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    FDR – takes on a more activist role The first hundred days and alphabet soup – CCC‚ NRA‚ etc The 3 r’s – relief‚ recovery and reform Relief: relieving people who are suffering immediate needs Recovery: having economy bounce back Reform: look at what went wrong‚ change bills and laws FDR’s vision of government – willing to try anything‚ throw out acts if they don’t work. Goals of the new deal – tried basically anything He wanted to… Restore banking system: trust‚ confidence‚ (restore federal

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    e to Choice 1 or 2 Choose and post a response to one of the following; be sure to identify to which prompt you are responding – ex. #1‚ #2‚ etc…). Post your proof-read submission on the applicable link following this overview. This essay should be between 200-300 words incorporating specifics from the text. General and/or vague responses will result in lost points. 1.Discuss how Growing Up is a story of: a.adversity and courage‚ b.of family bonds and family tensions. OR: 2.How does

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    Scott Russel Sanders’s Buckeye is a memoir‚ in which the author reminisces about his late father. He fondly recalls his father’s attachment to buckeyes‚ believing that it would help him overcome arthritis. He highlights his love for his father and the land he once lived on by using vivid sensory details. Throughout the story‚ Sanders describes events and surroundings with specific details that bring readers into the story‚ allowing them to watch it unfold as if they were there with the author. His

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    Descartes Proof for the Existence of God The purpose of my essay will be to examine Descartes’ argument for the existence of God. First‚ I will review Descartes’ proof for the existence of God. Then I will examine the reasons that Descartes has for proving God’s existence. I will also discuss some consequences that appear as a result of God’s existence. Finally‚ I will point out some complications and problems that exist within the proof. The basic problem with most religions in

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    In the second meditation of his Meditations on First Philosophy‚ Rene Descartes argues that it is possible to doubt the existence of the body‚ while it is impossible to doubt the mind. Following this logic‚ the mind must exist while the body may simply be a product of elaborate deception. He comes to this conclusion through relentlessly doubting every aspect of his existence while simultaneously assuming the presence of a “very powerful and very cunning” deceiver who “ever employs his ingenuity of

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    Descartes’ Third Meditation The Existence of God Summary of First Meditation He demolished everything he had learned‚ and started over again right from the foundations Disproves one aspect of every falsehood Tries to find a certain base of certitude for actions Explains a theory that madmen’s behaviour is a personification of dreams States that all we know is truly a deception Summary of Second Meditation He questions himself‚ about the idea that he is a rational animal

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    Descartes: Proof of God’s existence and human error Unlike considerations emanating from theologians as to how proof that their God‚ defined as an active being by itself‚ was not an invention‚ the demonstration Descartes does regarding the proof of the existence of God and therefore the human error is simple: it shows God from man. Descartes says‚ "I would not have the idea of an infinite substance‚ me as a finite being‚ if it had been placed in me by some substance that was truly infinite."

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    Descartes argued that all an individual can truly know is information that is irrefutable. Any knowledge that creates the slightest amount of doubt cannot be considered true knowledge. Contrary‚ Zhuangzi believed that there is no definite truth. He argued that one cannot truly know anything for certain because knowledge is individualistic. Both philosophers have different perspectives on what can actually be considered true knowledge; therefore‚ in my essay‚ I will be describing what one can truly

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    Rene Descartes‚ a French philosopher and a mathematician‚ was born in 1596 and died in 1650 when Newton was seven. He is considered as the father of modern philosophy. Even till this day‚ his “Meditations on First Philosophy” continues as a standard document at most philosophy department. Descartes refused to believe in faith‚ and considered knowledge began with doubt. Rene Descartes often found himself to be mistaken about the knowledge that he formerly learn were true. As a result‚ he began doubting

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    method René Descartes uses in his arguments in his work Meditations on First Philosophy. Descartes uses a priori to its strengths and weaknesses. In my opinion a priori reasoning has its weaknesses in its strengths and therefore cannot convince the modern day reader of a plausible approach to proving Gods existence. The other method‚ a posteriori reasoning‚ gives us a backbone for a priori reasoning and both play off one another. A posteriori

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