Essays on This I Believe

Pericles uses the speech of the Funeral Oration to promote Athens. He believed in his people and through this speech he was able to get the people to be proud to be Athenians. Athenians were very proud of their city and its customs. They had a great deal of respect for the warrior class and…

Attention Getter and Relate to Audience: I believe in the tapping of cleats, the thud off basketball, the crack of a baseball, and the boom off starting pistol. I believe in the roar of the crowd, and the silence off pre-game prayer. I believe In brotherhood, leadership, and excellence. 2. Establish Credibility: As a child…

Love is the most powerful tool in the world. It has, and can heal many of the deepest wounds we hold in to ourselves. The Idea of love can be quite abstract; The love could be off hobby ,pet , person or a group. I was quite scarred socially. When I was younger I was…

Karma Strikes and Miracles Rescue I have many beliefs-? having fun, changing lives, laughing, or Just simply smiling to others. But those are all small beliefs that we all have. But my belief is stopped short when It comes to karma. It was a tremendous spring break; beautiful flowers I have never seen before blooming…

Miracle is an event that goes against usual of nature or appearing to break the law of science. Hume defined miracles as a “violation of the laws of nature” and consequently rejected their occurrence as both improbable and impractical. Many philosophers back this view up to a certain extent, such as Wiles. However Aquinas rejects…

Some say winning is what the outcome is, or the final score. I would have to completely disagree with this theory. Winning to me isnt necessarily the team score but your own personal score, or how well you did in the game, or what ever the competition. The competition could for a job, or the…

I believe death brings people closer. When I was in high school I always had plenty of friends to socialize with. However, out of these friends there were only some I considered to be a “true” friend. One of those friends was a boy named Tommy. He was your typical jock, he played football, baseball,…

I believe In miracles. Ata very young age I began to get an Idea of what a miracle was. Dialing H. Oaks defines a miracle as “a beneficial event brought about through divine power that mortals do not understand and themselves cannot duplicate. ” When I was SIX years old I had my first experience…

This I Believe I believe that happiness is obtained through optimism, gratitude, and a strong will. I believe in looking at things under a new light, not one of those dull manufactured bulbs. I believe that for any goal to be accomplished, you must first accept the fact that nothing will be handed to you…

This section provides us with two selections from the essays of William K. Clifford (1845-1879) and William James (1842-1910). Clifford’s essay, The Ethics of Belief, is based on the concept of evidentialism. This concept ‘holds that we should not accept any statement as true unless we have good evidence to support its truth’; (Voices of…