1. According to the class text the five pillars of Islam are part of the Muslim law called Shari’ah. The five pillars are the fundamentals of the law that consist of "pronouncing the confession of faith‚ performing salaat prayers‚ fasting during the month of Ramadan‚ Zakat (charity) and Hajj (spiritual pilgrimage to Mecca)". One of the five pillars‚ pronouncing the confession of faith‚ states that there is only one true God and that only God deserves to be worshipped. This ideology of one true God
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To what ends do the illusion of free will‚ the mention of war and the key motif of “so it goes” contribute to the novel? Throughout the novel Slaughterhouse-five by Kurt Vonnegut we focus on three motifs/themes to define whether or not it is an anti-war novel. Through the anti-war illusion of free will theme and the “so it goes” motif we are able to make clear assumptions. The illusion of free will‚ “so it goes” and the presence of the narrator and gruesome images of war throughout the play defy
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Five Bases of Power In 1960‚ social psychologists John French and Bertram Raven identified what has become known as the five bases of power. Coercive power carries with it a manifestation of fear based on the possible negative outcomes of this power and if the subject did not comply with the orders given. This formal base of power is effective in the short term only; and in contrast‚ more often leads to rebellion against authority rather than respect and compliance based on respect. This base
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The Five Platonic Solids The five platonic solids are the tetrahedron‚ cube‚ octahedron‚ dodecahedron‚ and a icosahedron. They are named for the greek philosopher Plato. Plato wrote about them in the Timaeus (c.360 B.C.) in which he paired each of the four classical elements earth‚ air‚ water‚ and fire with a regular solid. Earth was paired with the cube‚ air with the octahedron‚ water with the icosahedron‚ and fire with the tetrahedron. The fifth Platonic solid‚ the dodecahedron‚ Plato says that
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The Five Precepts The Buddhist Precepts are an important element of Buddha’s teachings. These precepts outline basic prohibitions against 1) killing‚ 2) stealing‚ 3) sexual misconduct‚ 4) false speech‚ and 5) taking intoxicants. These principles are viewed by many as the means to living a life in line with the eight fold path of Buddhism. In his book‚ For a Future to be Possible‚ Vietnamese Zen Buddhist Monk‚ Thich Nhat Hanh contends that there is a “deep malaise in society” (Hanh‚ 1998‚ p. 7)
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Science Fiction: the Vessel for Fatalism Throughout Slaughterhouse-Five‚ Kurt Vonnegut creates an environment shaped by elements of science fiction. These elements‚ notably time travel and alien contact‚ make the novel "a science fiction that deals with the topic of free will versus fatalism‚" (Isaacs 408). Throughout the novel Billy remains "unstuck in time‚" seeing his whole life flash before his eyes in a random order of events (Vonnegut 15). This random order forces the reader to examine the
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The first five presidents faced many major issues and events during their presidency. As a result of their even being an idea of a presidency; and this word is new to the Americans‚ it had many setbacks for the first five presidents. The word presidency was new in the Americas so nobody exactly knew how it would work‚ or what should be done to build it up‚ this is also what caused problems for the first five presidents‚ because they had to build up the term president‚ and work most things out for
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Awareness of the five forces can help a company understand the structure of its industry and stake out a position that is more profitable and less vulnerable to attack. 78 Harvard Business Review | January 2008 | hbr.org STRATEGY STRATEGY by Michael E. Porter Peter Crowther SHAPE THE FIVE COMPETITIVE FORCES THAT Editor’s Note: In 1979‚ Harvard Business Review published “How Competitive Forces Shape Strategy” by a young economist and associate professor‚ Michael E. Porter
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and the identity that I have today. I am becoming a good man. My personal identity is being developed. According to Devont’e Holloway‚ devoloping identity can be divided into three areas‚ the body‚ the memory and the soul. Devont’e Holloway’s “A Dialogue on Personal Identity and Immortality” discusses these aspects of personal identity and these three parts of the ’self’. I feel that I am also in touch with these realities of my own identity. I know that the body that I have is the same one that
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Jhun Rick G. Formalejo Eco 12 - 201M A Book of Five Rings was written by Shinmen Musashi. He explained the Way in five books which are the Ground‚ Water‚ Fire‚ Wind (traditions) and Void (the illusionary nature of worldly things). It can be related to the present economy because it tackles about how to improve the ways of strategy to attain the success. In the Ground Book‚ Musashi said that there are different ways and man practices the ways he feels inclined. He also said in this book that
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