The Age of Spiritual Machines

During the seventeenth and eighteenth century, Europe had been ruled by absolute kings who based their authority on divine right, which was the belief that kings were given the right to rule directly from the will of God. This age of absolutism came to an end in the late eighteenth century and beginnings of the next century. The nineteenth century witnessed the rise of modern industry, in which agriculture lost its preeminent role in societal reproduction and yielded to industrial manufacturing.…

the pyramid. The base of a pyramid is a square (4 sides) and the face of a pyramid is a triangle (3 sides) it represents the sacred number 7, that symbolizes the unity between the material world (4) and the spiritual world (3). Number seven in personalities means Loner, Thoughtful, Spiritual, anti-social, silent, which exactly describes the pyramid environment! Yet, this number is connected to a lot of things in the world, like in Qur’an or Bible! Seven lands and seven skies! Conclusion: o…

harrowing account of adolescence described in vivid detail in Ishmael Beah’s 2007 memoir A Long Way Gone. The memoir is about how Beah himself was indoctrinated into becoming a child soldier during the decade long Sierra Leone Civil War. At the age of only twelve, Beah’s village is attacked by militants and he is forced to flee with a group of his closest friends. Having no concept of war before this period, Ishmael is thrown into the fire and forced to either adapt or die. The boys…

is the termination of a human pregnancy. They are done by one of the three procedures, vacuum aspiration, suction curettage, or medication abortion. Vacuum aspirations can be done manually or by a machine. Manual vacuum aspirations involves the use of a syringe to suck the fetus out of the body. Machine vacuum aspirations use a cannula which gently sucks the fetus out. The suction curettage procedure involves going inside of the uterus and pulling out body parts of the fetus piece by piece…

ideals their predecessors throughout the Middle Ages had emphasized, revamping concepts of the individual in their works. In particular, they focused on realistic depiction of new subject matters, deliberate creation using artistic abilities, and importance of human ideals. Contrary to religious figures of the Medieval Ages’ art, in the Renaissance, patrons of the arts began to commission artists to create art about classical themes. The medieval ages were times when strong ties between artists…

Living in a frivolous society and guided by the media is not the most encouraging. Especially because thanks to this barrage of images that tells us what is beauty, status, and power that the media has been sent to us, human beings have a marked tendency to self-punishment to the temptations that keep us from having the Beauty coveted trophy. This transcends feminine vanity, as we currently see the proliferation of men in places where only females were seen in antiquity. Such is the case of spa,…

vocal about her disapproval of this change and repeatedly tries to get him to go back to the catholic faith. People closest to Manny such as his longer time trainer Freddie Roach have claimed to see how Manny has changed for the better since his spiritual revival. Roach, in regards to Manny’s change states that “He and his wife (Jinkee) are happier than ever. He doesn’t party anymore, doesn’t drink anymore. He’s a clean liver, doesn’t mess around with girls anymore. And his wife is very happy…

The Renaissance was a period in Europe, from the 14th to the 17th century, which was widely regarded as a cultural bridge between the Middle Ages and modern times. It started as a cultural movement in Italy, and though this cultural movement of extravagant arts and political ideals many Italian city states and merchant families began to internally compete with each other in a cyclical trend of showman ship. This showmanship was intended to project the ideas of cultural superiority upon…

character of the novel, Victor Frankenstein, represents science and his wishes of scientific improvement and innovation are what drive the story. Shelley questions how far the current wave of advances should push the individual in terms of personal and spiritual growth. She conveys the impression that perhaps the technological advances made to date rob the soul of growth when man becomes too dependant on technology. Ultimately, Victor’s goal of scientific success is what leads to his demise, as…

Attacking the Status Quo Descartes’ Dualism and Material Realism Since Rene Descartes alienated reality into two separate realms, of mind and matter, many philosophers have endeavored to rationalize the capacity of human consciousness within Cartesian dualism. Science, or more precisely quantum physics, have introduced persuasive reasons to be skeptical of a dualistic philosophy as being conceivable. In order for the realms of mind and matter to interact, physics claims that an exchange of…