Parmenides and Zeno's belief held that time is an illusion. Plato, Plotinus, and the Bhudda all held that time was not completely illusionary. ... Other religions (such as that of the Ancient Egyptians) believe that there is an immediate judgment for each individual and that if there is an end of time, it will be hailed when the/a Creator calls Her children home. ... It was Plato's belief that time is the "circular motion of the heavens," but Aristotle held firm in his rebuttal of this theory in his belief that time is the "number of movement in respect of the before and after, and...

• Word Count: 1525
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Since I wasn't having regular contractions I figured it would be okay to wait until he came home. ... "I"m an hour away working still; I"ll be right home! ... I wish you would just appear into this world without any pain on my part," I thought as I held my stomach. ...

• Word Count: 1308
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Sheldrake has spent much of his thoughts and speculations towards finding causes for some of life's more peculiar and spooky occurrences; such as how dogs seem to know their owners are coming home. As indicated in our course manual, the results of an experiment Sheldrake conducted on such occurrences indicated that dogs did in fact appear to know when their owners were coming home despite the fact that his experiment randomized the time the owners returned and from which location they were coming from. ... He further believed that the reason the dogs knew their owners were coming home was...

• Word Count: 1739
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This plan, involving the capture of a crow fails, however Niki finds that the bucket intended for crow detainment now held water. ... Most importantly the sand pit is his home. Never before has Niki had a place to call home and feel content in. ...

• Word Count: 1670
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

By age seven I had already been introduced to two of the most known religions in my home country. ... My friend had told me about the service that was going to be held that Friday and invited me to join. ...

• Word Count: 1332
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

This whole idea of responsibility requires a persisting personal identity; otherwise one cannot be held responsible for any act committed by him or her if that person is not the same person he or she is now. Like in the example of the box of Kleenex, which was reduced to ashes and seeing that similar box in a store or at home. ...

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I don't like to spend time by myself because I get bored too easily and I don't like sitting home on weekends, I"m much more of a party person. ... My parents constantly held me and gave me a sense of love and security. ...

• Word Count: 1662
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

My first experience with subliminal messaging was a few years ago when my family and I watched a documentary on The Beatles. The movie was about secret messages that The Beatles reportedly put into their music. Upon playing specific songs backwards, you could hear the verbal backmasking messages be...

• Word Count: 1946
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate