Without Evil What's Good
"If my devils are to leave me, I am afraid my angels will take flight as well." Rainer Maria Rilke wrote this to explain the nature of humanity....
Contrast in Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe's nineteenth century novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, gives incredible insight into the injustice of slavery practiced throughou...
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Human emotion is what gives our lives flavor and disassociates us from most other animals. Our emotions are extremely intense and of them all the most outstanding is lo...
“So in moral inquiry, as well, there is hope that, if we question ourselves rightly, “recollection” can progressively improve our understanding of moral truth and eventu...
When I was recently suffering from the dreaded sweet tooth syndrome, I hadn’t the slightest clue that the result would lead to a personal and universal philosophical debate...
In Shakespeare's tragedy Julius Caesar, the use of diverse leaders plays an important role in the plot, showing vividly how strong personalities conflict. This is the case...
In Shakespeare's tragedy Julius Caesar, the use of diverse leaders plays an important role in the plot, showing vividly how strong personalities conflict. This is the case...
Socrates begins his apology by discussing the terms of truth and persuasion. In this he draws a contrast on a moral level, " so persuasively did they speak....
Is Technology Good for Us?
I suspect that the percentage of the population physically capable of completing a ten-mile run has decreased over the last generation or so. Cars...
The term beauty' may have very relative significance. Something can be beautiful for us, but ugly for other people. The external beauty of a person is often the fir...
Freud, Saussure and Lacan: Interpreting dreams of a mad king,
significations of a modern Ulysses and unrealities in a story of passion
The equation ‘Freud + Saussure...
Deception, lust, incest, violence, murder, and vengeance. These are the topics of the first chapter of the biggest bestseller of all time: The Holy Bible. Its frequently told...
A somewhat topsy-turvy presentation is evident throughout this play: Dogberry and the Watch are very much the “third string” to this play’s bow, and yet have captured t...
First of all, we must understand the concept of humanism. What do people think when they hear something about humanism? Humanism is really about understanding th...
"Macbeth’s Freewill of Choice”
Macbeth is one of William Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies. It tells the story of a man who makes bad choices based on the influence o...