Statement of Purpose Umang Moda ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ I admit the obstacle to writing a Statement of Purpose has been in not knowing how to begin with one. I start in this manner not on a whim‚ but from necessity. It was either this or facing the grim possibility that I would never finish with one. I have tried my best to not disseminate the differences on how one is written and how it ought to be written. As such‚ I
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THE VANITY OF AN APE IN A THIN SLICE OF COSMIC TIME By Chris Burrows Born in the hot summer of 87 to an accountant and nurse with an absurd pretence to create a pleasant and respectable appearance‚ I lived‚ as would be expected‚ a traditional middle-class‚ white childhood. By the age of sixteen‚ more formally known as the age of reason‚ I had established an anti-religious‚ political and cultural identity incompatible with that of my parents‚ thus consequentially aborted from the home unit and
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PKG The argument on whether god does or does not exist has been the topic of a lot of heated debates in these recent years. With the growing number of independent thinkers in todays society‚ the question still remains “Does God really exist”? Philosophers have contemplated and presented different arguments attempting to explain the question‚ “Does God Exist?” for hundreds of years there hasn’t been any rock solid proof that God does or does not exist. It is my opinion that the strongest argument
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Is beauty subjective or objective? Beauty‚ for me‚ is objective. Beauty is objective because I believe that beauty is beauty regardless of anyone perceiving it. In Plato’s idea or theory of forms‚ beauty is an unchanging‚ eternal and nonmaterial form. This means that beauty does not depend on how we perceive things through the use of our senses. Some may say that a thing is very beautiful and some may say that it isn’t at all. In this sense‚ our idea of the beautiful depends on how one appreciates
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“The Ethics of Belief” by William K. Clifford Clifford’s main thesis in “The Ethics of belief” is it it always wrong to believe something without sufficient evidence. It means people cannot believe and trust anything with no evidence to prove if it’s wrong or right. And also no matter what evidence is‚ wrong belief is wrong event. Like you can’t believe God because there’s no such evidence to prove the God is really exists. No one actually see the God and talk to s/he‚ to prove that God is
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The great chain of being was a Christian concept whose major premise was that every existing object in the universe had its place in a planned hierarchical order. Such an object’s place depended on its relative proportion of ‘spirit’ and ‘matter’. If an object contained less spirit and more matter‚ the lower on the order it stood. At the bottom of this scale stood various kinds of inanimate objects‚ such as metals‚ stones‚ and the four elements (water‚ fire‚ earth‚ and air). They would fall under
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• Small Italian town called Equino--born in 1227. • Pack him off to a monastery at the age of 5. • Aquinas is huge! This huge guy. The dumb ox was his nickname. • On the other hand‚ despite his physical presence‚ he was brilliant. One of the things he could do was read a book and memorize every word. • Sit in a lecture hall‚ at the end of the lecture‚ he could repeat it verbatim. • ARISTOTLE ○ Yes‚ there are forms‚ but they only exist in instantiated. ○ Most of his works were
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What is sport? With reference to Clifford Geertz’s article‚ ‘Deep Play: Notes on the Balinese Cockfight‚’ sport can be a means for fostering community relationships through settling disputes and violence in a ritualized manner. The descriptive analysis of the “deep play” of the Balinese cockfight serves to provide an essential insight into the profound social and cultural structure that exists within Balinese communities. The cockfight enables competitors to channel their inner aggression and
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“I think therefore I am-Descartes;” “All noble things are as difficult as they are rare- Spinoza.” Decorates and Spinoza are unique; they are like nothing this class has studied previous. They focus on nature‚ existence and power as the fundamental building blocks to their unique philosophies. The beauty of these two men’s philosophies is not only in their contrasts but in all the ideas the students can draw from their logically thinking strategies; ultimately creating an individual philosophy and
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It is important to pick out a term or definition that is not a concrete object. For instance‚ most people can agree on the definition of cat or plane. One is a four-legged fur ball and the other is something that flies in the sky and gets people from point a to point b. This essay is easier to write if you select a less concrete or abstract topic that can be easily explained through your knowledge or experience. Terms like nihilism or honesty are great for essays like these. Other Definition Essay
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