This authentic state has furthermore propelled this object of beauty into an idol to be worshiped as he is "amazed when he sees anyone having a god-like face or form, which is the expression of divine beauty" (62). ... " It is conceivable to misinterpret this expression of love and beauty however as "madness.... This "simplicity" spurs from the fact that these unenlightened individuals have not been allowed the opportunity or knowledge to experience physical beauty as an expression of ideal beauty. ... The profound drive the lover has acquired in order to progress...

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The notion of obligation comes from us as rational, free beings. ... It is an expression of freedom and they are inseparable. ... It is only dependent on us as free, rational beings. ... Our respect to moral law comes from our own nature as a rational being. ... We decide as rational, free beings in the realm of freedom what we ought to do. ...

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The Enlightenment marked the rise of "reason" as its leaders advocated free, rational thinking and pursuit of knowledge. Although the idea behind Enlightenment allowed for great progress in social and scientific matters, some believed that Enlightenment thinkers were still not getting at the essence of what it meant to be self-conscious and rational individuals. ... They wanted individuals with one important quality: self-certainty from rational deduction; someone who confidently thinks himself right based on reason. ... One might expect him to discuss why humans are more capable of ...

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These new aesthetics found expression in the works of such Italian artists as Leonardo da Vinci, S. ... The sonnets of Michelangelo are impassioned expressions of inner feelings and religious conviction. ... The social movement of the Renaissance was humanism; a philosophy based on the idea that people are rational beings. ...

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Rational religion was her base for morality and guide to proper conduct. ... Influenced by Joseph Adison's Spectator and its promotion of "moral decency and rational religion" she tended to prefer reason and judgment over fancy and invention. ... (Akers 11) reflects Abigail Adams" attitude of rational acceptance of life and its polarities while Mary Todd often overlooked this kind of reasoning and concentrated on her own self. In her marriage to Lincoln, "individual expression of power" was part of their union, which was very uncommon to the values of submissiveness and dependency of both...

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What better way to outline your affections towards a lady then to say how her virginity symbolizes a "quaint honor" (29), which makes it a redundant expression considering the speaker is trying to win the fondness of the female. ... Considering the two variables used for comparison are not of the same category makes them rationally incomparable. ... In account, the title of the essay is related to the theme of insult and how the act of courtship is replaced by exaggerated metaphorical expressions that invite lust from lies", not love from truth. ...

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(she is in love with Lysander, and wants to marry him against her fathers expressed wishes) In act 1 scene 1 line 117 to 120 we see a good example of Theseus" firm expression mixed with some compassion. ... Shakespeare's portrayal of Oberon reflects his position in the drama of the rational world of civilised man. ... He says: "For Oberon is passing fell and wrath- and "And jealous Oberon would have the child"(Act 2 scen 1 lines 20 and 24) Oberon's speech is not rational and is full of references to magical and amazing things. ... Contrast this to the way Theseus argues...

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The results are listed in the tables below: KeyMath Revised (KM-R) SUBTEST STANDARD SCORE PRECENTILE RANK BASIC CONCEPTS 55 Below 1 OPERATIONS 60 Below 1 APPLICATIONS 66 1 TOTAL TEST 61 Below 1 The Woodcock-Johnson Test of Achievement (WJ-R) SUBTEST STANDARD SCORE PERCENTILE RANK STANDARD BATTERY CLUSTERS BROAD READING 31 .1 BROAD MATHEMATICS 44 .1 BROAD WRITTEN LANGUAGE 18 .1 BROAD KNOWLEDGE 73 3 SKILLS 42 .1 SUPPLEMENTAL BATTERY CLUSTERS BASIC READING SKILLS 31 .1 READING COMPREHENSION 41 .1 BASIC MATHEMATIC SKILLS 30 .1 MATHEMATIC REASONING 74 4 BASIC WRITIN...

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People of the time were searching for a rational approach to creating a better society for themselves due to the political and economic changes that were occurring at a rapid rate across Europe. ... Locke saw humans as good, rational, social, cooperative, and tolerant. ... He became famous for his wit and satire, attacks against the Catholic Church, desire for a reformed monarchy, advocation for freedom of religion and expression, as well as separation of church and state. ... Bentham believed that society could teach individuals to be rational by giving them an ideal environment to learn prop...

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" Rousseau calling for a world without inequality, while unrealistic, does not violate Rawls's principles, it is instead in his wishes for the expression of individual rights where he violated Rawls's views on fairness. ... Rawls believed in the right of the individual and the ability of the rational individual to make decisions for their benefit an the benefit of others. He thought that the rational mind wanted what was best for people, and if the principles of justice were followed, rational individuals would only want to carry out actions that would benefit the group. ...

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Historically, capital punishment is most often-associated lex talionis, which involves punishment in kind and is commonly expressed in the expression " an eye for an eye". ... Instead he thinks that capital punishment is based on the idea that every person is a valuable and worthy of respect because of their ability to make rational and free choices. ... A key problem with Kant's justification of capital punishment is ideally rational killers, but many killers in this world are not rational. ...

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Freedom of expression, information, freely choosing, changing and discarding one's religion and the right to life are some of the fundamental Human Rights, which are threatened by fundamentalism, going to the extent of advocating death for non-believers and freethinkers. ... Islamic Fundamentalism is a dogmatic, religion based ideology that obstructs the growth of a rational, secular morality based on human desires and needs. ...

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Capitalism, however cruel and unjust it may appear in the story, is the product of human expression, of human reason. ... Capitalism recognizes that rational humans have a right to exist, to think, and the resulting system exemplifies this freedom....

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Conflict can benefit teams as it encourages the expression of new ideas which can lead to new and better ways of doing business. ... Intentions are shaped by two basic forms of reasoning: rational reasoning and normative reasoning. Rational reasoning contends that individuals option ...

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Man's imagination leads to expression. Our expression makes each of us a unique human. ... Cooper's talent found expression through indigenous materials. ... The Romantic period celebrated man's freedom with nature, virtue found in innocence, and intuitiveness over the rational. ...

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THE MARCH OF RELIGION TO THIRD MILLENNIUM: - Swami Ranganathanada wrote, "A scientific study of religion reveals two dimensions to every religion, especially to every one of the highly developed world religions, namely, religion as a socio-political expression, and religion as a path to the experience of God, or any value equivalent to." It is generally understood a historically conditioned socio-political expression of religion. ... RELIGION AND SCIENCE: - It is commonly believed that there is a conflict between the rationality of science and the assumptions of religion. ... Swa...

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Methodologies 4.1 Rational Unified Process (RUP) What is the purpose of the RUP? ... (The Rational Edge, 2001). ... (Doug 2001) What is the Rational Unified Process? ... Why Rational Unified Process? ... The advantages of Iteration are:  Avoids risks  More manageable on the changes  Encourages re-use  Learn along the way  Better quality Strengths and weaknesses Strengths of the Rational Unified Process  The Rational Unified Process is based on the principles such as taking an iterative, requirements-driven, and architect...

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Third argument: (1) Nature does nothing pointlessly. (2) A human being is the only animal with rational discourse, logon. (3) Rational discourse is for making clear what is expedient or harmful, and hence what is just or unjust. (4) It is community in good and evil, and just and unjust, that produces a household and a city. (5) Therefore, a human being is by nature a political animal. ... Aristotle thus thinks of a city as a form of human community constituted by a system of laws which embody a conception of what is just and what is unjust; only in such a community can human beings develop and...

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Body language is the gestures, postures, and facial expressions by which a person communicates nonverbally with others. ... Ken is positioned rational and logical person, who's only way to occupy time is to joke. ... so that we see the hospital doctors as very patronizing, against Ken who is rational and logical, the overall effect is that the reader feels sympathetic towards Ken. ...

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Here, the reader would assume this encounter and expression would be the end of Jean Valjean's criminal actions, as did the Bishop when he said, "you have left a place of suffering. ... The only thing that stood in the way for him to make a rational choice, was his promise he made to Fantine (a lower class, ill-fated prostitute). ... It's interesting to see how people who began miserably, advance over to more mature natured, rational, clear-minded people when they are given a push of influence. ...

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Nationalism is a way for people to seek their own freedom and liberate themselves from those preventing the expression of their beliefs so that they can live surrounded by their own culture. ... We were given mouths for a reason, but sometimes people fail to use them rationally to solve their problems. ... Our textbook sets out the facts that this will never cease to exist, but the will of the mind, you wouldd think, should be able and rational enough to overcome the force of the fist. ...

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Although his buildings have sometimes been described as icibiclastic, rambunctious, and impermanent they are also a unique expression of contemporary society and its ambivalent values. ... He is a cool romantic, a rational expressionist, and a mature adventurer. ...

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"We all get involved in a moment of emotion then we cannot get out. War and love - they have always been compared- (152). In The Quiet American, Fowler calls Pyle romantic. Being a romantic, it is his emotion, which drives him to act, not his reason. And acting upon emotions without any reasonable t...

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Through the use of well-crafted language, students learned about the techniques of oral expression and strategies of debate. ... Now, in a more ethical approach to rhetoric, he demonstrated rationality in that all legitimate moral acts must be supportable by generally accepted reasons. ...

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"We all get involved in a moment of emotion then we cannot get out. War and love - they have always been compared- (152). In The Quiet American, Fowler calls Pyle romantic. Being a romantic, it is his emotion, which drives him to act, not his reason. And acting upon emotions without any reasonable t...

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