Machiavelli and Hobbes, in their essays (the Prince by Machiavelli & the Leviathan by Hobbes) focused on studying how people act and how social systems are governed. This essay would first explain Machiavelli's political view on the individual and the states, and then go on to highlight Hobbes' political ideas; then compare and analyze both thinkers' essays. ... Hobbes will definitely agree with Machiavelli's statement concerning the human nature. ... Concerning human behavior, Machiavelli will suggest that human beings are driven by their ambition and desire, he states:...

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Yet bigotry can exist in very slight-of-hand ways, from "dumb-blonde" jokes, to dishonest hiring practices concerning racial minorities. ... This essay will examine the plausibility of adding to this list a bigotry which, if found to be coherent and legitimate, has been practiced for the whole of recorded human history. ... However after defining, and examining various arguments concerning speciesism, its legitimacy as a true form of widespread bigotry will be considered. ... And this is precisely the goal of this essay, to determine if species difference is morally relevant. ... This secon...

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Accordingly, this essay was written at the aim of expressing my own opinion in concerning to this ongoing debate. ... Science, indeed, also its own flaw; since science is largely based on our won empirical observation, empirical observations are sometimes misinterpreted due to the human's limited understanding and resource, thus creating a discrepancy with the reality. ... Moreover, according to Kuhn's theory, a paradigm shift is not gradual but revolution with major shift in understanding. ... For instance, human eyes have the ability of detecting about 16,000 different ...

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John Locke's book, "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding," presents the concept of Tabula Rasa or blank slate, which states that the human mind receives knowledge through the experience without any pre-existing innate ideas when they were born. ... The society's belief that the black people should be enslaved because they are inferior subspecies of human permits him to question that belief during his adventures with Jim. ... Huck's adventures with Jim opened his eyes that slaves are humans; they have feelings and entitled with rights. ...

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To approach any text we must first have some understanding of what it is we hope to take away from it. ... Rather he stressed the fundamental importance of diversity of thought concerning both religious and spiritual matters. ... Thus we are obligated to employ our faculty of mind as we approach the understanding and worship of God. ... Yet we may still find the method useful to our understanding as "the meaning of history is our profound concern. ... First we must know that "understanding of God depends on mankind's readiness to approach God and God willingness to be approached." ...

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