There is an uncanny resemblance‚ not only between Oedipus and the German people in how they self-inhibit their desires and receive pleasure from pain‚ but also in relation to the sadist‚ Hitler‚ and his masochistic self-manifested suicide. While hitler was the fascist sadist that led humanity into
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the soul attains its knowledge of eternal truths from the realm of forms; this is where the realm of forms is introduced‚ and the importance of epistemology in how humans can know anything at all. This is where holding point between the two dialogues hold its tension between one another‚ because they are indeed holding an argument towards explaining the realm of forms‚ but the examples of birthing compared to recollecting the forms is what makes them incompatible. The symposium is having the ability
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In the eighteen hundreds two influential philosophers were born thirty eight years apart. Although John Stuart Mill and Friedrich Nietzsche’s lives overlapped; they both have different views regarding moral belief and the basis of morals in life. One aspect that sets these two philosophers apart is that while in London‚ Mill continued to fight for equal rights for women; the Germany resident‚ Nietzsche‚ believed that women were infinitely inferior to men. This‚ however‚ was not the only factor
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Odyssey‚ Virgil’s central theme for The Aeneid is war‚ though in a vastly different light than that of Homer’s two epics. With Aeneid‚ the central character Aeneas fleas Troy during a darkened time for his native city‚ when it is being ravaged in a war between the Greeks and Achilles. The line He came to Italy by destiny tells me that The Aeneid’s focus is central to fate and destiny and how so many people during this time put a lot of their energy believing in‚ and raging wars in the name of both.
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inkling for the beginning‚ the human mind had developed the multitude of ideas for the creation of the universe‚ metaphors that allowed a complicated idea to become accessible. Looking at the different religious mythologies‚ it is easy to see the similarities between them; how the idea of creation had been adapted
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“Edward Hyde‚ alone in the ranks of mankind‚ was pure evil.” (page 65) At this point in the story‚ Dr. Jekyll has not completely accepted Edward Hyde as being a part of him. He recognizes that Edward Hyde is “pure evil” but needs further proof that so much evil can be part of a person that is good. The story describes his transformation after drinking the potion as mental‚ physical‚ and spiritual. The spiritual part is very interesting because Dr. Jekyll in part always thought he was a fraud and
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When presented with situations whose outcomes reflect that of a Catch-22‚ exactly how does one know which repercussion is more favorable‚ or the least detrimental? In the circumstance of the trolley‚ mothers‚ and children‚ both decisions can be determined “the morally correct decision” depending on the philosophies behind them. In this paper‚ I will compare Mill’s‚ Kant’s and Antigone’s perspectives in order to determine their position in the trolley situation. Let’s begin with Mill. As a utilitarian
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“I am almost ashamed to own --that the terror and horror with which the animal inspired me” Edgar Allen Poe uses many gothic techniques in his stories‚ but only a handful of those actually give the story character and feeling. Unreliable narrators add a sense of character to the narrator‚ Grotesque gives the story its unique setting‚ and guilt further develops the characters. Unreliable narrators give the reader an outstanding view of the story as it is being told through an unstable person. In
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Calvinism sees the atonement as limited‚ while Arminianism sees it as unlimited. This is the most controversial of the five points. Limited atonement is the belief that Jesus only died for the elect. Unlimited atonement is the belief that Jesus died for all‚ but that His death is not effectual until a person receives Him by faith. Calvinism includes the belief that God’s grace is irresistible‚ while Arminianism says that an individual can resist the grace of God. Irresistible grace argues that when
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The sirens can be described as scary‚ strange‚ and unnatural. While the crewmen are focused‚ Odysseus is curious. The paintings communicates the idea of punishment. Meanwhile in book twelve the idea that’s being communicated is Odysseus being a hero. Odysseus and the sirens can be different but at the same time it can be similar. The sirens is the song that everyone wants to listen to. Everyone who hears this song‚ it is a song to get help. Some of the sirens regret singing the song‚ as they
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