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Sappho And St. Teresa De Avila
Words: 619 / Pages: 3 .... wonderful work that everyone can relate to during any time period. Although religious leaders successfully destroyed a great amount of her work, the few parts and pieces that survived still describe things of today in such short lines and phrases. “At noontime” is a good example of this. It describes the sun and its’ heat and the cricket which till today “sets up a high-pitched singing in his wings.” “If you will come” is another example. “At noontime” is simple to say it relates to today’s world, the sun will always be hot the cricket will always live, but the customs and traditions .....
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Why We Dream
Words: 330 / Pages: 2 .... idea was Freud's theory of dream occurence. This theory states that dreams occur in "ego collapse", which is when the Id and the Superego close in upon the Ego.
Most of Freud's theories are still supported today by well renowned psychologists, especially those dealing with the defense mechanisms our body uses while we dream. Dreams take place when we regress, repress, or deny things going on in our lives, which causes an interanl conflict. This conflict, in turn, makes dreams take place. Dreaming prevents people from building up intolerable states of tension while we are awake. So, if you become too emotional sleeping it off actually wil .....
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The Greek Myth Of Orion
Words: 736 / Pages: 3 .... possession of the maiden by violence. Her father, incensed at this conduct, having made Orion drunk, deprived him of his sight and cast him out on the seashore. The blinded hero followed the sound, of a Cyclops' hammer till he reached Lemnos, and came to the forge of Vulcan(Hephaestus), who, taking pity on him, gave him Kedalion, one of his men to be his guide to the abode of the sun. Placing Kedalion on his shoulders, Orion proceeded to the east, and there meeting the sun-god(Helios) was restored to sight by his beam. After this he dwelt as a hunter with Diana(Artemis), with whom he was a favorite, and it was even said she was about to marry him. .....
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Artificial Turf: A Dangerous Playing Surface
Words: 1691 / Pages: 7 .... that were eventually squeezed out of the industry, was developed as a
cheaper, more durable, low maintenance alternative to grass as a playing surface
for football, baseball, and soccer. The original sales pitch rang true with all
the sincerity of a beer commercial: All the fun of the regular grass, with only
a third of the maintenance. Monsanto, AstroTurf's original manufacturer, had an
ace in hole as well; grass doesn't grow very well in domes. Seduced by visions
of conquering Mother Nature and paying a couple kids minimum wage to run a
vacuum cleaner over the field between games, stadium executives across the
nation bought into the Astr .....
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Do We Have Souls?
Words: 1775 / Pages: 7 .... that a discussion , no matter how seemingly rational or even irrational
is purely speculation and can have no real physical proof of that existence. Of
the read philosophers on this topic, all are speculatory in their attempt to
prove, disprove, or even clarify their position of the topic in question. This
writer will first contribute his own speculation and proceed to explore the
selected philosophers material on this subject. Though it first must be said
that most of the read material is or seems to be question-begging and therefore
leads only to more questions from myself.
The question of having souls and their existence after the physical .....
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UFOs
Words: 742 / Pages: 3 .... pilots called them "foo
fighters". And in 1947 in Europe, there were sightings of silent "ghost
rockets". None of these speculations were ever entirely explained.
The UFO phenomenon entered the publics eye on June 24, 1947, at 2:44am,
when private pilot Kenneth Arnold reported sighting nine circular objects
in the skies over the state of Washington. He (Kenneth) described these
objects like "saucers skipping over water". There the term Flying Saucer
was born.
[III] UFO Waves:
Since 1947 there have been UFO sightings in almost every country.
Sometimes there is something called a UFO wave, which for a short time UFO
sighting increase r .....
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Anselm's Ontological Argument And The Philosophers
Words: 2018 / Pages: 8 .... a skeptic.
This sort of question-and-answer form of argumentation (dialectic) is very much
like the writings of Plato. The skeptic, Boso, question's Anselm's faith with
an array of questions non-believers still ask today. Anselm answers in a step-
by-step manner, asking for confirmation along the way, until he arrives at a
conclusion with which Boso is forced to agree. This is just like Socrates'
procedure with, say, Crito.
Later philosophers have both accepted and denied the validity of
Anselm's famous ontological argument for the existence of God, presented in both
the Proslogium and Monologium. Anselm did not first approach the argument
wit .....
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Ultimately Disgusting
Words: 847 / Pages: 4 .... Association wants an all out ban on boxing and ultimate fighting. Senator John McCain, the leader in the opposition wants it banned because he is concerned about injury to the competitors (Kirby 20). In the UFC competitors have received broken arms, damaged their spinal cord, and been knocked out on several occasions. In a recent event in the Ukraine, a competitor died after he was beated badly. After the fight he collapsed, was taken to a hospital, and later died (Kodi).
Cockfighting is banned in almost all states in this country, however in most states ultimate fighting still goes unregulated. Why are we allowing humans to compete in e .....
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Contemporary Social Theory
Words: 597 / Pages: 3 .... Each organ does something to keep the system going. In order for society to survive and keep order, individual institutions must effectively perform together. The institutions must perform specific functions to meet
problems or satisfy needs. This is achieved by institutions such as the family, economic, educational, and religious orders. It is the make up of the interrelated institutions that form society, as the interrelated organs make up the human body.
The materialist approach argues that humans are unique because we can produce solutions for material wants and needs; that material production is the most important human activity (Kn .....
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Comparative Analysis Between P
Words: 4399 / Pages: 16 .... identical. They both have
tropical marine climates with little seasonal temperature changes.
The two also have natural resources of metals with Puerto Rico having
the potential for oil mining.
The Dominican Republic’s population (over 7 million) is bit less than double the amount in Puerto Rico (about 3.8 million)[Age
Structure][Dominican Republic]. Their birth rates are similar as well
but the Dominican Republic’s is slightly higher.
Culturally they share similar backgrounds. Both countries
have Black and Hispanic origins and the official language spoken in
each is Spanish. They also share Roman Catholicism as t .....
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