“All that glitters is not gold.” Many things may appear very attractive. But‚ when they are examined‚ they often prove to be deceptive. One cannot judge the quality of a thing by seeing its exterior only. Thus is the proverb – “All that glitters is not gold.” A beautiful packaged product launched in the market after massive advertising campaign may attract the consumer. One who cannot afford to buy most of the goods is easily tricked in to buying fake and imitation goods. He may buy that product
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The world of today‚ the number of people who move to new places increase more than in the past. People locomate to new cities or new countries for some reasons such as to find a better job‚ to get a better education and many more. Migrating to a new area is a big challenge because individuals will face several problem and should overcome those difficulties enormously well to survive and succeed. The obsctacles that human beings usually deal with are related to culture‚ language and loneliness. I
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pro con list: Hard sciences such as math are easier than soft sciences such as sociology. pro con list: Hard sciences such as math are easier than soft sciences such as sociology. pro con list: Hard sciences such as math are easier than soft sciences such as sociology. pro con list: Hard sciences such as math are easier than soft sciences such as sociology. K K K K K M Jihhiivib
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The weaknesses of the Ontological Argument give support to Atheism. Discuss this claim (12 marks) Anselm’s ontological argument described in part (a)‚ was refuted in his own lifetime‚ by Gaunilo‚ who demonstrated in a reduction ad absurdum of his own‚ that if the logic of the argument were applied to things other than God‚ it led to invalid conclusions. Gaunilo didn’t identify any specific fault with the argument‚ but argued that something must be wrong with it‚ because if there wasn’t anything
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Mind vs. Body In this paper I will argue that the mind is better known than the body. There are two main reasons I can say this according to Rene Descartes: meditation 1 all I know is that I don’t have knowledge and meditation 2 I know that I exist because I think. In my first argument I will explain according to Rene Descartes that all I know is that I don’t have knowledge. Rene Descartes starts to write some meditations‚ I am going to defend my first argument with meditation 1. In mediation
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Judeo-Christian Creation Myth In the Judeo-Christian creation myth‚ God created light and darkness‚ the sky‚ sun‚ moon and stars‚ the land and the sea‚ sky dwellers‚ sea dwellers‚ and land dwellers‚ and on the seventh and final day‚ God rested from work and nothing was created. The reason that God rested was because even he believes that nobody should be constantly working and if you have earned it‚ a rest is in order. This is where the idea of a Sabbath day came into the Jewish beliefs‚ which
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Biography: Aurelius Augustinus (referred to as “St. Augustine of Hippo) was born in Tagaste (now Souk- Ahras)‚ North Africa on November 13‚ 354. His family was not rich growing up but Augustine still received a Christian education. Wild as a child he had a long-term relationship with a freedwoman who bore him a son. When he was 19 he was introduced to philosophy at Carthage where he became a brilliant student who mastered Latin and knew Greek. He worked as a professor at Carthage for a while but
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Hume makes a claim stating that the difference between fiction and belief is that with belief comes certain sentiments and feelings as opposed to fiction‚ which lacks certain natural sentiments that relate to reality. Hume understands that a person’s imagination has the ability to think of many fictional situations and characters‚ but counters that with his claim that we understand these situations and characters aren’t real because there are no sentiments or feelings behind them‚ as belief has.
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"A man’s character is his fate" -Heraclitus In order for us to truly understand this philosophers quote‚ we need to know who he was and what his mindset was during this time. Heraclitus is considered to be one of the most creative and influential philosophers in his time. This philosopher is a firm believer in the popular saying "Everything is in Flux." This basically means that things are constantly changing and we have no control over it. Heraclitus was influenced by the theory of material monism
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Erick Jay Inok Kyle Bryan Cabrera Is the questions of God meaningful or meaningless? I. Introduction A. Background i. In modern society the question of God’s existence is still questioned. ii. There must be a rational outcome in proving the existence of God. B. Issues i. From the side of the Atheist‚ they say that God’s existence is meaningless because he can’t be observed by humans which give the Theists no proof of his existence. ii. Saint Thomas’s point to the existence of God is
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