Responses should be typed‚ single-spaced‚ totaling two pages. Setup with a standard MLA heading. You will print your responses and turn in hard copies. When writing your responses‚ list the question‚ then your response. Number the questions. Each response should be a full paragraph of 7-10 sentences. 1. In Egyptian Love Poems‚ is love described as a happy thing? What are some of the obstacles or barriers to love? What indications are there that love can be tragic‚ or at least threatening? In Egytian
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York: Columbia UP‚ 1957-75. 4.Cox‚ John D. Seeming Knowledge: Shakespeare and Skeptical Faith. Waco: Baylor UP‚ 2007. 5.Dent‚ Robert William. Shakespeare ’s Proverbial Language. Berkeley and Los Angeles: U of California P‚ 1981. 6.Epictetus. Handbook of Epictetus. Trans. Nicholas White. Indianapolis: Hackett‚ 1983. 7.The Geneva Bible. A facsimile of the 1560 edition. Madison: U of Wisconsin P‚ 1969. 8.Gervinus‚ Georg Gottfried. Shakespeare Commentaries. Trans. F. E. Bunnett. London: Smith‚ Elder
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Damn That Evil The problem of evil is an issue that is entirely too overlooked and dismissed by most Christians. I believe that it is a valid argument to renounce some views that traditional theism sets forward. This problem makes the existence of a traditional God extremely unlikely‚ and it makes a belief in one‚ irrational at best. The existence of evil is in juxtaposition with the idea of a Christian‚ omnipotent and wholly good God. Valid concerns may be raised that the problem of evil
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allowed? Bayle acknowledges that God is supposed to be wholly good and powerful. However‚ despites god’s power and goodness‚ god has allowed evil to run free. Bayle addresses in this essay the questions the ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus brought to light. Epicurus states that God is either “willing to remove evil and cannot; or he can and is unwilling; … or else he is both willing and able” (Bayle p 169). However‚ these options bring to light an idea that is not so comfortable about God. If he
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his Confessions fused the gap between Classical culture and Christianity. Stoicism was a school of philosophy where those who practiced it believed that it was wrong to show any kind of emotion in any circumstance. Even in times of death‚ as Epictetus stated in the Enchiridion “for the opinion about death‚ that it is terrible is the terrible thing.”1 It was acceptable to feel some sympathy for someone else’s emotions‚ just not empathy‚ “Do not be unwilling to show him sympathy‚ and even if it
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It difficult to quote an exact phrase written by Socrates on reasoning and human behavior. This is because‚ Socrates‚ although well-known during his own time for his conversational skills and public teaching‚ he wrote nothing. Everything told about Socrates’ thoughts and beliefs‚ are told through his students‚ mainly Plato‚ who had a tendency to insert his own meanings or opinions into statements. However‚ it is believed that Socrates insisted on questioning things and ensuring that reasoning is
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a)For what reason is the Problem of Evil a problem for religious believers? (9) Probably the most powerful reason against the existence of The Classical God of Theism (hereafter referred to as God) is evil and suffering in the world. The problem of evil is an ‘a posterori’ argument‚ established from experience based on empirical senses. It is also synthetic as evil and suffering can be seen around us daily. There are a number of possible reasons for the problem of evil and why it causes a problem
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Sarah. "Discuss the Representation of Nature in Shakespeare King Lear." Shakespeare Online. <a href="http://www.shakespeare-online.com/essays/learandnature.asp">http://www.shakespeare-online.com/essays/learandnature.asp</a> 04 May. 2000 <br><li>Epictetus. Discourses. Boston: Harvard University Press‚ 1928 <br><li>Milton‚ John. Paradise Lost. Oregon: University of Oregon‚ 1997 <br><li>Shakespeare‚ William. King Lear. Oxford: Oxford University Press‚ 1998
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For as long as man have lived together‚ they have divided themselves: the strong from the weak‚ the rich from the poor‚ and in Medieval England‚ the gentle from the masses. Of course today‚ although there are still without a doubt class distinction and divisions‚ society has come a long way in a very short time. When Geoffrey Chaucer was writing his masterpiece‚ Canterbury Tales‚ societal oppression was the norm‚ and this inspired many of his character’s whom he created as stereotypes to criticize
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Epicurus also believed that death was not to be feared. The two writers list four reasons. People do not know what it’s like to be dead. Nobody knows the feeling of death; therefore there is no need to fear of death. And we cannot say death is bad. In addition
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