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    THEORY OF OPTIMS Candide is a novella published in 1759 by Voltaire‚ a French philosopher of the Age of the enlightenment. That period was characterized by abuses of power by the church and wars in Europe. Voltaire once agreed to the theory of Leibniz‚ a German philosopher that stats: “All is for the best.” In other word “it is the best of all possible worlds.” But after the Lisbon earthquake of November 1755 and the disastrous war of seven years between France and Persia‚ Voltaire turned

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    relate to her with ease. I also loved knowing her favorite American song is “Lean and Dab” which is a lot of our favorite! Both the countries of Mali and America have the similarities of making food. At least in my family‚ we buy a lot of our ingredients and then make our food. Fatou does the same thing. Another similarity between our countries are

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    Compare and contrast the similarities and differences between students studying online or in the classroom With the developing of the technology‚ internet is more community and useful. There are many ways to learn the knowledge such as online learning or study in the classroom. Students find that it is much easier to maintain a job‚ a family‚ and pursue a college career at the same time. This has been made possible with the option of online classes. While some students find it easier

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    In the Buddhist faith have some similarities as well as differences to Christianity. They both do not share in the believe that the original sins comes from Adam and Eve. They both also do not share in the believe regarding the world flood that happened during Noah’s time. Buddhist also do not believe in a sinless savior that was executed for humankind salvation. Christians believe that a savior will return to earth‚ but a Buddhist does not. Christianity and Buddhism believes that it is very important

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    the basis of the overall religion. Within both Christianity and Sikhism are various ideas that allow one to compare each religion with the other. Each of these religions allows one to evaluate specific beliefs between each religion to determine the similarities and differences between the two religions. For a religion to be considered

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    REL-405-GS Written Assignment #2/Myrna Ojeda Distinguishing between mystical and numinous religious experience‚ contrast Hinduism and Buddhism from the perspective outlined by Nanina Smart. Why do you agree or disagree with Smart ’s distinction of the two kinds of religious experience as these relate to these two religions? Mystical religion involves a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny often stemming from direct communion with ultimate reality or God.

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    (Aryan native Persian dialect) is also an official language of Afghanistan. Moreover‚ they are both Islamic countries. Afghanistan and Iran have always been known as two similar countries. However‚ if we look closely‚ sometimes the differences overcome the similarities between these two territories. Despite all the

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    Although Cinder and Cinderella have many similarities and differences like‚cruel step moms they have more differences. To start off we learned about Cinder named is different than Cinderella her real named is ella and her evil step-sisters came up with the name of “Cinderella.”Next‚ Cinder real parents died from lutmosis and so did her step-dad.Also‚ she is a cyborg and figure outs later on that she is a lunar‚ and Ella is a regular human. Next‚ Cinder has robotic parts and Cinderella has normal

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    impossible to attain or approach by the destructive human nature. El Dorado contrasts with the rest of the world because at the time Candide was written by Voltaire He lived in one important periods of the humanity‚ “The enlightenment”. Around him‚ he saw many injustices perpetrated by the principle institutions that lead the society at that time. The own desire of Candide to leave El Dorado was imposed by something that he knew; In El Dorado‚ everybody seems to be equal and a fortune in El Dorado means

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    Do you ever wonder what would happen if knights and samurais lived together? Even though they lived in completely different places around the world they developed a similar culture. So were the similarities between knights and samurais greater than the the differences they had back then? My thesis is that even though both knights and samurais never met they were more similar than they were different. One reason why samurais and knights were more similar than different is because of the way they were

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