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    The Relation of Consciousness to the Material Worl The relation of consciousness to the material world is puzzle, which has its origin in dualism, a philosophy of mind which posits their fundamental separation. Dualism, in turn, has its roots in folk wisdom. The belief that humans are more than bodies and that there is something in human nature that survives bodily death has its origins in prehistory; it becomes explicit in the mythology of Ancient Egypt and Assyria and was formulated into

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    The reading one has chosen to critically analyse is Gilbery Ryle’s Descartes' Myth . Ryle is attempting here to undermine the Cartsian Dualism presnted by Descartes in the 17th Century, whcih has since become the accepted answer to the Mind/Body Promblem, which Ryle later refers to as ‘the Dogma of the Ghost Machine’. Ryle goes as far as to say that this dogma is entirely false, not in it’s details but in principle itself. Ryle dubs this as ‘The Official Doctorine’ which explains that the mind and

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    A History of Soviet Communists, through the eyes of Animal Farm How successful did George Orwell use character symbolism in Animal Farm; to represent the major founders of Soviet communist idealism? English Literature Contents Introduction 3 Old Major 4 Snowball and Napoleon 5 Introduction Symbolism is a literary device and a form of indirect expression. It enables the author to demonstrate reality, while giving the reader the opportunity to conclude and analyze. Thus it adds depth to the

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    modern day artwork. Leonardo da Vinci used things such as Chiaroscuro and sfumato to create a natural landscape and 3D form, first used by him. He used these techniques to create a smooth transition from the figure to landscape, using oil paint and idealism to give the painting a more realistic feel. He used the pyramid design and pillars on either side to focus the viewers on the woman in the portrait, while also using the light and dark tones on the figure to give the background depth. The new colours

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    Nathaniel Hawthorne’s fictional work, The Scarlet Letter, is significantly influenced by his experience with transcendental beliefs and values. Transcendentalists believe they are at their best when they are self-reliant and independent. His wife, Sophia Peabody, practiced transcendentalism, but he spent a year living and working at Brook Farm in Massachusetts, which was a transcendental community. Influenced by Sophia’s interest in the transcendentalist movement, Hawthorne invested money in an experimental

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    Philosophy of Physical Education The perspective of this paper is to develop a philosophy on physical education and then explain what kind of job we plan on having later on in life and relate physical education to that. The purpose for developing this philosophy is to try and get the most out of the people I’m working with on physical education, whether it is an adult or adolescent. Later on in life, I plan on being either a physical education teacher or an elementary education teacher and

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    create a unique body of literature that focused on literary independence. The three main beliefs of transcendentalism are spiritual connections, nature, and idealism/individuality. They find spiritual connections through themselves, god, and the universe. Nature helps to get rid of distractions and remove themselves from corrupt society. Idealism is making society better by knowing yourself or creating an “ideal” world and individualism is making sure you live simply and for your own self-needs. The

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    different opinion from most people. Both Juliet and Neil are dissenters in the texts; they have their own opinions from their families and have the courage to disobey their parents. Both texts demonstrates the tragedy inherit in stifling human desire and idealism. Both texts also demonstrate the power of tragedy to force and oppressive. They dissent even though in the society they lived, it was difficult to do that and finally both of them paid a big price for their dissent. In the two texts, Juliet and

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    breakthrough is nonintellectual, it appears to be more about celebrating life in general. Santayana moves on to the man who really broke from this genteel tradition by acknowledging William James. James broke from this tradition of theology, and then idealism, and finally to a new pragmatism. This was a movement from one idea to its opposite. In other words, James' more practical thinking preserved certain elements of the romanticism of Emerson and other originators, but also replaced those elements with

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    Julius Caesar Bust Essay

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    Caesar is a 16 inch sculpture sculpted after his death. The bust was created with the many ideals of proportion and realism established by the Greeks, that were later adopted by the Romans. This sculpture chooses to throw away the classical style of idealism and takes on a defining sense of precise realism. Gloria states that these busts are, “unflattering as for they are honest …. In their lack of idealization and their affection for literal detail they reveal Roman sculpture as a record of commonplace

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