David Hume argues in his Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion‚ “ A very good‚ wise‚ and powerful being‚ even if not infinite‚ would not produce a world so full of vice‚ misery‚ and disorder as our own”. Hume explains the four main reasons of human and nature. The first one being striving for survival and self-preservation; the limited powers of all creatures to confront their problem; the laws of nature‚ whos results in general bring about these miseries‚ and finally‚ the aberrant‚ bizarre events
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What is natural religion? Well as defined by Merriam-Webster‚ natural religion is “a religion validated on the basis of human reason and experience apart from miraculous or supernatural revelation.” In David Hume’s “ Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion”‚ he creates three characters that have different point of views on natural religion and if the belief in religion can be supported by reason. Cleanthes is set in the viewpoint of Hume‚ an empiricist‚ who believes that God is like the human mind
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The Generic Villain on Impersonation Posted by Ravyn on August 28‚ 2011 Last week’s riff on disguises covered ones that weren’t so much meant to be someone we weren’t as to not be who we were. Sometimes‚ though‚ we can’t get away with something quite so—heh‚ heh—generic. Instead‚ we have to appear to be someone who already exists‚ and that requires another set of complex factors beyond the challenges of a simple disguise. What‚ then‚ does an impersonator need to remember? Know. Your. Target.
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For the Felicity of Reading - Jay Elliott It gripes me to say reading has not always been my favorite hobby‚ but writing (English) has never seemed to do much for me but that perspective has been adjusting as of late. Reading has been a favorite of my pleasures for most of my life but it took me a while to discover how much I love reading initially. The earliest books I remember reading -- that weren’t baby books or read by my parents before bedtime -- that began my journey of reading‚ were books
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Pro-orthodox Christians responded to persecution/accusations in one of two ways. One response to persecution was martyrdom. Before persecution the Romans gave Christians a choice‚ deny Jesus or die. An example of this would be The Martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicity. In this reading we see Perpetua’s father come to her‚ while she’s in prison awaiting a hearing‚ and beg her to deny Jesus (and perform the Roman rituals instead) so she wouldn’t be killed. She couldn’t do it. Even on the day of her hearing when
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"Misery" by Anton Chekhov has a simple plot. The protagonist of this short story Iona Potapov‚ is a cab driver in St. Petersburg who is grieving his son’s recent death. Being a cab driver allows Iona to encounter many different people of various backgrounds‚ but he is unable to communicate his feelings. He desperately searches for the opportunity to talk about his grief‚ but nobody is interested in sharing the burden on misery. Each of his passengers rejects his attempts at conversation and depresses
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Misery loves company; unless it is the person you love. There is nothing like the guilt of causing harm to the one person who brings you the most joy and happiness the world has to offer. Love can conquer all things however; even things that are out of one’s control. But then that in itself can be an issue. Can it be possible to determine what is in our hands or apart of God’s plan? Maybe we blame too much on God and not enough on the actions of ourselves. Nevertheless‚ the misfortune of some of
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seen in Saint’s Perpetua and Felicity. They were Christian martyrs who lived during the early persecutions of the Church in Africa by Emperor Severus. Perpetua and Felicity resisted the impossibly intense pressure to renounce their faith‚ choosing rather be thrown to wild animals than turn their backs on their beloved lord. Perpetua was a noblewoman and was of high intelligence. She was a high society believer. She was a servant to Perpetua. Both Perpetua and Felicity were part of a group of five
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still occurred in the century I know best‚ the twentith century‚ and it is still occurring to this very present day. The nature of mankind is corrupt‚ it always has been and it always will be. I believe that this is what will happen because based on the evidence I have read‚ heard‚ and watched on television‚ the nature of mankind is bad. Mankind led a hard life‚ men and women worked long‚ hard hours out in the fields‚ just so that they would be able to survive. People knew one
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Essay I generally consider that the future of mankind looks rather unpromising due to the damages that technological advances‚ overpopulation and environmental problems have already caused and it will probably continue to cause to human race in the future. Even though I agree improvements in these areas have been made‚ in my opinion they are not enough to stop the downward spiral of negative impact on mankind. First‚ advanced technology’s disadvantages outweigh its good side and are undeniably
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