Even if a decision is avoided, this can still be considered a choice. ... With every decision that we make we are in one way or another changed. ... How can a human be both eternal and temporal if they are contradictions to each other? ... Now that we have some understanding as to what the eternal is we can turn to the other elements of the self. ... One example of how we could give practical meaning to imagination is to imagine oneself flying like a bird. ...

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Platonic thought has shaped much of the western world. ... This is an illustration of how the soul uses the bodies (Phaedo, p. 37-38). ... Plato thought that we were created in parts- part of us being truth and the rest being nothing. ... In a twinkling of an eye we will be changed. None of us know for sure what we will be changed to, but we can have the confidence that God has prepared a better body for us. ...

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There are no set plans as to how a person must live. ... Cogito summarizes that we make ourselves with the "I think, therefore I am." Essentially, thoughts or dreams do not count in the world that exists, because they do not produce who we are, only do the actions. ... Even little white lies violate the code. ... The next two values of service before self and excellence in all we do are more difficult and can be easily denied. ...

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Religion and Sex Religion plays a powerful role in regulating sexuality and influencing how we view experience sex. ... Then, using the two required references, explain the origin of the specific topic you have chosen, its impact on male and female sexuality, how the topic has changed over time, and its status today. ... As being a male I can first hand tell you that the most talked about topic is sex with my friends and how many girls we have had sex with is something that is talked about and to be honest bragged about. ... While this is what I believe is widely true for males I think that ...

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As with any human being I don't think you can label Stalin as just one thing against another. ... Is it possible to doubt that we shall be equal to this new task, the industrialization or our country? ... Conditions in the labour camps, however, reflected just how big the sacrifice was. ... So then how did Stalin justify conditions in the labour camps? ... However, we can see that he"d set up a dictatorship where he was not to be questioned and no person's power or influence should exceed his own. ...

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Freud wants all the people to understand all the alternate issues he explains along the text and that usually we do not even notice. ... He states, "it is impossible to overlook the extent to which civilization is built upon a renunciation of instinct it is not easy to understand how it can deprive an instinct of satisfaction If the loss is not compensated for economically, one can be certain that serious disorders will ensure " (74). ... Those individuals that get together are in a constant relationship between them, but even though those people will be closer to each other they are still d...

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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. ... There is a new type of revolution on the horizon which has the potential to not only change society as we know it, but if we are not very vigilant in its use, has the potential to change the species itself. ... What we have going for us 4 here is the nature of these technologies, what drives them, and how they fall prey to human greed and man's continuing inhumanity to man. ... Dolly&...

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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 associate with the soul. ... How far does Tennyson's "In Memoriam" reflect the spirit of the Victorian Age? ... But in the following lines, the poet contradicts what he had said before in the first stanza, "we have but faith" and he writes that it is just for knowledge and trust that we believe in things we see "it comes from thee", moreover in line 22 when man has no fear, "we mock thee". ... As we can see in section 13 the poet is confu...

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Freud, an aggressive atheist, argues that religion is an idea that we humans have developed as a way of dealing with the powers of nature that can harm us greatly. ... The rebellions are usually about people not being able to deal with certain measures of coercion, which raises the question of how far the prohibition of certain things can take a person. ... And this is how a religion, born from a man's need to make his helplessness tolerable and built on the feelings of helplessness from childhood. ... Their answers for grounds on their claims are: believe it because your ancestors did,...

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Wilmut, the scientist who cloned the sheep said, "In theory it could be done, but it would be very difficult, and we don't think it would offer any clinical advantage (Scientist)."" ... Cloning will change the way people value life. ... In this way, a carbon copy of a person can be "reproduced,"" if we want them to bring back to life. If we can get a chance to come back to life, as many times as wanted, we would not respect life as much as we do now. ... Morality enforces standards of behavior and expectations that, when not immutable, can take generations to change. ...

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The danger of which says Kierkegaard, despair clings to you even more terrible than that of bodily death. ... In contrast, a despairing man can only despair about himself. ... The eternal sickness cannot be relieved even by death itself, and even if it were possible the situation would still be in despair for it is connected to the self. ... The difficulty in this sense is that person has to deal with the situation that may even ultimately lead in hopelessness. ... He describes how one, when gets involved with God, the greater the difficulties that lie ahead. ...

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The scar symbolizes how human nature can destroy paradise by simply entering it. ... Simon says to Ralph, "I just think you'll get back alright" (111), as if he could foresee his own death, just like Jesus did. ... Although it may seem like his motives from the beginning were evil because he showed savagery so early on, he too thought he would never become a savage. ... We're English, and the English are best at everything" (40), which depicts how Jack has evil within him, even if at first it was not visible because he is "English." ... Put together the change in the boys'...

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The major world religions can be classified into two categories, Semitic and Indian. ... More recently compiled works by Rabbis interpret the laws to how they apply to modern day living (Judaism: Background, Basic Beliefs and Sacred Texts [06/04/03]). ... Even so, He allows room for individual freedom. If humans do not live the way He has shown as the right way through the Prophet, Muhammad, however, when they are questioned on how they lived their life they will be rewarded accordingly. ... However, evil and suffering can be minimised by each person choosing to do good instead of evil. ...

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