He discusses the physical characteristics of the wax and how they change when he places it over fire, yet the same wax exists. ... He accepts this substance as wax even as its characteristics change. ... He attempts to use the outside/ physical world (the wax) to look in on his mind. ... He thought he understood physical objects so well because he grasped them through his senses, but he shows that he does not grasp physical objects through senses at all. ... There really do exist material objects with physical characteristics, independently being thought of. ...

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Ideas and forms do not change ever, but physical things do. Physical objects have actions wrought upon them by outside forces or they change by themselves. Either way, their characteristics are not constant. ... Collingwood explains the concept of Plato's unreality in The Idea of Nature: The sun, for example, is a dying sun, and this is only a way of saying that it has in it non-solar and indeed anti-solar characteristics, which are by degrees overcoming and ousting its solar characteristics. ... A materialist would agree with Heracleitus' view that the physical realm is more real. ...

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In Descartes second meditation he proposes that the only reason that could give physical objects a reality is the effect of how are mind perceives them. (Descartes, 31) It is the rational characteristics that our mind attaches to any physical objects. ... Descartes slowly examines a piece of wax, and he takes in all essential characteristics that a piece of wax has such as color, texture, shape. These are all physical characteristics that make up and distinguish the wax. When the wax is then under heat, the physical qualities of the wax all seem to change. ...

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The archetype, or the ancient stereotype, of a hero is that a hero must be brave, loyal, respectful, posse's physical strength, and show no fear. ... Gilgamesh was born powerful and possessed obvious physical strength. ... What that also shows is that Gilgamesh, while not meeting all of the characteristics, is still a hero. ...

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COLOR EXPERIENCE For the most, color is a quality fixed to the surfaces of physical objects. Perceiving the true nature of color consists simply in opening one's eyes and letting the light stream in. l color is a "characteristic of a visible radiation - whereas perceived color is an "aspect of visual perception."" Physical color, the stimulus for perceived color, is objectively quantifiable and measurable, but the qualitative features "redness, greenness, yellowness, and blueness--reside with perceived color. ...

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Although he may have many physical differences from the average person, he has many similar characteristics. ... Then, a characteristic that comes from his artistic abilities would be patience and persistence. ... Edward's physical and mental differences made him the outsider of all the townspeople. ...

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I also have a stubborn characteristic which also gives me the fear of being alone. For instance, I experienced a dating situation in grade 10 where the relationship didn't last long due to my faulty characteristics, which got me thinking that being lonely and being with him was equivalent. ... There are also eras when the condition can be relentless even though you are hurting mentally and not physically, Depression is a major example of poor health, this can negatively impact your physical body and your mentality. ...

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The distinction between primary and secondary qualities has been acknowledged by both philosophy and science: Primary qualities are defined as qualities of an object in the external world which are thought to be characteristic of the object as it is in itself, and therefore whether anyone is aware of the object or not. ... Science also tells us that the table as a physical object consists of a large number of minute colourless particles moving about in a region of space which is mostly empty. But Locke maintains that perception gives us some knowledge of intrinsic properties of a physica...

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In some cases a lot of the convicted suffer from abuses, such as physical or emotional. ... A lot of the people could have went through physical abuse from peers or parents. ... Some of he characteristics include; personal charm, a controlled mood, and along with many others (Ronald Holmes). ...

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Descartes" Theory of Substance Dualism Throughout the history of man, philosophers have tried to come up with an explanation of where our minds, or consciousness, came from and how we are able to have a nonphysical characteristic of ourselves. Does our physical brain automatically give us nonphysical characteristics like feelings, thoughts, and desires or is there something else there, the mind, that interacts with our bodies and makes us feel, think, and desire? ... Meaning that events and states in our mind can cause physical events in our bodies and vice versa. For example, you step on some...

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I believe that all of us are born with the ability to shape our own futures and are limited only by our physical limitations. ... I wonder whether or not I've almost turned my sense of art into a science that lacks the essential characteristics of art which are expression and emotion. ...

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Human nature is unavoidable and often the source of evil. William Golding uses his novel Lord of the Flies to demonstrate this idea. Although it is a rather pessimistic thought, this novel expresses that evil exists deep down in all of us. The novel displays human's own illness, human nature, thr...

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Taking into consideration Caesar's character, his ability of being a good leader, his motives and intentions for the country, his physical ability, mental conditions, and applying those factors to the time period, I believe that they did the right thing. Julius Caesar was a man with many different characteristics and qualities that that made people question his ability to be a good leader. ...

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The objective of psychology is to figure out why people think, feel, act, and do what they do; to anticipate what, when, and how they will do it, and to change the parts of human behavior that cause us emotional, mental, and at times physical pain. ... His hypothesis is that species that are born with certain characteristics, e.g., strong legs, good eyesight, strong heart and other positive attributes, will pass these traits on to their offspring, thus, their offspring will enjoy the same advantages. If the surrounding environment gradually changes, it may come to pass that new characteris...

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The "sound itself is the result of the physical and physiological processes initiated by the fallen tree" (Landesman, 18). ... He believed that "colour is to be identified with some of the physical features in nature responsible for our sense awareness of colour." ... He does not discuss the word "colour" at all, he is speaking about the characteristics which colour possesses and is systematically relating the two together. ... If these two characteristics where not in my life I think I would know this and my li! ...

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He believed that the world soul had two characteristics. ... Plato and Plotinus both aggreed that the soul, must begin with love of physical beauty then through appreciation of abstract beauty and end with the vision of beauty itself. ...

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Searle believes in property dualism, which consists of two irreducibly different properties like mental and physical. ... Searle says that the characteristic experience gives us the conviction of human freedom. ... Searle thinks that free will is problematic in that it's not whether or not there are inner psychological reasons that cause us to do things as well as external physical causes and inner compulsions. ...

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Furthermore according to this model the brain has a certain criteria for filtering information and this is based on the physical properties of the sensory information, for instance voice (who is speaking), location (which ear is the information being spoken in). ... In Treisman's model the incoming stimuli is briefly held in a sensory register, where they are analyzed by an attenuation filter on the basis of crude physical characteristics. These characteristics act as threshold of attenuation. ...

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Physical immortality is impossible and highly unlikely is metaphysical immortality. ... Justly, we can formulate the idea of physical and metaphysical immortality from the meaning of life. ... We all know that there is no physical immortality. ... According to Dante the soul does live after physical death. ...

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Domestic violence and abuse can happen to anyone, but sadly it is often overlooked, excused, or denied. Most define abuse as physical, but it can also be psychological. Emotional abuse can cause just as much, if not more damage. It is difficult to understand why some chose to live in fear of the per...

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For Johnson, Thoreau's ecological perspective emerges in the writer's "observation and knowledge of the literal, physical world" in the work of his last decade that moves beyond his own (and not just Emerson's) use of metaphor to describe the physical world. (5) Lance Newman argues further that the "irreducibly material environment" of Concord that Thoreau records so palpably in his journals and unpublished natural history projects transforms his "writing and even his consciousness." ... The underlying problem concerns a misleading division drawn between the literal (understood ...

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She specifically mentions certain body parts, immediately humanizing the prisoner without giving the reader any real defining characteristics. ... The reader is given no information regarding his physical health, though already they paint a picture in their minds of a broken man. ...

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Hume starts by explaining definitions of causes and characteristics that make up the popular definition of cause. ... Nevertheless, necessity only exists in the mind, not in physical material objects. ...

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I believe Lessing wanted to emphasize the characteristics of men of the construction class. ... The scene is set where there were buildings and roof tops which symbolizes hardness, coldness, both of which reflects the characteristics of men. ... Without having to watch what they say for fear of offending people's cultural sensibilities (which are created by males anyway i.e. supposedly for the female gender's own good... but it is for the excuse that men 'cannot control themselves when it comes to sex and lust, etc') And this is exactly what this young woman is doing, she ...

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The difficulty is that once someone is set into this path it sometimes simply begins a repetitive cycle reinforcing the early faults, strengthening unhelpful defences and exaggerating the poisonous ness of the characteristic reaction. ...

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