Essays Tagged: "future life"

The Socratic Doctrine of the Soul. Deals also with philosophers through ages from Pythagorous up to Plato

body is among the most important problems of philosophy, for with it is bound up the doctrine of a future life. The soul may be defined as the ultimate internal principle by which we think, feel, and ... st influential of philosophers, and also one of the best known, it is truly unfortunate he left the future so little of his theories. Only through the writings of his students have we any idea of his ...

(6 pages) 156 0 5.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy

"Dress Codes in Schools," includes arguments supporting school dress codes. Essay could use a bit more directly sited evidence, such as specific statistics or percentages of some sort.

le for school, keep students safer in science laboratories, and even help to prepare them for their future life out of school.First of all, dress codes are a good idea because they would ensure that s ... iting what today's children can and cannot wear to school we will be helping them prepare for their future.So, all in all the topic of school dress codes is a very controversial issue. Some people lik ...

(2 pages) 303 4 4.4 May/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Of A Christmas Carol.

ut a man, Ebenezer Scrooge, who embarks on a journey exploring all facets of his past, present, and future life. Scrooge goes through a tremendous transformation that ends up saving his life. Scrooge ... then rushes outside to spread his newfound Christmas Spirit. "I will live in the past, present, and future!, Scrooge repeated......I say it on my knees, old Jacob, on my knees!, he was so fluttered an ...

(6 pages) 83 1 4.6 Apr/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Charles Dickens

"Catcher In The Rye" By J.D. Salinger.

ions from different schools, one would think that Holden would become more devoted to improving his future life, but by the quote "Oh I feel some concern for my future, all right. Sure. Sure I do. But ... d Company Books, 1945) it is easily understood that Holden does not realize what he is doing to his future.In this story, Holden Caulfield is the protagonist and narrator of the novel, andall the even ...

(4 pages) 39 0 4.3 May/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Destiny is not a matter of chance but a matter of choice

ness."-- "The Declaration of Independence", 1776 --Thomas Jefferson. Many people believe that their future is a matter of chance and they don't have the control over it. But these are only pagan faith ... faiths. We all were born equal and good; there is no such a notion as a bad baby. Therefore, man's future life is a consequence of his own choices. All people are different and thus they have differe ...

(2 pages) 34 0 4.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Using Chapter Nineteen in Pride and Prejudice, As A Starting Point Discuss How Jane Austen Uses Dramatic Incidents To Engage The Reader

hapter he tells her."Almost as soon as I entered the house, I singled you outas the companion of my future life."We know that Mr. Collins is very friendly Lady Catherine de Bourgh, who has told him he ... ey both got what they wanted in the proposal, as Mr. Collins has a wife, Charlotte has got a secure future.

(3 pages) 22 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors

Predictions about Information Age

Bill Gates mentions about the technology-future-life triangle in his book, The Road Ahead. He states that "People want to understand how info ... The Road Ahead. He states that "People want to understand how information technology will make the future different. Will it make our lives better or worse?"(250) By the help of this statement he mak ... ance between individual privacy and community security."(252)Gate is generally optimistic about the future and also he has some concerns about computers. After enhancing intelligent computers, some op ...

(4 pages) 67 1 4.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

A Comparison Essay on The University of Oregon and The University of South Carolina

t, right? WRONG! Junior year is an important step in heading in the right direction for a student's future life. Much of the beginning phases of post-high school planning should preferably begin somet ... tending the University of Oregon and attending the University of South Carolina at Columbia. For my future, I am hoping to trek down the track that ends somewhere in the science/technology field. So b ...

(6 pages) 58 0 3.7 Jun/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

THE JOURNALIST OF THE SCIENCE

aybe showed me a new way of thinking, that had a lot of importance in some of the main events in my future life"In 1720 he begun working with his brother James in The New England Courant the second ne ...

(6 pages) 20 0 3.5 May/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

Why Maya Angelou picks the title "Finishing School."

such as dancing, singing and much more. In other words, Finishing school prepared young ladies for "future life". The title Finishing School by Maya Angelou, has a different meaning, I would say the t ... hing School" she learns about race differences and dignity, both values witch will serve her in the future.

(2 pages) 27 0 5.0 Oct/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Information on the contribution of one of the following to the development of space exploration: Tsiolkovsky.

in his father's library. Tsiolkovsky later remembered that his hearing loss influenced greatly his future life: during all his life he tried to prove to himself and to others that he was better and m ... tical calculations to produce not only the dream inspired by Jules Verne, but also a vision for the future. He imagined a time when space ships would launch from the Earth to large space stations and ...

(2 pages) 20 0 0.0 Nov/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

In Praise of my High School

As Plato said in The Republic, "The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life." There are 4 main aspects that define a school, the provider of education: academics, e ...

(3 pages) 29 0 3.0 May/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Book title: "Winter's Blood" by James Welch - The Shaping of the Narrator

its the journey of a disheartened narrator of no name through his indifferent life. His present and future life are indirectly ruled by his past in which his only two pillars of happiness, his brother ... to their children. Many times, the loss of something you truly believed in or loved will skew your future perspective, never allowing you to feel that strongly again. After the narrator in Winter in ...

(3 pages) 11 0 3.0 Aug/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

"Bleak House" Synopsis

money, makes for a dreary life.2. The abandonment of parental responsibility is detrimental to the future life of the child.Herold Skimpole betrays his daughter, Jo, for a bribe. Skimpole explains to ...

(3 pages) 20 0 2.0 Sep/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Charles Dickens

School Dress Codes

s safer by reducing the risk of violence and gang activity, and even help to prepare them for their future life out of school.First of all, dress codes are a good idea because they would ensure that s ... to school. (1)Last but not least, making students wear the right clothes helps prepare them for the future. When students become adults, they will have jobs and they will have to dress a certain way a ...

(3 pages) 41 1 3.4 Apr/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Great Expectations

his attitude slowly started to change. As Pip became more involved in the great expectations of his future life as a gentleman he slowly started to turn his back on the ones around him.At the start of ...

(3 pages) 989 0 0.0 Sep/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

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cally right for a person who wants to abort.2. Abortion can avoid trouble and burden in the future life.3. The advantage technical can release the hurt for the person who wants to abor ...

(1 pages) 1376 0 0.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Nanotech Batteries: The New Innovation

are the costs the benefits and drawbacks of all this, and is the nanotech battery essential to the future life, as the world enters the nanotech age._______________________________________________ ... OFTHE BATTERY __________________________________________________________In order to speak about the future of the battery lets begin by speaking about its past.- The battery has been produced in t ...

(4 pages) 30 0 3.0 Jul/2007

Subjects: Science Essays > Technology

The Road Not Taken Literary Analysis

ays seem to end up on the right road. At a young age you are at the crossroads that may decide your future life. Robert Frost referred to a road or path when describing a direction someone has taken i ...

(2 pages) 83 0 5.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Mary Shelley and the Novel That Revolutionized Lit

opular book (and eventually a very popular movie), were influenced to believe that possibly, in the future, life can be created from death, or from nothing. I feel that during those times people feare ... e and mechanics, I was encouraged to hope my present attempts would at least lay the foundations of future success" (47). His driving force is the desire to help mankind banish disease from the human ...

(6 pages) 8 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature