conversation‚ and said ’ Apparently‚ you do not believe in original sin; for‚ if everything is for the best‚ there was neither fall nor punishment. ’ ... ’Your Excellency will pardon me‚ ’ said Pangloss; ’free-will can exist with absolute necessity; for it was necessary that we should be free; for in short‚ limited will... ’
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“Literature often reflects man’s destruction with little room left for his redemption”. Compare and contrast Atonement and The Crucible in the light of this comment Despite the two hundred and fifty year difference between the settings‚ destruction in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible and Ian McEwan’s Atonement is similar in its manmade causes‚ with antagonists Abigail Williams and Briony Tallis devastating the lives of the people in their respective societies. The carnage described in McEwan’s novel
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In an attempt to discover who we truly are as a species ‚ one might describe us humans as being creatures driven by passion. Passion is our desires- our very basic human wants and needs that include being able to do anything we want. This is considered to be natural to us and therefore creates our reality. Most people agree that we have to mold ourselves based off of this characteristic‚ but overall‚ it should be controlled. In the steps to analyzing the works of Thomas Hobbes and James Southworth
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1. What do you see as the strengths and weaknesses of capitalism? Give some examples: Strengths: • Sense of free agency and choice all around • Incentive to work and create • “miracle of exchange” • Natural way to allocate Resources • Controls prices and profits through natural law of supply and demand- less supply and more demand= prices up • In human nature • Social Good • Equality • Greed that causes competition • Democracy • Growth • Happiness • Harmony. Weakness: • Dishonestly • Greed • Unstable
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The theorists‚ Piaget and Vygotsky both had views on the significance of learning and the role of play‚ which they considered being a crucial part of a child’s development. Although they had similar views‚ they differed in terms of what children do when they play (Drewery & Bird‚ 2004). This essay supports learning opportunities and examples of children’s play through experience‚ events and interactions with people‚ places and things. Piaget explained the importance of learning
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for himself. Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ is about a brave warrior who goes from a hero in battle‚ to a hero for simply his own good. Beowulf is portrayed as an epic hero whereas Macbeth is distinguished as a tragic hero. The two characters share the similarities of being brave and being prideful. Although these men have common traits of a hero‚ the one major difference is who they attempt to take down; Beowulf murders horrendous‚
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Perseverance of the saints refers to the concept that a person who is elected by God will persevere in faith and will not permanently deny Christ or turn away from Him. Conditional salvation is the view that a believer in Christ can‚ of his/her own free will‚ turn away from Christ and thereby lose salvation. Note - many Arminians deny "conditional salvation" and instead hold to "eternal security."
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Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung: similarities and differences in dream analysis Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung are two renowned psychoanalysts who contributed great work to the interpretation of dreams. Carl Jung began as a student of Sigmund Freud‚ but upon their first interactions he had doubts about the basis of Freud’s work stemming from a purely sexual nature and leading to his sexual (McGowan‚ 1994). Jung was greatly influenced by Freud’s dream work involving the resistance of interpretation of dreams
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Only adult male citizens played a political role in ancient Athens. Men rich or poor could vote‚ as long as they were qualified citizens‚ but usually the richest ones held the most political clout as Athens was a class based society. In contrast‚ Sparta was an oligarchy and could also be viewed as a military dictatorship in which all men served to defend the state. Both societies had an organized form of government‚ although the political structure was different. The cultures of the Athenians
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The Beliefs: - There are many Christian beliefs; here are some of the most common beliefs that Christians have. - Christians believe that god created everything‚ from the turtles in the sea‚ to the air we breathe‚ everything seen and unseen. - Jesus is the Son of God and that Jesus and God are one together - Jesus Died after being crucified‚ he was buried in a tomb and then disappeared Jesus had disappeared from the tomb and was found alive (Christians call this the Resurrection) After Jesus
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