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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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    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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    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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    Realism in International Relations The video begins with a lecture from professor Richard Betts who is the director of the institute of War and Peace studies and director of the International Security Policy program in the School of International and Public affairs at Columbia University. In the lecture video he was discussing and explaining the many different theories of realism. Realism is a theory of how the world usually works. Realism is not a blueprint to how things should work in special

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    Global Poverty & Realism Jinpeng Zhu 11/19 Global Poverty According to the World Bank (2015b)‚ from the most recent estimates in 2012‚ 12.7% of the world’s population (896 million people) lived at or below $1.90 a day. It was a decrease from 1990 which was at 37% (1.95 billion) and in 1981‚ at 44% (1.99 billion). Among regions‚ East Asia had the most decline in poverty from 80% in 1981 to 7.2% in 2012. In Sub-Saharan Africa‚ it stood at 42.6% in 2012 (World Bank‚ 2015b). East Asia and Pacific

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    Magical Realism Essay

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    The Flaw of Truth The truth to a writer who uses magical realism is like a sunshade over a blooming flower. The flower may still live‚ but its beauty isn’t as magnificent. Truth needs to be somewhat apparent in a work‚ but a writer using magical realism needs creativity. Magical realism may not create a truthful story‚ but one with meaning. The movie Big Fish offers sagaciousness into how a writer or a storyteller can use magical realism to show the reader something that the truth makes commonplace

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    The rise of Realism in 1855 was the time when farming began to industrialize‚ communication expanded through railroads‚ and Nationalism was yet again revived. On top of all these important transformations that have marked this period of time was the significance for literature with a new audience‚ new settings‚ and new characters. The novel‚ Ethan Frome‚ by Edith Wharton‚ is a magnificent example of literature from the Realistic period. First‚ Realism is a definite movement away from the

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    However‚ these contrasting theories each have inherent conceptual flaws and often are best useful when used simultaneously. Realism fails to explain intrastate conflicts and the ability of states to create security threats for their citizens‚ it overlooks issues of food security and health security‚ and it ignores genocide‚ oppression and gender violence. It downplays the impact

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