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This paper explores three main areas related to Plotinus' notion of contemplation.

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"Plotinus's notion of contemplation is one that defies our standard notions of what this term might mean, and instead becomes a universal cause of action present in, and in some sense composing all things. When dealing with Plotinus's notion of contemplation, there are three main areas we have to consider in order to get a handle on what this idea really represents. First, the complex relationship between Nature, Reason, action, and contemplation. Second, we have to understand how contemplation then acts as a thing which produces. In doing so, we'll see a picture painted of contemplation casting it as a primary generative force in the universe, and also being a sort of unmoved mover in an almost Aristotelian..."

Tags:plotinus, contemplation, reason

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This article offers a discussion of the two creation stories in the Genesis book of the Bible. In this paper, the writer compares and contrasts the two versions. The writer discusses their similarity to creation stories of other religions. The writer examines the two varying creation myths and attempts to identify reasons for the different creation stories appearing in the same source.

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"The purpose of this research is to compare and contrast the two creation stories that appear in the book of Genesis. The plan of the research is to set forth the basic components of each of the stories and then discuss ways in which the pattern of ideas contained in each resonates with the other, with a view toward identifying reasons grounded in theology for which two disparate creation myths might be deliberately included in a single scripture source. Anybody who does not have a religious background ... "

Tags:Creation, J, Text, P, Text

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This paper considers two creation stories that appear in the Bible, suggesting reasons for them. According to the paper, one theory suggests that the verses have different authors and different time order of creation. Another theory sees one creation story as having a different use of language reflecting more of a social paradigm than a physical paradigm. A careful study of the first two chapters in Genesis including linguistics will show that the first theory is not true, while the second theory can be justified.

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"Does the Bible contradict itself with the accounts of creation? Why are the two different descriptions of creation different? These are questions that people continue to ask because the Scriptures appear to be confusing. Different theories have been created to explain the Scriptures in Genesis 1:1-2:3 and Genesis 2:4-25. Two theories of these Bible verses are that the verses have different authors and different time order of creation, and secondly, one creation story has different use of language reflecting more of a social paradigm than a physical paradigm. A careful study of the first two chapters in Genesis including linguistics will show that the..."

Tags:creation, mankind, linguistics

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This essay describes the mythology of creation and its lineage of being passed down over generations. The writer presents various myths over the centuries and discusses their meaning with symbolism and metaphor. Some myths the writer uses are from the Zuni tribe, early Chinese cultures and also some baBylonian myths. In the end, the paper concludes that all myths essentially tell the same tale and that the basic purpose of mythology is to explain the creation of the cosmos and the maintenance of a social order.

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"Perhaps it is more imperative that the world be organized in a way that can be universally explained that drives the power of comparative myth. It is this very similarity
and thematic commonality that not only poses questions, but proves, in some small way, of the universality of human though patterns, of the way humanity structures its idea of the universe, and of the cross cultural importance of a shared set of basic beliefs. Three of the most interesting creation myths; one from the Zuni tribe in North America, one from China, and one from the very heart of Middle Eastern Civilization, Mesopotamia, show interesting commonalties and perceptions about humanity.
"The Enuma Elis is the Sumerian/Babylonia creation myth. Rather than simply an oral tradition, the Enuma Elis was recovered in 1849 from the Mosul, Iraq area, on seven clay tablets, no all of which have been recovered and translated. It is one of the seminal studies for understanding the early Mesopotamian worldview, which was centered on the supremacy of the Gods, and the creation of man to serve those Gods. However, modern scholarship holds that rather than being a sole exposition of the power of a certain religion or philosophy, the primary purpose was to unify the city-states into a nation in which the chief god, Marduk, became the prime God of the culture (Dalley, 2009)."

Tags:creation, myths, gods, humanity

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This eleven-page paper uses four creation accounts from different cultures. These are: Australia, Africa, the Algonquin Indian, and Japan. Certain aspects are found to be common to all, and there are some major differences.

Tags:analysis, creation, stories

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This paper explains that the discussion of creation science is inherently highly controversial because it seeks the mantle of scientific prestige for what many consider not to be science at all. The author demonstrates that such claims, or such questions, have a millennia-old tradition within the West, extending back at least to the writings on medicine by Hippocrates.

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"If people, who were interested in teaching the biblical version of God'secretion of Adam and Eve, referred to this story as the biblical version of the creation of Adam and Eve, very few people could object There is most certainly a book referred to as the ..."

Tags:Hippocrates, Creation Science, science, medicine

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This paper explains that the one common theme, found in both stories, is the presence of the "all powerful", which, in the "Old-Man-in-the-Sky", was the one who had complete control over all things on earth and, in the Norse story, was father eternity who had control over the world. The author points out that some of the key features of the "Old-Man-in-the-Sky" myth are the distinction placed on the white man as inherently different from the Native Americans and the essential part played by a beaver, an otter, a bear and a buffalo, which are found in the area the Salish people lived (northern parts of Washington stretching to Montana). The paper states that both of these myths reflect the cultures of the people who adopted them and help explain why each society performs the way they do.

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"The second of the creation myths comes from the Salish Native American Tribe and sometimes called the Flatheads. There are only two main characters to this story, Old-Man-in-the-Sky, and Old Man Coyote. This story begins with the world already created by Old-Man-in-the-Sky. After creating the world, Old-Man-in-the-Sky drained off the water and collected it into the "big salt holes" to from the oceans, and the land dried out except for the lakes and rivers. One day Old man Coyote became lonely and went up to the sky world and would talk to Old-Man-in-the-Sky."

Tags:all-powerful, white-man, flatheads, animals, sea

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This paper explains that Donna Usher's 1983 work "Contemplation", which is a multiplicity of depiction of Usher's thoughts, masterfully reflects her ability to blend human aspects with natural symbols. The author relates that the falling leaves fold to the base of the painting, melting from the background to the foreground like a thought. The paper points out that, with the background appearing to shift vertically from cool and bluish at the top to a white hue at the bottom and becoming increasingly sharper, the viewer sees that color clearly plays a pivotal role in this work. The author stresses that the only variety that Usher employs in the piece occurs both between the levels, which vary in size, background color and content, and between the leaves, which vary in form, crispness and value.

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"The form of a simple, spatially elongated leaf creeps throughout the piece, as if they are falling towards the ground. The light structure of the leaves, which appear infinitely thin, seem to fall and crumple at the base of each of the four rectangular segments into which the painting is divided. The leaves seem to form sloping edges down the sides of the painting towards each "floor," which is coated, lightly in the first two and more densely in the second two, in the blurred, leafy forms. It is obvious that Usher was trying to create a sense of depth by juxtaposing vivid and blurred leaves."

Tags:texture, space, groupings, organic, geometric

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This paper sets out to describe the cultural values of the 1950s and studies the events portrayed in the film "From Here to Eternity" as symbolic of that period. The paper presents a brief outline of the film, explains the modifications that had to be made from the original book due to censorship and concludes that it portrays the period very well.

Outline:
Introduction
Cultural Values of 1950
Historical Data Comparison
Film's presentation of the period
Conclusions

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"The film "From Here to Eternity" presented the period very well. It captured the bombing of Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941 extremely well. It showed the panic that spread through Pearl Harbor just as the text "Nation of Nations" did. The ending of the film was actually very similar to the story that starts off Chapter 26 in "Nation of Nations" after the bombings had mostly ended. A soldier races down to the beach to help his company in the film just like John Garcia jumped on his motorcycle to go to the harbor to help clean up the mess. In the film the soldier is killed though by his own men after he was ordered to halt and hailed to do so. The film showed how everyone was worried about the Japanese invading the land after the bombings occurred. The text portrayed the same thing with panic spreading up and down the west coast of the United States and people becoming trigger-happy when they think they see an enemy. That is how the soldier is shot by his own men. The film showed the devastation of Pearl Harbor as the bombers destroyed the Navy's ships. The film did an excellent job of showing how our military was not expecting this sort of attack. In the film the soldiers were shown drunk and bored all the time and not really think about an attack."

Tags:middle-class, attitude, values

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This paper discusses Augustine's explanation in his "Confessions" that man is continuously "scattered" by his own impermanence, and shows that, in Books X and XI of "Confessions", the concept of "scattered humanity" is presented as a condition that is simultaneously undesirable and unavoidable to mankind. Through his discussions of memory, temptation, and time, Augustine portrays the human condition as that of utter temporality, corruptibility, and changeability. The writer explains that Augustine sees man as "divided up in time" by his changeable will and the corruptibility of his concentration. Thus, it is only through God's grace that man can hope to be freed from his temporality to rest within God.

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"Book X begins with a discussion of memory. Augustine envisions memory as something that is not always present. Things are stored in one's memory but must be thought about and brought forth again out of one's mind. In contrast, for God all things are present at all times. God does not remember things and all things are continuously existent to God. However, within man's memory there is a remembrance of the eternal. There are ideas, according to Augustine, that one can recognize as being self-evidently true. These ideas must then "have been in [man's] mind even before [he] had learned them," simply waiting to be recognized. If man recognizes a self-evident truth, then he is actually assembling the disordered and forgotten pieces of a universal and eternal memory. The universal memory is the root of man's search for God."

Tags:contemplation eternity creation, original sin, distraction joy