Essays on Perfection

The products and services provided in hotels, as a rule, are standard, but sometimes depending on the appointment of a hotel (business, rest) they can have specific nature. For me, the hotel is not just the place for a lodging for the night. It is the temporary house. The house in which everything is brought to perfection. And the most pleasant is that this perfection is not created by me. It isn't necessary to clean, bring things to the order. You can relax, you can behave more freely, it is possible to count on an invisible hand which will ...

Tom Rath wrote a book “Strengths Finder 2.0” to guide people in identifying their personal strengths and capabilities. The main objective of writing the book was to assist people regarding their internal strengths and ways to sharp their skills. The background for writing this book was that most of the people in the United States are not aware of their strengths and capabilities. I have read the book that is interesting and attractive for developing personal skills and knowledge. The ideas presented in the book are new, and the communication style adopted by the author is attractive. The entire ...

As an introductive point, “The Four Books of Confucianism,” is a collection of philosophical works which greatly influenced Chinese civilization, both in the educational and spiritual realms, into the contemporary era. My most prominent observation after reading the book is that the most important aspect any individual ought to pursue is that of self-awareness, where the person seeks to know who they are. The whole idea of the book is to provide moral insights and guidelines into human nature, and this is primarily through the presentation of the apt manners and dispositions of life that a person is required ...

Several centuries ago, St. Anselm wrote a prayer titled Proslogion. One of the key and thought-provoking aspects of this prayer is St. Anselm’s attempt to prove that God exists. Indeed, the prayer is comparable to Descartes’ argument because it results from an understanding of God’s perfection. Descartes maintained that God must certainly exist due to the fact that he could clearly perceive God and His perfection is such that Descartes could not have devised it on his own. St. Anselm’s argument is similar to that of Descartes because it has the properties of a priori argument. ...

The politics in the real world and the TV series is based on two different plot although they can sound a bit similar. The article mentioned a lot of similarities with the role played by women in TV Series and Hillary Clinton. The roles played in the TV series are directed as like the director wanted but in the real life many things make the difference. The TV shows can easily show someone as the hero in the eye of the viewers with some powerful personalities and work. They can put them into the crown or make them the ...

Blue Mountain Service Quality program

Dave Sinclair (Vice President of Blue Mountain Resort) was concerned with bringing the service quality in the ski season for building a good reputation in the market and facilitating visitors to attract them. There was a need for high service quality program in the existing operations to improve the services quality of the resort and satisfy the customers at large. It was a crucial time to improve the service quality as a large number of visitors were expected to welcome at that time (Klassen & Menor, 2006). The management of the company tried to provide their best services to their ...

Chaucer presents chivalry as an expression of perfection in character, inspired by the desire to please divine authority. According to Hall, a Knight’s duty in the medieval time was to the King, with the King seen as God’s intermediary (Hall, 16). The author presents chivalry in a militant fashion, probably as a reaction to the prevailing circumstance of chaos that needed a militant hand to defeat the heathens. Chaucer, therefore, presents the Knights as noble images of perfection with chivalry as a mainstay in their duty to man and God, even though it does not bear success ...

Summary

Different people from various backgrounds hold diverse beliefs on the origin of the world. Lewis, for instance, had the belief that the root of the world was from the darkness and beautiful distant sounds like those that emanate from far away singers. The Ohlone individuals in San Francisco believe that the head being was Coyote who created the world. The people influenced by Genesis hold that the world came being from the fall of refinement. Bestowing to the Pomo on the other side, a tribe in Northern California, the sphere was molded when a god set rolling the wax ...

Leon Kass in his essay “Ageless Bodies, Happy Souls: Biotechnology and the Pursuit of Perfection” (2003) tells the reader about some advances in the modern biotechnology and their possible impact on the society. He states that humanity is near the beginning of the golden age of the branch of science. He seems to be appreciating the benefits biotechnology gives to the whole humankind such as prolongation of life, cures for diseases and so forth. In fact, however, he expresses his concerns about the non-therapeutic use of the achievements of contemporary science. These concerns are linked to the nature of ...

Religion and sports have a long history that has lasted through millenniums. Sometimes the two old acquaintances have worked together, and sometimes they have been in conflict, but they have retained some form of connection. Wherever one of the two exists, there are at least small vestiges of the other. Even in the highest forms and levels of sports there lurks religion, just as the competition of sorts always appears even in the highest levels of the church. Given the long history that the two have shared, it is only natural to conclude that religion continues to shape the ...

Comparing the Anglo and Asian Confucian

The Unites States is part of the Anglo culture cluster while China is the main player in the Confucian Asia cluster, according to the GLOBE (Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness). As expected, the two countries differ in many ways due to such factors like political inclination (where the United States is inclined towards democratic legitimacy while China lies on the end of performance legitimacy), community settings and religious beliefs. This part of the paper will concentrate on the differences between the Anglo and Asian Confucian clusters to create a backdrop of what a manager is moving from America ...

The principles of a Healthy Lifestyle are the Basics of Fitness

The principles of a healthy lifestyle lie in the basis of fitness. A proper nutrition, body care and personal hygiene, the regime of the day, giving up smoking and alcohol, positive attitude to the world and the manifestation of activity in everything - this is fitness in the broadest sense of this word. Maintaining a good shape requires a good sleep, balanced nutrition and physical workouts. Life in the style of fitness is impossible without a positive outlook. Without it, it is very difficult to give up lying on a sofa and other destructive habits (BistroMD).

Why Fitness is Important?

The aspiration to ...

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is a self-analyzing survey that is done to analyze how people judge the world and how this influences their power of making decisions. This is basically a set of question that helps determine the ability of your brain to adjust things. This test was designed by Katharine Cook Bridge and Isabel Briggs Myers. The ideology behind this test comes from the theory of Carl Jung. The theory revolves around the fact the human psychology interprets any perspective in 4 different categories, namely; thinking, feeling, intuition and sensation, and one of them is always present ...

Literature

In this essay, we will analyze the life and views of two prominent American figures Jonathan Edwards and Benjamin Franklin. Despite the fact that they live in the same time period they have completely different lifestyles and views. They both tried to come up to perfection and did it in their own particular way. This is the main question of the essay. The comparison of two views will be presented with the help of the analysis of Jonathan Edwards’ works ‘Resolutions’, ‘Personal Narrative’ and Benjamin Franklin’s ‘Poor Richard’s Almanacks’. In the analysis, the comparison of their views ...

Abstract: In this paper, I will discuss the logic behind Descartes’s idea which he believes to prove the existence of God and compare it to a thought of the Evil Demon. The structure of my essay will mainly be about Descartes’s First and Third Meditations. Descartes illustrates his idea of God and prove that God exist in Third Meditation where he illustrates the source of the Evil Demon. One may think that Descartes applied to the concept of Evil Devil. At the same time on the basis of analyzing of his works I believe that Descartes would ...

The Early Modern Times brought a lot of innovations into the people’s life. It was the epoch of the great discoveries when Columbus found the way to American and Ferdinand Magellan managed to sail across the Earth. Leonardo Da Vinci’s drawings depicted the possible advancements in the technology. Besides, it was the time for great thinkers and philosophers: Martin Luther, Jean Calvin, and many other participants of the Reformation shed light on the contradictory aspects of the institution of church and change the perception of religion in the whole Europe. The art also flourished during the Early ...

Introduction

A book written around A.D. 95, according to theological historians, the book Revelations of John is written by the same Apostle John who knew Jesus when He was a man on the earth, serving as one of His disciples and working fervently in His ministry. Understanding that the various apostles such as, Stephen and Paul, Bartholomew and Silas, were martyrs for the sake of the Church of Jesus Christ and the eminency of His ascendency, John lived to become an old man. John declared and proclaimed that he loved Jesus more than any of his brothers of the discipleship. ...

Former CEO of the worldwide renowned company, General Electric delivered a seminar about his company’s success and progress over the years. General Electric is regarded as the leading electronic companies of the world, and its success has been guaranteed by its leader, Jack Welch. At a seminar for the business students at Fairfield University, Jack Welch talked about the empire he built when he joined General Electric in 1960. Coming from a humble background and nurturing a knack for golf, he played in order to get to a top University of his choice but eventually enrolled at the ...

“The Birthmark” is a short story written by Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1843 and “The Yellow Wallpaper” is a short story written by Charlotte Perkins-Gilman published in 1892. “The Birthmark” deals with a husband’s determination to make his wife look perfect while “The Yellow Wallpaper” deals with the subordination of a woman to her husband which drives her crazy. Both Georgiana and the wife from “The Yellow Wallpaper” are trapped in a marriage in which their husbands are dominant and who determine their fate. The similarities between “The Birthmark” and “The Yellow Wallpaper” are related to the fact that ...

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Introduction Death, as a form of punishment, is being practiced even in the earliest days of human civilization. The people of ancient Mesopotamia, during the time of Hammurabi, have been observed to perform death sentences on certain transgressions and immoral acts, as determined by their codes . Similarly, the Hebrews has also been using death as a capital punishment for several transgressions under their law. The traditional Law of Moses, which can also be read in the Christian bible, is, in fact, a relic of the age old tradition of exacting death penalty that has been practiced for ...

Abstract

In the novel ‘Black Hole,’ teenagers who engage in sexual behavior contract a decision that leads to genetic mutations which are hard to conceal. The disease is a replica of the Aids Pandemic and the struggles which teenagers have to endure during their adolescent years. The importance of the study is to identify how teenagers in the book the black Hole relate to the youth in the current society. Teenagers experience hormonal imbalances which cause them to lose control and are mostly controlled by their sex drives. Sexual attractions are common during this developmental stage of life, and most ...

The story The Birthmark is about Aylmer who is a scientist and philosopher. He is married to Georgiana. One day Aylmer asks her is she had ever thought about removing the birthmark that is on her face. At first Georgiana thinks he is joking, but when she realizes that he is serious, she tells him that she and many others see her birthmark as a blessing and charm. He says that it takes away from her face, which is almost perfect except for the birthmark. The birthmark is a small hand-shaped red mark that disappears when she blushes. Women ...

Abstract

The book "Mystics, Maverick and Merrymakers" talks about the Jews religion. The author gives a glimpse of the inner worlds and daily lives of the Hasidic girls. There are many characters mentioned in the book that have different characteristics. Some are portrayed as weak while others are seen as strong. A character is strong based on his or her degree of self-knowledge, ability to take responsibility for his action, ability to cope with difficulties and awareness of an event (Saddock and Virginia 49). These individuals grow and acquire new ideas from the challenges that face them. A weak character, ...

Central to Nathaniel Hawthorne’s writing of The Birthmark is the unexplained mark that was on “Georgiana’s left cheeka little [similar] to the human hand, though of the smallest pygmy size” (Hawthorne par.7). Initially, the mark had brought Georgiana much admiration with some lovers asserting that the impression on her face was subject to a “fairy” whose tiny hand had somehow landed on the woman’s cheek when she was young (par. 7). The problem is, Aylmer, who happens to the story’s protagonist and Georgiana’s husband, fails to see the appeal of such a mark on ...

The four moral theories of standard consequentialism, moderate consequentialism, deontology, and virtue ethics are the ones that have been examined throughout the course. The reading material for the class include the writing of Don Marquis and Michael Sandel whose articles will be used to analyze which type of moral theory each author is most likely to be coming from. Marquis wrote a piece on abortion, titled “Why Abortion is Immoral?” While Sandel wrote about gene modification in a piece titled, “A Case against Perfection?” Based on the argument presented by Marquis, I would be inclined to say that he ...

Abstract

Everyone has their own individual character. People’s characters may be similar but definitely are not the same. Most people do not have issues with it and have no problems with their interactions in society and compliance with its laws and regulations. However, some personal features are very different from the expected norms and from generally accepted rules of behavior that cause irritation, discomfort and lack of understanding of others. Such features of temper can cause problems, which affect not only patients but also their close and distant surroundings. Such condition is called personality disorder. Worth noting, that patients ...

In simple terms, Gattaca, a 1997 movie, can be described as a sci-fi adventure that is combined with a crime narrative. The viewer is treated to a relentless action throughout the movie as the police engage in a search for a murder. As the story unfolds, the viewer’s attention is turned to a young lad known as Vincent, also named ‘Jerome’ by his workmates. Vincent is trying to overcome his biological challenges that he was born with in his quest to become an elite astronaut in a space program run by Gattaca Corporation. As the two stories unfold ...

Writings on Hinduism have been remarkably expanded in the past decade by anthropological research which focuses on the real nature of religious practices, including the underlying philosophy, and examines the setting or environment as well as the written literature. Edward Harper, in his article Ritual Pollution as an Integrator of Caste and Religion (1964), vividly showed that the hierarchical relationship of the concepts of 'purity' and 'pollution', which are the foundational elements of caste, is based on a paradigm of society wherein different groups are brought together by the common pursuit of religion or rituals for the gods. The ...

Culture: the most important source of “Soft Power”

In the 21st century, everyone is facing a significant change of daily life. This fact gets seen in the Rapid growth of technology and the economy. These developments facilitate our ability to connect with people from different cultural backgrounds. Through interacting with people from different cultures, we get a deeper understanding of each other. Culture refers to the customs, beliefs and arts and many other aspects of a particular group or society. Culture brings progressive force to the society in terms of human equality, women rights, etc. Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho once commented on the power of culture: “Culture ...

In today’s society, beauty is believed to be one of the keys to having a happy life. There are billboards across the nation advertising what a beautiful face and body can do to improve your self-esteem. This belief seems to be inescapable due to all the social media, television shows, and movies dedicated to showing what life is like for the “beautiful people”. Due to all this, a person can become convinced that their entire self-worth is tied to how well they look, thus leading to them getting plastic, cosmetic, surgery. Cosmetic surgery can alter any part of ...

Who is Jiro?

Jiro is a Sushi Master and a Sushi restaurant owner (Jiro Dreams of Sushi). With whom does he work? Jiro works with his two sons, Yoshikazu, who is 50 years old and the heir to his restaurant business, and Takashi, who later leaves to open a similar restaurant in a different location (Jiro Dreams of Sushi). The two are also Sushi chefs.

What is this film about?

The film is about Jiro’s pursuit for perfection in Sushi. The film shows his passion for his job, attention to detail, and the unending quest to have the best Sushi each time. Despite the effort that ...

Difference between Six Sigma and Lean

Six Sigma can be explained as the philosophy of management that is highly focused on the achievement of organization's objective, data collection, and examination of the outcome of the entire process to ensure the quality service and decrease in product imperfection. Sigma is a Greek word that is rarely used to indicate the difference from a standard but in the philosophy of management, Six Sigma is used as a methodology to eradicate faults from the manufacturing process to ensure the best quality of products. Six Sigma is classified into two parts namely, Six Sigma DMAIC and Six Sigma DMADV. ...

26th of April 2016

The appearance of Kabuki is attributed to Izumo Okuni a servant of the temple, which, according to the available documentary evidence, headed a predominantly female troupe that in 1603 staged presentation and light scenes (dance, comic sketches), choosing the parched bed of the Kamogawa River in Kyoto as their stage. Gradually, this company has gained national recognition and the plays by Okuni (and subsequently the entire genre) came to be defined by the term "Kabuki". Its basic meaning (literally – the technique of singing and dancing) was supplemented with a hint of "extraordinary" and "shocking" nature of the action. Kabuki ...

The philosophical contributions of Rene Descartes remain the cornerstone upon which doubt is built. The subjects of Rene begin when he decides to bring to an end the past conceptions through models of reasoning and intellect. In his analogy of falsehood and misconceptions, the meditator alludes to the past preconceptions as he resolves to recreate the certainty of knowledge by only accepting as truth things that he has proof. It is essential to understand the philosophical analogy that certain things must be made subject to doubt. As he begins to question the rationale that governs his perceptions, he began ...

Improvisation is what happens when people are inspired to accomplish new things in life and in art whether it is related to personal issues or professional. People feel motivated to improvise and that is what keeps me looking for perfection in life. The vocabulary related to life is related to art as well because these terms are interrelated in my opinion and in my experience. Everything in life is interconnected because life can be observed as art as well. The art of living is a specific discipline and it can be documented through conceptual art and through performance projects. ...

Introduction

Engineering is the use of science to solve day to day problems as well as to make work easier. On the other hand, engineering design is the sequential or step by step process through which engineers follow to come up with the ultimate solution to a problem. Design mainly involves coming up with a new or an improved product, for example, a machine or a computer program that is useful in accomplishing a certain task. In the current world, engineering design is mainly carried out through computer aided software. In this article, we will discuss the impact and significance ...

Augustine and Pelagius on Nature and Grace

In the 5th century, in the Church of Rome, the theological debate arises about the balance of forces of human nature and the grace of God in the salvation of man. Long before the separation of the Churches, the theological debate has significant influences on the development of Western Christianity both in the Roman Catholic and Protestant traditions. Particularly, the debate focused with the two important and outstanding names of the history, the Father of the Western Church, Saint Augustine of Hippo with his counterpart monk Pelagius, both are involved of this argument. Correspondingly, the Pelagian controversy has changed ...

After reading Amy Chu’s Wall Street Journal article about the superiority of Chinese parenting compared to Western parenting, I was left wondering if her claims are true. Common sense tells me that there are all different types of parenting styles, and often the difference exists as a result of cultural differences. However, could it be possible that Western parents are failing their children while Chinese parents or the like are doing a better job of parenting? Perhaps that is a matter of opinion based on what is important to the parents and individual. Some parents focus on academics, ...

What is your worldview? The worldview of human being may be considered as the general picture of the surrounding reality. It presents the harmony of all ideas about the world and the way of .personal perception of commonly defined things. A worldview is the basis for daily decisions. It is extremely important and influences many aspects of life significantly. In general worldview means a comprehensive understanding of the world from a certain position. Different religions have different ways of thinking and world perception. My worldview presents a comprehensive analyzing of the world from a Christian point of view. The ...

In terms of both our vocations and hobbies, we often aspire to become great. What happens, however, when this very desire consumes and overtakes us? The 2010 film "Black Swam" starring Natalie Portman as a high-profile ballet dancer, shows its viewers that unchecked ambition can be a dangerous and ultimately deadly thing. This message is achieved primarily through the film's use of detail-heavy camerawork, its character depiction, and its embrace of magical realism and distortions of reality. The main character Nina loses her identity, herself to become perfect and on this way to the culmination of her transformation she ...

Response Paper

Response Paper The presence and existence of God is seen in our daily lives through the practices and the relevant undertaking that we pass through without knowledge of how successfully they pass. To be aware of God, however, implies that one is certain of the belief in His dominical that surrounds every human being, and in everything that is in the universe. McCloskey in his article, “On Being Atheist” attempts to provide proof that the existence of God is not true; with various claims why atheism is a much easier concept to understand compared to theism (McCloskey, 1968). However, ...

David Fincher’s 1999 film adaptation of the Chuck Palahniuk novel Fight Club provides a uniquely slick, stylish filmic presentation of the book’s gritty, darkly comic sensibilities. Tracking the life of a disillusioned, emasculated, narrator (known only as Jack in the film, played by Edward Norton) and his newfound rebellion against the existential crises of modern American life with the help of charismatic lowlife Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt), Fight Club explores both the immense appeal of rebelling against the hegemonic systems set up for men in late capitalist society and the unique beauty and eroticism of masculinity. Director ...

It seems that there is no philosophy more vulnerable to external, rational criticism, than the philosophy of Descartes. The literary form of his works is nothing short of doubt. For example, his main work "Discourse on Method” is rather a fiction than a philosophical treatise; or I’d rather say, it’s a kind of notes about his life: experience, thoughts, or feelings. Moreover, they are difficult to reconcile in a single work. However, Descartes manages to question absolutely everything in the world in dozens of pages under the same title, then to find a way out of this, ...

The Relationship of Beauty and Death in Yukio Mishima’s “The Temple of the Golden Pavilion”

Introduction The novel written by Yukio Mishima represents a true incident happened in Japan in 1950, when a boy set fire to one of the most beautiful and well-known Zen temples. This event caused shock among the public and raised serious and controversial questions regarding the cultural and social issues in the country. In the trial, the boy claimed: “I hate myself, my evil, ugly, and stammering self”. In the result, it was concluded that the boy has burnt down the temple due to self-hate and obsession with everything beautiful. He could not help to remain calm when he ...

Art is considered as one of the most diverse human activities. Some examples of art-related activities include the production of artwork, historical study of art, critique of artwork, and the dissemination of artwork. Visual arts is one of the oldest forms of art that has been identified and used over the years. This type of art is composed of different components inclusive of the creation of images and objects in several fields such as sculpture and painting. The following paper will look into two paintings from different painters. These paintings comprise, paintings of Willem Van Aelst-Flowers in a Silver ...

Rene Descartes is a French philosopher and mathematician of the XVI century, considered as a father of modern philosophy. He defined an opening point of existence and he is an author of well-known dictum “Cogito ergo sum” that means “I think; therefore I am.” He was influenced by Plato, Aristotle, Anselm and Thomas Aquinas. Descartes’s famous proofs of God’s existence are based on the system of personal experience and the “I” conception but in his speculations, it was not a person that have a conversation with God but the idea of the human “I” as a thinking ...

Q1 (a) Lean principles in strategic planning

Maximization of information, material, and cash flow The uses of lean principles seek to maximize organization’s flow of information, materials and money. The design of lean production process aims at maximizing product flow through value stream principle, which is induced by the customer demand pull. A streamlined flow necessitates the need to partner with suppliers and customers, setup time limitations, single-piece flow of production, pull system of production and an objective of perfection. Similarly, lean processes of administration are designed to maximize cash and information flow using the similar lean flow tool like pull processes, perfection goals and ...

Introduction

Parthenon's symmetrical and idealistic architecture is the result of the continuous changes of styles and ideologies in the past (see fig. 1); despite the ruined state in the modern age, Parthenon temple still continues to be the role model for all architects throughout the world. The role of the Parthenon was not only limited for priests’ rituals and to appease the deities of the Olympus. Historically, the Parthenon itself was the center of the commercial and civic activity of the ancient Greeks since many people visited the temple to worship to their Gods and this was also the perfect ...

The concept of “terrible perfection” developed by Barbara Heldt describes the womanhood depicted in the Russian literature. According to the scientist, heroines were mainly idealized and shown as an overall female image, including the notion of the Mother Russia. Thus, men were unable to meet their criteria and this mismatch led to the unhappy endings in many works by Russian authors. Moreover, Heldt states that males and females are described in a completely different ways as men’s worldview is based on ideas, and women are driven by their feelings. Therefore, they cannot reach the agreement but they complement ...

Explain Aristotle’s theory that virtue is a mean between two extremes give an example

Virtue according to Aristotle virtue is a disposition to behave in a certain manner that is responsive to comparable situations i.e. behaving in specified manner. Virtue therefore is as a cause of constantly repeated actions that is an aggregate of the behavior. Example include courage which may be a mean of the result of cowardice and impulsiveness.

Explain Anselm’s Ontological Argument

Anselm’s ontological Argument supports the theory of God’s existence by providing proof on the same. Anselm is specific in that he nullifies the theory of experience on justification of God’s existence through logic. His logical standpoints to refute the ‘ ...

Biography:

Creating a visual language with simple yet stunning white and black pictures seems to flow easy in the works of Hiroshi Sugimoto. Born in 1948 (Tokyo, Japan) he has proved to be a multi-faceted artist who is equally good in painting, installation and architecture apart from photography. His photography tries to capture the time and preserve it for the viewer. He has also explored several other themes such as empiricism, and metaphysics. In his works he tries to bridge the gap between what exists to a layman and how it can be transformed with a picture when laid in ...

Introduction:

Michael Kenna is a renowned photographer who captures the delicate and fine features of the light, nature in black and white shots. Born in 1953 in England, he attended London College of Printing in 1976 and St Joseph's College (Lancashire) in 1972. He currently lives in Seattle and travels around in pursuit of photography perfection. The photographs depict his strong association with nature and light generally shot at dawns or nights and the films exposed to a good 10 hours. The interesting fact that distinguishes Kenna’s work is how he captures the landscapes with such a unique approach ...

1.What is the name of the first film you will be comparing in your essay? Save the last dance (2001) 2. What is the name of the second film you will be comparing in your essay? Street dance (2010) 3.Which of the following themes or concepts will you be addressing in your comparative essay? A maximum of two themes is recommended. Possible combinations include: "race and class," "gender and sexuality," "authenticity and appropriation," "class and social mobility," "agency and identity" and "representation and commercialization." Choose your first theme here. You will choose your second them in Question #4.

Race

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Scriptural Interpretation Essay

For my scriptural essay, I chose a passage Luke 6:27-36 (On Love of One’s Enemies), which is also called the law of love. In this passage, Jesus enjoins people to love their neighbor, even if he is an enemy. Also, here it is explained in what this love is manifested. Of the four Gospels, the content of the three “synoptic” according to St. Matthew’s, St. Mark’s and St. Luke’s are much in common. They are close to each other, both in the narrative material and form of presentation, but there are also some differences. The ...

According to the Mind map, several emotional and social traits or characteristics prevails from gifted students. The main characteristics include perfection, self-actualization, internal motivation or locus control, empathy, developed sense of humor, sensitivity, resilience, and Advanced levels of Moral maturity with consistency between values and actions. Perfectionism, also considered as the high expectation of self and others is when the gifted individuals referred to anything that does not achieve perfection as unacceptable. This characteristic is defined by striving for excellence, also known as healthy perfectionism and constant striving for unattainable and unrealistic goals, also known as neurotic perfectionism. As ...

Understandably, most of people have confusions about differences between Sikh and Christian beliefs, as these 2 religions have a lot of similarities. Both followers of Christianity and Sikhism believe in Oneness of God and his role as the supreme creator. In Christian religion the acceptance of one God is showed as the trinity, which consists of Holy Spirit, God the Father and Jesus Christ, all these 3 aspects comprise one deity. Sikhs also believe that the Creator is one, but they teach that the Lord is simultaneously within the Creation and it is separated from it. They unlike the ...

The Age of Enlightenment was an era of American history in which the rise of scientific inquiry and the rise of empirical knowledge was leading many Christians, including Puritans, to leave the faith (Smith 446). In response, Jonathan Edwards delivered the sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” in 1741, in which the author attempted to convince Puritans not to stray from their belief in Christ despite the Enlightenment-era secularism that was present during that time. However, in many more important ways, Edwards’ own perspective on God in this sermon solidified the Age of Enlightenment’s assertion ...

Leibniz and Malebranche were very famous philosophers who lived and worked in 17th -18th centuries. Both of them were prominent thinkers whose minds influenced a lot of people after them. Their teachings remain relevant today, and to understand and evaluate certain historical events, modern philosophers often go back to where philosophy started. Of course, the birth of it goes back to ancient Greece and Rome, but Leibniz and Malebranche were those who developed the ideas of the distant past. They both concentrated on how the role of the divine was important in the flow of life. Such teachings were ...

Zhao, Yushan, Zhu, Hongjing, Studies in Literature and Language

Abstract Most studies of inter-subjectivity are about the translators' subjectivity, which pay less attention to the subjectivity of writers and readers. Some papers center on binary dialogue among translation subjects, and place one subject in the center. Based on Davidson's triangulation model, the paper provides a clearer ternary dialogue for intersubjectivity. Davidson adopts "triangulation" to express the person-person-world interaction in the language communication. Translation, as the cross-cultural communication involving many subjects, is the result of the triangulation among the subjects. Triangulation in translation should be: a writer, a source text and a translator; a translator, a target text and ...

Discourse On Method Part IV

In part IV of Descartes' Discourse, Descartes continues his quest for knowledge of truth. In this particular section, Descartes focuses his discussion primarily on how to determine what we know with certainty to be true. Here, Descartes introduces his infamous method. Systematically he doubts everything and, afterwards, tries to see if anything remains that can be known with certainty. Descartes embarks in his journey by taking a reverse approach from earlier parts of the Discourse. In Part IV, he writes that he will doubt all knowledge that comes from the senses, with the observation that we can wrongfully interpret ...