David Miscavige

regular trips west to collect the information David had gathered and the trips were extremely time consuming and difficult on the rudimentary highways of the time. These trips would also be a red flag to US Intelligence if the Rosenbergs came under surveillance. To alleviate this problem, Julius and Ethel decided David’s wife, Ruth Greenglass would move to a residence in Albuquerque, New Mexico to act as a courier to pass information gathered by David to Soviet agents already working in the…

In his article, “Gentle Savages and Fierce Citizens against Civilization: Unraveling Rousseau’s Paradoxes,” author Matthew Mendham further explores Shklar’s work by creating the “Shklarian Model” which is simply split between what is best for a man and what is best for a citizen as being distinct ideals (172). Mendham further elaborates on this argument by explaining the position of Leo Strauss, who argued that Rousseau’s political solution “ought to be read as merely intended for modern…

backgrounds of emerging capitalism. Though with occasional theoretical variations, each classical economist shared similar thoughts and advanced these hypotheses of former writers. Discussed by the most influential classical economists Adam Smith and David Ricardo, one specific distinctive of classical economics is its theory of wages in which Smith and Ricardo consider wages steady at a minimum level of subsistence. On the other hand, Karl Marx and his critiques of political economy in Das…

Humans think that we have free will, but how free are we actually. When you make a choice you think that it is free will. But really that was what you were supposed to choose all along. We all have a path that our lives will follow no matter what we do. Now are we still free? Some would say yes, because we are still given the choice in the first place. Others would say no because we can really only pick one thing and nothing else. Paul Holbach does not think we have free will. The basic…

There are many factors that contribute to an ensembles’ sound. Most of which we spend our musical lives practicing; things like tone, vowels, diction, ect. As we begin to make the transition from ensemble member to leader we are thrown yet another contributing factor to sound: conducting. The art of conducting is a continuously growing set of skills for an individual. Many of the greatest conductors have spent decades perfecting their craft and creating their style, while building their…

Austin Briffa Professor Lund Honors Philosophy of Science 12-04-16 Miracles: A Scientific and Religious Analysis The concept of a miracle has been etched into our society for centuries. It’s a word that is used quite often in colloquial language, such as when one hears good news. To many, they are attributed to supernatural entities, saints, and prophets, such as those found in Judeo-Christian scripture. From parting the Red Sea to turning water into wine, these mystical events have captured…

HUME’S SKEPTICISM ABOUT OUR ABILITY TO HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORLD AROUND US AND HIS THEORIES ON CASUALITY AND THE ‘PRINCIPLE OF INDUCTION '. DAVID HUME (1711-1776) is considered as one of the more notable philosophers’ representative of the empiricism. In its critical to the concept of causality, Hume denied it saying that this principle had an existence objective. He supports the idea that cause and effect are factors that not are united by ties needed; if not, these have an arbitrary…

Military science fiction has grown up over the years. Gone are the days when a simple plot would suffice. Readers demanded more of an intricate story, something they can proverbially sink their teeth into. They do not want something that could be read in hours. Because of this demand, story plots are more complex today than in earlier years. In the stories presented this semester, storylines varied, but there was always once central theme: survival. Characters were built up more to accommodate…

The celebrity that this ad uses is David Beckham, a well known English soccer player and model. Consumers looking to buy the watch can find comfort in knowing that they will surely be considered a member of the upper class, since such a successful and prestiged man wears the watch too! Beckham…

philosophers use evidential approaches to establish the existence of God. Often, these approaches include pragmatics or direct perception, such as appeals to religious experience. Generally, religious experience refers to mystical experiences or miracles. David Hume presents an argument as to why we are almost never justified in believing that a miracle has occurred. Following will be a…