NATURALIST‚ POSTMODERNIST AND THEISTIC WORLDVIEWS Tracy Evans Regent University Abstract The basic tenants and worldviews of naturalism‚ postmodernism and Christian theism are explored and how these worldviews have had an effect on the American culture. The philosophical implications and the tensions manifested out of beliefs established from these worldviews and philosophies. What is a Worldview? Everyone has an outlook on life‚ a particular way they view the world around them‚ a
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In "The Sun Rising‚" by John Donne‚ there are many metaphysical characteristics. These characteristics are made up primarily of paradoxes and conceits. The theme also contributes to these metaphysical characteristics. The paradoxes are spread out thought the entire poem. The first is "Why dost thou thus‚ / Through windows and through curtains‚ call on us" (line 2-3). This is because the sun doesn’t call on anyone; this is also personification because the sun is given speech‚ a characteristic of
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to nature. His fate is foreshadowed once by his sister‚ Rosy‚ and other times by the philosophy of naturalism. Nature plays a big role in this story by showing where Pèpe stood in comparison to the other beings of the world‚ such as snakes and lizards. Pèpe was between the two on the food chain. He killed a lizard‚ but the snake didn’t show any fear toward him. Flight was naturalistic. In naturalism‚ nothing is at random and everything is explainable. Every event can be explained in terms of natural
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Power of the Metaphysical Conceit . / / ABSTRACT The conceit originally means a concept or an image. It is in general a figure of speech that presents striking parallel between two different things or situations. The history of English poetry witnessed the adaptation of two types of conceit: the petrarchan conceit and the metaphysical conceit. This paper sheds lights on the second type of conceit which was mainly employed by John Donne (1572-1631) and the other metaphysical poets of the
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The use of metaphysical conceit in John Donne’s poem A Valediction Forbidding Mourning John Donne was renowned for his use of metaphysical conceit in his poems to convey thoughts through imagery and alternate objects. This article focuses on the numerous aspects of conceits in the poem “A Valediction Forbidding Mourning”‚ and how they help to communicate meanings using the poignant metaphors. When it comes to metaphysical conceit‚ there is a need to realize the relations between the illustrated
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Open Question Argument (OQA)‚ Peter Railton attempts to show under non-analytic naturalism‚ it is possible for normative properties to be reducible to natural properties without running into Moore’s OQA. However‚ this move met an objection by Derek Parfit‚ known as the Triviality Objection. In this essay‚ I will attempt to show that Parfit’s Triviality Objection does not succeed in proving that Non-Analytical Naturalism is incoherent by disagreeing with the view that once reduction is made‚ identity
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THE METAPHYSICAL POETS BELIEVED IN SEIZING THE DAY. DISCUSS WITH REFERENCE TO TWO POEMS In defiance of‚ and in gesture of confrontation to‚ a conservative‚ paternalistic‚ and religious world‚ the metaphysical poets John Donne and Andrew Marvell present a new mode of thinking; one not governed by the hope of heaven‚ but by faith in the flesh. The poetry highlights and reinforces the spontaneity of lust while underscoring the fact of human mortality. Challenge conventions and conservative ideology
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John Donne’s poetry conveys the message that metaphysical poetry is dependent on unpredicted imagery and symbolism. This is expressed through A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning and The Canonization. The usage of Sexual ecstasy‚ the microcosmic and macrocosmic and odd connotations with love are the main characteristics of John Donne’s metaphysical poetry. Sexual Ecstasy is concealed behind religious enlightenment. This is expressed in The Valediction: Forbidding Mourning. The “profanation of our
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the comfort of love on parting and "To His Coy Mistress" contemplates about sexual love and the briefness of life‚ both exemplify characteristics of metaphysical poetry. Metaphysical poetry is about the profound areas of experience‚ especially about love‚ romantic and sensual‚ and‚ to a lesser extent‚ about pleasure‚ learning‚ and art. Metaphysical poems are brief but intense meditations‚ characterized by a striking use of wit‚ irony and wordplay. Beneath this somewhat formal structure is the underlying
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Part 1: Realism and Naturalism 1A: Realism Realism was a separation from idealism. It was focused on typical events in life that people view as uninteresting. It portrayed things about characters that also apply to regular people. William Dean Howells said this about fiction: “Let fiction cease to lie about life; let it portray men and women as they are‚ actuated by the motives and the passions in the measure we all know‚” (pg. 1134). A main trait of realism is how it portrays common situations and
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