh images and metaphors for language, providing the man with discipline to devote himself to its study ultimate power: "one after another, his victorious thought comes up with and reduces all things, until all the world becomes, at last, only a realized will,.... the double of the man". ... He himself rejected money and possesions, thi...

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For Plato, the physical things of the world must have bodily form. ... And, for Pieper, God's role in the life of every individual and the cardinal virtues of prudence, justice, courage, temperance, and love are the ways by which human beings understood truth. ... Henry David Thoreau had gone to Walden Pond, a small body of water outside Concord, Massachusetts, in order to write a book dedicated to his dead brother. ... Philosophy is in a sense inescapable: life confronts every thoughtful person with some philosophical questions, and nearly everyone is often guided by philosophical assum...

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For a while now I've been going through a long thought process wondering not "What is man? " but "What am I?- and where I belong in the garden maze known as life. My philosophy on all the topics that we've had in this course and those that I've experienced in my life are rather optimistic, hypocriti...

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The main motif of conducting the research is to draw a comparative picture between "The Iliad" and "The Aeneid," so at the beginning we have provided some of the major key factors and basing on those factors we have categorized our comparisons between the two books. "The Iliad" (sometimes referr...

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"They usually have a flattened face, skewed eyes, small ears and their tongues are over hanged" ("Down Syndrome"). ... Down started studying the syndrome, he and his wife started growing a compassion for those with Down syndrome. ... A small percentage of people with Down syndrome are able to live entirely independently. ... God brought people into this world for a reason and those with disabilities are a gift from God. ... They might be learning at a slower pace, but are able to understand certain things time to time. ...

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While in many Southeast Asian societies the ruler was a god-king with unlimited powers, the Confucian system stressed that the behavior of the ruler was bound by a set of broad political principles (called in Chinese, the Tao, or Way) that required compassion and concern for the needs of his people. ...

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Smith claims to have had the blessing of the divine power to guide him to a location of golden plates, which entails scriptures of ancient American prophets, and they became the foundation for his publication, the Book of Mormon. ... This newly formed gathering of people followed in Smith's steps as he set out to spread his word, and time and time again, in many various small towns and communities the Mormon members were teased and exiled from neighbors. ... His comfort lied in informing the people that the same God that they prayed, to was also shaking things up in Europe (Marty, Page 11...

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The great things these systems propose to offer, such as financial and legal equality, peace and moral freedom, are not sufficient for all these individuals, leaving people disillusioned and perfect utopian political systems fatally flawed. ... I am not a pessimist and I believe things can improve. ... Table of Contents PART I-The Status Quo page 5 Introduction-page 5 Chapter 1-Enlightened Basis-page 5 "The Enlightenment Basis--page 5 "The Enlightenment Crux--page 8 "Condorcet's Crux--page 9 "Post-Enlightenment Philosophies--page 13 Chapter 2-General Political...

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Introduction In this comparative study I will examine the representation of the magical creatures in two adaptations of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream: the eponymous video registration of Benjamin Britten's opera performed at the Glyndebourne Festival in 1981, conducted by Bernard Haitink, produced by Peter Hall and designed by John Bury, and Michael Hoffman's film adaptation of Shakespeare's play of 1999. ... Much of the small house, 40 miles south of London, is presold to corporate or individual sponsors. ... "Tales, description and anecdotes of the fa...

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They emerged into the present world through a small hole in the ground - the world's navel. ... The goal is to receive a vision that will guide his development for the rest of his life. ... A sweat lodge is typically a small structure made of a frame of saplings, covered with skins, canvas or blanket. ... A small flap opening is used to regulate the temperature. ...

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.  Balanced compositions-- the arrangement of things like lines, colors and form were seemingly "correct".  Ancient Roman ideals were the inspiration for many works in Italy.  Larger than life figures appear in German art.  Dutch works of art began to show hints of daily life (hunting, farming) rather than religious themes.  French art featured clean simplicity. ... The humanists of the Renaissance rediscovered the Latin and Greek classics (hence the "rebirth" or "renaissance" of the classical world), that humanist philosophy stressed the di...

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When you look down from a high building on people, do they appear small like ants? ... It is possible that things as we perceive them are not that way at all! ... Therefore, it is not things we are experiencing but chemical and electrical reactions. We don't see things directly. ... This gives epistemology, the methodical study of what we can know and how we can know it. ...

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The role of a parent or a teacher is that of a guide as the student develops learning habits and academic skills. ... As Aristotle sees it, the virtuous person is one who finds satisfaction in repeatedly doing those things that are in harmony with his own good and also the good of others. ... Exercising his will in the classroom as well as when studying at home provides a student with an opportunity to master himself. ...

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It is believed that if you are good, God will love you, just like Tao principals. ... The gentleman must be humane, well mannered, not small and vulgar. ... When studying without thinking causing failure. To think without studying is dangerous. ... The master of Confucius only enlightened the enthusiastic and guide only the fervent. ...

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Introduction The system of Reiki healing is ancient and simple, reflecting the divine nature that connects all life. This ability can be learned through training, or may be an innate gift. This form of healing technique can be done both in person through laying on of hands, or through Distance Heali...

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A great number of people would argue that there are very few things, which our American society holds dear. ... In her essay, Thompson relates nearly all of the things which I previously stated as typical arguments of someone who is pro-choice. ... It is a decision that is made and judged upon with a known consequence, even though we may think the possibility of that consequence to become a reality is very small. ...

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Maycomb is a small town, which comprises of a number of small families such as the Finch's, the Cunningham's and the Ewells. ... She begins to ask herself why she is always puts up with John, why she is always accused of things she has not done and why she can never please. ... She is also mistreated, as Miss Caroline who is from North Alabama does not understand how things work in Maycomb or why Scout is defending Walter. ...

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As Hitler was such a passionate speaker many Germans enthusiastically believed in many things he said and promised them. ... They also encouraged the development of small businesses. ... At school they were given deliberately more homework than boys, so that they weren't able to do further study. ...

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With the birth of man comes the birth of crime and hence with the birth of crime is the origin of punishment. Punishments vary based on the seriousness of the offense; robbery can result to months in prison and murder can lead to the death of the convicted man. Many Americans share the same attitu...

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An ode the woman herself, Queen Victoria, and the subsequent characteristics of the Victorian period In an unpredictable, tumultuous era, the stern, staid figure of Queen Victoria came to represent stability and continuity. The adjective "Victorian" was first used in 1851 to celebrate the nation's mounting pride in its institutions and commercial success. That year, the global predominance of British industry had emerged incontestably at the original "world's fair" in London, the "Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations," which Prince Albert helped organize. Arra...

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Although he tried to write a novel as early as age twelve, his parents urged him to study the natural sciences. ... In his portrayal of the small world of the island, Golding paints a broader portrait of the fundamental human struggle between the civilizing instinct-the impulse to obey rules, behave morally, and act lawfully-and the savage instinct-the impulse to seek brute power over others, act selfishly, scorn moral rules, and indulge in violence. ... Although Golding's story is confined to the microcosm of a group of boys, it resounds with implications far beyond the bounds of the sm...

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