Noor Khan ID #1307023900 February 19th 2014 “What are the different proofs presented for the existence of God? Discuss those proofs and state whether they convince you or not and why?” PHIL 201 – Section C Word Count: 1‚898 I pledge this is my own work. God: All-Seeing‚ All-Hearing‚ Almighty‚ and all fiction? Believers indicate God as an all-powerful‚ divine being of supreme devotion. Yet‚ even though the belief in God and the worship of his power are reliant‚ they
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How does Shakespeare introduce the theme of madness in the first two acts of Hamlet? It is debatable whether Hamlet’s apparent madness is natural‚ due to the series of previous events‚ or whether he feigns his madness. The first line of the play- ‘who’s there?’ immediately creates a sense of the unknown‚ and this is supported by the fear of a potential invasion from Norway on Denmark at the time the play is set. The first sign of Hamlet’s madness is evident when the Ghost departs after speaking
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In Plato’s dialogue Phaedo‚ there are a series of arguments presented by Socrates as proofs for the existence of the soul after death. The final and most convincing argument works as a direct application of Socrates’ idea of the Forms. Socrates begins to examine the question of whether the soul exists after death by establishing the basis upon which his proof must function. Socrates takes his idea of Forms to be the most certain of all of his theories and so he contends that it ought to be the basis
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Introduction to Philosophy 200 Spring 2008 My Proof of Theism Jenny Wiggins In this essay‚ I plan to give proofs that defendtraditional theism. Traditional theism is defined by E.K. Daniel in his essay‚ A Defense of Theism‚ as: “there exists a being‚ God‚ who has all of the following attributes: God is omnipotent (all powerful)‚ omniscient (all-knowing)‚ supremely good (omnibenevolent)‚ infinite‚ eternal‚ a being who possesses all perfections‚ transcendent to the natural universe‚ but the
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Setting Up a Shock-Proof House Two years back when on one fine morning‚ I was taking my daughter to school in our car‚ we discovered that once a beautiful large house was now burnt black due to electrocution. Out of utmost dismay and wonder‚ my daughter asked me – “Papa‚ what has happened?”‚ and I provided her few explanations to what could have happened and how it could have happened. But her inquisitiveness was not resolved‚ and every other day in the morning‚ when we passed by that house
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The process of studying the concept of belonging has opened my eyes to the importance of one’s connection to their cultural heritage to a feeling of belonging. Phillip Noyce’s film Rabbit Proof Fence‚ Peter Skzynecki’s poems “Feliks Skrzynecki” and “Postcard” and ______________(the related text) all powerfully explore the concept of belonging and the centrality of culture through a variety of film‚ poetic and ___________ techniques. In particular‚ all four texts investigate how a sense of belonging
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JTG- Ch.2 Euclid’s Proof of the Pythagorean Theorem Century and a half between Hippocrates and Euclid. Plato esteemed geometry to be the entrance to his Academy. Let no man ignorant of geometry enter here. “Logical scandal” Theorems were believed to be correct as stated but they lacked the material to prove them. Euclid’s Elements was said to become the staple of mathematics or the standard. 13 books‚ 465 propositions (not all Euclid but rather a collection of great mathematicians
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Based on a biographical novel Rabbit-Proof Fence is the title of a dramatic motion picture that deals with the issue of the Stolen Generation – the Australian Aboriginal children who were forcibly removed from their parents by Australian authorities in 1931. Molly is the hero of this story and leads her sister and cousin back to their homes and family after they get taken away. Phillip Noyce directed the award winning 2002 film‚ and applied emotive audio and visual elements to evoke a profoundly
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Last night when I let the dogs back in from their evening outing in the back yard‚ Butters‚ my one and a half year old Pekingese darling‚ was a terrifying no show. After frantically calling and searching‚ we finally found her‚ lying near the house‚ unable to get up on her own. She was nearly unresponsive and covered in bloody diarrhea and drool‚ a limp‚ pitiful little “rag” in my arms. We called the emergency number for Dr. Childers‚ a simply wonderful man who has patiently dealt with more doggie
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In Thomas Aquinas’ Five Proofs for God’s Existence argument‚ the first argument states that there has to be a first mover‚ a God‚ which sets everything in motion. Many scientific theories and studies have disproved the existence of a God. The logic behind the first mover‚ a God‚ is unconvincing because the bible’s story of creation conflicts with the big bang theory. The bible proposes that the universe was created over the course of seven days‚ whereas the big bang theory suggests the process
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