If you have to ask yourself that question then you are further away from the truth than you think. ... A couple of examples from the readings that have to deal with self- identity come from Sartre in The Flies. ... We also are free because we are naked, free from superfluous ballast on our bodies. ... Ideas about knowledge and truth form a very essential part of Western philosophy and that also is understandable since we are human because of that extra mental capability we have, our mind, our spirit, our ratio. ... Actually with them the history of Western philosophy ...

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Aside from Mr. ... Green and the British Councilman, he orders a Heineken, further pointing to the presence of Western Europe in Nigeria. ... Interestingly enough, both of these "likes" are "Western," obviously a result of colonialism. ... First of all, both of them have studied in England. ... It is apparent that Macmillan, for instance, also thinks Clara is quite beautiful. ...

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The Battle of Hastings was fought on Saturday, October 14 from morning until dusk and marked the beginning of the Anglo-Norman era. ... From fear of poverty and of the treachery of others, he was excessively devoted to money and to cruelty. ... Had William survived, neither Stephen nor Matilda would have had a claim to the throne, thus preventing a civil war from ever taking place. ... However, once again, Henry's plan does not go quite as expected. ... Henry insisted that all of the barons, ecclesiastics, and officials in England and Normandy take an oath accepting Matilda ...

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If the Soviet Union were the face attack from these capitalist powers it would need a stronger industrial platform with which to launch a successful war effort. ... However, it is quite possible that Stalin overstated the probability of war deliberately to push through his ambitions and to strengthen his personal power within the party. ... These concerned were expressed at both high and low levels and the five-year plans were seen as both a revolution from above and a revolution from below. ... The N.E.P had created a large amount of friction within the party at all levels and this was beginn...

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Kurtz is rumored to be ill, making the delays in repairing the ship all the more costly. ... When the fog clears, the ship is attacked by an unseen band of natives, who fire arrows from the safety of the forest. ... The manager brings Kurtz, who is quite ill, aboard the steamer. ... While he is clearly intelligent, eloquent, and a natural philosopher, he is not saddled with the angst of centuries' worth of Western thought. ... All of these contrast with Marlow's version of the man, and he is left doubting the validity of his memories. ...

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Cyprian's his mother, and his father, once he returned from India, pressured Eric heavily to succeed, and to move up in the ranks of society. ... It seems that his influences in the manner were quite strange for the time, as stated, When he finished at Eton, Eric signed on with the Burmese police, partly because his father had influence at the Colonial Office, partly because he was seduced by Rudyard Kipling's poem Mandalay (which Orwell bizarrely considered to be the finest poem in the English language), with its promise of "a Burma girl a-settin' " by the old Moulmein pago...

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The party's leaders decided to shift the base of party legitimacy from virtue to competence, and to do that they had to demonstrate that they could deliver the goods... (23) This movement "from virtue to competence" seemed to mark a serious departure from orthodox Chinese political theory. ... This is not to say that the idea of economic reform was embraced enthusiastically by all members of the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party in 1978. ... In addition, in an effort to allow the market to determine prices, "city prices of fruit and vegetables, fish, meat, and...

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