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    Descartes Argument

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    from finding out about what he could know for certain. I decided that he could not rely on any evidence which acquired to his senses for they sometimes misled him. I strait stick can look bending through the water, in the far distant an object can look different and so on. And when he was sleeping, he sometimes dreamt that he was waken up. Therefore, he wanted to be sure that he was not dreaming when was not sleeping. There was one thing he was certain about which it the mathematical truth such as

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    Heartbreak and vengeance make the perfect cocktail for any juicy or scandalous story, but so does the concept of a twisted illusion of reality. Stories of passion such as, Evona Darling written by Silas House and My Ex-Husband written by Gabriel Spera, are both examples of stories that furnish the reader’s equation of love and hate entwined together with the tainted sense of reality. House descriptively writes a story about the passion of a mother’s love whose heart has been taken away by her child’s

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    his assertion to power—which was conducted in a corrupt manner. First and foremost, it must be demonstrated that Hamlet’s actions were only a tactic used to gain information about Claudius. In addition, Hamlet acted crazy to prevent others from finding about his investigations into old King Hamlet’s suspicious death. Hamlet stated his intentions to Horatio where he says, “Here, as before, never, so help you mercy,/How strange or odd soe'er I bear myself/(As I perchance hereafter shall

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    Since the moment we understand that people have different beliefs from ours, we start to develop our instinct for lying. This is due to the fact that lying is a part of human nature. We are attracted to lying and the many benefits that it gives us, whether it is to get us out of trouble or to avoid trouble. Hence, we have grown with the idea that lying is part of every human being and that we should use it as long as it doesn’t affect anyone negatively. In his novel, “The Stranger”, Albert Camus

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    pp58-59). Among all his companions, only Augustine is able to see beneath the surface of Hortensius’ eloquence and embrace its truth. This is important to highlight because Augustine’s focus on the literary work’s content rather than its style indicates an awareness that is not found anywhere else in Book III. Augustine’s language is able to show that he sees the truth of Hortensius with the use of “hopes and aspirations”, and the positive connotation conveyed through these words contrasts with

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    The Face Behind the Truth in Cinema

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    Oscar Wild once said, “The truth is rarely pure and never simple” and he is right. But no matter what the outcome is, or how complex the truth is, we will always strive for the truth. The concept of truth is no stranger to film documentaries, and one filmmaker that certainty was aware of that was Dziga Vertov. During the 1920’s Vertov created a newsreel series to promote the concept of ‘Kinopravda” which translated to English mean “Film truth.” Unfortunately, Vertov was ahead of his time, and this

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    Rainbows End Analysis

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    Gladys presents a bouquet of flowers to the Queen. However, the audience realises the unachieved wish when in reality, Gladys is ‘Holding a bunch of weeds’. The provocative confrontation if further highlighted after she discovers the government’s truth after her visit

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    Truth and Belief Truth cannot be found by intellectual effort because the truth is not a theory, it is an experience; to know it, you have to live it. People think that if they can hold on to belief, these will help them find the truth. Gradually they settle in belief, and belief is not true. It is a theory of truth as if someone be content just with words, deeds, doctrines, dogmas; like a blind man begins to believe that light exists, or someone hungry read a cookbook and thinks this or that, but

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    called, “Finding Serenity in an Age of Anxiety”. “As a psychotherapist, I see so many tragic examples of the effect of an unexamined life. The good news is that it is never too late to start examining our life more thoroughly – and to reap the rewards.” (Gerzon)

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    Oedipus Quote Analysis

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    answers to his questions. The way Oedipus handled the situation is relatable since most people supply people with money for information on murders/ missing people. By Oedipus putting out there that he curses the killer(s) we know he is serious about finding closure to the late king. I think this foreshadows that because Oedipus killed his father a series of unfortunate events follow leading him to go to live the rest of his out in mountains. This quote shows how he plans to seek justice and along with

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