The Destiny of Body and Soul: St. Thomas Aquinas and Aristotle On Human Finitude A Term Paper Presented to the Faculty of Arts and Letters AB Philosophy University of Santo Tomas _________________________ In Partial Fulfillment of The Requirements in the History of Western Philosophy _________________________ Submitted By: Sem. Ariel Joseph A. Batondo ariel.batondo@yahoo.com March 2013 Table of Contents Title Page Chapter I
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The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois is a compilation of essays based on African American culture. Du Bois goes into depth into African American history‚ utilizing two terms pertaining into looking deeper into African American identity – “double consciousness” and the “veil”. “Double consciousness" is the belief that African-Americans in the United States exist with two opposing identities that cannot be entirely combined. Most essential to the African
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Beyond the “Minister’s Black Veil”: The Search of a Pure Soul and Unveiled Life Hawthorne’s story “The Minister’s Black Veil” talks about a Church Minister called Mr. Hooper‚ who in a Sabbath day‚ brought perturbation and chaos among his congregation while appearing with a black crape covering his face. However‚ the community throughout thee story whispers that the black veil refers to how “Mr. Hooper’s conscience tortured him for some great crime‚ too horrible to be entirely concealed” (Hawthorne
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The loss of soul leads the loss of identity in Lena Coakley’s Mirror Image Identity is the basic characteristics that determine a person’s fact of being. The short story “Mirror Image” illiterates this using different conflicts‚ such as physical attributes‚ mental‚ emotional‚ and spiritual factors. Alice‚ who had a brain transplant surgery after a car accident. Her brain is transplanted to another girl’s body named Gail‚ who is 2 years older than her and has totally different experiences from which
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W. E. B. Du Bois’ The Souls of Black Folk (1903) illustrates a very timeless and well-read published piece of literary work. It spans the history of the Black people from the losses and humiliation they received to the achievements made with pride and determination. He uses his words to enable the reader(s) to feel the pain and anguish that the Black people endured for many decades. It is as if he is writing to a white audience. Du Bois contends that "the problem of the Twentieth Century is the
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Dark Intentions of the Soul Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart” demands your attention the whole time you are reading it because the drama never stops throughout the story. The drama just keeps getting bigger and bigger. An unnamed man tells us every step of the way that he took to kill an old man whose eye resembled an eye of a vulture. The man describes it as saying‚ “One of his eyes resembled that of a vulture…a pale blue eye‚ with a film over it” (Poe 2). Even though the man seems to be
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In chapter one of The Souls of Black Folk‚ written by W.E.B. Du Bois‚ the point is the Negro is born with a veil that separates him from the world of White people. This world only allows the Negro to believe that he is less than or unequal to White people because he can only see himself through the revelation of the White world‚ which believes they are better than him. The veil shuts the Negro out from the White world. In the first chapter of The Souls of Black Folk‚ W.E.B. Du Bois discusses the
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"The Soul selects her own Society" is one of the greatest poems written by Emily Dickinson. It personifies her literary career to the "t" with the upmost descriptiveness. This poem describes a difficult selection of the soul between two societies; popular majority and self majority. It displays a light sense of imagery with a dark sense of thought. However‚ Dickinson ’s diction‚ imagery‚ symbols‚ and rhyme are impeccable and root deeply from her sense of description. The diction inside of Dickinson
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The two sculptural artworks are entitled ‘Ship of Lost Souls’ by Liz Williams and ‘Ideas about Fashion: Disguise or Reality’ by Rod Dudley. Both of the artists have used human form as a subject and have used sculpture as their art form Inclusive of‚ metal and wood as their medium. However‚ each of these artist’s interpretation of their work is very different and have some similarities. Williams has concentrated on visual language that’s being expressed through the use of human form and position‚
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Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul. Howard Schultz with Joanne Gordon. New York: Rodale‚ Inc.‚ 2011. 331 pages. Reviewed by _______________ Onward is a book written by Starbucks ceo Howard Schultz (the company uses lower case for all job titles) about how the company recalibrated itself after getting too big‚ too fast. The reason I chose to read and review this book is because I am a coffee addict. Ironically‚ I am not a fan of Starbucks. I’ve always felt
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