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Good of Fortune in Boethius, 2005.
An analysis of good and human happiness according to Philosophy.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 1 source, $ 44.95
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The paper describes the way in which Philosophy challenges the belief implicit in Boethius' view of his own life that Happiness can be the product of fortune. This essay critically examines one of Philosophy's arguments in this regard, noting how it contains a number of subsidiary complexities that go to the heart of our understanding of the good and human happiness.
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"Topic 1: Carpe Diem and the Good of Fortune in Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy In Book Two of his Consolation of Philosophy Boethius is challenged by Philosophy for his regretting his present condition and the unhappiness that accompanies it. In the process, Philosophy challenges the belief, implicit in Boethius' view of his own life, that Happiness can be the product of Fortune. This essay will critically examine one of Philosophy's arguments in this regard, noting how it contains a number of subsidiary complexities that go to the heart of our understanding of the Good and human Happiness."
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Geoffrey Chaucer and Boethius's Fortune, 2006.
An analysis of the relationship between Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Book of the Duchess" and "Troilus and Criseyde" and Boethian philosophy and fortune.
2,212 words (approx. 8.8 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 68.95
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This paper discusses Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Book of the Duchess" and "Troilus and Criseyde." It describes their two young lovers, smitten by the blows of fortune - the Black Knight and Troilus, respectively and looks at the different references to fortune in each of the texts. The paper then relates the two texts to Boethian philosophy, namely that found in Boethius' "The Consolation of Philosophy."
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"Unlike in The Book of the Duchess, however, there are a number of individuals in Troilus and Criseyde who are responsible for the events that led both up to Troilus' affair with Criseyde, as well as the separation of the lovers and the betrayal of Troilus: without Calchas' betrayal of Troy, Criseyde wouldn't have been in the vulnerable position that preceded her affair with Troilus; without Pandarus and Troilus' elaborate scheming, deceit and manipulation of Criseyde, there would have been no affair; without Criseyde's betrayal and persistent deceit of Troilus, Troilus' pain would have been lessened, and they could have stolen away together as Criseyde kept considering to do. Here, it surely is not Fortune who is false, but Calchas, Pandarus, Troilus, and Criseyde. Therefore, one could argue that the role of Fortune, in Troilus and Criseyde, is to relieve these individuals for the moral responsibility for their actions as well as the consequences of those actions. They also seem to relieve Troilus of the responsibility to himself to continue his life actively. He seems to feel that if he has no hand in his fate or fortune, then he can just lie in bed all day, that it won't make a difference; a very distorted, although convenient, interpretation of Boethius' philosophy of Fate and Fortune."
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Fortune Brands: A Diverse Company, 2006.
An analysis of the Fortune Brands conglomerate.
2,982 words (approx. 11.9 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 88.95
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This paper takes an in-depth look at the Fortune Brands conglomerate, and how products that are seemingly unrelated, are actually manufactured and marketed successfully by the same company. This paper also discusses the various Fortune Brand products and how strategic business practices have made the Fortune Brand such a successful enterprise.
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Fortune Brands' Business Makeup
Fortune's Product Offering
Fortune's Hardware Brand
Fortune's Wines and Spirits Brand
Fortune's Golf Equipment Brand
Fortune's Performance over the Last Three to Five Years
Executive Summary
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"What do golf clubs, bathroom or kitchen faucets, cabinetry and other home building supplies, and a bottle of Maker's Mark Kentucky Bourbon have in common? On the surface, not much, but when one digs a little deeper, he or she will find that while these companies appear to be singular entities, they are in fact owned and operated by one conglomerate in Fortune Brands (trading under the stock symbol FO on the NYSE). Fortune Brands has banked on its acquisitions of this diversity across the board and is continuing this strategy of buying out brands that are leading their prospective categories in sales and customer loyalty. As Caminiti states, "Fortune's playbook contains only a few rules: Invest to grow strong consumer brands that hold either the number one or the number two position in their category; use cutting-edge technology to add innovation; leverage rigorous market research to stay in touch with customers; and finally, make acquisitions that add true value and not just heft to a category."
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Fortune in "King Lear", 2005.
This paper examines the significance of the stars and fortune in King Lear.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 47.95
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This paper examines the significance of the stars and fortune in Shakespeare's "King Lear" and answers the questions: "Do the stars or fortune actually have anything to do with the occurrences of the play?" and "What is the relationship between the characters and the stars?"
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"Throughout Shakespeare's "King Lear" the mention of fortune and the stars is a recurrent theme reflective of the Elizabethan view of the world. The influence of the stars on human events gets its roots in the Elizabethan concept known as the chain of being. This concept presumes that everything in the universe is ordered in hierarchical fashion from greatest to least, with God at the top and microorganisms at the bottom."
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Time and Fortune, 2002.
An analysis of the two major magazines Time and Fortune.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, $ 35.95
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This is an analysis of the TIME and Fortune magazines in terms of their current cover issues and the textual content.
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Fortune 500 Companies, 2006.
A discussion of the world's five largest media companies and their effect on the world's economy, politics and international relations.
1,792 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 57.95
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In this essay, the world's five largest media companies are identified in detail, including their main subsidiaries, assets and profits. Furthermore, some of the many connections these five conglomerates have with other Fortune 500 companies are listed. Finally, the theories of Ben Bagdikian, Hamid Mowlana and Herbert Schiller regarding this media hegemony are discussed.
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"Albert Einstein, a pacifist, once dreamed of a global government, which he hoped would ensure peace on Earth. This, of course, has never materialized, even considering the founding of the United Nations in the aftermath of the Second World War. Tragically, war and discord have continued. The world has, however, become increasingly more interconnected in the fifty years since the end of World War II. The development of the global economy has created a global culture. Teenagers in India are likely to be aware of the latest Michael Jordan headlines as their American and European counterparts."
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Analysis and Evaluation of 5 Fortune 500 Companies, 2002.
An evaluation of Boeing, Wal-Mart, Phillip Morris, Citigroup and General Motors.
1,825 words (approx. 7.3 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 58.95
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A segmented paper that includes background, production, financial performance, leader history and evaluation of Boeing, Wal-Mart, Phillip Morris, Citigroup and General Motors. It includes the historical performance of these companies given in excel charts, management info, CEO profiles, stock performance (also shown in charts), primary products carried by company and an overall evaluation.
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"General Motors Corporation divides its business into two major business segments: Automotive, Communications Services and Financing and Insurance operations. The Automotive, Communications Services segment manufactures and markets cars, trucks and heavy-duty transmissions as well as all related parts and accessories. The Financing and Insurance segment provide consumer vehicle financing, full-service leasing and fleet leasing, dealer financing, car and truck extended service contracts, residential and commercial mortgage services, commercial, vehicle and homeowners' insurance and asset-based lending."
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Boethius and Augustine, 2001.
A comparison of the two philosophers, Boethius' "De Consolation Philosophiae" and Augustine's "Confessions".
870 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 0 sources, MLA, $ 30.95
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This paper examines Neoplatonism in Boethius' treatise from the sixth century. The paper then compares Boethius' Neoplatonism to the Manicheism of Augustine's pre-conversion life, and to Augustine's "Confessions," written after his spiritual awakening. The paper concludes that despite Boethius' non-Christian attitude, his work shows greater authenticity about the nature of the soul than Augustine's.
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"Augustine ? at least the Augustine who wrote the Confessions ? would not have approved of the version of Christianity and the vision of the meaning of life that Boethius, the Christian philosopher, diplomat and author of the De consolatione philosophiae wrote. Boethius composed De consolation philosophiae in the sixth century A.D. while awaiting death by torture, condemned on a charge of plotting against Gothic rule, which he protested as manifestly unjust. And while a Christian, Boethius wrote about the true end of life as the soul's knowledge of God, and consoled himself with the tenets of Greek philosophy, not with Christian precepts."
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The Philosophy of Boethius, 2002.
This paper discusses philosopher Boethius? assertions that we have free will and that we are free to do right and wrong.
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This paper discusses that Boethius? belief regards free will seems self-evident, yet some religious philosophers have held that our actions are determined by God. This paper points out that Boethius, a Platonist deriving elements from both Plato and Aristotle, considers human nature a distinct entity and argues that Christ embodied both a divine nature and human nature. The author believes that Boethius sets forth the essential paradox in Christian thought between freedom and determinism, with determinism inherent in what he calls "God's universal foreknowledge," meaning the fact that God already knows all that is to happen.
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"Boethius laments his situation and the changes that have been wrought in his life. He is now imprisoned and is forced to look within for answers, given that his outer world is no more than a prison cell. He is changed physically in that old age has come upon him too early. Happiness is to be found in conquering this inner world, represented for Boethius not only within himself but also in his writings as he conveys his inner world to others and finds ways to shape his own relationship with that inner world through the written word. Lady Philosophy suggests that the poet must seek the truth within and that since all things are ruled by reason, it is wrong for the individual to be sick with despair when he or she can seek the truth by looking inward to find God."
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Augustine, Boethius and Memory, 2005.
This paper examines the nature of memory in 'Confessions' by Augustine and 'The Consolation of Philosophy' by Boethius.
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In this paper, both Boethius and Augustine reflect an active memory that is acutely based on solitude for clarity of higher spiritual truths. By being untainted by outside abuses to the memory of Jesus or Socrates, silence and isolation gave these authors a pure vision of the past in their recollection of greater truths within the human condition. By actively presenting memories that are valid to understanding human nature, the present tense and the future are glorified through forgiveness and greater truths within a philosophical and religious perspective.
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"In this philosophical study the nature of memory will be examined within the 'Confessions' by Augustine and 'The Consolation of Philosophy' by Boethius. The influence of philosophy on the nature of memory affects both authors through the affect of solitude in these writings. Memory is integral to realizing the truth of human nature, and how mankind can find the greater good through interpreting the past. Boethius and Augustine both place a great deal of spiritual and philosophical value when determining the personal convictions they exhibit in their belief systems. For Augustine the nature of memory is essential in discovering his conviction in God, and how this affects his faith in mankind. In writing the 'Confessions' Augustine has become aware of the nature of his solitude in searching for forgiveness for his past sins."
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Divine Foreknowledge: Augustine, Boethius and Thomas Aquinas, 2002.
Looks at the issue of foreknowledge of God from the perspectives of St. Thomas Aquinas, Augustine and Boethius.
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The issue of the foreknowledge of God is a mystery that St. Thomas Aquinas, Augustine and Boethius all struggled with. Divine foreknowledge involves the idea that the will of God articulated itself most comprehensively in divine predestination, of which the plan of salvation is an integral part. Thus, Christ himself was, obviously, predestined. This, of course, means that God knew that evil would come into the world and that Jesus would have to redeem mankind. Nonetheless, while God knew that evil would come into the world, he also willed an end, and in this his action can be seen as perfect. To protect his own freedom, God caused events contingently and without necessity; therefore his own causation and will was free. God, therefore, predestined contingently. In this way, we can understand that God was not the captive of his own action, but remained free.
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"The Consolation Of Philosophy" ( Boethius ), 1999.
A critical analysis of this 6th Century Roman's poetic defense and praise of philosophy as a means to happiness.
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Boethius, in The Consolation of Philosophy, is simply trying to apply his reason to human existence in order to make sense of that existence in a world which seems to champion evil and defy justice and goodness. The author depicts himself as a man torn by the misfortunes of life, finding some relief if not happiness in the pleasures of poetry.
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"Boethius, in The Consolation of Philosophy, is simply trying to apply his reason to human existence in order to make sense of that existence in a world which seems to champion evil and defy justice and goodness. The author depicts himself as a man torn by the misfortunes of life, finding some relief if not happiness in the pleasures of poetry. Poetry does not help him make sense of his suffering but at least gives him the opportunity to express his pain: "Poetry, which was once the glory of my happy and flourishing youth, is still my comfort in this misery of my old age" (3).
However, immediately, philosophy comes to him in a vision as Lady Philosophy, offering him more than poetry could ever offer, namely the opportunity to make rational sense of the world as a means of transcending his suffering instead of wallowing in it."
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The Problem of Universals: Boethius, 2005.
A philosophical discussion on whether universal forms exist outside of physical reality and whether they separate in nature from sensible objects.
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This paper summarizes Plato's and Aristotle's view on universals and particulars. The main focus, however, is on how Boethius interprets these arguments and forms his own opinion. The author also forms his own opinion on each topic and provides a critical view on the success of each argument.
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"Aristotle has a different notion of how we construct universals. He believes that our ideas about forms are reached "from below". Our understanding about particulars leads us to the understanding of universals. The form does not exist outside of the object but rather in it. The concrete object is the form itself, the abstract idea in our mind is just a definition of it. Aristotle is not perfect though, he tends to switch from using form to describe the substance we use to describe things and that substance has a real existence itself. Either way he disagrees with Plato's idea that forms are things separate from reality. Boethius aligns himself closer to this view and seems to settle without fully resolving the problem."
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"Urban Fortunes" (John Logan and Harvey Molotch), 1992.
Reviews this work on the political economy of place and the emphasis of local conflicts over growth in a city's organization.
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"This study will provide a book review of Urban Fortunes: The Political Economy of Place, by John R. Logan and Harvey L. Molotch, a work which is rooted in the authors' view that "local conflicts over growth are central to the organization of cities .... " This view, they write, "clearly separates us from the conventional approach to urbanization, which we criticize as excessively deterministic, in the mode of neoclassical economics. It also distinguishes us from .... the neo-Marxian approach ...., which tends in still another way to treat development as inexorable, flowing . . . from . . . the 'means of production'" (Logan and Molotch vii).
The authors, then, argue that the city should be seen as an entity which is not shaped or developed deterministically, but rather is shaped and determined by human choices. To determine ..."
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"The Consolidation of Philosophy" by Anicius Boethius, 1993.
A look at the sixth century Roman philosopher's last work, focusing on the rewards of thought, knowledge, wisdom and God.
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"The Consolation of Philosophy, the last work of Boethius, essentially focuses on the concerns of philosophy and the comfort and understanding it provides, but in most cases Boethius does not pose philosophy as a challenge to or conflict with religion. Primarily, then, Boethius is writing in this work about philosophical issues rather than about anything that might be construed as "his last confession to God."
A woman is used in the text as "Philosophy" by Boethius to emphasize his love for philosophy. Philosophy, in Greek, means "lover of wisdom," and Boethius clearly means to depict the character of Philosophy as a lover of the writer in a non-carnal but nevertheless very real sense. The philosopher seeks comfort and understanding from Philosophy just as a non-philosopher might seek comfort and understanding from a physical/sexual relation..."
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