GNOSIS. 1. Explain Gnosticism in the light of Genesis 3. What are the moral consequences of Gnosticism? Explain. As we saw in class‚ according to the Gnostic interpretation of Genesis‚ the creator god of the Old Testament is a bad god because he imprisoned Adam’s and Eve’s soul in a world of misery. Through this understanding of creation‚ this creator god created man incapable of distinguishing between good and evil‚ ignorant of his origin and destination. In this way‚ the Gnosis believes that the
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What Was the Most Important Consequence of the Printing Press? The most important consequence of the printing press was the spread of knowledge. Knowledge is the greatest aspect and power. Before Gutenberg’s invention of the printing press‚ there was the development of language‚ writing with hieroglyphs‚ the alphabet and then printing. Scribes would write a book by hand from the dictation of a scholar. Most citizens were uneducated while few were well educated. Handwritten books were expensive
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Opportunities‚ choices‚ failures‚ and consequences and what was the character’s conflict? As we can interpret from the book‚ John Purcell had always been very distant from the rest of his family. He rarely attended church‚ was in the war etc. John was given a chance to redeem himself by attending a very important ceremony/banquet with his son. All night his son had been constantly giving the impression that he would rather be at the banquet with anyone other than his father. John had started to
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There were many consequences to the printing press; including the spread of the protestant reformation and the growth of more accurate maps. However‚ the most important of them would be the creation of affordable books. When the printing press spread through Europe‚ Martin Luther heard about it‚ and when he did he got a hold of one of them and printed the 95 theses which was a document used to place on the church and argued and exposed the flaw of the catholic church. After this happened‚ many
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Evaluate the causes and effects of migration between Mexico and the USA Migration is moving from a place to another and intending to settle there. Mexicans migrate to the USA‚ but there are many reasons why. Push and pull factors are why they move. A push factor is something that is negative and pushes them away‚ like war‚ poverty and lack of opportunities. Meanwhile a pull factor is something positive that pulls them to a place like‚ better jobs‚ healthcare and lifestyle. There are multiple push
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What were these teenagers thinking?They made horrible decisions throughout the play without thinking of consequences.Romeo and Juliet was a play made by William Shakespeare.Romeo and Juliet got their love between their families and got six people killed in less than one week.Their brains were still developing in that time.And in those times people be forced to be married to people they don’t like.Sarah-Jayne explained the young mind is still developing while making drastic decisions.She also explained
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What is the global financial crisis‚ and who is it a crisis for? 1.0 Introduction The global financial crisis broke out in 2008 was most serious since the 1930s‚ it deeply affected various aspects and brought significant losses. Analyzing what is the global financial crisis‚ and who it is the crisis for has a important practical significance. 2.0 Causes Reasons for the outbreak of the global financial crisis are reflected in the following aspects. 2.1 Real estate bubble The global financial
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save ourselves base on the concept of utilitarianism‚ which is always choose whatever action or social policy would have the best consequence for everyone concerned‚ self-interest in Mohism and also the uncertainty about consequences in Kantianism. This will be asserted by explaining two main reasons‚ the first one is the concern of the consequences including financial burden on my family in case I am dead because
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What is the role of “hedge funds” in the financial market? “Hedge fund” is a term used to describe a diverse group of financial institutions‚ which play an important role in our financial system. There is a wide variety of definitions given for a hedge fund. Money Central Investor defines it as “a risky investment pool…that seeks very high returns by taking very great risks”‚ and Goldman Sachs & Co. adds that they “use of investment and risk management skills to seek positive returns regardless
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action separately and the effects that arise from it. Act utilitarianism‚ the most common form used in many circumstances‚ looks at the consequences of each individual act and calculate utility each time the act is performed (Hinman‚ 24). Act utilitarianism works out the benefits before taking a morally right action. Rule utilitarianism looks at the consequences of everyone follow a particular rule and calculates the overall utility of accepting and rejecting
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