John Briggs

A Being So Gentle is a wonderfully written book that has many interesting points. The first men to arrive on the frontier were hunters. In 1750, Dr. Thomas Walker explored the Cumberland Gap. Rachel Donelson was born ninth out of eleven children. John Donelson was Rachel’s father. He was a well-educated planter…

In the 1800’s, the word “romance” was not used as it is today. The American Scholar A.O. Lovejoy once observed that the word 'romantic ' has come to mean so many things that, by itself, it means nothing at all. Contradictory to the previous statement, F.L. Lucas counted 11,396 definitions of the word, and synonymous usage for ‘romantic’ show that it is perhaps the most remarkable example of a term that can mean many things in accordance to personal and individual needs (Introduction to…

In the begging of chapter three in the Gospel according to Luke the message of John the Baptist is presented. In the first fourteen verses of this chapter, the author tells the story of John the Baptist and what he is intending to do with his ministry. Many come to him to be baptized and with every type of person, John has a message. This message is still appropriate to us in this day and age. He calls us all to “Prepare the way for the Lord”! Before this passage can be analyzed it is imperative…

need of the individual. I share and practice the axiology of John Dewey in which, “the school, itself, is a community of students and teachers who are mutually engaged in learning. It is a specialized environment in which experienced are simplified, purified and balanced. Since the environment is complex, experiences are simplified according to the…

Justice Theories In A Theory Justice, John Rawls (1971) states that “the basic structure of society, or more exactly, the way in which the major institutions distribute fundamental rights and duties and determine the division of advantages from social cooperation” (p. 6). To Rawls, it is essential that justice is the first virtue of all social institutions. In the example of the private market providing EI to workers, Rawls would not support this private market if some individuals’ liberties…

are his. But where does our love stop? Is there a limit or are there things that we are not to love? John moves his discussion to just that topic. John starts out by warning us not to "love the world or the things in the world". What is John talking about? We might think back to his gospel and remember that famous passage, the one everyone knows. The one we see at sporting events; John 3:16. John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should…

Akash Basu Stuart Lit/Writ Per. 6 11 October 2016 Friendship: An Act of Sacrifice(Rough Draft) In the words of Shauna Niequist“It’s not hard to…

When comparing two different pieces of writing, it is important to assess the differences between the pieces’ tones and purposes. Essays that have similar themes can be misinterpreted as similar even though the purpose and tone of the two papers are quite different. The essays “Learning to Read” by Malcolm X and “Learning to Read and Write” by Frederick Douglass appear to be very similar. However, the two pieces have very distinct tones that are generated by each author’s purpose. The tone of…

nature that has been the subject of debate among many thinkers. Specifically, many political philosophers have discussed human nature in their books as it is essential to the development of an ideal republic. Thomas Hobbes in his book, Levithan, and John Locke in his second treatise in his book, Two Treatises on Government, both talk extensively about human nature in very different ways. Hobbes argues that human nature is so evil that the the state of nature is really just a perpetual state of…

juxtaposing them to female advertisements. Through the piece, she includes many sample advertisements to develop her point. The photos are placed next to the corresponding sections which help make her argument clearer. She also relates her point to John Berger, as she tries to demystify these advertisements in a similar way he tried to do so about artwork in his essay titled “Ways of Seeing.” Berger demystifies art by suggesting the use of image boards to restore meaning to the paintings, while…