He then goes on to say that there is no opposite to life, as death is not an even within itself, therefore there must be a continuous pattern of life, death and rebirth. ... The reason for this theory appearing to be the weakest of the three is that there is no evidence for it. ... In this analogy Plato gives reason the role of the charioteer, he then states that there are two horses in control of the chariot; one is a white, noble steed with wings, this is the soul. ... A world of forms is almost impossible for the human brain to comprehend as we cannot prove it though our senses, even Plato ...

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If the foetus is unable to live outside the constraints of the womb and live in the environment of "humans" then there is a clear differentiation. ... However as we all know, there are many societies who are still intolerable to the very idea of abortion and find no question in their beliefs. ... Neither women nor minorities were politically or morally equal. The plight of women and their freedom had no grounding at that time. ... To justify his point he used the example of the Dred Scott Decision in 1856 by the American Supreme Court that ruled that Blacks were human beings but were...

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With the birth of "the most god-fearing of living creatures," Plato asserts that the Demiurge declared "the better sort of human nature should there-after be called "man... According to Lucretian thought, we live within a world where "nature, free in a world no lords and masters rule, does everything by herself, without the gods.(54)" It is not possible for Gods to exist because "Gods know no suffering, they know no dangers, their self-engendered power needs naught of us; we cannot win their love or rouse their anger.(44) The absence of a god is logical in the sense that "nothing can come fr...

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Is there such a thing as life after death? ... Dr Whitton then placed them all under hypnoses and recorded their recollections of previous existences. ... A dazzling light-filled realm in which there was "no such thing as time or space as we know it" , was described. ... It is in this realm that you see yourself with total honesty, under no misconceptions. ... If reincarnation does in fact exist and we can to some extent plan our next life, then maybe people choose to punish themselves. ...

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You are sure that you are not allergic to potatoes and soybean; but have you ever thought about the edibles were mutated genetically with nuts and some insect repellent v/s food and chemical that you are allergic of? ... Although hybridizing has been around for a period of time, there was no crossbreeding between different species until genetic engineering has come about. ... For instance, in order to minimize problems bring about by pests, some crops, like corns, were modified genetically to produce a chemical that is similar to the pesticide within the cells. ... Furthermore, Green...

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This is where a lot of skeptics try to discredit religion as something false and made up since there is no proof to back its teachings up, and in a civilization where proof is the only way people will start to believe. ... Freud believes that if there was a great improvement in the way we handle human relations, civilization would be freed of its dissatisfactions. ... Freud points that the two biggest reasons that some degree of coercion is necessary is due to our nature of not being spontaneously fond of work, and due to that fact that arguments are of no purpose against our passions. ... ...

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One of the main aspects of the Hippocratic Oath is 'Do no harm'. ... As veterinary surgeon James Herriott stated 'if having a a soul means being able to feel love, gratitude and loyalty then animals are a lot better of than humans.' ... Laws/ rules were made by humans to protect ourselves from harms way. ... As species of high order thinking we must pave a path to ensure that laws are in place that enable protection of not just our kind but also animals if there is to be a sustainable future in which we and animals can learn/ reflect and rely on each other. ...

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Even if no one finds out, knowing that you have done something daring gives oneself a sense of self worthiness and praise. ... Alicia's mother and father were not there for her as a child and so Alicia rebelled by leering herself into becoming better than them and by breaking the predetermined history she would be given had she walked in her parents footsteps. ... Her primary relationships were with African American men of whom her family didn't approve"(38) this is a so called positive rebellion because Alicia found "educated African American men easily"(38) in other...

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No one ever really took a more logical standpoint using science to explain life because the research and belief was not present. But there were a few humans who opened their minds to new ideas and the possibilities of life; these same humans who challenged the word of God. ... The results were very appealing to the scientists. ... Throughout the course of history there have been many things from the past that are still questioned today. ... Since then, David's art has been a method for expressing the experience of coming face to face with intelligent extraterrestrial life. ...

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Well it's very simple, for nothing more then our own greed. ... First, for every car bought there has to be enough trees planted to make up for the amount of pollution that is produced by that car. ... Well you are probably sitting there wondering who is going to cover the cost of planting the trees for the pollution that is created by each car purchased. ... Now, if we were to implement my plan to save two acres of land for every acre of land destroyed with 214,000 acres uprooted everyday we would save 428,000 acres of land everyday. ... No matter how we go about saving our environme...

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The work is no longer romanticized but a mixture of simple events that take on obscure personalities of life on the road in America. ... The people seem to have no personality of their own; they are very thence pictures with little flow or freedom felt. ... Changing speeds from the people of America to the land of America the land holds its own meaning through experiencing the topography as if you were there living in that same moment in time, trying to understand the reality of that and the meaning behind it is what Robert Adams did with his landscape photography. ... Adams photos show the ru...

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Bodies were preserved through mummification, hence Bazin refers to this universal obsession of the preservation of life through representation as the "mummy complex". ... There is a balance in paintings between realism and symbolism4 which creates the form of a likeness rather than a complete representation. ... In other words, there is no perspective, only through the likenesses ability to provoke memories of the persons past does the image retain any meaningful existence of reality. ... Through film there is no longer resemblance but reality, and no longer a wondering about context, as in...

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Pontellier but no one was able to comprehend or recognize this except for the mocking bird "that hung on the other side of the door". ... Moreover, as there are always two sides to everything, birds can also be seen as symbols of "distraction". ... This shows how frustrated she became when she realized that she had no way out of her enclosed situation and she takes out her anger by shattering the vase. ... She seems to be standing at the crossroads of her life because if she happens to listen to her heart then she will perhaps be neglected by the society but if she accepts self-sacrifice and c...

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Both Socrates and Epicurus were philosophers that talked about the simplicity in ones life and warned that one should not strive to be wealthy with riches. ... In contrast Epicurus does not believe that the soul is immortal therefore there is no need to search for truth but to seek out "The necessary desires that are necessary for happiness, a steady view of these matters shows us how to refer to moral choice and aversion of bodily healthy and imperturbability of mind, theses being the twin goals of happy living, we do everything we do-to achieve freedom from pain and freedom from fear" (Readi...

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One of the obviously fundamental aspects of poetry is the language used and the literary devices employed, and Rosetti's poetry is certainly no exception to this. ... The pleading tone of the speaker is complemented by her use of alliteration in line 2: "Sing no sad songs for me". She lists all the traditional acts executed after a death: " sad songs roses cypress- and then goes on to implore her lover to refute them all. ... These three aspects of nature which shall no longer be a reality for her, underline her intimation that she shall be irrevocably absent from all which is so real for...

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If I were to put in Layman's terms, to blatantly be generous.... " In contrast, there are the souls that are head over heels with their lives; the individuals that just lost themselves in the world. ... Although completely polar in circumstance, there are people with too much plus no concern for the environment around them and similarly, there are also people with nominal entities in this world with minimal affliction to anything as well. ... It can be said that this brand of beings ignored the generosity they were born with because they chose to focus on the harsh portion of life, ...

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