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      ??Love??  What is love? Love is not what you assume it is. That ’s why so many marriages end in divorce. People get a hormonal rush when they ’re around a person and think they ’re in love‚ and believe that person is "the one." Not even close. True love creeps up on you over a long period of time. It ’s NOT that powerful feeling of "I must have this person." Instead‚ it ’s a slow build-up. When you truly love someone you don ’t have to ask yourself if it ’s love. You ’re not even ASKING yourself

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    Eliminative Materialism is a theory that deems that the common sense understanding of the mind is wrong. It also poses that one day neurosciences will reveal that mental states do not refer to anything real. In fact‚ the concept of mental states will eventually be eliminated by neuroscience. In the past‚ mental states were explained by what is called folk psychology. Churchland argues that folk psychology will gradually be replaced as neuroscience grows more advanced and explains more. The problems

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    This report will talk about the history of philosophy and will compares and contrasts three basic views of presocratics: Naturalism‚ materialism‚ and Monsim. The Three presocratics known as the Milesians‚ created their own philosophies out of a need for explanations regarding what the subject is or stuff the universe is made of? In comparison‚ the second “set” of Presocratics; Pythagoras‚ Ephieans‚ and Eleactics‚ sought after the ideas of Materialistism or Worldly philosophies in regards to whether

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    and culture are sacrificed for social stability. People are not allowed any knowledge of the past‚ and everything is only explained to the most basic of truth. The freedoms we enjoy today are almost completely abolished. Naturally‚ we associate happiness with the ability to do whatever your want in life‚ so if we didn’t have this ability‚ can we still be happy in life? In the novel‚ it seems to be achievable on the surface‚ but when you look deeper‚ it shows that human beings respond to their environment

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    religion‚ theory of ideology‚ analysis of the capitalist system etc. In this essay‚ we will deal with his contribution to the study of social development or the materialist conception of history. Marx put forward his conception of historical materialism for the first time in German Ideology in 1845-6. He believed that it was the material world or the mode of production which determines the consciousness of men & the ‘social‚ political‚ and spiritual processes of life’. According to him‚ the mode

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    Influential Materialism on Cambodian Society Introduction One of the remarkable transitions in Cambodia began in 1993. It was the economic reform switching from planned-economic to open-free economic market. Since ever‚ Cambodia gradually boosts the national economy by allowing private possessions and foreign investment. This is a signal of democracy in the nation. To be a democratic country‚ such rights and freedom must be given to the masses. It is well-known that people want to be equal before

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    The mind-body problem is a severely complex issue of metaphysics. The two most prominent solutions to this issue are materialism and dualism‚ both of which are seemingly the most different of the stances that one could possibly take on the problem. Materialism sticks to an extremely strict viewpoint that a person and his or her identity‚ mind‚ and entire being consists of his or her body. On the other hand‚ dualism suggests a more mysterious and‚ at times‚ religious or spiritual approach where the

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    family‚ and happiness. The Great Gatsby‚ written by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ attempts to uncover the truth of the American Dream. It follows the experience of Nick Carraway and his meeting with the one and only Jay Gatsby. Gatsby is perceived as one trying to live out the American Dream - a man with great ideals determined to achieve the unachievable. It is through his pursuit of Daisy that Fitzgerald is able to show that the Dream itself is truly indeed unrealistic and corrupted by materialism. Jay Gatsby

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    BERNARDO M. VILLEGAS December 23‚ 2011 Did Rizal Really Want Independence? The newest book about Jose Rizal entitled "Romance and Revolution‚" written by Luis Liza and Javier de Pedro (University of Asia and the Pacific‚ 2010) contributes new insights into the much-discussed question of whether or not Jose Rizal wanted the Philippine Islands to be independent of Spain. The authors devoted a whole Annex (IV) to a close scrutiny of Rizal’s "Data for my Defense" written in Fort Santiago

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    The results of the happiness Self-experiment supported the hypothesis that my overall happiness would increase as the days went on. Three acts of kindness a day for a week showed a positive impact on my life. Being kind to others while they might be strangers or friends made me feel more satisfied with my life. As the week went on I began to feel happier and with a much more positive energy. I also began to feel more confident in myself. By the middle of the week it began to feel more like a habit

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