Both Nietzsche and Lewis find problems with Agape love with accordance to their own respective philosophies of love. Lewis describes a paradoxical relation between God’s love and natural loves. Whereas Nietzsche explicates that the grounds that a person’s behavior may present itself as Agape love‚ is actually a behavior motivated primarily for selfish reason of gaining power. When comparing these two problems with Agape love‚ Nietzsche’s explanation is stronger in explaining the pattern of Agape
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setting provided in the novel Babbitt‚ by Sinclair Lewis‚ provides a beautiful backdrop to the intricacies of the story. The novel has an extremely interesting mood to it‚ accompanied by extremely interesting ideas. Before the setting
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GILBERT NEWTON LEWIS passed away on March 23‚ 1946 in Berkeley‚ California in his laboratory at the University of California when he was working on an experiment with liquid hydrogen cyanide‚ and deadly fumes from a broken line had leaked into the laboratory causing him to have a heart attack‚ at the age of 70. Lewis was born on October 23‚ 1875 in Weymouth‚ Massachusetts. He was educated at home by his parents. He learned how to read at a very young age and was well educated until age thirteen when
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borders because one world is the world in which we live‚ and the other is one in which we have to imagine. When we are young‚ our parents read us fairy tales which show us the value of fantasy. In the book The Lion‚ The Witch‚ and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis‚ we see how fantasy plays a huge role in this book. There are many different types of creatures in the book‚ which help to create the fantasy behind the book. Narnia is a parallel world which is
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Daniel Day–Lewis is an actor of many great talents. He is someone who pushes himself beyond our imaginations to provide his audience with entertainment. Looking at the two films My Left Foot and Gangs of New York‚ we are presented with two controversial characters played by Day-Lewis. Presented in these two films‚ Day–Lewis allows the audience to forget that they are watching a film by allowing them to become part of the world that has been created by the actors as well as the directors and their
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carried the American flag overland to the Pacific. The Lewis and Clark Expedition was all of this and more. Between 1804 and 1806‚ Lewis and Clark made the first systematic reports‚ based on scientific measurement and observations‚ of the Missouri River--not only its course‚ but its flora and fauna‚ depth and current‚ tributaries and inhabitants. They continued onward to document their observations in the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Northwest. Lewis and Clark described for science at least 120 mammals
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In Is Progress Possible? C.S. Lewis talks about how progress is inevitable‚ especially when it comes to human affairs. How many people question whether man itself is capable of progress. Progress means moving in a desired direction and many humans do not desire the same things‚ which brought up the question- is progress possible? He mentions how everything throughout human history can affect our species of how we act today and what happens to us. Especially the advance and increase in science‚ and
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In the Lewis and Clark expedition‚ they had a true journey‚ but one concept that affected the expedition greatly was the ecosystems that they went through. They had many different types of ecosystems and they had to learn to adapt to them‚ and they did completing the expedition. This is important because they discovered different types of ecosystems‚ and they also found easier ways to travel through these places. It also leads to more scientific research about the ecosystems‚ because it was the first
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Using computers as comparisons to the human mind‚ Lewis Thomas’ "To Err is Human" stresses the importance of mistakes as a tool for action. He states that to err is what separates the human mind and superhuman‚ electronic minds. While computers have the capacity to produce an infinite amount of precise calculations‚ glitches and errors will still be made‚ and the corrections made by humans. He mentions that the knack of being wrong is "a uniquely human gift" and that it should be used as "a guide
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Lewis Thomas’ Ceti (Summary) Ceti‚ is a short essay taken from a book named The Lives of a Cell. It was written by Lewis in 1975. The essay briefly discusses the use of radio astronomy as a means of communicating with extraterrestrial life on other planets and galaxies. He also goes into detail about the various problems with trying to contact intelligent life. This leads to Lewis Thomas’ thesis. If we are ever able to communicate with extraterrestrial life‚ we need to stop and think about what
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