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Consistently making factual statements is also a testament to Meursault’s amoral nature as it manifests his psychological disentanglement from the world. Meursault would easily convince the masses he is not an outlier by shedding false tears in during his mother’s funeral. He also refuses to cave in when the judge pressures him to declare his…

The argument still continues if Dr. Jose Rizal. our national hero. truly retracted? This has been the greatest contention which is most talked about Rizal. He is recognized for the novels he had written during the Spanish period. Because of these brave Acts of the Apostless of rebellion against the said colonisers. he became our…

Tony Robbins once said that “only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life’s deepest joy: true fulfillment”. True fulfillment is a state of being that everyone craves, something that makes them feel complete and truly at peace. Hinduism, a major religion and the one represented in the Mahabharata, focuses…

Religion shapes society by providing a system in which a community is held together. According to the Sacred Quest, we can see examples of how religion can give society its “glue” by looking at the Navajo religion and how their origin story tells them where they came from and how they “fit” into the world”….

St. Anselm of Canterbury was between the age seventy-six and seventy-seven when he died. He was born around the year 1033-1034 in Aosta, Lombardy and died on April 21, 1109 in Canterbury. St. Anselm contributed to the philosophical system and tendencies of Christian thinkers known as “Scholasticism” (Pieper, Josef). He also contributed to the discovery…

Based on the story The Daughter of Time, Josephine Tey displays how history can be misinterpreted through a simple twisted reinterpretation from the person that holds the power at the time. This book as well as The Historian’s Craft by Marc Bloch are readings that bring awareness to possibilities that require a bit of research…

Who’s that one person we look up too? It could be a family member, friend, or even a teacher. We tend to find someone who seems to have everything together going on within their life and conductly has a clear mindset of the goals they are willing to achieve. From sticking within the cracks of…

In the 16th century, a councilor to King Henry VII called Sir Thomas More wrote a book called Utopia, making the look and workings of a functioning society where everyone was elated or content. Utopia is a location where there is no conflict because everyone is content with what they have, a place where necessities…

Would an ethical egoist agree that the U.S. should provide funding so that all families who would otherwise be homeless or live in substandard housing can live in adequate housing? Why or why not? (Be sure you state and explain the ethical egoist principle and go through the ethical egoist reasoning process.) Ethical egoism is…

The Columbian Exchange, initiated by Christopher Columbus’s 1492 journey and known as the “discovery” of America, marked a new historical period. It involved the global exchange of plants, animals, diseases, ideas, and technology between the Old World and New World during a time of exploration, discovery, and colonization. This exchange impacted both Europeans and Native…