Essays Tagged: "BEC"

Anselm's Ontological Argument and the Philosophers

Saint Anselm of Aosta, Bec, and Canterbury, perhaps during a moment of enlightenment orstarvation-induced hallucination, su ... have to know the God, and the nature of the difference between God and man; andthis I cannot know, because the Reason has reduced it to likeness with that from which it wasunlike.' (Kierkegaard, 57)A ... ty that what is greatest, most beautiful, most worthy, is not a mere thought, but mustbe a reality, because it would be intolerable to believe [otherwise]. If what is greatest did not exist,then what ...

(7 pages) 229 1 5.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy

Bose Einstein Condensate

The Bose Einstein Condensate is a group of atoms at the same energy level. The BEC can only be formed at temperatures as low as a few billionths (0.000,000,001) of a degree above ... e. As the atom's energy level keeps falling atoms cannot be differentiated from one another and the BEC is formed. All the atoms are in the same place. The atoms are not really spread out, what is rea ... average speed decreases so the momentum is known more precisely therefore the position of the atom becomes more uncertain, leading to the "spreading out" of the atom.For the Bose Einstein Condensate ...

(3 pages) 22 0 4.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

No child left behind act

help of the Centre de re`adaptation Lisette-Dupras, the Education Department at University` du Que`bec a` Montreal, the foundation quefecoise de las deficuence.There are three questions needed to add ... on of adolescents with MR placed by school staff in self contained versus regular classes is biased because they usually transfer only the higher functioning students with MR to regular classes, while ...

(2 pages) 60 0 3.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

How do we know if god exists

s. An example of this would be Anselm's argument. Saint Anselm(1033-1109) was a Benedictine monk in Bec. At that time, Bec was one of the Great centers of learning in Europe. His book Proslogion conta ... perfect to exist than to not exist. Therefore, to envision God is to envision God existing(this is because to conceive of God not existing is self-canceling). Thus, if one would say "God does not exi ...

(5 pages) 61 0 2.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Classic Corruption-Chinese Literature

s so high, that even the people who are victims, just simply give up, and in order to survive, they become a part of the corruption. That particular scene is also an interesting piece of symbolism. By ... also tell that Lao Ts'an's way of rational thinking symbolizes the way things should be, but can't, because of the thought process of the people at the time.By subtly showing it, he can get away with ...

(3 pages) 1251 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Mistakes

t's part of our nature to do so. Making mistakes is a good thing; they help us grow as human beings because we can often learn from them. We learn not only from our mistakes, but also from other peopl ... er people's mistakes. Sometimes it's better to learn from other people's mistakes than from our own because if we learn from other people's mistakes we won't make them and won't have to go through the ...

(3 pages) 17 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues