Hope for the future A Critique of Chapter 11 in Neil Postman's Technopoly In chapter 11 ("The Loving Resistance Fighter") of the book Technopoly, published in 1992, Neil Postman focuses on a solution to the problems created by Technopoly. ... In chapter 11 Postman gives examples of people who resist the American Technopoly. ... The function of chapter 11 (the last chapter in the book) is to provide readers with a conclusion to all ideas and concerns expressed throughout the book, to offer advice to those readers whom are truly concerned with the effects of Technology, and to suggest ...

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These sections are all built on the foundational chapters in Romans, which precede chapter twelve. These chapters deal with Christ's work for mankind on their behalf. ... Section three was one of the most powerful and influential parts of this book. ... Chapter fifteen addresses an individual's purpose. ... The fourth section of Ingram's book deals with the disciple's duty to service. ...

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The Qur'an forms the basis of the Muslim faith- the religion of Islam, in which Muslims believe the book is a revelation from God. ... The first description that stood out the most to me was in Chapter Two, "The Cow", when the text described the process of making sacrifices to God. ... However, I also found the text a little difficult to follow sometimes due to how unrelated verses and chapters are, but the style serves a certain purpose. ... However, from a pure literary stylistic stand point, its scattered mode of composition takes the flow away from the book. ... The lack o...

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That is because all the themes in the book, so to speak, are revealed by symbolism or depicted as images. ... The whole book is consciously structured by the seasonal cycle, both beginning and ending in the spring, the time when the world renews itself. ... The discussion about animals is another prominent feather of the book. ... The dawn appears many times in the book as a symbol of awakening of the country. ... Walden as a story ends with the last chapter, but it will be continually passed down one generation after another as intellectual philosophy about the human society and nature. ...

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The first page shows all of the schoolgirls playing with the veils, and as the book continues, Marjane firmly remains against the institution of blindly following a ruling decided by the emperor of Iran. ... " Over the next several chapters Marjane was given situations that tested her faith, and forced her to choose between what she saw and what she believed. In the chapter titled "The Water Cell", Marjane asserts that God had appointed the king of Iran to her parents. ... Through the rest of the book, Marjane is forced to conform to the standards of the religious fanatics. ...

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In his book "Politics," Aristotle begins his work by outlining his ideas concerning human nature and the formation of what he calls political associations. ... This natural association of a family unity provides Aristotle support in his claim that, "the state is the creation of nature, and man is by nature a political animal" (Politics Book I.ii.). ... In his chapter "Concerning New Principalities which are Acquired," Machiavelli discusses the downfall of Cesare Borgia. ... The virtue Aristotle discusses in his book "Politics" derives from classical political thought; contr...

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Introduction At first place in the chapter 1 of GMM, Kant tries to demonstrate that there is a moral law which is driven from the sense of moral obligations. ... In accordance with this in following parts of chapter 3 of GMM, Kant argues that the existence of morality implies the existence of free will. ... The problem Kant struggles with in the Chapter 3 of GMM is how to make room for the ideas of human choice, reason, and deliberation in a world that we believe to be a world where every event is caused. In Chapter 2 of GMM, he argues in effect for the claim that if we have free will, if r...

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At several points, the Politics looks back to the conception of the highest human good worked out in the Nicomachean Ethics, and the concluding chapter of the Nicomachean Ethics (X.9) looks forward to the Politics, culminating in a list of questions about political systems which corresponds reasonably well to the questions he addresses in the Politics, as the following chart indicates: Outline of the Politics Questions in Nicomachean Ethics X.9.1181b17-24 Book I: types of communities: the city, the household; household management Book II: critical survey of proposed and actual constitutio...

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According to Augustine, in chapter 6 of the book "The City of God," a person who offers to love God, as well as his neighbor as himself, according to God is indisputable man of goodwill. ... In the book "Happy Life," Augustine asserts that he would not have committed theft by himself. ... In the book, "Happy Life," Augustine asserts that "Therefore, I entreat your virtue, kindness, spiritual bond as well as fellowship that exist between us that you extend your right hand, for this means that you love me and that you may believe that I in turn love you and hold you dear." ...

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In the book, "The Killer Angels" by Michael Shaara, the soldiers on both sides fought for reasons of their own. ... Throughout the book, Lee makes many remarks to his faith in God. ... Furthermore, leading to his repeated statements by putting it "in the hands of God" throughout the book. ... The contrasting views are presented in the book by a Southern minister. ... In the Fremantle chapter, we get a British opinion on the war and what they are doing, "But the point is they, the Southerners, do it all exactly as we do in Europe. ...

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The merit which made it a classic book is its astonishing ability to predict. ... In the book, the creation symbolizes a double meaning, he is the heresy from human's view, he is also an abstract imitation of humans ourselves; He displays the procedure of human's pursuit toward the unlimited field of science and knowledge, he also demonstrates the tragic consequences that are caused by human's exceeded desire and relying on science. ... It was a bold question, and one which has ever been considered as a mystery; yet with how many things are we upon the brink of becoming acquaint...

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In his book "The Craft of Theology," Avery Dulles (1992) starts chapter four; "Fundamental Theology and the Dynamics of Conversion," by making reference to one of the best known essays by Bernard Lonergan where he states that, Theology is entering a new age it is changing from a deductive science into an altogether empirical discipline. ... In this chapter, however, the author is concerned with the process by which people are brought to explicit Christian faith, that is to say, to an acceptance of Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. ...

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This receptivity to the surprises of reality is captured in Nick Herbert's quotation of DeWitt and Graham at the beginning of a chapter entitled "Physicists Losing Their Grip": No development of modern science has had a more profound impact on human thinking than the advent of quantum theory. ... It is important to note that he also says that "there seem to be times when having no explanation is better than having one" (133) and ends the book by affirming that religion has much else to offer besides theory, such as giving meaning and contact with the sacred. ...

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