This surge in population initiated the Industrial Revolution, which took place during the mid 1700's. During this revolution, there were developments in medicine and hygiene. ... This revolution also played a significant role in the Romantic Movement, which Mary Shelly's husband, Percy, was a large part of. ... With all of these scientific discoveries and theories being discovered and hypothesized, there was a lot of concern about the responsibilities and the dangers of science. ... Cloning has become one of the biggest scientific issues in the last five years. ...

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One fundamental objective of his philosophy was to explain how scientific knowledge is possible. ... Kant's "Copernican revolution" was his doctrine that "objects must conform to our knowledge." ... Kant also states that the drive to acquire scientific knowledge, is a form of culture that ennoble humanity, and is completely out of proportion to a man's life span. ... The scientific progress of the species is never more than fragmentary, and has no guarantee against regression, with which it is always threatened by intervals of revolutionary barbarism. ...

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Disasters of Cloning It's amazing how advanced our science and technology has developed over the years. Who would have thought that the creative mind of an intelligent author could actually bring truth to a far-fetched concept? In 1932, Aldous Huxley's A Brave New World introduced the phenomenon of...

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Life on this planet has undergone some significant changes since the dawn of civilization; the discovery of fire, the wheel, the industrial revolution, and the list goes on. The industrial revolution brought perhaps the most significant changes to society as a whole, for it was at this point that we moved from a fuedal society to a capitalist society. ... These conflicts and revolutions have had their effects on society but nothing significant or long lasting has prevailed. ... This new revolution is a technological revolution of a different order, for this new technology tinkers with th...

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Theosophy Theosophy is a way of thinking that mirrors many forms of philosophical thought. It combines metaphysics and ethics to feed the mind by ways of reviving soul-memories, developing spiritual intuition and expanding the creative imagination. Theosophy serves to bridge the gap between relig...

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Soul are in many respects sensitive to ways of speaking and thinking about the soul [psuchê] that are not specifically philosophical or theoretical. We therefore begin with what the word 'soul' meant to speakers of Classical Greek, and what it would have been natural to think about and assoc...

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