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    In the next chapter, Commodity, Emerson discusses how man uses nature to his own benefit. Emerson explains how man views nature as raw materials to be changed and manipulated into “valued” goods that can be sold for monetary gain. To express this view, Emerson applies imagery and similes in this chapter. One such quote is “To diminish friction, he paves the road with iron bars, and, mounting a coach with a ship-load of men, animals, and merchandise behind him, he darts through the country, from…

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    Authority In Paradise Lost

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    When an angel opposes the power and might of God, the almighty deity inevitably banishes him from the realm of Heaven and leaves him to rule over nothing more than a wasteland. In John Milton’s epic poem Paradise Lost, such is the case of Satan, a former subject of the Lord fallen from his grace. God banishes the angel to Hell, where Satan, left to ponder the quality of his newfound life, slowly accepts his fate and addresses the presumed advantage of being free from the clutches of God, whose…

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    Thomas Jefferson is not just a political figure. Jefferson is also a very aspired author and inventor. Jefferson is a very influential person and has inspired many to be like him. With such works as the declaration of independence, also becoming the third president of the united states. Along side these amazing accomplishments Jefferson was a very successful inventor with such inventions as: the iron plow, the Great Clock, and the hideaway bed. Jefferson was a man of many talents that have been…

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    Despite the convoluted plot and philosophies, Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe introduces a single theme around the capacity and limitations of a man who, under a tailored philosophy of a hero, flunks miserably! A hero is someone that humanity idolizes as a god, like Superman to Metropolis, and model themselves to, like humanity to God. Someone who can be esteemed by the masses as an individual of divine morality and strength, an individual that never forfeits their beliefs under any strain. Therefore…

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    Before continuing on further explanation, the co-existing of Satan mentioned to be within Chillingworth; He was being compared to Satan. In theory, “Satan was defined as an angelic who fell from his position in heaven due to sin. In other words, [Satan was once Gods angel, but he became jealous of God for being such robust and did not like God’s authorities. He blinded by jealous which leads him into the wrong path.] (GotQuestion 1)”. The story about Satan allows the readers to make connections…

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    Andrew Carnegie published his essay The Gospel of Wealth to fight for a change in capitalist world. He thinks that individual capitalist’s duty is to play a role in social and cultural influence, to improve the world. In his essay Carnegie mentions, “the duty of the man of wealth: first, to set an example of modest, unostentatious living, shunning display or extravagance” (The Gospel). Carnegie is saying that wealthy men need to be an example to everyone else. They need to act professional and…

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    Companionship is the key to the survival of mankind. Humans would not have made it this far in time without working together as companions. Even when God created Adam, he also created Eve as his one and only companion. People require companionship in order to work efficiently. In the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelly, Victor Frankenstein tells Robert Walton his story of how his obsession with science causes him to give life to a creature. In the novel, the need for companionship is a prominent…

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    wages, believed free economy and perfect competition in which price is determined by invisible hand. Adam Smiths theory of development is believable as classical theory in which some of basic feature are, Classical view given on the basis of economic liberalism,they believed in personel liberty,private property,individual initiative and private enterprise. Moral sentiment published in 1759 by adam Smith and Wealth of Nation in 1776 which challenged to Mercantalist According to him wealth of…

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    in Philadelphia, delegates voted to shape a Continental Army, with Washington as its president. On July 4, the Continental Congress voted to embrace the Declaration of Independence, drafted by a five-man advisory group including Franklin and John Adams but written primarily by Jefferson. In the same month, the British government sent an expansive armada, alongside in excess of 34,000 troops to New York. In August, Howe's Redcoats directed the…

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    Adam Smith’s “The Wealth of Nations” was an outstanding piece of work both for the fields of Sociology and Economics when it was published in the late seventeenth hundred. In this masterpiece Smith talks of the increase of productivity in society due to the phenomenon of the division of labour and through this division of labour specialisation of skills was introduced. Adam Smith also speaks of the “natural “order of society, exchange, division of labour and the relations between the three ranks…

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