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Neoplatonism
<view this essay>.... its integrity and imaged perfection or of becoming altogether sensual and corrupt. The same choice is open to each of the lesser souls. When, through ignorance of its true nature and identity, the human soul experiences a false sense of separateness and independence, it becomes arrogantly self-assertive and falls into sensual and depraved habits. Salvation for such a soul is still possible, the Neoplatonist maintains, by virtue of the very freedom of will that enabled it to choose its sinful course. The soul must reverse that course, tracing in the opposite direction the successive steps of its degeneration, until it is again united with the
fountainhead o .....
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The Vietnam Anti-War Movement
<view this essay>.... movement that was to appear in the summer of 1965. This antiwar movement had a great impact on policy and practically forced the US out of Vietnam.
Starting with teach-ins during the spring of 1965, the massive antiwar efforts centered on the colleges, with the students playing leading roles. These teach-ins were mass public demonstrations, usually held in the spring and fall seasons. By 1968, protesters numbered almost seven million with more than half being white youths in the college. The teach-in movement was at first, a gentle approach to the antiwar activity. Although, it faded when the college students went home during the summer of 1965, other .....
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Beauty And The Beast
<view this essay>.... his new extra-terrestrial friend, and the townsfolk in "" attempt to kill the Beast for not being human. Nobody relates to either character, seeing as they are both “freaks” in their respective time periods and locations. Nobody accepts them as being different; both characters are thrown out of society like a couple of lepers for not being like everybody else. Also, they are both in unique situations, the Beast because he used to be a human, and was turned into an evil beast by a magic spell, and E.T. was from another planet, and had no intention of ever coming to earth or meeting Elliot. Both characters are very unique in the society in which they were .....
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Power Of The Few Over The Many
<view this essay>.... resistance, to obey and
follow their leaders through various methods of enforcement.
The Brave New World is controlled by a select few who call
themselves Resident Controllers and Directors. These elite few
are able to control the production and selection process of
societies masses. Mustapha Mond, Resident Controller for Western
Europe, and the Director of Hatcheries and Conditioning, oversee
the conditioning of embryos. Their powers and control over these
particular jurisdictions gave them great power, and with that the
ability to manipulate others. "'You ass'... said the
Director,... 'Hasn't it occurred to you that an Epsilon embryo
must have a .....
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The Atomic Bomb Flashed Above Hiroshima
<view this essay>.... tearing down his house
because it laid in path of an air-raid defense free lane . Mrs. Huts
Nakamura, who lived in the section called Nobori-Cho got her three children,
a ten year old boy,Toshio, an eight year old girl yoke, and a five year old
girl, Mohawk out of bed and dressed them and walked with them to the
Military area known as the East Parade Ground. There she unrolled some mats
and the children laid down on them. They slept until about two, when they
were awakened by the roar of the planes going over Hiroshima. As soon as
the planes had passed, mars.Nakamura started back with her children. They
reached home a little after two-thirty and she imm .....
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Ancient Greeks' Way Of Life: Loyalty, Devotion, Fortitude
<view this essay>.... The quote says that even
with countless numbers of men asking for her affections, she simply turned
away in hopes that her husband would one-day return. Penelope also showed
great fortitude and devotion. By allowing the suitors into her home, and
being a gracious host, even though she knew exactly why they were there,
and even though they were rude guests, Penelope showed devotion to the
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gods, who said that guests should be welcomed into
the home any time, and cared for as if they were ones closest friends. “So
every day I wove on the great loom, but every night by torchlight I unwove
it…” (pg. 728). This quote speaks of the sh .....
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The Pyramids Of Egypt
<view this essay>.... silt plain. This city was named
"White walls" by the Egyptians but later called Memphis by the Greeks. It
is here at Memphis that the great pyramids where built.
The pyramids were built to house the dead pharaoh of that time.
Death was seen by the Egyptians as just the beginning of a journey to the
other world. In Egyptian society each individual believed that his eternal
life was dependant on the continued existence of their king, a belief that
made the building of the pyramid a concern of the entire kingdom. Many
people would be called to duty to work on the pyramids and many would go at
will. It was found that the Egyptian people actually liked work .....
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Emerging Trends - Body Wearable Computers
<view this essay>.... is always with the user, and into which the user can always enter commands and executes a set of such entered commands. Unlike these other wearable devices that are not programmable, the wearable computer is as re-configurable as the family desktop or corporate mainframe computer. This is what sets the wearable computer apart from other wearable devices such as wristwatches, regular eyeglasses, and wearable radios.
The best definitions probably given to date are those of Steve Mann. Steve Mann is a self-appointed, and none opposed leader in the body wearable computer field. To avoid confusion and changing the meanings of Steve’s definitions I included .....
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