However, it is important to note that both authors do not bash authorities; rather, they only criticize the blind acceptance of such authorities. ... In doing so, they both emphasize the importance of truth and reason before accepting authority. Truth and reason, after all, are the only universal qualities that man has "while intellect may be lacking for some, truth and reason are qualities which all of mankind shares to use as sources in determining what is right and wrong for each individual. Montaigne quite clearly asserts that "truth and reason are common to all: they no more belo...

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The moment she digests the news she is taken aback, and she wants nothing to do with him. ... With Rudy's truth spoken, Ben could no longer keep his secret so he came out with everything he had been hiding from Rudy. ... Ben found Rudy cold on his bed, without a breath, and with a note by his side "Dear Ben, I"m sorry, but I couldn't do it- (269). ... Ben's secret has brought nothing but pain and miserable thoughts for his entire town. ... Ben's secret has done nothing but turn everyone's world upside-down....

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And those truths are what Descartes is searching for. 2. ... He remarks that only one thing is certain that nothing is certain. ... Now Descartes can have perfect confidence believing that his intellectual faculties are properly demostrated for the apprehension of truth. 4. ... Descartes notes that any errors that he accepted in the past were the result of his own imperfections and limitations and not through an act of divine deception. ...

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Someone saw the Bismarck approaching and through mental events, "perceivings, notings, calculations, judgments, decisions, intentional actions and changes of belief," causally interacted with the sinking of the Bismarck. ... Premise one and two deny the truth of the third premise. ... With the ruling out of mental descriptions and premises one and two, provides truth for Davidson's non-reductive identity theory. ... The person will respond if the individual wants to tell the truth. ... For example, if my mental state is that I am hungry and I call Pizza Hut to order the pizza, my men...

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First, Descartes introduces the notion that something cannot come from nothing. ... That is to say, what leads Descartes to believe this idea of perfection must come from something outside him, thus possessing more truth, rather than a fabricated idea? ... Even if one person out of a million decides against the clarity of something, it is rendered doubtful For the sake of further discrediting Descartes" clear and distinct proposal, let us say that it can be used as a way to gauge truth. ... Now, lets say we are created by God and therefore from God (note the distinction between "by God" and ...

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However, what is important to note is that they reacted. ... It is only at the end of the book, save Septimus, that they are true to themselves and truthfully converge together to see the one truth together. In most of the examples brought forth, the other party knew nothing of the convergence of thought. ...

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He even doubted his senses, to wit: "All that I have, up to this moment, accepted as possessed of the highest truth and certainty, I received either from or through the senses. ... He also questioned the truths of logic and reason since it is possible that he could be deceived by a demon which has the power to make things appear to be logical 9. ... This is a truth that is self-evident and cannot be doubted. ... Descartes believes he has the truth he has been looking for; a foundational truth on which other truth will be based. He observed that the truth 'I think therefore I am...

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In the sentence prior to this I want you to take note of the fact that I said "two positive statements." ... Dissonance is a conflict in tonality between notes. ... Greeks knew nothing of being ashamed of theirsleves but they did know what shame in the eyes of others were. ... But I must say that I find great humor in the second definition because it is so close to the truth about Socrates relationship with the citizens of Athens. ...

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- " How do you know what you know is in fact truth?... For instance, I believe that my roommate Chris is home from work if I see the headlights flash in the window, and the time is 1:00 AM and I see a figure walking up to the door, however as Descartes notes, "From time to time I have found that senses deceive."" ... It is up to you now the reader/listener to take all this and ask your self the question of do you believe in this reality or is there other one, where you exists in a bubble of ooze and where you are nothing more then a coppertop for machines and your mind locked in a prison in a...

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In The Truth of Ecology (2003), Dana Phillips critiques ecocriticism for the problematic separation of the literal and the literary; Phillips reminds us that texts written or read from an ecological perspective may well be literal (or descriptive or realistic or naturalistic) in mode but can't avoid being literary in medium. ...

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In the middle of the passage, we note that the men take turns to go have a peek at the woman whilst working and they report to one another of the progress that she's made. When it came to Tom's turn he did not report the truth of what he saw. ...

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