That would be good both going and coming back." ... Just when he is about to completely escape from all of his aversions of the earthly world, losing himself in imagination and being catapulted freely into the sky, he is gently brought back down to earth. ... The fragrance of flowers, and of new-mown hay; the genial warmth of sunshine, and the beauty of a sunset among clouds; the comfort and cheerful glow of the fireside; the deliciousness of fruits, and of all good cheer." ... Frost reveals he so enjoys swinging back down toward the ground because "Earth's the right place for love." ...

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Moreover, unlike factory workers, they do not need to be motivated to do a good job. ... or 'Good morning, how are you doing today?'. ... As there is no development on earth that come without any scarifications, if we have to sacrifice part of our humanity for a better developed future, why not?...

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The Mediator argues, "Now how do I know that he has not brought it about that there is no earth at all, no heavens, no extended things, no shape, no magnitude, no place-and yet that all these things appear to me to exist just as they do now (Descartes 15)?... Descartes acknowledges that even a supremely good God deceives him at least occasionally (like while he is dreaming or in unfavorable perceiving conditions), so it is not implausible that a supremely good God would deceive him on such a large scale. ...

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The humanistic theory implies that mankind is inherently good and that people must take responsibility for their own actions. ... There are no two people on this earth that share the same personality. ...

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The philosophies of the two minds constantly concern themselves with the ethereal, the things not of the Earth. ... He goes on to explain this idea by making an example of the sun: "For instance, the sun appears a good across, even though we are convinced that it is bigger than the inhabited world."" ...

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The one single truth of reality is not measured or distinguished -- it is the ultimate paradox. The journey by which one achieves this truth can be a journey of increasing realizations of paradoxes, and finally, freedom from the bubble of limitation of a mind that would perceive such paradoxes as pa...

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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein explores many aspects of the conscious and unconscious mind. Shelley uses light and dark throughout the novel to symbolize the duality of the mind, a representation of Victor's conscious and unconscious mind. Victor's conscious behavior is clouded by his unconscious repressed desires, as he struggles with the Oedipus complex, defined as subconscious feelings in children of intense competition and even hatred toward the parent of the same sex, and feelings of romantic love toward the parent of the opposite sex, if these conflicting feelings are not s...

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Although many great names are associated with Romantic literature, two poets who stand out as immensely influential figures are William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Friends during their own lifetimes, Wordsworth and Coleridge collaborated near the end of the eighteenth century to create "a volume that many literary historians consider to be the opening statement of Romanticism in England" (Matlak and Mellor, 681). In the Preface of this volume, titled Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems, Wordsworth describes the key elements that constitute Romantic literature, among them the ro...

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