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Throughout history, Religion and belief in God have been deeply rooted in culture. To question God’s existence was considered shameful. In early ages, questioning God’s existence was considered personally insulting to many people and their religions, therefore few people broke away from the norm. However, with the introduction and advancement of science into cultural, individuals gained a groundwork for they're questioning. With factual evidence arising, providing proof for the creation of the…

Reality: Is it virtual? I am writing about reality and the philosophical nature therein of what is, what isn 't, and what could be. Rationalism According to Descartes we know certain truths innately and we have some kind of ability to grasp these truths intellectually. John Tierney 's "Our lives controlled by some guy on a couch" is both an interesting and troubling notion as it questions free will and reality at the most basic levels. What is reality? According to Descartes we know that…

Hispanic children’s participation rates in early childhood education programs are significantly low compared to Caucasian students due to economic disadvantages. The low socioeconomic status of Hispanics has led to lower achievement levels in primary and secondary schools, which is an extension of the lack of early childhood education enrollment. The data does show that Hispanic parents value early childhood education programs and at least know of them. Researchers found evidence to reflect…

In the Netflix original series Dear White People by Justin Simien is about a campus culture war between blacks and whites at a predominantly white Ivy League university, Winchester. This war comes to light when the staff of the humor magazine, Pastiche, stages an offensive Halloween party. This Halloween party was called “Dear Black People” which had white students in blackface and ended with the black students pissed off and shutting down the party. This film focuses on racial issues and…

matter allows us to account for sensible substances in ways that neither the Pre-Socratics nor the Platonists and Pythagoreans could. By making a substance “something yet again,” Aristotle allows us the ability to dismiss the problems faced by Plato (in reference to accounting for a form’s ability to change), and also the issues of infinite regresses faced by the Pre-Socratics. However, form and matter themselves are not “things” in the same way that a substance is a thing. Form and matter are…

Some people have never heard about the Stonehenge, for me this is the first time I hear about it. However, through research I have learned some important information about it. The Stonehenge is considered as one of the most famous prehistoric monuments that are found around the world. It is one of the sites that are visited most often by tourists. The Stonehenge is located in Wiltshire, England. It is found on the southern side of the Salisbury Plains which are 13 km north of Salisbury. The…

This Essay will examine Machiavelli’s stand on the role of morality in politics, if it is useful for the common good, and the purpose of the state and morality itself. In order to provide a clear and linear argument, this essay will be divided in three sections. In the first paragraph, I will provide a brief historical background on morality, and the importance that it had in society with Christian principles as base for a correct and good state, cultural context and few prior political thinkers…

2. Analysis 2.1 Politeness 2.1.1 Polite Ending and Confirmation Questions Generally to say about the background about the video, speaker M is a famous singer and speaker F is a famous actress. The conversation was started when they met at the first time. They were unknown each other before; so, the relationship looks like unfamiliar and unfriendly. However, after they had honest talk more and more, they started to be turned in favor of each other and be familiar. By communicating, I can find…

The Electoral College is an integral part of the current election process of the United States. Created during the Constitutional Convention of 1787, the Founding Fathers developed the establishment of Electors through debate of the Virginia Plan which proposed that Congress should elect the President. However, concerns of the President being controlled by Congress and fears over a small group of individuals being able to dictate who would hold office, presented the need to change the plan.…

A seminal philosopher across fields from epistemology to aesthetics and politics, Immanuel Kant is famous best known for his work in ethics and his famous categorical imperative. At the heart of his conception of the moral law is the question of how virtue and happiness relate. In his Critique of Pure Reason, Kant describes the immortality of the soul and the ontology of a supreme being as being fundamentally unknowable through theoretical human reason, neither able to proved or disproved.…