Essays on Philosophical Concepts

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The Expansion of The Us: How Was Manifest Destiny Justified

2 pages / 1006 words

Seeing the fact that much of the trans-Mississippi West laid outside U.S. boundaries, Americans of the mid 1800s were realizing that the future of the lands west resided with the United States. Manifest destiny served as a justification for expansion by conveying the popular belief...

Fate Manifest Destiny

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A Moralistic Critique of "Game of Thrones" by George R. R. Martin

1 page / 449 words

Topic analysis A Game of Thrones, written by George R.R. Martin, challenges the differences between good and evil; and if there could be something in between. Throughout the book, characters are faced with difficult decisions that challenge their morals and beliefs. Some characters commit evil...

Game of Thrones Good and Evil

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Overview of The Economical Future of Gwadar

3 pages / 1186 words

Gwadar has a bright and a booming future in coming years. A long term plan has defined a business terms of Gwadar till 2030 in which Pakistan and China are going to double its economy as well investment. Made-to-order essay as fast as you need...

City Future Pakistan

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Goos Versus Evil in Ivanhoe by Sur Walter Scott

1 page / 533 words

Ivanhoe This novel, Ivanhoe, was written by Sir Walter Scott, and contains 500 pages of exciting drama and romance. It follows the adventures of Wilfred of Ivanhoe, Richard the Lion-Heart, the outlaws of Sherwood Forest, and many other exciting heroes and heroines. Ivanhoe has returned...

Good and Evil Novel

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My Ambitions to Build a Career in Medicine

1 page / 498 words

Having big dreams is something my parents have ingrained in me since a young age. They regularly tell me I am capable of accomplishing anything I set my mind to, and I have continually instilled this notion in my life. As people grow older, they...

Meaning of Life

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Why Electric Cars Are The Future

1 page / 619 words

The world is changing quickly, and what looked like a science-fiction fantasy is gradually becoming our current reality. It seems that progress spreads to all spheres of humanity’s life, but one of the most amazing breakthroughs has been achieved in energy recently. About two decades...

Electric Car Future

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The Issues and Damages to The Author's Ethos in Corey Robin's How Intellectuals Create a Public

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Ethos and Corey Robin’s Lack of It How Intellectuals Create a Public, Corey Robin’s lengthy article, discusses how public intellectuals need to create their own audience rhetorical audience, rather than speaking to the one that is already available. This means rather than telling the audience...

Ethos

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Human Nature in Sherdian and Burke

4 pages / 1615 words

The play The School for Scandal by Sheridan and Burke’s A Philosophical Enquiry explore human nature, and the complexities that emerge from social interactions, or perhaps more internally, through our own disposition. Sheridan’s satire took on the scandalmongering of the trendy London society of 1770...

Human Nature

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Iqbal’s Philosophy of Khudi

8 pages / 3447 words

M. Irfan Iqbal throughout history, prophets, poets and philosophers have appeared to remind human beings of their true nature — a nature that consists of a temporal as well as a heavenly element. They have attempted to rekindle in the human beings the Divine Spark...

Human Nature

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The Natural Law on Free Will and The Nature of Evil According to St. Thomas Aquinas

9 pages / 4191 words

Introduction The Catholic church teaches that God places the natural law into every human being. Every person conceived possesses the natural law connaturally (Maritain 13). For human beings, this natural law is part of human nature and it informs its possessor of what is good...

Evil Free Will

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The Concept of The Copy Principle in David Hume's Treatise of Human Nature

1 page / 445 words

The concept of the copy principle is prevalent in David Hume’s Treatise of Human Nature. The idea of the copy principle is that simple ideas stem from simple impressions. Hume defines impression as “sensations, passions and emotions” while ideas are “the faint images of the...

Human Nature Social Learning Theory

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Understanding Truth in "Of Truth" by Francis Bacon

2 pages / 1006 words

In his essay ‘Of Truth’, Francis Bacon appreciates truth and wishes people to speak it. He begins the essay with a Biblical Allusion in which Pontius Pilate (who occupied an important position in Emperor Tiberius’ court) asks Jesus “what is truth” and then promptly walks...

Frances Bacon Truth

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The Views of St. Augustine on Human Nature

1 page / 525 words

St. Augustine’s view of human nature is primarily based on St. Paul in Romans 7, which states, ‘for I have a desire to do good, but I cannot carry it out’, suggesting that we are weak creatures that need saving by God’s forgiveness and salvation....

Augustine Human Nature

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An Analysis of Power, Authority and Truth in Antigone, a Play by Sophocles

4 pages / 1885 words

In Sophocles’ play Antigone, Kreon, the warrior King may overrule Antigone, a mere woman’s, struggle for political power, but can he match Antigone’s resistance in a fight for political authority? Political power in a state rises from the presence of a force that exerts dominance....

Antigone Sophocles Truth

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How The Meaning of Life Affects One's Will in "A Man's Search for Meaning"

1 page / 578 words

In A Man’s Search for Meaning Dr. Frankl demonstrates the way the “meaning of life” affects a person’s drive and will. Frankl’s main argument is a prisoner’s struggle to find a purpose for his suffering within a concentration camp. However, this idea can be applied...

Man’s Search For Meaning Meaning of Life

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Fate and Providence in Homer's The Odyssey and Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe

3 pages / 1211 words

Both Homer’s The Odyssey and Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe use fate to explain why the protagonists endure the trials they endured although in differing contexts. In The Odyssey, Fate assumes its traditional role of being puppeted by the gods, but with less rigidity. Mankind is...

Fate Robinson Crusoe The Odyssey

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The Significant Role of The Tiger and The Lady in The Fate of The People in The Lady, Or The Tiger, a Short Story by Frank R. Stockton

1 page / 554 words

Introduction In the “Lady or the Tiger,” one barbaric king comes up with a form of punishment offered to his subjects. Whenever an individual dare to love the king’s daughter, he is forced to choose between two breathtaking options. The person will appear between two...

Fate Literature Review

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Free Will Versus Fate in Melville's "Moby Dick"

4 pages / 1909 words

Introduction The theme of free will versus fate plays a large role in Moby Dick. One’s fate can be described as the path of events in their life that unfolds and cannot be altered. However, in Moby Dick, the end result of the characters can...

Fate Literature Review Moby Dick

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What Induction is According to David Hume

2 pages / 972 words

In this paper I shall briefly define what induction is and attempt to explain David Hume’s problem of induction through examining the three most common problems of induction, which are, the problem of the uniformity of nature, the problem of cause-and-effect reasoning and the problem...

Human Nature Philosophy of Life