Essays Tagged: "actuality"

Religion and discrimination

uestion.Certain followings or 'faiths' which claim to be religions that are prevalent today are, in actuality, forms of cults. Although most of the practices and elements common to cults are legal, th ...

(3 pages) 149 1 3.5 Jan/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Legalization of Marijuana

fact that legalization would result in the decrease of crime rates in our cities and towns, but in actuality almost eighty-two percent of all violent crime that involves drugs don't involve marijuana ...

(2 pages) 219 0 3.9 Jan/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Seeing is believing, UFO's

nd science have helped us in the search for an explanation of these mysterious floating objects. In actuality they haven't gotten us much further on the mission for proof of other living beings in the ...

(3 pages) 77 0 4.6 Dec/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Astronomy

Schizophrenia

nown today for his introduction of the term schizophrenia, previously known as dementia praecox. In actuality, schizophrenia is often used generically and inappropriately as it is often applied to alm ...

(3 pages) 121 0 3.8 Jan/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Summary of Geroge Orwell 's 1984

to change recorded events, predictions made by the Party, and documents to make then "correct". In actuality his job was to falsify history to whatever was in the Party's current best interest. Whate ...

(3 pages) 43 1 3.8 Oct/1995

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

political Systems: Name three politcal systems around the world and compare and contrast them. Give examples(i.e. countries)

and Germany; and the semi-presidential system of countries such as France, Finland, and Senegal. In actuality there are many similarities between these three systems. Each, however, is also unique fro ...

(9 pages) 345 0 4.8 Apr/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays

"Society's Restraint to Social Reform" in Canada

between it's government and business supporters and it's anti-poverty andsocial justice critics. In actuality, workfare is a contraction of theconcept of 'working for welfare' which basically refers t ...

(6 pages) 75 0 3.4 Mar/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government

My search for a meaningful existence

omplishments, beliefs or ideologies. Escapism is the safety mechanism that enables our flight from actuality, and subsequently our ability to exist, because we have been cursed with a wealth of advan ... s, where the will to a meaningful existence has been all but replaced by man's constant flight from actuality, which is derived from an inherent inclination to intellectual laziness. If a person beco ...

(19 pages) 453 0 3.3 Oct/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Internet security

problems they face when using the Internet. Most users feel they are anonymous when on-line, yet in actuality they are not. There are some very easy ways to protect the user from future problems.The I ...

(7 pages) 479 1 4.3 Mar/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking

A Tale Of Three Classes. A Marxist Criticism on 'The Importance of Being Earnest' by Oscar Wilde

as he waves off the servant.So is this the scene of yesteryear's society or one of today's, well in actuality it can be either. In today's world the rich still rely on butlers and maids. It seems to b ...

(6 pages) 113 0 5.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

The Renaissance and Its Influces on Music

commonly thought of as a time of renewal and rediscovery, as the definition of the word implies. In actuality, though, the Renaissance was a time of change from one the extreme of heaven, as noted in ...

(3 pages) 114 0 3.5 Nov/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

Instilling a Child's Values. Speaks of parenting

at his or her parents teach them, whileothers believe that a child is born with a set of values. In actuality, a child's values are mostlydetermined by the things they are taught by their parents. As ...

(2 pages) 146 1 4.5 Apr/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Perception

nd science have helped us in the search for an explanation of these mysterious floating objects. In actuality they haven't gotten us much further on the mission for proof of other living beings in the ...

(3 pages) 82 0 4.1 Dec/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Paranormality & Spirituality

The True Tragic Hero in Antigone

tigone. Many hold that it must be Antigone, herself; after all, the play does bear her name. But in actuality, Creon, not Antigone, is the rue tragic hero. In order to determine whether or not Creon i ...

(2 pages) 93 0 3.6 Jul/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies

Same Sex Marriages? (Homosexual marriage)

religious marriage. To others it is just a legal contract between two people, or civil marriage. In actuality there is only one definition for a marriage. According to Webster's Dictionary, a marriage ...

(3 pages) 457 2 3.7 Jan/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

Love and Rejection - Breaking Up

murky water to theirdeaths.Their deaths may sound romantic, even heroic to other teenagers when,in actuality, it's just plain stupid. There were probably many other reasons fortheir deaths, but ultim ...

(7 pages) 112 0 4.0 Feb/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

how female characters in the Odyssey are important and help the story progress

e epics, such as Athena, Penelope, Calypso, the Sirens, Helen, or Circe; all have been true, and in actuality, may be an entertaining interpretation of an actual Trojan War. Since the Trojan War suppo ...

(5 pages) 228 3 3.7 Oct/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Affirmative Action

nt must acknowledge the fact that affirmative action is notputting an end to discrimination; in all actuality, this plan has succeeded increating new minorities, and more reasons for discrimination.Af ... rities--qualified or unqualified--has turned into a larger problem than what alreadyexisted. In all actuality, the hiring requirements of affirmative action have caused thewhite male to become a minor ...

(4 pages) 152 0 3.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

Aquinas' Proofs for the Existence of God - Paper explaining Aquinas' 5 proofs for the existence of god, and raising questions to their validity.

no motion with out cause. He defines motion as "...the reduction of something from potentiality to actuality" (Aquinas 25). In this he stipulates that potentiality cannot cause motion, only actuality ... ette, a very enjoyable past time, that cannot become lit without the aid of a match or lighter (the actuality). Further, the cigarette cannot exist in potentiality and actuality simultaneously, for it ...

(6 pages) 185 0 2.7 Nov/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy

This essay exaplins how and why elvis influenced American Music.

ey will chant, in unison, "Elvis Presley!" While most will assign Presley as the father of rock, in actuality, they are terribly mistaken. Rock and roll, a musical style that combines the likes of rhy ...

(4 pages) 184 1 4.0 Dec/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies > Performers & Composers