Hudson April 20, 2002 INTRODUCTION Since the beginning of history, man has tried to devise a perfect political system. ... The United States has realized some broad-minded utopian ideals aimed at human improvement, like the abolition of slavery and segregation, and the introduction of universal education. ... 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-G...

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Certain aspect of the European philosophy: existentialism can be found in the Japanese samurai code. ... There are similarities between eastern and western philosophy. Parallelism is apparent between existential/pre-existential philosophy and the samurai code. ... Existentialism is a western philosophy because its theorists are from a European origin. ... Zen Buddhist philosophy emphasizes similar methods in resolving real life problems. ...

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Her unique philosophy, Objectivism, challenged the cultural tradition of 2,500 years. ... Ayn Rand's philosophy which is the basis of her novels is objectivism. ... It offers the individual a rational philosophy for living on earth, by achieveing the best within you. ... Rand's philosophy is presented in detail in Atlas Shrugged, Introduction to Objectivism Epistemology, and The Virtue of Selfishness. ... Paul Deane also writes about Rand's profound philosophy, objectivism. ...

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Summary Until Galileo's time science was a handmaiden of philosophy which in turn was the handmaiden of theology. ... Introduction In 1572 a new star appeared in the heavens and was proved by Tycho Brahe a Danish astronomer to be a fixed star in the heavens. ... For this reason in the end Galileo's science and progress was handicapped by the Catholic Church and so was his ultimate goal of separating philosophy and science in which constraints would not allow a conflict to arise with the Church. ... Throughout the book Drake attempts to portray Galileo as a man striving for a new p...

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Introduction: Seated in October of l994, Justice Stephen Breyer is the 108 person to serve on the United States Supreme Court. Described as "brilliant, friendly and nice," Breyer graduated from Stanford in l959 with a degree in philosophy.1 He later earned his law degree at Harvard Law School. ... Judicial Philosophy: Breyer may be generally considered conservative, but his judicial philosophy is more complicated than the label suggests. ... One commentator considers him anti-consumer and probig business, based on his record as a Circuit Court of Appeals justice where he ruled in favor of co...

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Introduction Perhaps it would be appropriate to ask oneself on how much do we know God. ... Many would think that the pre-Socratic thinkers just showed what philosophy is. ... Philosophy was but a tool in searching for the primordial source. ... Christian belief for Augustine does not oppose philosophy's pursuit for truth. He argues that faith can be fostered by philosophy. ...

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Table of contents Page 1 .Table of contents Page 2 ......Introduction Page 3 .Part 1: selected market definitions Page 4 . .. ... Part 3: Costs and benefits of market orientation Page 14 ..Conclusion / Evaluation Page 15 .. .Bibliography Introduction For this assessment, I will complete the three following tasks: 1) To compare alternative definitions of marketing and select the definitions that I felt most comfortable with, giving reasons for my choi...

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The key principle of the Federal Government's tax reform proposal that is creating speculation and debate is the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax, commonly known as GST. ... The introduction of a consumption tax on food can only worsen the effects a capitalist economy has on Australia's population. ... The introduction of the Goods and Services Tax can only reinforce the existing social inequality therefore creating definite conflict between the classes. ... The theory of functionalism is the necessary dominance of the ruling class over society and according to Sargent et a...

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The English period of Renaissance led to the breaking of the medieval knowledge and philosophy, infusing a new spirit of freedom, introducing a note of patriotism and national glorification, and also accompanying a revolt against the authority of the Pope. ... Scholasticism focused on preparing men to be doctors, layers of professional theologians, and was taught from approved textbooks in logic, natural philosophy, medicine, law and theology. ... This was accomplished through the study of the studia humanitatis, today known as the humanities: grammar, rhetoric, history, poetry and moral philo...

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The Matrix of Man, Technology, and Reality And how the program for The Matrix Was written hundreds of years ago Introduction: What is the Matrix? ... This is a question you need to answer, when you decide to dive into the philosophy of the Matrix, one of the biggest blockbuster film trilogies, joining notable other such film trilogies as Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Terminator, and Star Trek. ... To help me in this journey, I will be relying on a few sources, first being- The Matrix and Philosophy: Welcome to the desert of the Real edited by William Irwin, Philosophy of Technology e...

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The part of enlightening from interview and analysis can easily obtain that the Fair fast food restaurant has been successfully developing from one outlet to 11 outlets today due to their management philosophy that always follows the basic rules like automation, fast, and Utilization of proper resources. ... Introduction Small Business, in the U.S. business that is independently owned and operated, is not dominant in its field of operation and can qualify under criteria concerning number of employees, average annual receipts or other criteria as outlined by the U.S. ... Fair's philosoph...

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Modern science is the practice of skepticism. Skepticism is defined as acritical attitude which systematically questions the notion that absolute knowledge and certainty are possible...in particular fields? (Skeptic's Dictionary), meaning that modern science is the understanding that current scientificknowledge? is never infallible and that methods and truths must constantly evolve. Someone who experiments and constantly questions norms is a modern scientist. ...

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American Foreign Policy / POLS 4690 A paper submitted to Dr. Galatas of the History and Political Science Department at Georgia South Western State University The Era of Good Feelings: An Era of Idealism or Realism? The Era of Good Feelings was the national mood of the United States from 1815 to 1825, as first described by the Boston Columbian Centinel on July 12, 1817. The "era" generally is considered coextensive with President James Monroe's two terms (1817-25), it really began in 1815, when for the first time American citizens could afford to pay less attention to Europ...

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Introduction Google Inc. is listed among the largest internet search sites, engines and providers to advertising services globally. ... HRM is comprised of policies, principles, philosophies, subsystems and subsequent subsystem practices. ... Through internal philosophy, the internal subsystems identify and classify employees as persons committed to achieve organization goals and objectives. ...

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Engs, Editor Back to table of contents | Copyright Page Home Page | Article List | Questionnaires | Books | Search this site | Health Hints | Resume Introduction As a researcher and educator who has investigated drinking patterns for almost twenty years, I have become deeply concerned over increased polarization between different factions in the field during the past decade in the United States and to a minor extent in Canada. ... Therefore, as a scholar I felt that the airing of conflicting ideas, in one book, could be a step towards mutual understanding and acceptance and a vehi...

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How a US Executive can Make a Good First Impression on an American Executive upon their First Business Meeting Introduction Japan, a country within the continent of Asia, is a chain of islands located east of Korea with a population exceeding 125 million. ... In the report I will cover areas such as the preparation for the first meeting, the introduction, the conversation, gift giving, business issues, and the conclusion, which will include results and recommendations. ... Confucianism is a philosophy that is profoundly practiced. ...

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Moreover, we will attempt to explain how feminists, with the introduction of new ways of investigating society - that is, the introduction of new subject-areas in social research, the placing of the researcher along with the research in the centre of research analysis, or the emphasis of the importance of locating experience and emotions in the research, challenge conventional epistemologies. ... She goes on to suggest that traditional philosophy of science suggest that the origin of scientific problems or hypotheses is irrelevant to the "goodness" of the results of the research. ...

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Literature "organized violence committed on ordinary speech" (Eagleton) While the definition of literature has been widely disputed throughout history, British literary theorist, Terrence Eagleton, attempts to make sense of it all during the introduction of his 1983 book, What is Literature. ... Where in Plato there was a "quarrel between poetry and philosophy", by Aristotle's scheme poetry is more philosophic even than history (a chronicle of "real" events). ... Sir Philip Sidney acknowledges this in The Defence of Poesie, saying that Plato made "mist...

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The introduction of market mechanisms and managerialism changed the social relations of welfare provision and led to the reconstruction of the social settlement. ... The Organisational settlement was reconstructed following the introduction of managerialism and markets which caused the bureau-professional regime to be destabilized. ... Williams, F. (1989) Social Policy: A Critical Introduction - Issues of Race, Gender, and Class, Cambridge, Polity. ...

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In direct correlation with our nation's constitution is a political philosophy know as libertarianism. ... Libertarianism is the political philosophy rooted in the belief that people should be allowed to live their lives as they see fit, free from government coercion and regulation--so long as they do not infringe upon the rights of others. ... It is without a doubt that these men not only contributed to the Libertarian philosophy but to the society which was established thereafter. ...

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Eliot's stay at Harvard to earn a master of arts in philosophy was interrupted by a year at the Sorbonne. Eliot moved to Paris, where from 1910 to 1911, he studied philosophy. ... He returned to Harvard in 1911 studying Indian philosophy and Sanskrit. ... While teaching (by 1916), he completed his dissertation,  Knowledge and Experience in the Philosophy of F. ... This city had a monumental and life-altering impact on Eliot for multiple reasons, the most significant of which was his introduction to the influential literary figure  Ezra Pound. ...

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Just as D'Arcy, moved the Anglican Church away from creationism to introduce evidence from modern philosophy of naturalistic ethics, Windle did the same. ... Cornelius Opzoomer (1821-1892) was an influential professor of philosophy at the University of Utercht. ...

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The overall philosophy of the Research Division was that it should not try to duplicate in any way the work of the development labs of IBM which were collectively ten times the size of the Research division. ...

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He focuses his introduction with the characteristics of a human civilization, or the way culture and civilization influences our life and our views of what is important in life. ... And the second attempt was using philosophy and its "As if" theory, which explains that "our thought-activity includes a number of hypothesis who's groundlessness and absurdity we fully realize, and the same goes with religious doctrines" as they ar...

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General Business and Curriculum Carmichael (9) examined the philosophy of teacher-pupil planning and recorded the pedagogical devices implementing the philosophy in the classroom. ... From the data of 128 college men and women enrolled in the first quarter of principles of accounting, Larsen (40) developed four multiple-regression equations, using the following as predictive factors: age; sex; veteran status; size of high school attended; rank in high school class; size of senior class; cumulative high school average; previous study of bookkeeping; grade point average during first quarter ...

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