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    Indirect Realism Analysis

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    Metaphysical Realism can be defined as objects entities‚ things exit independently of our minds. There is a real world external to our perception‚ thoughts and desires. Direct realism give us direct and immediate contact with the external world. What we perceive as outside of ourselves in the world is really "outthere" . This means that there is anything to believe expect to understand that immaterial minds and ideal are real and they have significant influence on who were are as a human being.

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    An idealist is a person who knows what they want and will try to do anything to obtain it‚ it turns into their goal in life. Gatsby displays that he is very hard working‚ but after he meets Daisy again all he can think about is to try and win her back at all costs‚ he figures that the only way to win her back is to impress her with his money. Now that Gatsby is invading the relationship between Tom and Daisy it plays a big part on how Gatsby dies. In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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    clearly and this idealism causes him to make bad decisions and for him to not understand human behaviour and thus unable to see the world clearly. Brutus believes that honour makes a man worthy. He believes that he is an honourable man which makes him higher ranking than his peers such as Cassius or Casca. Brutus often thinks of the wellbeing of Rome before himself. He imagines an idealism world free of corruptions‚ greed and kings. Cassius is able to use honour and Brutus’s idealism against him and

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    Philosophical idealism in David Swan In the opening paragraph of David Swan‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne illustrates his philosophical musings by writing‚ " There are innumerable other events-if such they may be called-which come close upon us‚ yet pass away without actual results‚ or even betraying their near approach‚ by the reflection of any light or shadow across our minds." It reminded me of Nicolas Malebranche’s ocassionalism‚ which refers to the contact of two things is the occasion for God is the

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    what the authors mean by “idealism” and “realism” in international politics. Characterize the differences between the world before 1945 and the world after that year with respect to international relations. Explain the causes of the transition (from idealism to realism). Discuss whether the new emerging international system in the 21st century is going to be based on “idealism” or “realism” in international politics? .Explain what the authors mean by “idealism” and “realism” in international politics

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    knowledge is information or awareness a person has acquired through experience. A couple of important views on the basis of knowledge includes rationalism and transcendental idealism. Rationalism is defined in the book by being the view that knowledge can be obtained through reason‚ not by the aid of the senses. While Transcendental Idealism is Immanuel Kant’s view that the world that we see around us is constructed in our mind. Rationalists argue that most of their knowledge does not come from experience;

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    Voltaire’s Views on Idealism “An idealist is one who‚ on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage‚ concludes that it makes a better soup.”  ― H.L. Mencken‚ A Book of Burlesques One of Voltaire’s famous sayings is “Ecrasez l’ infume‚” or “crush the evil thing‚” by which he meant illogical reasoning‚ idealism‚ religion‚ superstition and other values that were put down during the Enlightenment. In his satire Candide‚ he tells the story of a man named Candide’s travels around the world

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    Realism and WWI

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    WHAT CAUSED WORLD WAR 1? As Hobbes said in Leviathan‚ “if any two men desire the same thing‚ which nevertheless they cannot both enjoy‚ they become enemies”. Men are equal and interact in anarchy‚ driven by competition‚ diffidence‚ and glory. World War I was prompted by the self-centered behavior of Germany in the early 20th century combined with the achievement of balance of power in Europe. For realists‚ the war could have been a case of security dilemma for Germany in a system of balanced power;

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    Realism in Modern Drama

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    A Summer Project On “REALISM IN MODERN DRAMA” In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Award of Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) in English Submitted by: BISMA IRFAN BA (Honors) English ll A0706110036 ENROLL. NO. Submitted to: DR DEEPANKAR SUKUL Asst. Professor AMITY INSTITUTE OF ENGLISH AND BUSINESS COMMUNICATION AMITY

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    Romanticism and Realism in the Arts Romanticism and Realism were two forms of art that came into existence in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Both formed as a resistance to traditional standards and in response to a time of war and revolution. Both Romanticism and Realism are prevalent in works of art to this day. This is where the similarities of the two art forms end. So how can two opposing literary movements overlap time periods yet be so different in style? Romanticism

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