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Socrates
... without a father. He also says that he doesn't want to lose an old friend. Socrates refutes Crito's suggestion by saying in a general ... and disgrace. His sons would have to bear the name of a worthless father, and be disgraced for the rest of their lives. If ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy
The vampire's victim
... cannot bear the pain of losing her father. In a last attempt to be with him, she suffers a mental breakdown and tries ... a Jew/ (Plath 26-27). Even though the daughter is very conscious of her new freedom, she cannot bear the pain of losing her father. In a ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays
Anorexia Nervosa
... eating disorder. Also girls with eating disorders often have a father and brothers who are overly critical of their weight. ... receives more efficiently. Ironically, starvation is a very inefficient way to lose weight. When a person stops eating, their body ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine
The causes of children's difficulties in divorce families
... a parent for the children, and with this loss children also lose the knowledge, skills and resources of that parent. Mothers and fathers ... that emphasizes the importance of parents as a resource to children is that children who lose a parent due to death are ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays
Faith, Reason and Doubt
... was invincible. God told Abraham that he would be a father of a great multitude. Abraham had no children at ... where they will ultimately lose their effectiveness. Anything after death is speculative and debatable. Nothing is a consistent, immutable entity ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
The Harmartia of Heroes Sophocles Oedipus Rex
... lacking in a fatherly influence. This is especially true of Okonkwo, for fear of weakness is his tragic flaw. His father fails him, ... tragic flaw. Creon does not adapt, and is punished by losing his family and being wracked with unimaginable guilt. Creon ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Mythology
Sumerian Lexicon
... a-a: father (reduplicated 'offspring'). a-ab-ba: (cf., aba). a-aþ-du11-ga: (cf., aþ-du11-ga). a-ba: who (a, 'to', + bi, 'it', + a, 'the'). a ... l: inspector ('silver' + 'to have'). kù-im-ba(-aš...ku4): to lose money ('silver' + 'loss' ( + plural marker + 'to ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Linguistics
Sexual harrasment agains women
... most generally reported type of incest is between a father and his daughter. The father is the aggressor and the daughter is the ... say "NO" to physical intimacy, you may lose your partner, but you won't lose yourself. Over the years, sexual violence against ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sex & Sexuality
Essays on Suicide and the Immortality of the Soul: The Complete 1783 Edition David Hume
... give him a right to dispose of it? let a magistrate on whom the welfare of a nation depends, let a father of a family ... substance. And that an immaterial substance, as well as a material, may lose its memory or consciousness, appears in part from experience ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy
What are salvation and resurrection? How do we reach salvation? Will we be resurrected?
... states if a member of the body forces you to commit a "sinful act", then it should be cut off. It's better to lose a member of ... will inherit eternal life." In Luke 9:59-62, a man asks to bury his father but Jesus told him to let the dead bury their ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity