In this paper I show that while the existence of God remains ambiguous throughout the novel, The Road contains both a clear moral code and a view about what makes life meaningful. ... I then make the case that the views of morality and meaning found in The Road imply that morality does not depend upon God for its existence or justification. ... Thus, the man's declaration is that either his son is the word of God, or, for all practical purposes, the universe is a godless one. ... This old man has survived not through divine assistance but rather through random chance; he and all the other...

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Both reflect the autonomy of the modern subject, who distances himself from both 'higher' imposed metaphysical values and from those of nature. ... Part I also analyses and interprets the philosophical and theological developments leading to these modern, interrelated conceptions of freedom and epistemology. ... Although Ockham's doctrine is a prelude to the typically modern adage of the 'verum et factum convertuntur', the birthplace of modern science is Nicholas Cusanus' philosophy. Cusanus follows not only Ockham's views on epistemology and creation, but...

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Despite being given the power to attain all knowledge known to man and the universe, Doctor Faustus' downfall came at his inability to turn this vast knowledge into wisdom. ... Abram's 'A Glossary of Literary Terms' defines Renaissance Humanism, stating that some of the key concepts of the philosophy centered around "the dignity and central position of human beings in the universe' as reasoning creatures, as well as downplaying the "animal passions of the individual. ... Resultant to which, he turns to Jerome's Vulgate, a fourth century translation of the Bible, ...

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