What is sport? With reference to Clifford Geertz’s article‚ ‘Deep Play: Notes on the Balinese Cockfight‚’ sport can be a means for fostering community relationships through settling disputes and violence in a ritualized manner. The descriptive analysis of the “deep play” of the Balinese cockfight serves to provide an essential insight into the profound social and cultural structure that exists within Balinese communities. The cockfight enables competitors to channel their inner aggression and
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“I think therefore I am-Descartes;” “All noble things are as difficult as they are rare- Spinoza.” Decorates and Spinoza are unique; they are like nothing this class has studied previous. They focus on nature‚ existence and power as the fundamental building blocks to their unique philosophies. The beauty of these two men’s philosophies is not only in their contrasts but in all the ideas the students can draw from their logically thinking strategies; ultimately creating an individual philosophy and
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It is important to pick out a term or definition that is not a concrete object. For instance‚ most people can agree on the definition of cat or plane. One is a four-legged fur ball and the other is something that flies in the sky and gets people from point a to point b. This essay is easier to write if you select a less concrete or abstract topic that can be easily explained through your knowledge or experience. Terms like nihilism or honesty are great for essays like these. Other Definition Essay
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Documentation December 22‚ 2012 at 2:58am ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THANK YOU… To our parents‚ who offered us their unconditional love and support. To our teachers‚ who shared with us their knowledge and skills. To the children of the Pilot Elementary School‚ who made the Outreach Program memorable. To our school‚ who supported and implemented this program. And above all‚ to our Almighty God who has given as everything in life. PLEDGE OF LOYALTY We‚ the BASS Economics 1st year student‚ do hereby Solemnly
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Why God Does Not Exist! According to the dictionary God refers to the one Supreme Being‚ the creator and the ruler of the universe. Many people believe in God‚ with blind faith‚ hoping and believing that there is a life after ours expires. Humanity would rather believe that there is a safe haven and to be “forgiven” for the wrong’s that they have done‚ then to question the existence of the supreme being that they put so much faith in. Fortunately‚ there are people such as myself who question
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Storm Lawrence 10/2/12 River Passage Analysis The Realm of Reality The river is everywhere at the same time‚ at the source and at the mouth...in the ocean and in the mountains‚ everywhere‚ and that the present only exists for it‚ not the shadow of the past‚ nor the shadow of the future...Siddhartha the boy‚ Siddhartha the mature man and Siddhartha the old man [are] only separated by shadows‚ not through reality...Nothing was‚ nothing will be‚ everything has reality and presence. (p. 87‚ Hesse)
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Descartes Essay: Existence of God Descartes’ Third Meditation focuses on the existence of God. He describes God as ‘a certain substance that is infinite‚ independent‚ supremely intelligent and supremely powerful‚ and that created me along with everything else that exists – if anything else exists’ (Descartes‚ 25). In this Meditation‚ he states a fundamental principle that ‘there must be as much [reality] in the cause as there is in its effect’. This is the question of the existence of infinity
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Plato’s 1st argument for the Immortality of the Soul from opposites and Theory of Reincarnation Plato’s Phaedo is a dialog between Phaedo‚ Cebes and Simmias where Socrates gives some arguments for the immortality of the soul. In this work‚ Phaedo tells us about Socrates’ final days‚ who has been convicted to death. Great philosopher does not have a fear of death because he believes that when a man dies‚ the soul still exists even if the body perishes. Trying to prove his arguments
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To what extent does Gaunilo’s criticism of Anselm’s argument succeed in demonstrating that the argument fails? Gaunilo‚ a Benedictine monk and contemporary of St Anselm was the first to raise objections to Anselm’s idea that God exists by definition‚ claiming within “On behalf of the Fool” that Anselm’s argument was not logical and needed to be discredited. Gaunilo famously claimed that Anselm’s conclusion that the non-existence of God is “unintelligible” cannot show that God necessarily exists
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2011 Jan Phil2 KoEW MS Outline and illustrate three characteristics of sense-data. (15 marks) Anticipate the following characteristics: • We are immediately/directly acquainted with sense-data‚ (from which we infer a mindindependent reality). • Sense-data are (usually) mental or mind-dependent. • Sense-data exist only as they are perceived. • Reports regarding sense-data are incorrigible. • Sense-data are nothing other than how they appear – they have no hidden depths. • The sense-data
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