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Existentialist View Of Human Condition
<view this essay>.... to be generous, kind, honest and loving, society may
see him as a "good" person while it is still right for him. According to the
Existentialists, a person is placed on this earth with no predisposed "good" or
"evil" values, one man is not created with any more good or evil than the next.
By the decisions we make in life we create ourselves. Next the second view,
what man chooses for himself he chooses for everyone else. This is a view I
really believe in. Everything we do in life effects someone else, whether we no
it or not. Every time we drive our car. Every time we eat something, spend
money, go for a jog someone else is effected. For an example: a m .....
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Mind Sports
<view this essay>.... University found that chess drains energy at a rate that compares to football. Some of the best chess players in history regarded athletic training as an essential part of success in the game. Both Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov lifted weights. They used other physical conditioning techniques as well, not necessarily for their health, but because of the amount of stamina the game requires at high levels of competition. It is not uncommon for a professional player to lose 10 to 15 pounds during the course of a match. Matches can last as long as a month, with one game every day, eight hours each.
Over 120 countries officially consider chess a sport. The U .....
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Shamanism
<view this essay>.... it necessary to view its ramifications to
the people who are so imbued by it. Despite these methodologies which were
grave in nature, matters began to shift during the 1940's and 1950's when the
social sciences were rapidly coming into their own disciplines. Shamanism, was
beginning to be looked upon as a complex religious notions and modes of
behaviour (Lommel, 1967, pp.8). Although shamanism was beginning to harness
scholarly attention there were still different contradicting theories being laid
out in the scientific community. More recently since the notion of tribalism
has become more prevalent shamanism is beginning to be recognized as holding the
key .....
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The Greek Myth Of Orion
<view this essay>.... and sought her in marriage. He cleared the island of wild beasts, and brought the spoils of the chase as presents to his beloved; but as Oenopion constantly deferred his consent, Orion attempted to gain possession of the maiden by violence. Her father, incensed at this conduct, having made Orion drunk, deprived him of his sight and cast him out on the seashore. The blinded hero followed the sound, of a Cyclops' hammer till he reached Lemnos, and came to the forge of Vulcan(Hephaestus), who, taking pity on him, gave him Kedalion, one of his men to be his guide to the abode of the sun. Placing Kedalion on his shoulders, Orion proceeded to the east, and there meet .....
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Bring Back Flogging
<view this essay>.... Flogged and branded for selling guns and weapons to the Indians, how Joseph Gatchell in 1684 convicted of blasphemy, had his tongue pierced with a hot iron, and finally in 1694 Hannah Newell and her consort were lashed for adultery. He concludes that the corporal punishment system did not vanish with the puritans, Deleware did not get around to repealing it till 1972. Jacoby’s sarcasm can be noted by the way he illustrates the punishment of various acts. He notes in a list that killers, drug dealers, and other acts ultimately end up in prison. Prison he says seems to be the all purpose, all in one punishment. His statistical evidence is that of the startl .....
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Shoplifting
<view this essay>.... who do shoplift are thieves. I can not understand how shoplifters can not consider themselves thieves. If they are not thieves then who are thieves, the people who want something. If a person absolutely needs something like food to live and they steel it, they are thieves. The difference is the person who needed the food stole it to survive, and all people have a right to life. I think shoplifters try to justify it by saying they need it, but in reality it is only an item they want or that would make their life better. The other downside to , besides being immoral, is that is usually raises the prices on the item we buy weekly. For example if Joe walks .....
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Education: "We Should Cherish Our Children's Freedom To Think"
<view this essay>.... he thinks that
American education is, in many ways better than any other in the world. He
raises the question, "If American education is so tragically inferior, why is it
that this is still the country of innovation?"
Everyone seems to have a different opinion when it comes to this topic.
Some feel that the youth of America is lazy when it comes to school. Others
like Ho, feel that creativity which America has the most of , is something that
people tend to dismiss or take for granted. Having the freedom to express
oneself and to be creative can perhaps help a child learn better than any book
or school can teach. Other foreign countries such as Japan, d .....
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The Devastating Effects Of Int
<view this essay>.... Elie and his family were only one of the millions affected by the hate of the Germans as it states in the book Night: “I witnessed other hangings” (page 60). Millions of peope died because of the hate in some people. Hate can be shown in many other forms too.
One form is clearly shown in Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel’s short story entitled “Who Said We all had to Talk Alike?“ A woman from the Ozarks named Neffie, applies for a job in California. Neffie is sent back after just one month because she “added an “r” to many words that did not contain that letter.” This incident was devastating to the children .....
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