This epistemological model, summarised as 'one only knows the things one constructs', of which Immanuel Kant should be the originator, can be identified with the adage 'verum et factum convertuntur'. ... Although God's creation witnesses to His goodness and rationality, nature becomes only a sign of them. ... Respecting and loving the cosmic order change radically into respecting and loving God. Human freedom in relation to God and nature, human responsibility concerning one's own salvation become the cornerstones for the secularisation of nature. ... Theol...

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However, piracy is just the practice of a pirate: these pirates conducted robbery or illegal violence at sea; violence and crimes that killed, hurt, and affected the lives of others.1 Legally, crime is broken into three different parts: mens rea, the mental state of mind the criminal had during the crime; actus reus, the acts that are criminally committed; and locus, when and where the crime happened.2 These three things made the task of classifying a pirate as a criminal an extremely difficult one because the acts committed were inconsistent and the location of the crime was even less consis...

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A great number of people would argue that there are very few things, which our American society holds dear. ... In her essay, Thompson relates nearly all of the things which I previously stated as typical arguments of someone who is pro-choice. ... It is a decision that is made and judged upon with a known consequence, even though we may think the possibility of that consequence to become a reality is very small. ...

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In his portrayal of the small world of the island, Golding paints a broader portrait of the fundamental human struggle between the civilizing instinct-the impulse to obey rules, behave morally, and act lawfully-and the savage instinct-the impulse to seek brute power over others, act selfishly, scorn moral rules, and indulge in violence. ... Although Golding's story is confined to the microcosm of a group of boys, it resounds with implications far beyond the bounds of the small island and explores problems and questions universal to the human experience. ...

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