That being said, Coleridge has a very interesting word choice in this quote, being the word "gale". ... The poem succeeds in not only describing how the wind can be the player with a bow across a musical instrument, but directing attenction to the almighty power of God being a potential influence on the wind. ... This shows that the faith he has is directed inwardly, towards where Coleridge expects God is manifested. ...

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"Aristotle, "On the Soul- This quote speaks volumes about the attitude of philosophers like Socrates, whose work was put to parchment by Plato, and Artistotle. ... The teachings of Aristotle are direct in speaking of the nobility of certain knowledge, assessing what kind of knowledge has more value to the soul than others. ... While this bit of Aristotlian wisdom is portrayed in Socrates' act, it is simply described in the above mentioned quote and the context is taught briefly to his students among an intellectual slew of other concepts. ...

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This quotation directs the reader's attention to Buddha and what he symbolises; "The word Buddha means "enlightened- or "awakened- and is a title given to those who have attained the supreme state of perfect enlightenment and awakening -. ... In conclusion I would like to quote the anonymous narrator once again; "Marlow ceased and sat apart, indistinct and silent, in the pose of a meditating Buddha...

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I found a quote that says: "There is a relationship between intelligence and crime [...]" ... The third meeting with Porfiry Petrovich is again confusing as the previous two but in this one, the so direct accusation to Porfiry towards Rodion leaves him perplexed and does not know how to react to this. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

While I am not convinced that all aspects of the lifestyle served to enhance the Buddhist understanding, I do believe that the Dharma Bums had good intentions and lived the life of the sutra as best as they knew how and in turn, became more spiritually enlightened as a direct result. ... The following quote is indicative of the thoughtfulness that also went in tandem with Japhy's munificence. " Japhy came in and lit the kerosene lamp and dumped the groceries on the table, and among the were three bars of Hershey chocolate just for me-(213). ...

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Some of the representative names or texts reached the Bulgarian national culture in due time, yet not within a system of direct British influences or organised Bulgarian choices. ... The first time he was quoted criticising Britain's support for the Ottoman empire and not for Russia (and was referred to as "a man of learning and a writer of eminence"), and a second time attacking Darwin's theory. ...

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In Erich Fromm's book Escape from Freedom the author sums up Martin Luther's acknowledgement of man's selfishness: "Luther assumed the existence of an innate evilness in man's nature, which directs his will for evil and makes it impossible for man to perform any good deed on the basis of his nature."" ... While this quote is from a fictitious novel, its relevance to man's eagerness to abandon his potential to a greater power' is obvious. ...

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James quotes, "whoso calls the Absolute anything in particular, or says that it is this, seems implicitly to shut it off from being that - it is as if he lessened it. - This is to say that not only is anything we use to describe G-d by no means of the level of divine quality, it also limits G-d and detracts from anything else that G-d may be. ... As Søren Kierkegaard puts it, "the works of G-d are such that only G-d may understand them - James' statement that Mystical states must possess a Noetic quality provides for a much more direct approach to establishing the existence of G-d....

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We all want to have a life full of success. Many people assume without question that success is essentially material, that it can be measured in money, prestige, or an abundance of possessions. These can certainly play a role, but having such things is no guarantee of success. The success that we sh...

• Word Count: 1935
• Approx Pages: 8
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• Grade Level: High School