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    In Dr. Scott Atrans talk entitled Talking To The Enemy he explores the sociological nature of radicalised people in the twenty-first century‚ and the political ramifications of religious fanaticism. some of the points he makes consist of moral virtue‚ sacred values‚ and how acknowledging someone’s sacred values can take tension off of cultural clashes. He also stresses the importance of a an individual’s personal identity Dr. Scott Atrans calls to attention how significant moral virtue is to humanity

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    the Other‚ is heedlessly effaced. Auden writes of the ship being ’expensive’ (Norton: p.1472)‚ in this sense the ship can be seen to represent ’capital’‚ something which continues to move without disruption. The first stanza describes a ’dreadful martyrdom’ (Norton: p.1472) which does not impress upon the children who ’are skating at the edge of a pond’ (Norton: p.1472) and the dogs who ’go on with their doggy life’ (Norton: p.1472)‚ we have therefore‚ a scene of leisure and the life of an ontological

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    proclaimers of the gospel of the risen Lord” (Habermas & Licona‚ 2004‚ p. 50)? These men had nothing to gain from their claims. In fact‚ they remained consistent with their beliefs even in the face of beatings‚ torture‚ imprisonment‚ and their own martyrdom. Nine early and independent sources confirm that the disciples claimed the resurrection. These fall into three categories: the testimony of Paul about the disciples‚ the early church’s oral tradition‚ and the written works of the early church.

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    The short story “The Last Leaf” portraits two young women named Sue and Johnsy living together in New York. Pneumonia has hit the area they are living in and Johnsy‚ not being used to the climate - as she is from California‚ is suffering from the disease. Sue takes on the role as the caretaker of Johnsy. Because Johnsy is terminally ill‚ she is therefore in need of medical help. The unnamed doctor‚ who is called in to Johnsys aid‚ is portrayed as a presumptuous and nonchalant man. He seems presumptuous

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    RIZAL’S MORAL LEADERSHIP IS COMMENDABLE Rizal never forgot the value of a high sense of honor.  He impressed his pupils on the importance of good conduct and upright behavior.  He demonstrated obedience‚ self-control and discipline.  Many persons pressed Rizal to escape from Dapitan in a baroto or banca‚ but he promised the authorities that he would not escape.  He also didn’t want to be called a runaway .  RIZAL TRIES TO SERVE SPAIN AS A PHYSICIAN On September 7‚ 1895‚ Blumentritt suggested

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    Oscar Wilde’s conversion to Catholicism was a slow—if not incomplete—change of heart. Indeed‚ it seemed to be the “form‚ rather than the content” (Ellman 34) that began the author’s dalliance with the religion‚ as he seemed instinctively drawn to the maryr-happy‚ scarlet-toned atmosphere of piety due to its artistic implications. It was Catholicism’s deviancy from the normative values of Victorian Anglicanism‚ not the specificities of its dogma‚ which attracted Wilde‚ as its contrast with religious

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    National Days of Remembrance Analysis The keynote speech given at the Holocaust Memorial Museum on May 17‚ 2011‚ was the most effective out of all three speeches at using all three of Aristotelian rhetorical categories which are ethos‚ logos‚ and pathos. Out of these three categories‚ former Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer used logos to prove why the task of recollection is important to history. Ethos was the most prominent because when he opened up his speech he said‚ “I come here as a Judge

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    Although Cordelia appears in Act I‚ Scene I and disappears until Act IV‚ she has an enormous impact on the play as a whole. It is generally acknowledged that the role played by Cordelia in King Lear is a symbolic one. She is a symbol of good amidst the evil characters within the play. Since the play is about values which have been corrupted and must be restored‚ it is not surprising that the figure who directs the action must be embodiment of those values which are in jeopardy – love‚ truth‚ pity

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    Without Seeing the Dawn A novel by Steven Javellana (summary) The novel "Without Seeing the Dawn" first published in 1947‚ is set in a small farming village called Manhayang‚ Sta. Barbara‚ somewhere in Negros. Like most rural baranggays‚ the hardworking and closely-knit village folk there had simple needs‚ simple wants‚ and simple dreams. They were living their own simple lives when the violence of war reached their place and brought death to their village‚ their homes and their hearts.

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    The word discipline comes from a Latin noun that means “teaching” and an Old French one that means “suffering” or “martyrdom.” The three words live in a mostly harmonious linguistic family‚ but they also occasionally yell at one another. How could they not? Because while discipline is supposed to be about education‚ it’s often more about punishment—a punishment to produce adult catharsis How should you discipline your infuriating devil spawn when conflict arises? NOT BY YELLING….. A study out in

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