Essays Tagged: "University of Oxford"

A Futuristic interview with Thomas Hobbes and John Locke

.First, let me introduce an "English philosopher, born inMalmesbury, and educated at Magdalen Hall, University of Oxford."Over his years he associated with numerous noted thinkers,including Galileo an ... bbes is another "English philosopher, born inthe village of Wringtom, Somerset, and educated at the Universityof Oxford." Historically, he has attacked the theories of divinerights of kings, and those ...

(10 pages) 66 0 1.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Politicians

Oppression in Thomas Hardy's 'Jude the Obscure': Discussion of Class and Gender

be a scholar. He dreams of following in the footsteps of his teacher Mr. Phillotson and attend the university in Christminister, which is supposed to represent the real-life university of Oxford. How ... than he would have felt in discussing all the philosophies with all the Dons in the recently adored University, and passed the spot where he had knelt to Diana and Phoebus without remembering that the ...

(7 pages) 77 0 4.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Diversity

its is to take a personality test. I have taken several personality tests through my courses at the University of Phoenix. One is called the Personality Spectrum (pg 34, Keys) which can tell if you ar ...

(4 pages) 351 0 5.0 Jan/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Illicit drugs use has to begun to undergo a process of normalization in Britain: Assess the argument for and against this thesis?

increasing numbers of adolescents who use drugs, alcohol and cigarettes. There was a survey done in university of Oxford. The aim of this study was to establish the prevalence according to gender and ... ducational initiatives. (Department of Psychiatry, Centre for Suicide Research, Warneford Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7JX, UK.)A 1992 survey of 15-24 years olds which replicated a 1989 ...

(10 pages) 29 0 3.0 Mar/2007

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

William Penn

s the son of Admiral William Penn he was named after his father. He soon began his education at the University of Oxford in Church History in 1660 but two years later he was soon expelled for religiou ...

(2 pages) 14 0 0.0 Oct/2001

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Outline and discuss the problems which anthropologists confront when trying to devise a universal definition of 'religion'

position in the anthropological field, '(he) was the first professor of social anthropology at the University of Oxford' (Hendry: 116). Hendry similarly sees problems with Tylor's definition and he a ... on, D, 'R.R.Marett and the Study of Religion', Journal of the American Academy of Religion, (Oxford University Press: 1979)Erickson, T, 'Religion and Rituals', Small Places, Large Issues, (London: Plu ...

(8 pages) 32 0 5.0 Jan/2009

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Anthropology

Siblings bullying leads to long lasting effects.

llying consists of making fun, teasing and physically hurting the other sibling. The study from the University of Oxford consisted of 2,000 children in the UK. The children were asked if a sibling has ...

(2 pages) 0 0 0.0 Oct/2014

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors