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    Elizabeth Murray was an American painter that reshaped Modernist abstraction. It became high-spirited and cartoon-based. In addition to being a painter‚ she was a printmaker and a draughtsman. When she was a student‚ she was influenced by Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns. Her works are in countless major public collections‚ some of which include the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and the Museum of Modern Art. Elizabeth Murray was born on September 6th‚ 1940 in Chicago‚ Illinois. In her early years

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    Kate Chopin’s story “The Story of an Hour”‚ revolves around a marriage with an unusual‚ pathetic ending. It is about a tale of a girl who thought that the boy is dead causing her a deep struggle within herself. Eventually‚ the girl died due to her overwhelming joy from her partner’s fake death. Suprisingly‚ Kate Chopin used many symbolic representation about how the story flows. Maybe for others this symbols may mean something different from my stand point‚ but for me these symbols made the story

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    Name: Dorcas Bamigboye. Student Number: 7781917. Course: FILM 2380. Instructors Name: Jonah Corne Reading Response 2 In the essay The Ontology of the Photographic Image‚ Andrew Bazin argues that film and photography surpass painting as a form of visual art because they in a sense capture time and the moment as it is in the moment i.e. they in a sense freeze time. This argument might have been true at the time this essay was written but this above statement is not true at this time. When a painting

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    Worldview Paper Ja’Net Issoufou Grand Canyon University Phi 103-Intro to Philosophy and Ethics 10/3/2010 In this life there are many different worldviews. Worldviews are shaped by a person’s upbringing‚ environment and perception of reality. According to Schneider (2004)‚ “a worldviews a set of presuppositions …which we hold…about the basic makeup of the world.” A worldview can consist of religious beliefs‚ political affiliations‚ and personal views on life‚ love‚ family and friendship.

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    God: Does He Exist? Philosophy is a subject that can take many twists and turns before it finds an answer to a general question (Wippel‚ Wolter 335). God is real to many‚ but not real to others. Some believe that there is sufficient evidence such as the earth. The earth is the perfect size‚ if the earth and the atmosphere were any smaller‚ life on earth would be impossible. Then again‚ because of this idea some believe that the earth was created by a big explosion called the big bang theory which

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    This essay aims to outline the Ontological Argument‚ proposed by Anselm of Canterbury‚ to prove the existence of God (in particular the Christian God). It also discusses Gaunilo’s objection to the ontological argument with the use of the “Lost Island” analogy. And finally offers an opinion as to whether or not Gaunilo’s objection successfully refutes Anselm’s argument. Anselm’s ontological argument‚ sourced from the “Proslogium” (with himself as the author)‚ is a highly controversial argument

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    Angela Antoine 7-03-2011 PHI 103 Intro to Philosophy and Ethics Professor Ted Rueter Plato’s and Aristotle’s Worldviews |Worldview Belief |Metaphysics |Epistemology |Ethics |Anthropology |God | |Plato |Dual realities. The lower |Knowledge is gained only by |If a human possesses a virtuous |Dual parts. The body and soul |The Form

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    Utilitarianism or God‚ do we have to choose? During many years that question is being formulated and many scholars had a very difficult time to decide if it was possible to follow God’s will and the principle of utility maximization. The principle of utility maximization was a theory created by John Stuart Mill and presented in his book Utilitarianism (1863). Societies throughout the years have argued that those theories are hard to combine‚ since Utilitarianism seeks for self-development and

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    Security vs. Liberty: The Battle for America In the wake of September 11th‚ the country was in turmoil. Fear and confusion were rampant; direction was required. President George Bush‚ in a famous address‚ acknowledged the severity of the attacks‚ and called for a newly invigorated sense of nationalism. His plan for preventing future attacks called for the creation of the Department of Homeland Security‚ and expanded powers to intelligence agencies (Bush). During this time‚ one of the most provocative

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    Water‚ Life Cannot Exist Without It Water is the world’s most natural resource and without it there would be no life on earth. Nature limits our available supply of water. Virtually all of human uses require fresh water. 97% of the Earth’s water is salt water and only 2.5% is fresh water of which over two thirds is frozen in glaciers and polar ice caps. The unfrozen freshwater is mainly ground water with only a fraction on the surface. Fresh water is a renewable resource but the world usage

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