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Confuciani vs. Buddhist Concept of Human Nature, 2002.
Explains both the Buddhist concept of human nature and the Confucian concept of human nature and then compares the two philosophies.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 1 source, $ 71.95
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This paper compares Confucian concept with Buddhist concept of "human nature". Buddhism emphasizes the spirituality of the individual, and is a more "inward-oriented" philosophy. Therefore, as will be argued, while Confucianism represents "human nature" as external actions and rituals shaping the inner man, Buddhism represents the "Buddha nature" as the inner man achieving ultimate selflessness through meditation and reflection.
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Confucian vs. Buddhist Nature, 2002.
A comparative analysis of the Confucian concept of human nature with the Buddhist concept of Buddha nature.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 1 source, $ 44.95
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This essay will argue that Confucianism saw the concept of human nature in terms of its social context, in which humans are social beings first and individuals second. In contrast, Buddhism was a philosophy of the individual, and instead of attempting to understand human nature preferred to focus on Buddha nature. Rather than addressing people's lives as social creatures, Buddhism looked at the potential for individuals to maximize their potential to transcend reality and becomes Buddha themselves.
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Concept Of Nature In Dickinson And Emerson, 2002.
Analysis of poet Emily Dickinson's view of nature & Ralph Waldo Emerson's ideas on nature.
4,275 words (approx. 17.1 pages), 10 sources, $ 135.95
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Analysis of poet Emily Dickinson's view of nature & Ralph Waldo Emerson's ideas on nature. Emerson's transcendental notion of the unity of nature, humanity and God. Dickinson's image of nature as antagonistic and mysterious. Discusses several poems by Dickinson. Emerson's conception of nature & the poet's role in understanding nature.
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The relationship between Emily Dickinson's poetry and Ralph Waldo Emerson's ideas on nature and the poet's function is very complex. Despite Emerson's great influence on the poet and the similarity of their conceptions of the poet's role early in Dickinson's career she was eventually to go beyond his light-filled, hopeful conception of the relationship between humanity and nature in her concentration on the questions of loss and death that cast not just human existence but all of nature in a wholly different light. Dickinson did, of course, write many poems that reflected Emerson's Transcendental notion of the unity of humanity, nature, and god. But Emerson's was ultimately a serene conception in which the means of transcendence resided in that relationship among the aspects of creation--nature mediated, he believed, between humanity and deity. Even though Emerson
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Conception of Human Nature, 2002.
A look at Mill's and Dostoevsky's conception of human nature.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, $ 35.95
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This paper presents Mill's idea of human nature and the role it plays in his argument about what controls society can place over the individual. An argument also is presented to demonstrate Dostoevsky's view.
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Concept of Buddha Nature, 2005.
A discussion of Buddhism, Daoism and another Chinese religion in Asia.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 3 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper discusses the Confucian concept of human nature versus the concept of Buddha-nature. The paper begins by discussing Confucian and Buddhist ideas in combination in Asia and the way that the views differ individually. The paper speaks of an effort to distinguish one tradition from another and to suggest a Chinese religion other than Buddhism or Daoism.
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"The Confucian Concept of Human Nature vs. The Concept of 'Buddha-nature'. Introduction One can find Confucian and Buddhist ideas in combination in Asia, though people state they are Buddhists, for instance. As in any civilization, beliefs and the origins of concepts become fused, are known in combination, or otherwise as something other than their original intention. Y.P Mei noted now Buddhist teachings had gone against the Chinese outlook for some centuries, and through a millennium that began in 100 AD, "Confucianism was overshadowed by Taoism and, fundamentally, by Buddhism. (p. 161) Neo-Confucianism of the Sung and Ming dynasties involved separating Chinese from Buddhist beliefs, but this could not bring a clean distinction."
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Human Nature and Buddha Nature, 2002.
Looks at the differences and similarities between the Confucian concept of human nature and the Buddha concept of Buddha nature.
2,650 words (approx. 10.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 97.95
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This paper is a comparison/contrast of the Confucian concept of human nature with the Buddhist concept of Buddha-nature. The two concepts are extremely different, but they still have much in common.
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Marxism and Hobbe's Concept of Human Nature, 2001.
A look at Marxism and some of Hobbe's theories in the realm of human nature.
2,267 words (approx. 9.1 pages), 4 sources, $ 70.95
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This is a brief debate on the concept of Marxism. It gives comments in favor as well as in against of the concept and mentions the arguments of Carl Marx in favor of it. Moreover, it discusses the Hobbe's theory of human nature in this context.
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"Karl Marx laid the foundation of modern communism and socialism. His writings in the early nineteenth century initiated the movement of socialism set the wheels of modern Communism and Socialism in motion. With the help of his friend, Heinrich Engels, he developed the philosophy and concept of Communism in the year 1848. his theory was adopted by a number of failed countries for the development of their economies and political structures. The major economies that adopted this philosophy include the U.S.S.R and East Germany. The majority of people today believe that Marxism is no more applicable and that the theory has failed. The reason being that the ideas proposed by Karl Marx are not in consistence with the type of the societies that prevail today. The current system of a welfare society has outclassed the arguments made by Marx and have proved them to be irrelevant."
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Locke?s Conception of the State of Nature vs. the State of War, 2002.
A look at John Locke's philosophy on government and state in his ?Two Treatises of Government?.
1,529 words (approx. 6.1 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 50.95
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This paper explores the philosophy of Locke which argues that all people exist in a State of Nature under the influence of Natural Law. This implies that the natural state of mankind is one of freedom. All people are free to direct their own affairs and property within the confines of Natural Law. It looks at why Locke thinks the State of Nature embodies the Law of Nature, and exists according to its principles. According to Locke, the State of Nature is one of harmonious peace, and this peacefulness is the result of Natural Law.
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"According to Locke, the State of War is unnatural, and therefore opposite to the State of Nature. Since the preservation of mankind is a basic principle underlying the state of nature, any destructive intentions toward mankind are in violation of Natural Law. Locke describes the State of War as ?a state of enmity and destruction? (Book II, Ch. III, Sec. 16). The State of War occurs when individuals act against reason, and therefore against Natural Law. In order to avert a State of War, people have the right to destroy those that threaten their ?Lives, Liberty and Estates? (Book II, Ch. IX, Sec. 123), what Locke collectively terms as Property. People have this right in order to ensure the preservation of mankind. Those individuals who threaten to destroy the Property of others do not operate according to reason, and are therefore in opposition to Natural Law, and hence the State of Nature. "
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Charles Darwin's Concept of Natural Selection and Sexual Selection, 2006.
An objective study of Darwin's theories of natural selection.
841 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 29.95
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In this paper the author reviews the books that Darwin wrote; "Origin of Species and The Descent of Man", which lead to his theories of natural selection. He discusses the theory of how types of living things (species) arise in different places and how the four theories of Darwin were developed ; diversity, competition , survival of the fittest and adaptation. The paper concludes with natural selection and the concepts of sexual selection that support Darwin's theory of the origin of species.
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"However, natural selection is not the only process responsible for evolution; another process is sexual selection. Darwin anticipated that sexual selection would be a potential criticism of evolution through natural selection and therefore put forth great effort to explain these occurrences. Thus, sexual selection refers to selection acting via effects on mating success. Natural selection, then, refers to effects on other fitness components like viability, survival. Darwin recognized the two processes as mutually exclusive."
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Conceptions of Innate Human Nature., 2002.
This paper discusses the various conceptions of innate human nature presented by Emerson, Joyce, Didion, Hobbes and Camus.
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This paper reviews the conception of innate human nature in several authors. To Emerson, innate human nature implied being an individual, free from imitation of society. Joyce searched for meaning in the face of disillusionment and disappointment, where there was incongruity between the real and the ideal. Didion sought self-respect in the light of her experiences. Hobbes saw self-interest and selfishness as innate human nature. Camus saw life as absurd. None of them understood human nature in the light of God.
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The Dis(Unity) of Nature and Humanity, 2005.
An analysis of how modern views of what is "natural" or part of "nature" often clash with classical and currently popular conceptions of those ideas.
1,080 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 37.95
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In "The Organic Machine," Richard White ambitiously redefines the natural world in terms of energy transfer. His is one of many contemporary views intended to counter classical conceptions of the natural world, conceptions that are still popularly held by many today. This paper shows that White's version is based on a startling and unique perspective, but one must ask whether it is satisfying and whether it is realistic.
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"Perhaps White is correct in stressing the fundamental unity of all action. Perhaps a handmade wooden fish wheel is essentially no different from a massive steel turbine, and perhaps all movement that occurs on the earth's surface can be condensed into simple exchanges of energy. Yet one cannot help think that this simplification somehow removes a vital facet of reality. Are Shakespeare's writings, which Emerson continually praises, mere dashes of ink on a page, fundamentally no different from any other piece of written word? Is a Beethoven Sonata really just a string of 1's and 0's on a compact disc?"
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Nature in Literature, 2006.
Examines the works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Keats and Jane Austen and discusses how they addressed the concept of nature.
4,765 words (approx. 19.1 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 122.95
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This paper looks at the three writers of the British Romantic period (roughly 1789-1832)-two poets and one novelist. How each of these writers addressed the concept of nature is examined with a detailed discussion of at least one of their works in this connection. The poets are Percy Bysshe Shelley and John Keats; the novelist is Jane Austen. In order to appreciate the context within which each considered the concept of nature, a general background of the period in which the Romantic period developed is outlined. Each artist is then considered in turn, before some conclusions are put forward.
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"The careers of the three writers being examined were at the culmination of the Romantic period. This was in an age which, following on the series of successful wars that had established British power all over the world, was one of the gloomiest in British history. If in some ways the England of 1800-20 was ahead of the rest of Europe, in others it lagged far behind. The Industrial Revolution, which was to turn Britain from a nation of peasants and traders into a nation of manufacturers, had begun; but its chief fruits as yet were increased materialism and greed, and politically the period was one of blackest reaction."
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Differing Views Of Human Nature according to Karl Marx and Sigmund Freud, 1990.
Compares conceptions of human nature as proposed by Marx and Freud. Marx's conception is based on economic interactions and the relationship of humans to labor, Freud's conception is rooted in theoretical constructs of the mind producing observable beh
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" Differing views of human nature are found in the theories of Karl Marx and Sigmund Freud. The two writers address diverse aspects of human life, with Marx centering on the economic and political and Freud on the inner life of the mind and the ways in which that manifests itself in human behavior. The two men have as their starting point a conception of human nature which shows why human beings behave as they do, and for both men the reasons for human behavior are hidden from view, hidden from the understanding of the majority of people responding to them. For Marx, the hidden force is economic and involves the relationship of the human being to labor, while for Freud the hidden force is found in theoretical constructs of the mind which govern different aspects of thought and behavior and whose interaction produces the behavior we can see..."
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Nature in Literature, Drama and Poetry, 2002.
This paper explores how nature is portrayed in different literary works by such authors as Elizabeth Bishop, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jack London, Patrick Meyer, Henry David Thoreau and William Wordsworth.
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This paper compares and contrast how nature is portrayed in a variety of literary works. The works included in this paper are Elizabeth Bishop's ?The Fish,? Ralph Waldo Emerson's ?Nature,? Oliver Wendell Holmes's ?The Chambered Nautilus,? and Patrick Meyer?s ?K2," Jack London's "To Build A Fire," Henry David Thoreau's "Walden, Or Life in the Woods" and William Wordsworth''s ?The World is Too Much With Us." Some of the topics discussed include cruelty in nature, man's relationship with nature, the different elements of nature, the Romantic and Transcendentalist view of nature and the true communing of individual soul with nature. The paper concludes with the author tying all of these topics together by illustrating the similarities between human nature and nature itself.
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"Emerson is most concerned about how Emerson sees nature, and would like to see nature better as an American. Emerson does not consider that while observing nature everyone is not only changed internally by nature, whether by cold or by beauty, but also that the observer changes nature itself, even in as simple as something as walking through the perfect and untrodden snow. Just as animal life impacts and is impacted by nature; human beings exist a part of nature and are subject to natural forces. These forces include but are not limited to cold, illness, injury, death, birth, and seasonal extremes. The metaphor of the only observing eyeball denies such an impact."
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Human Nature, 2006.
This paper explores the issue of human nature and focuses on the views and theories of philosophers Thomas Hobbes and David Hume.
2,540 words (approx. 10.2 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 76.95
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The writer of this well-researched paper defines human nature as the full scale of human behavior that is believed to remain constant for long periods in time and does not differ in the context of the various cultures that are seen in the world. This paper examines various theories on human nature, in which each possesses a distinctive view on the subject, including that of Plato. According to Plato, there is an intellectual soul that is resident in the brain of an individual. This paper analyzes the topic of human nature by focusing on the opinions and theories of Thomas Hobbes and David Hume. Thomas Hobbes is considered one of the individuals responsible for the transition from the medieval way of thinking to the modern thought process in Great Britain. This paper touches on Hobbes' book "Leviathan" and his views on human nature which are very clear. Hobbes' conception of human nature is a mechanistic one. Hobbes contends that the study of the movements of the physical bodies would prove to be enough in explaining all that goes on in the universe. Hume's approach to human nature differs from that of Hobbes. Hume contends that we, as humans, can only make inferences on what would happen in the future by what we have experienced in the past. The writer contends that Hume progresses from there to say that we would be incorrect to believe that this knowledge and experience of the past is enough to justify what would happen in the future.
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Hobbes
Limitations in Hobbes' View of Human Nature
Hume
Ethics of Reciprocity
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"There have been several theories that have been put forward on human nature and each of them possesses a distinctive view on human nature. The earliest views on human nature of substance come from Plato, whose thoughts on life were influenced by Socrates. In the view of Plato there is an intellectual soul that is resident in the brain of an individual and an appetitive beast that is to be found in the belly and genitals of the individual. The role of the former was in keeping the latter in check and over a period of time escape from this uncomfortable cohabitation by welcoming death. This dualist theory of Plato did have immense on the thoughts on human nature and that time and this influence can be seen in Christian theology with the Gospel of John. The extension of these beliefs of Plato on human nature had their influence on Descartes and led him to formulate the theory that man is made up of a soul that thinks and a body that is an extension of it."
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