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    In meditations by Rene Descartes‚ he said he has decided to doubt everything he previously believed to be true and instead rely on only his reasoning ability starting from the scratch and building his knowledge beginning with things of which he is completely certain. He rejects the knowledge from his sense deciding that such knowledge is unreliable and open to deception so is not trustworthy. He reasons that he himself must actually exist because he is able to doubt and to think. He knows that he

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    Jonathan Edwards

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    In Jonathan Edwards’ personal narrative‚ he uses language to convey a remorseful attitude towards his own spiritual condition. The imagery of hell as seen by Edwards creates a punishment in “the lowest place in hell.” He feels like he is the “very worst of all mankind.” In the simile‚ “as bad as the devil himself‚” his followers make him feel as though his “wickedness” and “vileness” are greater. This portrays his remorseful attitude. By utilizing the simile‚ “like an infinite deluge or

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    Edward II

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    The dominant theme of Edward II is the theme of many of Marlowe’s  (and Shakespeare’s) histories: the will to power and ultimately‚ the corruption inherent in power. Edward isn’t murdered because of  his affection for Gaveston. Rather‚ it is because in bestowing such  extravagant favors on Gaveston‚ a commoner‚ he is subverting the ‘natural’  order of his position‚ neglecting both his kingdom and his family. He comes to realize that Gaveston wrongs him and he confesses in Act V‚Scene III- “O

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    Descartes’ Second Meditation In Descartes’ Second Meditation the key philosophical idea of “I think‚ therefore I am” is introduced and thus begins a new age in western philosophy. Some of the arguments Descartes provide in order to support his claims are that in order to doubt anything‚ you must be able to think and if you think‚ you exist. Descartes brings up the point that there may be no physical world‚ along with that thought comes the doubt of anything else being real‚ which again

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    Marcus Aurelius’s‚ Meditations‚ is a series of twelve books that record Aurelius’s private thoughts‚ which were written to himself for guidance and self-improvement. Meditations draws ideas from Stoicism‚ and at times Platonic thinking‚ and covers topics about life‚ suffering‚ and a man’s ethics. One of the ideas that Aurelius has is that we can avoid feeling negative feelings by changing our attitude towards any situation. Aurelius claims that “everything which happens‚ happens justly”. Basically

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    Introduction From the end of 19th Century to the beginning of 20th Century‚ the United States of America achieved a major breakthrough in some areas of science and technology on the basis of inheriting European science and technology tradition‚ thus promoting the rapid development of agriculture and industry‚ even catching up and exceeding the UK. However‚ in order to further the development of production‚ it was necessary for America to have a breakthrough on the management. Then Frederick Taylor appeared

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    Edward Snowden

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    One often finds that standing up and working in favor of the greater good usually results in negative consequences. Edward Snowden encountered this crossroad while working as a technical contractor for the NSA and the CIA. While working at the NSA’s Oahu office‚ Snowden began noticing various government policies and techniques that the NSA was using in order to spy on American citizens. Through phone calls and internet use‚ information was gathered about various citizens without their consent. After

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    Descartes' Meditation II

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    I. Meditation II 1. Beyond Doubt: The Cogito i. Cogito‚ ergo sum: "I think‚ therefore I am" ii. Can’t reasonably doubt whether I am thinking; when I doubt‚ I am thinking iii. "I exist" 1) I wonder whether I exist iv. What am I? 1) "Sum res cogitans"; I am thinking substance (stuff/thing) v. I can’t be wrong about what I am thinking 1) Thinking: perceiving‚ imagining‚ willing‚ abstract intellect (math) vi. "I see a table" 1) Sense perception (image in

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    popularity of Hinduism and the Vedanta Society (created by Vivekananda in 1896) in the United States. Later in the early 1900s a master of hindu philosophy named Paramahansa Yogananda arrived in the United States. He used the practice Yoga to “free the self from mind and body and to redirect energy invested in the outside world inward‚ toward one’s spiritual center”(Para 2). Basically yoga is used in order to calm the mind and body and to use the energy you would use for outside interactions‚ for increasing

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    Kurt McGann 11/12/11 Period 1 Mythology Hart Personal Meditations Section 1 Stoicism: “a systematic philosophy‚ dating from around 300 b.c.‚ that held the principles of logical thought to reflect a cosmic reason instantiated in nature.” (dictionary.com). Marcus Aurelius (the author of “Meditations”) was a stoic as well as an emperor. The book he wrote was a collection of thoughts‚ things he advised himself to do‚ a piece reflecting his stoicism‚ and a personal diary of sorts. The kinds of things

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