Essays Tagged: "seeking peace"
Ishmael Book
ntam/Turner Books: New York. $10.95 paperback. ISBN 0-553-37540-7Major PointsIshmael is about a man seeking peace from the disillusioned lies he has been lead to believe. He comes across an ad in the ... illusioned lies he has been lead to believe. He comes across an ad in the newspaper stating teacher-seeking student, willing to save the world. The ad inspires him to seek out wisdom of the unknown tr ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Japan and the A-Bombs, was it really necessary? A reaction to Paul Fussell's 1981 article, "Thank God for the Atom Bomb."
d never have happened. Fussell, of course, fails to mention this, but the Japanese government began seeking peace as early as April 1945, their only stipulation being that the Emperor, who they feared ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II
Analysis of Thomas Hobbes' "Laws of Nature" in comparison to Benjamin Constant's Essay "The Liberty of the Ancients Compared to that of the Moderns."
tyranny and oppression. This leads to the second branch, "to defend ourselves" (Hobbes, 71). While seeking peace, people will protect themselves from harm or harassment. Over time, people find that w ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Contemporary Philosophy