Abstraction of Love In the symposium, Plato discusses the many strong meanings of love through the conversation of characters at a symposium, or dinner party, in which the guests take turns on stating their views on love. Before the discussions begin the guests eat and afterward ...

Chris PringlePhil 2010A Narrowed Minded View of Christianity Compared to Other ReligionsIn this course I have learned about many religions. I have agreed and disagreed on many of the topics. The religion I follow and worship is Christianity. So when I learn about other religions such as Hinduism ...

Understanding the sublime is one of the keys to understanding Judaism. The sublime infuses the writings of the Torah. The ancient writers wrote of the sublime and the sublime has colored the interpretations of the Holy Scriptures throughout history in Jewish thought. Heschel and other writers wrote ...

Painful Voyage Home Odysseus had seen a lot of islands on his voyage home, none that he had seen or heard of before in his lifetime. Each island seem to represent a different god or creature. Every island was a different god, a different creature, a different adventure. Some were good but some ...

Plato's Euthyphro is a complex work that was carefully written and carefully crafted to present and consider a series of arguments, as well as to force its reader to consider broader issues that are not explicitly brought to their attention in the dialogue of the text. These broader issues are ...

Michelangelo and the Monk I chose to compare Michelangelo's great sculpture of David, and the Exalted Chinese Monk from the Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection, at the Seattle Art Museum. These two share many characteristics, yet they are also very much different from one another. Looking at b...

In John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost there are a series of themes that are presented either in an implicit or explicit way that brings the reader to want to read on. The characters capture the reader's undivided attention, in the sense that one begins to feel for them even if they are the Devi...

The Nameless Face There is a man whose name I didn't know but whose words I'll never forget. A nameless face among a crowd of nameless faces, distinct only by his words of inspiring wisdom. It was a Sunday morning, the Lords morning. A gathering of faithful Catholics filled the ...

My relationship with God is based mainly on trust, love and respect, common values, time, and communication. Trust is a vital part the relationship between God and myself. I am frequently confiding in Him about personal issues that I prefer not to talk about with others. Talking to God about pers...

As William Blake wittily comments, "those who restrain desire, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained," The Marriage of Heaven and Hell sneers at restrictions and advocates appeasing sensuous desires that are condemned by orthodox Christian belief. Blake masterfully makes a...

Dr. Faustus - Christopher Marlowe The Temptation And The Punishment From an early age we are told that knowledge is power and that it is our key to success and gainful experiences within this strange world. Many people also become obsessed with hobbies or goals within this modern time. It seems that...

I grew up in a time and place where faith existed but was never questioned. After all, when you're a kid, adults tell you that Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy and God are all real. And that believing in them would get you gifts, baskets of candy, money, and someone who could help you...

"Lift Every Voice And Sing" is a high-spirited gospel song that was written by the famous black poet and civil rights leader, James Welden Johnson. Performed by Melba Moore and a few others, I downloaded a version of the song to play. Originally in honor to celebrate Lincoln's birthday, it was perfo...

Good vs. Evil; Water vs. Fire In every good fantasy story there is always a good guy and a bad guy. If you are a lover of happy endings like I am, good always conquers evil. The battle between good and evil has been going on for eons. Although good and evil have many symbolic ideas or principles ...

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Satan appearing in the form of a pig's head; the essence of Christ projected into a boy; young boys struggling between good and evil while roaming around on an Eden like island. These are the images that William Golding depicted in his book Lord Of the Flies, the story of a group of English b...

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How did life on earth begin? Was it simply a matter of chance or does order predispose an intelligent planner? Is man a mechanism of a higher order? What explanation does scientific information support? Attempts to answer these and other related questions have proposed many theories and beliefs....

Body and Soul:Springboards for LoveSaint Augustine and Catherine of Siena went through distinctive spiritual journeys in order to reach and experience true love. Confessions, by Saint Augustine, and The Dialogue, by Catherine of Siena, reveal these journeys faced by both authors. To begin with, ea...

The brilliant author Benjamin Lee Whorf once stated, "Language shapes the way we think, and determines what we can think about." Language is an essential implement of communication and expression, which gives a character a certain identity. In The Color Purple by Alice Walker, the develop...

Chris Karcz114-68-4634Existence of God or the Lack There ofPhilosophers and theologians have always searched a way to prove the existence or non-existence of God. Many of these philosophers have made valid points for their views on the subject. Philosophers such as Saint Thomas Aquinas, Decartes, ...

Hinduism and ChristianityThe world is filled with many religions and beliefs. Some religions have close similarities and some are extremely different. The world is a complicated place that we as human beings have been trying to understand since our species began on this earth. Religion has been c...

THE EXISTENCE OF GODDuring this class we have looked at a wide range of theories about God from the creation of the universe to the theory of being reborn and life after death. What this all comes down to is whether God exists or He doesn't. There is no middle ground. Any attempt to remain neutral i...

In remit to Colonization, a Colonizer uses both good and bad methods to achieve his mission; on the other hand, to seek independence of the Colonizer, the Colonized has to accept some form of compromise for his or her freedom. In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, the Colonizer - Victor Frankenstein and t...

Milton's Depiction of the Serpent as Satan John Milton's use of the serpent to represent the evil of Satan captures the depth and detail that is implied in the Bible pertaining to the Beast that is Satan. (Rev 12:3-18, 13: 1-8) Milton first introduced the reader to the character Satan...