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    Abstract Bharati Mukherjee is Indian-born American Novelist and short story writer. She went to America for her higher studies, and then lived in Canada with her husband Clark Blaise for a few years. In 1980 she went back to America where she currently lives. She is one of the writer, who would rather be considered as being from her adopted homeland, rather than as an Indian Expatriate writer. Mukherjee’s fiction portrays expatriate characters and their experiences. Mukherjee‟s works focus on the

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    Analysis of Pirandello’s The Late Mattia Pascal In his novel “The Late Mattia Pascal”, Luigi Pirandello tells the story of Mattia Pascal, a man that, after having lost everything and recognizing his unhappiness, has the opportunity to start over. The events of Mattia’s life are dictated by a mixture of fortune and decision making during unusual circumstances, where death, especially of the people he loves the most, constantly surrounds him. This leads to a crisis of identity, which is the main focus

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    Many people are inspired by things that occur in their life or things they witness, which tends to motivate them to do something or express an experience in someway. Luigi Pirandello always said ¨Nature uses human imagination to lift her work of creation to even higher levels¨ ("Luigi Pirandello Quotes"). Case in point, Luigi lived by this quote, incorporating nature and reality in his works. He was an Italian dramatist, novelist, poet, and short story writer whose greatest contributions were his

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    Nic Schellin MGF 1107 History Project 1 Wagering Pascal Born in Clermont-Ferrand, France on June 19, 1623, Blaise Pascal was among the most variously gifted philosophers, artists, and physicists of the 17th century. His most notable achievements include the inventions of a roulette wheel and the Pascaline, one of the earliest examples of mathematical calculators; as well as the publishing of various scientific and theoretical works such as Les Provinciales (Provincial Letters), a collection of

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    astronomy, biology, chemistry, and mathematics reconstructed views of nature and society. While the scientific revolution focused on the physical world, the enlightenment ventured to explain the purpose of government, and construe the best form of it. Blaise Pascal and Isaac Newton are two enlightened individuals with different views that challenged and formed political thought. In spite of that, Newton 's benefactions to political theory have stood the test of time and continue to shape the contemporary

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    do it from religious conviction” Written by Blaise Pascal, this quote can be used in explaining Pascal’s wager, a wager that explores the pros and cons of believing and not believing in God. Whether eternal joy or eternal suffering is the way to go, Pascal explores the different topics and arguments that can come with religion. Pascal’s wager is an argument devised by seventeenth-century French philosopher Blaise Pascal. Pascal was born in Clermont-Ferrand, France and lived

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    ALFARO IN PARTIAL COMPLETION OF COURSE REQUIREMENTS FOR INTRODUCTION TO APOLOGETICS (APOL 500-C09) JASON DION (Student ID 23494458) JACKSONVILLE, FL MARCH 4, 2012 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION1 SUPPORTERS OF EXPERIENTIAL APOLOGETICS2 BLAISE PASCAL 2 SÖREN KIERKEGAARD 3 PAUL TILLICH3 CRITIQUE OF EXPERIENTIAL APOLOGETICS4 CONCLUSION4 INTRODUCTION According to Beilby, “Apologetics is, in its simplest possible terms, the attempt to defend a particular belief or system of beliefs

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    this essay I will argue that life after death is not possible thus arguing against Blaise Pascal’s claim that humans should believe in God to potentially receive infinite goodness i.e. heaven. Blaise Pascal argues that the existence of God cannot be determined by reason. Therefore, one should believe in god based on self-interest. He argues that people have the choice to either believe or not believe in god. Pascal argues that if one believes in God and they are correct, they are rewarded with heaven

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