Abraham Joshua Heschel

The History of persuasion began when the world was new and without sin. In Genesis chapter 2&3 it tells of Lucifer and his ultimate persuasion of Adam and Eve. When Adam and Eve were placed in the Garden of Eden they were in a perfect state. They were told not to eat of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. Lucifer uses his skill of persuasion to sway Eve, telling her that to become like God she must partake of the fruit, thus resulting in The Fall. (Bible, Genesis 2-3. KJV) This being the…

explains self-actualization is the humanistic perspective. The humanistic psychological approach is one that values the individual as, firstly and foremost, a human being (Rogers, 1961). Two of the most influential humanistic psychology researchers are Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers, who each developed models and explanations for humanistic psychology. Maslow represented his humanistic views by creating the Hierarchy of Needs, and Rogers contributed to humanistic psychology by developing…

During the 1960s, a series of life-changing events occurred in the United States. The Civil War between the North and the South resulted in many fatalities and destruction of property. One of our founding fathers, Abraham Lincoln, led the citizens of the U.S. towards freedom. His dedication and compassion encouraged his soldiers to stand against the tyrants that were attacking their nation. One of Lincoln’s famous speeches, the Gettysburg Address, was preached in honor of the Union soldiers…

The Little People’s Petition “That the President will free all the little slave children,” were the words written on a petition given to Abraham Lincoln in 1864 (Swanson 1). These few words and the 195 signatures that accompanied it were enough to touch the president’s heart (Emancipation Proclamation Little People 2). Although Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, a document freeing about 3.1 million slaves in the United States, a year earlier, many felt it did not go far enough…

The Growth of America Throughout American history, there has been many different documents that have lead to the growth of America. Each one of these documents have had different effect on America. These documents each had a crucial part in American history and without them America would be very different. I will be talking about five important documents that have changed the growth of America from the book “Essential American Documents and Speeches” Vol.1 and Vol.2. An important…

Abraham Lincoln, along with other leaders we look up to like Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Edison, and George Washington were all influential people, all did something to change the world, and each one of these people also dealt with a considerable amount of flaws. Every one of them were ordinary people prone to good and bad intentions and making mistakes and learning from them. We are often told to ignore the wrong doings and look the other way. As humans, we enjoy focusing on the good these people…

Happiness is the Key to Life An organizations ability to attract highly educated, skilled employees might not be based on the monetary value, but rather what contributes to a higher self-actualization for that specific individual. The study of what makes people happy has long been argued, with some saying the love of money is the root of all evil and others say that money may not guarantee happiness but it will help you buy what you need to find happiness. Benjamin Franklin stated “The…

Dora B. is an 86 year old Caucasian woman from the Antelope Valley. She is a retired Microbiology professor, business owner and author. I interviewed Dora who first and foremost is one of the most remarkable women I have ever known. Dora grew up with a hard working father a self –made man as she puts it and a mother who was a housewife and two brothers, one older than she and one younger. When most women during that era were destined to the kitchen and raising children, she was progressive…

Rebuttal: If Grant had not captured Vicksburg, situated on the banks of the Mississippi river, which gave Union forces complete control of the Mississippi river, the Confederacy would have been able to use the Mississippi river to transport supplies, would not have split the South into two and stopped Southerners from getting much needed supplies coming in from the west. “A Yankee captain wrote home to his wife “The backbone of the Rebellion is this day broken. The Confederacy is…

Frederick Douglass had strong views on Christianity. Frederick spoke about many slaveholders who were religious and used it to be barbaric. Captain Thomas Auld, one of Douglass’s masters, attended a church in Maryland and became a “pious” man, who used his new religion, Christianity, to be even more vicious and brutal towards his slaves. He believed that if a slave master was a man of Christianity he was automatically more full of hate towards slaves than a non-religious slaveholder. “...I,…