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    This paper focuses on the metaphysical interpretation of kindred notions of Yoruba tribal arts. The region of West Africa that today includes the countries of Nigeria‚ Benin‚ and Togo is the land of the Yoruba people‚ whose art is an essential and integral element in their way of life (see image 1 for the Map of Yorubaland‚ showing major towns). The Yoruba are among the oldest and most influential of all African cultures and today make up one of Africa’s largest ethnic groups. More than 25 million

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    and Sanitation in line with the Zimbabwe National Water Authority under a theme‚"A better life for all".The theme should motivate young people. Reducing poverty does not only emancipate the youth but also reduces child labour‚ a prominent characteristic of village life in Zimbabwe. Related to poverty is

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    and the Soul‚ the tangible and the intangible‚ and finally the reaffirmation of its fragile clinging to life as a form of renewal. J. Neil Garcia’s Kaluluwa can be characterized with metaphysical‚ psychological‚ cultural and artistic elements throughout the collection. Kaluluwa attempts to interweave metaphysical and animist accounts of spirituality‚ wagering everything on the necessary unity of all corporeal knowledge‚ all embodied imaginings of the soul. (Garcia) The soul is either defined as

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    Metaphysics is the philosophical study that asks the question of what is real. It is the ancient’s point of view on reality. There are three answers to the metaphysical question. Monism which states that reality is one and it is the eastern philosophy. Dualism which sees reality as two conflicting forces and the last pluralism which is reality is many. Hierarchy is rooted at pluralism. First we need to define hierarchy as the ancients defined it. Hierarchy is defined as the higher incorporated and

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    What makes a man virtuous? Tara Smith believes that it is honesty that makes a person truly virtuous. Honesty is typically thought of as being the opposite of a lie or the truth. In‚ “The Metaphysical Case for Honesty” Smith explains how honesty is deeper than just lies versus the truth. Lies are only a small piece of an extensive realm of lying and faking. Once the lies have begun it takes more lies and fictitious statements to continuously keep up this front. Smith claims that whether a person

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    LANGUAGE ACQUISITION THEORIES Introduction During the past forty years there have been two major theories of language learning by children. But there are two major schools of thought known as‚ ’Behaviorists’ and ’Mentalists’. One school is of the view that language learning is entirely the product of experience and that our environment affects all of us. Others have suggested that everybody has an innate language learning mechanism. Let us discovery with the help of these two schools

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    Metaphysical realism to my understanding is the world as an independent entity and what it contains outside of how we as humans perceive it to be. Basically‚ it is what it is. The objects and beings within the world exist and define the nature of what is. There are two conventional aspects to realism by looking at everyday objects and their properties. The first is a claim about existence. Take black holes for instance. No scientist has actually ever seen one‚ but theory predicts they exist‚ same

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    This article is about the art form. For other uses‚ see Poetry (disambiguation). Literature Major forms Novel Poem Drama Short story Novella Genres Comedy Drama Epic Erotic Nonsense Lyric Mythopoeia Romance Satire Tragedy Tragicomedy Media Performance (play) Book Techniques Prose Poetry History and lists Outline of literature Glossary of terms History (modern) Books Writers Literary / Poetry awards Discussion Criticism Theory Sociology Magazines  Literature

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    "the untestable‚" which is perhaps understandable for its practicality‚ but deeply flawed as both philosophy and social policy. Flawed as philosophy‚ because testability is not even a metaphysical distinction‚ but an epistemological one‚ and yet in the real world everyone uses the word “supernatural” to make metaphysical distinctions. And flawed as social policy‚ because the more that judges and scientists separate themselves from the people with deviant language‚ the less support they will find from

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    A Definition Of Poetry What is poetry? The question "What is poetry" used to be easier to answer. If it rhymed and had a regular meter (a type of rhythm)‚ it probably was a poem. As they say‚  "If it walks like a duck‚ quacks like a duck‚ looks like a duck‚ it must be a duck.” These days‚ not all poems rhyme or fit into standard forms. And if you look for a response to the question‚ "What is poetry?" you ’ll find lots of musings

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