The search for Filipino Philosophy Is there a Filipino Philosophy? I read an essay titled “Doing Philosophy in the Philippines” by Dr. Afredo P. Co and his answer to this question can be summarized this way: Since the Philippines is a melting pot of cultures brought about by invasions‚ missionaries‚ trade etc. the Philippines has no distinctive and native philosophy to speak of. He goes on to say that the Philippines is a Spanish creation and an amalgam of east‚ west‚ north‚ south‚ Christian‚ pagan
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In Man’s Search for Meaning‚ Viktor Frankl describes his revolutionary type of psychotherapy. He calls this therapy‚ logotherapy‚ from the Greek word "logos"‚ which denotes meaning. This is centered on man’s primary motivation of his search for meaning. To Frankl‚ finding meaning in life is a stronger force than any subconscious drive. He draws from his own experiences in a Nazi concentration camp to create and support this philosophy of man’s existence. Frankl endured much suffering during
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HOUSE BILL NO. 5043 AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A NATIONAL POLICY ON REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH‚ RESPONSIBLE PARENTHOOD AND POPULATION DEVELOPMENT‚ AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled: SECTION 1. Short Title. – This Act shall be known as the “Reproductive Health and Population Development Act of 2008“. SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. – The State upholds and promotes responsible parenthood‚ informed choice‚ birth
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Search for a Spiritual Life In Walden; or‚ Life in the Woods Henry David Thoreau presents his transcendental beliefs. His experiment of living in the woods and away from society was a way to test out his beliefs. Thoreau believed that by freeing himself from social restrictions‚ he could eventually gain spiritual relief. Similar to transcendentalism is the hippie’s view of life. They too also believed in a simpler way of living and wished to gain spiritual knowledge of nature and the world as a
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The fate of the world depends on one boy‚ Matt. Raven’s Gate by Antony Horowitz is an adventurous book that will take you on a fascinating journey through the life of a young man named Mathew Freeman. Antony Horowitz tells about an ordinary boy who all of a sudden finds himself in a strange town called Lesser Malling. With a single wrong move‚ Matt could destroy the destiny of humanity. This story opens with Matt getting punished for a crime he was supposedly accused of committing‚ but did not.
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“Heaven’s Gate” and “Unification Church” The Heaven’s Gate cult followed a syncretistic religion‚ combining elements of Christianity with rare beliefs about the nature of UFOs. They believed that everything on Earth was about to be destroyed‚ after which the planet would be refurbished or recycled. The only chance for survival was to leave. Heaven ’s Gate members believed that Hale-Bopp‚ a rare bright comet‚ was the sign that they were supposed to shed their earthly bodies or containers and
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deceiving façades characters put up to hide their true opinions and actions. The Denmark kingdom‚ which appears to be in good health‚ is‚ in reality‚ decaying from the inside out from all the fabrications composed within its walls. While Hamlet is on his search for the truth he not only gets caught up in the lies which impede him from taking action‚ but he also must himself turn to trickery and act mad to fool everyone else‚ as well as realize that the more sense one tries to find in people the less is actually
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//Program – Binary Search Tree #include<iostream> using namespace std; class node { public: int data; node *left‚ *right; node() { left=right=NULL; } node(int val) { left=right=NULL; data=val; } }; class bst { private: node *root; void insertNode(node *&rootptr‚ node *pnew); void deleteNode(node *&root‚ int delval); int least(node *rootptr); int max(node *rootptr); void pre(node *rootptr); void post(node *rootptr); void in(node *rootptr);
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* Analysis of the Bill of Rights Abstract This paper will be an extensive analysis of the First‚ Fourth‚ Fifth‚ Sixth‚ and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. This analysis will consist of these parts of the Bill of Rights and the administration of justice and security. Furthermore‚ there will be an evaluation and comparison of the various areas of the criminal justice system and security by addressing the following: 1) The objectives of and the challenges facing various
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The Babylon Ishtar Gate There are many wonders of the ancient world that have been found by archeologists. Of these treasures found‚ one of the greatest and most beautiful has been the Ishtar Gate of Babylon. Babylon was the capital of a city in Mesopotamia‚ in the current day Iraq.(Hirst‚Archeology.about.com) Babylon was damaged by weather‚ age and wars (the Iraq and USA war) but still archeologists managed to find the gate. (Hirst‚Archeology.about.com) The Ishtar gate was built in the reign
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