Simone Weil / Thoughts on Affliction
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This 6 page paper examines the book, "Waiting for God" by Simone Weil by addressing the philosophical implications of affliction. The meaning of affliction is absence. The existence of a thing predetermines the absence of the same. There are three major areas where the nature of affliction is exhibited: The realm of the spiritual, physical. No additional source cited.
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Simone Weil's 'Waiting for God' / Thoughts on Affliction
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This 6 page paper examines the book, "Waiting for God" by Simone Weil by addressing the philosophical implications of affliction. The meaning of affliction is absence. The existence of a thing predetermines the absence of the same. There are three major areas where the nature of affliction is exhibited: The realm of the spiritual, physical (biological affliction and social affliction. Bibliography lists 1 source
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SOCRATES - Pursuit and Improvement of the soul:
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(3pp) Socrates could understand the difference between the visible world and the intellectual world and believe that the mind is the cause of all things. He also believed that to truly know what is good is to do it, without separating ideas and knowledge from the lives and actions of people.
Filename: BBsocpi.doc.

Socrates, Meet Matthew Fox.
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This 3 page paper explores the positions of two philosophers of radically different time periods: Socrates (c469-399-BC) and twentieth century, philosopher and theologian Matthex Fox. Anyone who wants to contemplate the nature of things - spiritual or worldly - needs to realize that there are times when one will be forced to act upon their convictions. Both of our "spiritualists" thousands of years apart realized this. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: BB.somatt.doc.

Soren Kierkegaard and Epictetus;
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This 5 page paper looks to the ideas of these men and compares and contrasts aspects of these ideas such as faith and despair, selfhood and personal development. The paper cites 2 sources.
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Stendhal; Society and Culture
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This 5 page paper considers the book by Marie-Henri Beyle who had the pseudonym of Stendhal and the book 'De l'Amour' or 'love'. In looking at this text the paper discuses how the society and culture of the time was seen by Stendhal, and argues he though that it was based in interaction between individual and on the ability to accept illusion. The bibliography cites 1 source.
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Stephen Toulmin's Contribution to Rhetoric Theory
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This 6 page paper provides an overview of the application of Stephe Toulmin's principles and their application to the development of rhetoric theory. This paper considers his methods and the uses of his argumentaiton and also considers the prior societal events that led to his theory. This paper includes a view of past theorists who influenced Toulmin. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Strong and Weak Theories in Philosophy
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This 6 page paper supports the notion that while some philosophers have profound theories, some of them are weak. Others however are very strong and permeate time barriers as well. Aristotle's virtue and Mill's utilitarianism are each examined. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: SA116phl.doc

Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali
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A 6 page critical review of the story by D.T. Niane. Briefly relates this age-old story from Western Africa. Emphasizes that this brief story manages to incorporate many critical aspects of culture, of conflict, and even of sorcery and magic. It is a story of friendship, of interpersonal relationships and a story of destiny. It is also a story, however, which provides an interesting basis for the question of whether an individual is responsible for their own destiny. In "Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali" we have a situation in which oral tradition proves to be a ready target for a contemporary theoretic approach to the subject of destiny. No additional sources are listed.
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Susan Moller Okin And Iris Marion Young: Views On Multiculturalism And Criticism Of Rawls' Social Contract Theory
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6 pages in length. The writer compares and contrasts Okin and Young's criticism of Rawls' social contract theory, as well as discusses Okin and Young's views on multiculturalism as it relates to women. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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