Essays Tagged: "Transcendence"

Meaning of death in Hinduism

1While examining different religious paths within Hinduism from the perspective of four patterns of transcendence (ancestral, cultural, mythical and experiential) it is interesting to see how each pat ... s through the way of action. The way of action could be very well considered an example of cultural transcendence. The main doctrine of such philosophy told that one must do all the tasks presented to ...

(8 pages) 225 0 3.0 May/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Hinduism

The New Age Movement This paper outlines the New Age movement as a social movement including their basic beliefs and goals, who they are, and what they do, as well as their place in society.

narrow to accommodate the overwhelming experiences they had on their trips. Self-realization, yoga, transcendence, meditation, all part of existing traditions, were being rediscovered and practiced. ...

(8 pages) 290 0 4.4 Apr/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

A look within Milton's " Paradise Lost " Looks at Satan as the tragic hero in the Poem

o complex than the Devil of the Christian tradition appears. Satan's rebelliousness, his seeking of transcendence, his capacity for action, particularly unconventional action, endeared him to certain ...

(3 pages) 190 1 2.8 Feb/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

The Transcendence of frogs and Ourang- Outangs. Speaks of Edgar Allen Poe's short story 'Hop Frog,

body, in ways the King and his seven ministers are unable. 'Hop-Frog' has multiple examples of the transcendence of man, and the inability of man to transcend. The most prominent of these points are: ... s ministers discounting of Hop-Frog due to his disfigurement and their inability to acknowledge his transcendence, they are fated to never have the chance to transcend.3. By the use of symbolism in 'H ...

(5 pages) 76 0 3.7 Oct/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Edgar Allan Poe

Textual analysis of Shelley's "Ode to the West Wind Precise"

In 'Ode to the West Wind,' Percy Bysshe Shelley tries to gain transcendence, for heshows that his thoughts, like the 'winged seeds' (7) are trapped. The West Wind ... reads. The 'closing night' is usedalso to mean the final night. Shelley shows how he cannot have a transcendence even in an opensky for even the sky is a 'dome.' The 'sepulchre' is a tomb made out of ... an suffering. Shelley pleads with the wind: 'Oh! lift me as a wave, a leaf, a cloud!' (54). Heseeks transcendence from the wind and says: 'I fall upon the thorns of life! I bleed' (55).Shelley shows C ...

(5 pages) 206 0 4.0 Mar/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Albert Camus (author of The Stranger) and Existentialism .

list thought has had a profound influence on 20th-century theology. It has addressed such issues as transcendence and the limits of human experience, as well as a personal sense of authenticity and co ...

(1 pages) 82 0 4.5 Mar/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy

The God Mystery - A Personal Reflection.

ing I can grasp, contain or even understand.So I find myself seeking God in terms of "Immanence and Transcendence".(3) There is nothing solid to grab onto with these definitions. It is more of a spati ...

(4 pages) 73 1 4.7 Sep/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Edna's Transcendence of Society - A Review of Kate Chopin's The Awakening

Edna's Transcendence of Society - A reviwe of Kate Chopin's The AwakeningThe end of The Awakening provokes ...

(4 pages) 54 0 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors

Percy Bysshe Shelley

, and love" (Shairp, Shelly as a Lyric Poet 164)In "Ode to the West Wind," Shelley attempts to gain transcendence, for he shows that his thoughts, like the "winged seeds" (7) are trapped. The West Win ...

(7 pages) 70 0 4.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

The Attributes of the Christian God

f God can be organized into two categories: Physical and ethical or moral. Some terms address God's transcendence of physical ideology, others address God's Devine intellect and will. There are a mult ...

(2 pages) 55 2 2.7 Oct/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity

REGION AND FAITHS

While examining different religious paths within Hinduism from the perspective of four patterns of transcendence (ancestral, cultural, mythical and experiential) it is interesting to see how each pat ... s through the way of action. The way of action could be very well considered an example of cultural transcendence. The main doctrine of such philosophy told that one must do all the tasks presented to ...

(8 pages) 53 0 5.0 Mar/2005

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Organizational Behavior Trends: The Influence of Ethics in Decision Making and the Impact of Technology on Work-Related Stress

ues that influence ethical behavior: Wisdom and Knowledge, Self Control, Justice and Fair Guidance, Transcendence, Love and Kindness, Courage and Integrity. (Seligman, 2002) He notes that when these v ...

(4 pages) 109 0 5.0 Feb/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

How Gandhi Embodies And Transcends India

ociety today. This short Indian man was named Gandhi. He gained his fame through the embodiment and transcendence of India .Gandhi embodied and transcended India by using passive resistance, practicin ...

(4 pages) 931 0 5.0 Jun/2001

Subjects: History Term Papers

Gavroche

e meet Gavroche it appears to the reader that he is just a simple character who would not have much transcendence in the novel, the only thing that he was suppose to do was to tell Marius where Cosett ...

(4 pages) 2234 0 3.0 Aug/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Buddhism & No-self (including the role of Atman)

meditation, I shall discuss the impact of modern brain science on our understanding of the self and transcendence. Next I will outline the relationship between quantum physics and non-locality, as thi ...

(8 pages) 37 0 0.0 Aug/2007

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Buddhism

Sarte

ng all of them. Instead he chooses three. The first of these three examples is the denying of one's transcendence. In this situation one regards oneself as an object that has a specifically determined ... make up a coherent existence, but of course it is never a true existence as freedom is rejected and transcendence is therefor denied. Sartre gives the example of a woman who is told by a man that he f ...

(2 pages) 8 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

"The Persuaders" Report on documentary for marketing class

ences tied to products. This line of thinking is best displayed in ads like those of Nike that say "transcendence through sports," or ones by Starbucks that say that Starbucks is a "third place meetin ...

(6 pages) 21 0 3.0 May/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

A Religion Comparison of Judaism and Christianity

s and practices that provide values to give life meaning and coherence by directing a person toward transcendence." (Ferguson, Fall 2009). The meaning of transcendence is "the quality or state of bein ... The divine attributes include omniscience, omnipotence, perfect benevolence, eternality, infinity, transcendence, immanence, self-existence, and sovereignty." (Comparison, Fall 2009). "God created th ...

(8 pages) 58 0 0.0 Dec/2009

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Critically evaluate the role of the major news agencies in the production and flow of international news.

s an important role in the process of globalisation since they are among the agents that embody the transcendence of the limitations of space that is a characteristic feature of globalisation. Communi ...

(7 pages) 3 0 0.0 Apr/2012

Subjects: Art Essays