(10) “Ideas That Have Harmed Mankind” The Harm Done by Evil Passions The misfortunes of human beings have their main source in evil passions rather than in ideas or beliefs. People in the past enjoyed the spectacles of cruelty such as the burning of heretics‚ and many people even today find the brutalities of war to be enjoyable. Men’s cruel impulses can do tremendous harm to them. The Harm Done by Christian Asceticism and by Political Asceticism As for ideas and beliefs‚ much harm has been done
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Martand Kaushik MA English (Semester II) IA Response Paper The Idea of Narrative in The Political Unconscious The importance of the narrative in Fredric Jameson’s The Political Unconscious (PU) is made apparent by its subtitle: Narrative as a socially symbolic act. But one still can’t guess how crucial it really is for Jameson. The conceptualization of the narrative as a mediational form is central to his argument in PU. Jameson elevates the artistic narrative to one of the most crucial
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Essay 2: My Idea of the Ideal Family It amazes me how things change. When I was young I wanted a big family; now I feel lucky to have any family‚ but want everyone to be family. The way everything in life is constantly changing‚ what I believed as a child‚ even though it may be distorted in many ways now‚ but the basic concept I had of the world being a wonderful place‚ people getting along‚ being happy and good conquering evil is still very much alive. As life has progressed and so much has changed
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Philosophical Contributions of Gandhi’s Ideas Introduction A lack of an interdisciplinary approach to peace and non-violence that fails to include philosophy and education exists in part because the issue of non-violence considered as a philosophical and educational concept is under-explored. Ideas of non-violence often emerge from action‚ and therefore it is often thought that non-violence demands a need for action- a demand that many believe is not met by philosophy. These explanations are
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An essay on the influence of mass media on the ideas of people The mass media including television‚ radio and newspapers have a massive influence in shaping the minds of people. Let us pause for a moment and examine the statement made. The statement written above claims that the minds of people have been shaped and moulded by the media used to communicate information to the masses – not as much by the message being communicated. In essence‚ this means that these channels of mass communication either
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Rueschemeyer January 2006 Why and How Ideas Matter Contact Author Start Your Own SelectedWorks Notify Me of New Work Available at: http://works.bepress.com/dietrich_rueschemeyer/38 WHY AND HOW IDEAS MATTER Dietrich Rueschemeyer Brown University* That ideas matter in politics is beyond question. Knowledge‚ ignorance‚ and uncertainty frequently make the difference between success and failure of policies. And in a broader sense ideas can advance social change‚ as the Enlightenment
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TED Program Analysis #3 Where Good Ideas Come From People love to believe in that eureka moment‚ where a good idea unexpectedly comes out of nowhere. In reality‚ ideas are born in very different situations. In “Where Good Ideas Come From”‚ Steve Johnson explores the history of innovation to discover specific surprising patterns that explain the root of good ideas‚ and what we can do to increase the ingenuity of society. Johnson brings up a photo of the Grand Café in Oxford to show that
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Ideas for IELTS topics Who is this book for? Many students have no ideas or opinions about IETLS writing topics. Even if your grammar is perfect‚ you will not get a high IELTS score if you do not know what to write. This book is for students who want to go into the writing exam feeling confident that they have excellent ideas‚ opinions and vocabulary for as many topics as possible How do you get an IELTS score of 7 or higher? The key to a high score is not grammar‚ it is not your use of words like
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How to Create a Winning Business Idea--in Six Easy Steps I often meet business founders whose minds are overflowing with brilliant ideas for new products. They seem to develop terrific new concepts every single day of their lives. They are watchful‚ always inquiring‚ perceptive and continually seeking (and often finding) the next big thing. Their never-ending challenge is to pick a winner—(only one!)–out of scores of possibilities‚ and run with it. On the other hand‚ I listen to intelligent
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“The ruling ideas of the age are ever the ideas of the ruling class.” – Marx & Engles High culture is characterised by timeless artefacts that shape and reflect the taste of those of the ‘high class’. In the past‚ before the introduction of popular culture‚ it was the ‘ruling classes’‚ the people with the money‚ power and status that defined what was considered to be of a high quality hence a part of ‘high society’. It was these people who outlined what was ‘good’ and what was ‘bad’‚ what was acceptable
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