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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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    The Industrial Revolution was a major shift of technological‚ socioeconomic‚ and cultural conditions that occurred in the late 18th century and early 19th century in some Western countries. It began in Britain and spread throughout the world as industrialization. It marked a major turning point in human social history; almost every aspect of daily life and human society is‚ eventually‚ in some way influenced. It continues to develop as it changes the society and every individual in it. When it

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    Green Man – Kingsley Amis 4. Portnoy’s Complaint – Philip Roth 5. Ada – Vladimir Nabokov 6. Them – Joyce Carol Oates 7. A Void/Avoid – Georges Perec 8. Eva Trout – Elizabeth Bowen 9. Myra Breckinridge – Gore Vidal 10. The Nice and the Good – Iris Murdoch 11. Belle du Seigneur – Albert Cohen 12. Dark as the Grave Wherein My Friend is Laid – Malcolm Lowry 13. The German Lesson – Siegfried Lenz 14. In Watermelon Sugar – Richard Brautigan 15. A Kestrel for a Knave – Barry Hines 16. The Quest

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    Cited: Alpers‚ Antony‚ editor. The Stories of Katherine Mansfield. Oxford: Oxford University Press‚ 1984. MurdochIris. An Accidental Man. London: Chatto and Windus‚ 1971. Pilditch‚ Jan‚ editor. The Critical Response to Katherine Mansfield. London: Greenwood Press‚ 1996. Anonymous review of "Prelude‚" Katherine Mansfield ’s Stories. The Times Literary Supplement

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    Dual Nature of British Society-The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner I. Introduce I am interested in the British schools‚ especially public school. The public school does not mean “state school” like Japan. The public school is the school to nurture the human resources to be active in public. It is like a private high school in Japan and costs much money to graduate. The public school in the UK was built for upper-class students. Also‚ it is a boarding school. First of all‚ I was going

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    Wander through the Louvre‚ leaf through the "Great Books"--you won’t find many works by women. Feminists have long sought to explain this absence‚ and to question the standards that guide "canon formation"--the aesthetic judgments deem some works excellent‚ and others minor or altogether unworthy of notice. In her 1928 A Room of One’s Own‚ Virginia Woolf explored the social constraints that limited women’s literary and artistic production. Talent‚ even genius‚ counted for little‚ Woolf mused‚ without

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    In literary texts‚ Diotima‚ the “teacher” of Socrates in the Symposium‚ is often presented as a Beatrice-like figure which “inspires” creative men and guides them as a symbolic muse. However‚ in the immediate context of the speech of Socrates in the Symposium‚ Diotima was not a muse or an erotic-spiritual guide; she was a wise woman and priestess who taught Socrates the mysteries of love (Plato 31-34). The present paper calls for an adequate appreciation of Diotima’s status as a teacher‚ and - drawing

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    Introduction When the first installment of Crime and Punishment appeared in the journal Russian Messengerin January of 1866‚ its debt-ridden author‚ Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky‚ had not yet finished writing the novel. However‚ even before the entire work had appeared in serial form‚ the novel was a public success. Early Russian readers and critics recognized that‚ artistically and socially‚ Crime and Punishment was one of the most important novels of its time‚ and it was widely discussed.

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    father” (Werlin). After the man stopped and thought he calmed down and didn’t hit either Murdoch‚ who was the young man as Matt later found out‚ or his son. After the encounter Matt spent many days and nights trying to find the man that was called Murdoch. It wasn’t until Matt’s sister Emmy gave him a note with Murdoch’s address and phone number on it that Matt was able to even think about finding Murdoch and being able to talk to him. But as fate would have it just as Emmy gave Matt the paper

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    The movie I selected to complete my case study on is named Frankie and Alice which is played by actress Halle Berry. This movie depicts real life events of Ms. Francine Murdoch. During Ms. Murdoch’s adolescent years‚ she experienced many tragedies. She lost the love of her life to a horrible accident which ended in his death‚ and she lost her infant child at the hands of her mother. In this case study‚ I will share a few of the symptoms that I observed during this movie. Additionally‚ I will diagnose

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