Suicide and Cosmic Factors It was believed that individual inclinations when combined with cosmic factors, or "cosmos factors" meaning changes in climate or season were capable of activating dormant potential natural aptitudes of certain persons for suicide. ... Therefore the different inclination of people to suicide mustn't be linked with climatic conditions but must be linked to the civilizations and their distribution in these countries also to shared common beliefs and ideas In case of Italy, it's capital shifted to the centre with the conquest of Rome in 1870 leading to a shift...

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The themes exposed in each poem reveal to a great extent Rosetti's beliefs and moral ideals as well as her views of life and any inclination she may have towards "the dark side". ... To summarise this poem, the main theme is one of potential love and unbreakable devotion, however the fate of its characters does indeed suggest that Rosetti here could not prevent herself from her inclination towards death and suffering. ...

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As we all know, the play Hamlet is essentially about life and death. We can see this through the character Hamlet. Hamlet's character is not one dimensional; there are numerous sides to his personality. We can tell this by the way his inclination differs all through the play. Just in the monologues,...

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For centuries, mankind has been consumed with the concepts of human nature and conflict in society. Thomas Hobbes and John Locke, two British philosophers, have spent a great deal of their lives thinking and arguing extensively on this subject. It was their passion, contentions and philosophies ab...

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The Developments Caused by Liberalism in the Rise of Socialism Early theories of the Enlightment philosophy formed an underlying theme through the history of liberalism and the development of socialism. However often contradicted through our own human err of bias perception, the works of great thinkers such as Rousseau, Montesquieu, and Locke have provided a pivotal influence on societal values. This philosophy is the groundwork for what we now more wholly understand as laws of nature, in whatever form, not to be exploited or undermined. The reality of contemporary liberalism, as it is inspir...

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Introduction The Middle Passage is the crossing of the Ocean from Africa to America of African people, who passed from the state of liberty to the state of slavery, and took place between the XVI and XIX centuries. They were captured from the tribes situated on Africa's West Coast: Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Congo, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Senegal, etc. and they were shipped in the southern area of North America (Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, South Carolina, Florida). The Diaspora gives birth to a new human being: the African American, who links together the African and the Ame...

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Adam Smith Economics is a science that most people practice everyday. Economics is the social science dealing with the use of scarce resources to obtain the maximum satisfaction of society's unlimited economic wants. Many of the ideologies of the modern world have been shaped by prominent economists of the past, like Adam Smith. Adam Smith is recognized as the Father of Economics. He was student, professor, tutor, commissioner of customs in Scotland, traveler, philosopher, and an economist. ...

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J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan (1904) circulates in the popular imagination as a happy tale for children that, through the adventures of Peter and the other children in Never Land, celebrates playfulness. As Mark Twain commented, "It is my belief that Peter Pan is a great and refining and uplifting benefaction to this sordid and money-mad age; and the next best play is a long way behind- (qtd. in Jack 158). Tellingly, Twain's comment that Peter Pan is uplifting seems to depend on ignoring the fact that each of the "lost- boys is a baby who has fallen out of his pram "when the nurse is looki...

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The argument of empiricism versus rationalism, in other words one can draw on the thoughts and theories of Locke in opposition to the beliefs of Descartes. The argument between empiricism and rationalism can be broken down to the simple form of Locke's imperialism being that all knowledge derives fr...

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In short, the psychoanalytic perspective holds that about the best we can hope for is a compromise among our warring inclination, from which we will realize as much instinctual gratification as possible with minimal punishment and guilt. ...

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To Georg Simmel, the stranger is "an element of the group itself whose membership within the group involves both being outside it and confronting it."# As a man with a Jewish background living in Nazi-Germany, he could certainly understand what it meant to be a stranger. While Simmel did in fact have great influence on the field of sociology, he also produced major works that may be classified as philosophy of history, ethics, general philosophy, philosophy of art, philosophy of contemporary civilization and metaphysics.# Even within the field of sociology, he cannot really be placed into ...

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In such cases, action, in the absence of sufficient judgment or knowledge, can create impulsivity, and the imperative to "do something" maybe an inclination to commit suicide if this appears to be the "only way out....

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Causes of the Civil War Was slavery the only cause of the Civil War? There are those that would have us believe that it was the only cause. Many historians say that slavery was the main issue of the Civil War. Although some historians think the war was the result of political screw-ups and that the issue of slavery did not cause the war. Yet again others claim that there were other more serious causes that lay below the surface. ...

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The visual devices in Laurence Sterne's "Tristram Shandy" The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman is the major work of Irish-born novelist Laurence Sterne. Sterne wrote Tristram Shandy between 1759 and 1767. The book was published in five separate installments, each containing two vol...

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Gandhi knew the path. It was straight and narrow. Gandhi believed that from his weakness he failed a thousand times, but he would not lose faith. His soul refused to be satisfied so long as it is a helpless witness of a single wrong or a single misery (Brown 3). But it was not possible for him, a w...

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Stephen Blackpool: The Pathetic Figure Charles Dickens's Hard Times is one of the most important novels in the Victorian Age. He presents an industrial society in nineteenth century in England. In this age, England prospers in manufacture and trade because of high technologies. It is also a time o...

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Born and raised as a Roman Catholic, my parents tried their best to mold me not just into a kind and obedient kid but to be a girl with a strong faith in God. I remember that our apartment didn't have just one but a couple of altars. At a very young age, I was taught how to make the sign of the cross, I was given a kiddie book about the Life of Saints and a sort of children's bible and that going to Mass every Sunday was a requirement. During Christmas season, I was being brought to Church at 4 in the morning even though I'll just sleep for the whole duration of the Mass, becaus...

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Charlotte Bronts Jane Eyre stands as one of the most prominent literature works about feminism. The author, by using her personal experience and literary talent, discusses the life, dreams and ideals of women in the Victorian Era. Suppressed by masculine power and social conceptions, the eldest of t...

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In Deborah Tannen's #1 National Bestseller book You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation, Tannen explains in her book why men and women have such a hard time communicating between each other. Tannen explains what some of the problems are in our conversations between each other and how these problems occur in our conversations. Tannen further explains the differences in men and women's conversation styles and how men and women's talk differs from each other. Tannen and the other authors try to explain aggression. Some Sociolinguist and authors and other profe...

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Questions I and II What are the central concerns illustrated in the article "The Crisis of Belief"?" How does this show symbolically in the poem "Dover Beach,"" by Arnold? Response The central concern is the despair of the modern man who loses the certainty that belief gave him, the inner conflict ...

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After the waters receded, Noah built an altar to offer a sacrifice to God, while He made a covenant with His faithful servant, "Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from childhood.. ...

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INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF ASIA "This is the only region in the world where so many combinations and permutations of two- three and four- and even two plus four or three plus three- power games can be played on the regional chessboard with all their complexities and variations." introduction T...

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Like many European nations, Italy emerged from the First World War as a democracy in distress. Italy was on the winning side, but the war had cost nearly 700,000 Italian lives and over $15 billion. Moreover, Italy had received secret promises of specific territorial gains during the war, only to find those promises withdrawn when they con- flicted with principles of self-determination. Italian claims to the west coast of the Adriatic, for instance, were denied by Yugoslavia. Italy received most of the Austrian territories it demanded, but many maintained that these were inadequate rewards for ...

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INTRODUCTION In his book "Love of Enemies" William Klassen examines the various interpretations of love of enemies in relation to war and peace in the Jewish and Christian faiths. Klassen has three distinct concerns that make an influence on his views on peace. First, Klassen feel...

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 'The internal world on the outside. The genesis of violence and aggression.' (First slide) No horror you can imagine has not already been done by someone to somebody else. Similarly there is no horror you could perform that has not been enacted in imagination or fantasy by somebody. Man is a d...

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