He basically does this by depicting three main themes: the extreme optimism of Candide and his teacher Pangloss, the hypocritical ways of religion, and the power of money. ... The power of money is also a big issue of Voltaire's. ... Voltaire conveys the ways and nature of man in many ways in Candide, such as through quotes. ... The above quote is one of the main quotes by which Candide lived, and it clearly shows the portrayal of the nature of man through Voltaire's eyes. ...

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Paine used Biblical quotes effectively in this pamphlet, not as "window dressing". It was clear that Paine knew what he was talking about because his quotes from the Bible were on target and related to his subject. Although Paine uses them many times, the main section of Biblical quotes was related to Jewish people. ... Paine wrote that there were three ways that an Independency could be had: "By the legal voice of the people in Congress; by a military power; or by a mob (Paine 120)." Even though Paine proposed Republic methods for government, the Colonists saw this as democratic, in which...

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A famous quotes from this novel is, "Never shall I forget that nocturnal silence which deprived me, for all eternity, of the desire to live." (Pg. 34) This quote illustrates the struggle of upholding his faith with a God that would allow the horrors that occurred during the holocaust. ... He asks himself why a man of such power would put him and his family, and everyone else following His religion, through this disastrous time. ... Such a horrible place would cause anyone to question a higher power; if they would still believe one existed. ... Fire was a symbol of their wicked powe...

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(page 106) This quote illustrates how Antigone believed that the power of the gods was greater than the power of any king. If she had obeyed Creon, she would have disobeyed the stronger power of the gods which could have had more of a devastating result on her. ...

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They behaved as if they were waiting for their death, that a higher power was controlling their everyday lives as if they were puppets. ... This created a community that shared the belief of fate and the power of God in Christianity. ... " This quote describes that if you are good to God, then you will be rewarded with a happier life. ...

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It is a power given to us by God, and God cannot control it. ... This is a direct quote to show his change in religion after the war. ... Also, the bible and beliefs are shown to change at the end with the quote, "After a while Lee came. ... This ending passage shows the power of God and how he wipes slates clean. ... By these quotes, he is saying he demands to be treated fairly, as he deserves today in this land, not as they saw people in the past deserved. ...

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A central issue in both works is the conception of power. ... To show that Zorba's views are more complicated, one can refer to the end of the novel and the collapse of the mine he owned, as he blames God for the happenings.(289) As stated in the last quote, Zorba still views lifes happenings as existing separate from God. ... As outlined earlier, the role of power is shown in many different ways. ... He displays a form of weakness by always looking to a higher power. ... Kazantzakis uses the form of power through knowledge. ...

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He acknowledged the power of his country but the poverty prevalent there worried him. ... He brings up the question of evil's existence, to quote "The Tyger," from Songs of Experience: "Did he who make the lamb make thee"". ... He believed that God is the spiritual and creative power in man, and apart from man the idea of God has no meaning. When Blake speaks of the divine, it is with reference to this power and not to any external or independent God or deity. ... When Blake speaks of divine, it is the reference to this power and not any external or independent godhead. ...

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Wiesel, I am agnostic; I am not positive if there is a greater power although I would like to believe so. ... " This quote proves that everyone is the same; we are all human, so it does not matter what we are like or what we believe in we are all equal. ...

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He was studying the rulers of ancient times and by studying what happened to them he wrote an entire book on informing people the correct rules of being in power. ... This quote explains about how during the Italian Classical Renaissance the study of "Man" was very popular. ...

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Ancient Greek Society Ancient Greece thrived from the third millennium to the first century B.C. The term "ancient Greece" refers culturally to the ways ancient Greeks spoke, worshiped, understood the nature of the physical world, organized their governments, made their livings, entertained th...

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In the quote it is describing God's true nature as is relates to humans here on earth. God has to power and the self awareness to respect what he has created. ... Jesus was on the cross as a result of our choices as humans and it was God's self-limiting power that prevented him from saving Jesus. ... Edwards states, "They will often think of a God who can do absolutely anything - of power without limits of any kind. ... In Jesus crucified we find that Divine power, which, as the resurrection assures us, is a real power to save and heal, can look like utter foolishness- (Edwards, 4...

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The first is the insight, which seemingly all humans posses, that knowledge is power. ... Observe any corporate CEO (legitimately hard-working that is), athletic coach, or even priest; these people are in put power positions because they are believed to have knowledge others don't. ... He quotes the Romantic novelist Novalis to describe this art. ... After understanding this second half of the quote, the first is nearly self-explanatory. ...

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The quote 'When Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the Gentleman?' ... In relation to the levellers, Morton stated that 'they had many supporters but not amongst the classes that traditionally had power.' Wealth was a great factor, as they had no source to wealth it would be hard for them to progress and due to the fact that they had no connections to those of high power it was hard for them to access great power which explained why they had dispersed very quickly. ...

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Nietzsche says that those who believe in and follow Christianity are the weak ones, just looking for power and a way to be like the strong. ... I think that these quotes are a part of good Christian theology to a point. ... Nietzsche's main argument is that those who believe in Christianity are simply doing it so that they have someone to look up to as a higher power, and someone to answer all of their questions. ...

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John Edward's Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, shows you how much power the Puritans believed God has and how easily he it would be for him to seek retribution. ... The strongest have no power to resist Him, nor can any deliver out of his Hands." ... This quote shows two things, it points out how the Puritans feared god and his holy wrath, and it also shows the irony in relation to the Salem Witch Trials which Hawthorne points out. ...

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In the Christian belief structure, God is the only one with the power to give or to take life. Mersault, having completely discounted the supernatural, focuses purely on what is in front of him that second, and does not have the time to pay his respects to a higher power. ... This quote from Dryden proves a point about Mersault and Raskolnikov. ...

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Zeus's rise to power is different than other religious stories where is father did not pass those powers down to his son but instead he overthrew is father Cronus and gained the sovereignty of heaven for himself. ... He was also son to father Cronus and owned supreme power over his realm of the underworld. ... That lightning bolt when seen was associated with him and the power that he possessed. ... Quotes that "treat every moment like your last" or "never put tomorrow what you can do today" or "time is money....

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(Attenborough 55) Gandhi felt there was an indefinable mysterious power that pervaded everything. ... It was this unseen power that makes itself felt and yet defies all proof, because it is so unlike all that can be perceived through human senses (Fischer Essential 125). ... Gandhi dimly perceive that while everything around him was ever changing, ever-dying, there is underlying all that change a living power that is changeless, that holds all together, that creates, dissolves, and re-creates (Fischer Gandhi 33). That informing Power or Spirit is God. Gandhi saw this power as purely benevolen...

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To quote Rabbi Elliot Dorff in the Christian Science Monitor: "What do you do with the ones that 'don't work?' ... Power struggles emerge between those who have the means to endlessly replicate themselves and those who are new-born. ...

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Many people believe religion is the most sacred way of life, and to some it is their biggest obligation. A Buddhist once proclaimed in context to religion, "Many paths lead up the mountain, but the view from the top is the same." This quote, I believe contradicts religion in its entirety. However...

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This is a quote of a soldiers who turns to God in a cry of desperation to live to see another day while also describing the brutal injuries that many soldier faced in war. ... And I pray hey will be comforted by a power greater than any of us spoken through the ages in Psalm 23: "Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil for you are with me"" (Williams 1). ...

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The use of first person shows its power and constant emphasis on the story's message by again separating the facts from opinions.   There is no doubt in the reader's mind that such quotes or lines in the story can be subject to interpretation when the word "I " is present, which clearly depicts what the author was thinking, expecting, and feeling in that moment. ...

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"NOW I KNOW WHY MY VOICE NEVER CHANGES," is a quote from John Irving's novel, A Prayer for Owen Meany. It indicates how Owen's life and voice was used through God. Similarly in the play "Oedipus Rex," composed by Sophocles many centuries earlier, Oedipus is forewarned of what appalling and dread...

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Abstract Benjamin Franklin stated "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes."1 If death is certain, why do so many fear it? Is it our uncertainty of what lies beyond the grave? Is death to be feared as an extinction of life or is there a place of torment that drives th...

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