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    Karl Marx is one of the founding fathers of Communism. He believed more in the right of the people and thought they should escape from a capitalist society. Marx believed that economics is more important to politics than freedom and was bothered by the lack of equality and freedom to citizens. His vision and approach proved to be successful and revolutionary. Marx’s conception of a ‘species being’ is the biological and evolutionary characteristics of mankind. He believes that as biological beings

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    There are many people across the world that have impacted their community in a variety of ways. In the United States of America there have been people who have shaped America into the free country it is today. The Founding Fathers of the United States of America are great examples of people who transformed the United States into what it is today. Benjamin Franklin was the most influential developer of America. After America encountered Benjamin Franklin as a printer‚ a publisher‚ and an inventor

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    Founding Fathers Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin are frequently regarded to be two of the most influential figures in early American history. Both men contributed greatly to the founding of the nation and are considered to be two of the forefathers of the new country. While there are great similarities in both their public and political lives as well as within their personal lives. Even with the uncanny similarities with these two men‚ there

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    to not copy the way someone does something. They also have a strong belief that God‚ humans‚ and nature are all spiritually joined in what they call‚ an oversoul. They believed that if a human wanted to find themselves‚ they must explore nature. Transcendentalist believed the induvial should be original‚ have a strong connection with nature‚ and reach out to their oversoul. Ralph Waldo Emerson led the transcendentalist group. He was a firm believer in originality. He discusses this in the begging

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    for his stories about sin‚ guilt‚ and witchcraft in Puritan society. The Salem‚ Massachusetts‚ born Hawthorne is revered for his short story collection‚ Twice-Told Tales; his masterpiece The Scarlet Letter; and the classic The House of the Seven Gables. Although his tendency was to express himself in his short stories‚ he is best known for his novels‚ and particularly his most famous‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ a romance in a historical setting‚ Puritan Boston‚ Massachusetts‚ in the 17th-century. It is the

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    although it is a terrible part of the history of the United States that we cannot get rid of‚ was justified by some Founding Fathers and philosophical thinkers. It is seen in some readings that the thinkers who had such a great influence on the forming of our country‚ actually thought of slavery as something that was okay. These views and ideas may have influenced some of the Founding Fathers to support slavery‚ and may have helped lead some to even participate in slavery. Slavery has always been around

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    The Transcendentalist Movement is known as an American literary‚ political and philosophical movement of the 1830s that was able to establish a clear voice for Americans. From conclusions drawn throughout Transcendentalism‚ there is a belief on a higher reality that is ultimately received by human reasoning. In the early nineteenth century‚ the movement followed with the belief that organized religion‚ government and other forms of social institutions corrupt the purity of each individual within

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    The Founding Fathers related the purpose of happiness to individuality and happiness. The Founding Fathers interpret these two terms as a nation should work together as one individual. Defending the people rights and respecting the freedom of each individual. Wolf quotes the Greek literature “happiness meant

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    Gandhi's View on God

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    Back Gandhi’s Views On God God 1. My own experience has led me to the knowledge that the fullest life is impossible without an immovable belief in a Living Law in obedience to which the whole universe moves. A man without that faith is like a drop thrown out of the ocean bound to perish. Every drop in the ocean shares its majesty and has the honour of giving us the ozone of life.—H‚ 25-4-36‚ 84. God as Truth and Love 2. There is an indefinable mysterious power that pervades everything. I feel

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    Did the Founding Fathers Get it Right? In 1787 our founding fathers gathered in the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia‚ in the exact same room our Declaration of Independence had been signed a few years prior. This group of men was faced with the immense task of drafting the Constitution of the United States of America. Our founding fathers showed such brilliant foresight in how they structured this foundational document by recognizing the need for a Constitution designed to keep our government

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