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"Measuring the Cosmos", 2005.
A book review of "Measuring the Cosmos: How Scientists Discovered the Dimensions of the Universe" by David H. Clark and Matthew D. H. Clark.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, $ 35.95
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This paper is a book review of David H. Clark and Matthew D. H. Clark's "Measuring the Cosmos: How Scientists Discovered the Dimensions of the Universe". It details the main aspects of this history as recorded in the book, and in the process takes the conclusion that the book is a celebration of the human passion for knowledge and the great debates that have accompanied scientific advance.
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"Searching the Skies: A Book Review of Measuring the Cosmos: How Scientists Discovered the Dimensions of the Universe by David H. Clark and Matthew D. H. Clark Clark and Clark's book is a historiography of the timeless human debate into the fundamental question of "Why?" Why do we exist? Where do we come from? Ultimately, what is the nature of the universe around us? The book follows the careers of the great minds of astrology from early antiquity to the modern era, following science as it haphazardly pushes forth the limits of human comprehension."
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Maya Cosmos: Study of the Mayan Religion and Culture, 1999.
A look at the book "Maya Cosmos: Three Thousand Years on the Shaman's Path", written by David Freidel, Linda Schele, and Joy Parker.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 1 source, $ 57.95
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"Their book is a blend of archaeology, anthropology, and astronomy and encompasses both the historical world and the mythical world of the Maya. It spans three thousand years, fro-m the Olmec civilization, through the various periods of the, pre-conquest Maya civilization up to the present day. Not only does their book shed light on the religion and culture of the ancient Maya, it also shows a definite continuance and connection between ancient and modern day practices. "
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Carlo Ginzburg's "The Cheese and the Worms", 2005.
This paper reviews historian Carlo Ginzburg's book "The Cheese and the Worms: the Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller", which provides a rare view into the religious and philosophical beliefs of lower class Christendom during the sixteenth century.
2,055 words (approx. 8.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 64.95
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This paper explains that, in Carlo Ginzburg's "The Cheese and the Worms: the Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller", the miller Menocchio, who was charged with heresy in Italy at the age of fifty-two, and then again fifteen years later, is a tale of class conflict and how the tension between the classes in the sixteenth century was influenced by the Protestant Reformation. The author points out that this period was a tumultuous time, both socially and religiously, because of the emergence in Europe of the middle class as illustrated by Menocchio's raise from the peasant tradition to become a moderately wealthy miller. The paper states that the case of Menocchio can be seen as a reaction to an oppressive ruling class, which was unique because of the new influence of literature on lower society and because it was one of the first times that a poor, self-taught individual dared to stand-up to the ecclesiastical order on the basis of logic.
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"Still, many people in Menocchio's social position were unable to read or write as well as he could. And certainly, very few people in his time, who were exposed to the writings in his library, reached the same conclusions he rested upon. Yet "this distinctiveness had very definite limits. As with language, culture offers to the individual a horizon of latent possibilities-a flexible and invisible cage in which he can exercise his own conditional liberty." (Ginzburg, xx). This too, is hard to deny-an individual may be considered uncommon within his culture, but it is difficult to separate him from his culture completely. So, although Menocchio held many unusual beliefs, these beliefs cannot be removed from the context they came out of. "
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"The Cheese and The Worms", 2002.
A literary review of Carlo Ginzburg's "The Cheese and The Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth Century Miller".
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, $ 35.95
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This paper analyzes the book by Ginzburg. The writer offers a critique of the fact that Ginzburg wrote a book with great insight but in actuality the book is based on more assumptions than fact.
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Ancient People of Mesoamerica, 2005.
Compares and contrasts the culture of two ancient Mesoamerican peoples.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 47.95
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This paper examines the similarities and differences of two ancient Mesoamerican peoples--the Mayans and the Aztecs. The paper discusses their views of the cosmos and their creation myths and takes a look at their practice of human sacrifice.
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"Mesoamerica is the ancient land bridge between what would later become North and South America, including much of Mexico down through the top part of South America. Today it comprises the countries of Mexico, Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. This region was the birthplace of a number of Pre-Columbian cultures including the Mayans and Aztecs. These two ancient peoples existed at approximately the same time, but were characterized by their views of the universe which were..."
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Joel B. Green's "Salvation", 2005.
This paper analyzes Joel B. Green's book "Salvation: Understanding Biblical Themes".
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 0 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper explains that Joel B. Green's "Salvation: Understanding Biblical Themes" provides an understanding of the role of salvation in human existence,. The author points out that Green creates a sense that the spiritual and the cosmos play important roles in the development of a life. The paper relates that emotional context will lead to salvation.
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"The book "Salvation" by Joel B. Green provides an interesting analysis of a number of religious themes that are represented throughout the Holy Bible. The book examines many of these topics in greater detail, and there is an emphasis on understanding the beliefs and perspectives that are outlined in the bible in many different ways. It is evident that Joel B. Green's experiences have influenced the book to some degree, and that his own vision is carried out in the pages for all to see. The author, who is a religious expert in his own right, provides a greater glimpse into a number of important issues facing religion today. Green's own beliefs are evident throughout the book, and his expertise in the New Testament is highly relevant and supportive of his arguments regarding these books."
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Christianity and Paganism, 2004.
An analysis of the role of Christianity and Paganism in medieval literature.
1,584 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 51.95
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This paper discusses medieval literature and assesses the role played by Christianity and Paganism. The paper explains that medieval writers used allegory to build a universe that was seemingly as wondrous, but more stable, than that of the pagan imagination. They used concepts with which pagans had long been familiar to construct a world in which individuals could no longer roam alone without the benefit of priests and be safe. Medieval theologians complicated what had once been simple, if at times frightening. One can infer from this that the medieval mind viewed the world as dangerous; magic had been one way to control it. However, it appeared that magic sometimes failed. It would be tempting, then, to accept a belief system that promised it would never fail, at least not in the long run in the next life. That there was no way to empirically prove the truth of this would not have bothered the medieval populace very much; after all, they had been long used to accepting the invisible and ineffable in the far less ordered cosmos of the pagan world.
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"While that may have been a simple concept, thousands of years of paganism doubtless made it difficult for the new hierarchy to hold the population's attention on the new approach to life and death. It was probably tempting for people not far removed from the simple, nature-based practices of pagan rites to use those, rather than bring their desires to an intermediary. Instead of having the perceived ability to control their worlds, they were obliged to seek, instead, comfort from a priest whose promise had nothing to do with saving today's crops and warding off starvation by invoking the local corn goddess; the priest's promise was that God would deliver whatever was best for them in good time but, even if the crops failed and they starved, he promised a greater reward in the hereafter."
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Federal Express (FedEx), 2006.
A look at the history of Federal Express, more commonly known as FedEx.
2,729 words (approx. 10.9 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 81.95
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This paper reviews and discusses the background and history of the FedEx Company. The paper also takes a look at the COSMOS (Customers, Operations and Services Master Online System) system, a centralized computer system implemented by FedEx to manage people, packages, vehicles and weather scenarios in real time, offering the company real time decision-making opportunities.
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"The sense of trust and community that people identify with, pleasure associated with the pride of workmanship and of a task well accomplished; and, meaning is related to the quality of life for the individual and the others around him/her. A commitment to ethical operations is also espoused as important for FedEx. Safety on the job for the employee has helped the company maintain its reputation as being one of the best organizations to work for in multiple locations around the world. This proves that the company has a basic understanding of the ethics and social responsibilities needed when dealing with the issues of improvement and change in organization."
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Transformation of Creation, 2008.
This paper discusses and compares views regarding the origins of the universe according to Hesiod and Ovid.
1,663 words (approx. 6.7 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 54.95
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In this article, the writer notes that humanity has searched for the means and the language to explain and comprehend the creation of the universe since its own beginnings. The writer discusses that both Hesiod and Homer responded to this need to explore the origination of the world and mankind through their respective oral and literary traditions. However, while the overarching themes of both the 'Theogony' and Ovid's "The Creation" in Book I of his 'Metamorphoses' relate to formulating such understandings of the creation of the cosmos, by the year 1 AD, the perception of the way our universe was created had evolved. The writer maintains that while Hesiod's work definitively shaped Ovid's understandings as outlined in 'Metamorphoses', the Christian influence of Ovid's era would further inform his understanding, pulling him out of the polytheistic universal view of Hesiod, and into the more centralized worldview of monotheism.
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"This Creator is in control of the passive elements of his earthly creations. Ovid's emphasis in this poem lies in this view of mankind and its relationship to its Creator. Furthermore, unlike Hesiod, Ovid's particular love of describing natural beauty lies in contrast to Hesiod's emphasis on the process of creation versus the beauty of the end result, of which Hesiod mentions little in the Theogony. Another crucial contrast between the two myths lies in the origin and conception of man. Hesiod does not specifically spell out where humanity is derived from, or his/her place in the inception of the world. Rather, Ovid implies that he/she arrives at the conclusion of the tale, following the stanzas describing "Goddesses and Heroes". Hesiod's account is chronological, beginning with the magnanimous and leading down, much as his "Five Ages" do, to the insignificant human being in an age of decline. The same does not hold true for Ovid. While the creation of man is fittingly elaborated at the closing of the poem, man is explicitly present, and even rumored to be of divine origin .. "
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Transformation of Creation: Hesiod and Ovid, 2008.
An analysis and comparison of the creation themes in Hesiod's "Theogony" and Ovid's "The Creation".
1,673 words (approx. 6.7 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 54.95
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This paper notes that humanity has searched for the means and the language to explain and comprehend the creation of the universe since its own beginnings. The paper also explains that both Hesiod and Homer responded to this need to explore the origination of the world and mankind through their respective oral and literary traditions. The paper then goes on to discuss how Hesiod's "Theogony" and Ovid's "The Creation" both relate to formulating understandings of the creation of the cosmos, and notes their similarities and differences.
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"Hesiod's Theogony stands at the beginning of European literary tradition--written between 800 and 600 BCE. His three major works of poetry were assembled synonymously with those of Homer (Lamberton 1). He remains as one of the four mythic bards who are recognized as a "source of Greek tradition" (Lamberton 1). Despite his humble origins as a Boetian peasant (Lamberton 8), Hesiod's account of the origins of the universe is said to be one of many, but its survival and later influence over authors such as Ovid speak to the value placed upon it by later authors (Lamberton 12). "
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The Qin Dynasty, 2007.
This paper explores ideas of space and time that are intertwined in the Qin period in China.
2,171 words (approx. 8.7 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 67.95
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The paper examines the film, "Hero," set in the Warring States period in China. The paper describes the Qin effort to unify the warring principalities that the character "Nameless" defeats, towards the rise of what came to be a Chinese nation-state. The paper highlights Chinese ideas of place and belonging, of how the world should be, the usual insignificance of persons and the strong chance of bad order as only the heroic can offset it and put in place new systems of order that will fit with both human need and the will of the cosmos.
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Introduction
A Southern Epic
Later, Historians and History
Qin Rule and Dissent
Conclusion - On Heroic and Other Myths
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"East Asian pre-modern ideas of time offer more than one conception of Time, and discussion of it, as evidenced in the 2002 film, Hero, set in the Warring States period. The principal character, "Nameless" is presented to the reader as not just a mercenary of the Qin state but as a kind of divine appointee. As an English subtitle explains "this land does not know a real hero - yet." (2004) All characters within this epic story seem to know they are part of a still unknown momentous outcome, part of a far longer epic of China's history, in the Qin effort to unify the warring principalities that Nameless defeats, one by one, towards the rise of what came to be a Chinese nation-state. Nameless, an orphan, had no family name to live up to, so devoted years to mastering the sword, aware of some particular purpose, a time in which he would serve a noble cause. Once competent, he presented himself to the Qin court with the swords of the Qin's adversaries. As Stephen Owen commented of very old Chinese ideas of the self and its purpose, "the ancients tell us that there are three kinds of achievement by which a person may hope to endure - moral power, deeds, and words." (p.72)"
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Gilgamesh and the Bull of Heaven, 2007.
An analysis of the meaning behind the battle with the Bull of Heaven in Tablet VI of the "Epic of Gilgamesh".
815 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 29.95
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This paper discusses Tablet VI of the "Epic of Gilgamesh", which contains the story of Gilgamesh and his friend Enkidu's battle with the Bull of Heaven. The paper cites passages from the epic tale and discusses what each of the characters and events represent. The paper concludes that this part of the tale encapsulates major themes in the drama of human existence and the relationship of human beings to the wider cosmos.
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"In these lines it is clear that the Bull represents a force even more terribly destructive than the horrors threatened by Ishtar. Worse than the elimination of law and order, of the creation of moral chaos that Ishtar's threats would represent, the loosing of the bull appears to bring about physical annihilation of the means of existence. The Bull would eat up all the grain and all the grass causing both men and animals to starve. There would be nothing. All the creatures of the earth would die, and the gods would be left without support. It is with this idea in mind that Anu asks Ishtar if she has seen to it that food has been stored up for those who dwell on the Earth. Anu's concern is interesting because it reveal the physical underpinnings of the cosmic order. A civilization's values might be important, but that civilization cannot exist without the material things that sustain it. Anu comes across as concerned with the totality of creation, Ishtar only with the satisfaction of her own desires, as befits a goddess of sexual urges."
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Taoism and Native American Religions, 2004.
An analysis of the parallels between Taoism and Native American religious beliefs.
979 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 8 sources, APA, $ 34.95
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This paper examines how, out of the three Chinese religions of Taoism, Buddhism, and Confucianism, the one religion that most closely relates to the Native American religions is unquestionably Taoism. It looks at how Taoism, sometimes referred to as ?Naturism?, involves observations of and attitudes toward the world of nature similar to the mannerisms and philosophical beliefs of most Native American religious ideology. It discusses how Taoism is also very involved with the Cosmos and Heaven and the manner in which it can be related to the world of nature. It also shows how Native American religious beliefs and Taoism are quite analogous when dealing with the ways in which they are polytheistic and several other religious aspects.
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"Native Americans also believe they should be directed by nature, but for a different reason. A ?Vision Quest? is often completed by Native Americans who want to attain a special ability. Usually, a young person on a vision quest lives without food, sometimes without water, and with little possessions. This is done to make the person appear materially poor and spiritually humble before the spirits. This is very similar to the Taoist idea that when an infant comes into the world, it knows no craft and has no ambitions to live yet is cared for, fed, and clothed (Hopfe & Woodward 178). In much the same way, the Native Americans believe that the spirits of nature will assist them, guide them, feed them, and protect them in their journey through earthly existence."
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British Columbia Joining Canada, 2003.
This essay delves into the reasons for British Columbia's ultimate decision to join the Canadian Confederation.
2,799 words (approx. 11.2 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 83.95
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An analysis of the various factors that worked in an interrelated manner and influenced the various constituents involved in making the decision on whether British Columbia should join Canada. These factors included social factors. such as class, political factors, and economic considerations (e.g. railway). More specifically, some of the key considerations were the impact of potential annexation by the United States, the Gold Rush, and the influence of Britain and its imperialist views of BC as a colony. Furthermore, this essay includes an analysis of the key players (e.g. political figures, journalists, influential elite, etc.) and their role in this decision. Players include Amor de Cosmos, Anthony Musgrave, James Douglas, Hudson Bay Company, and John A. MacDonald.
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"British Columbia?s decision to join Canada over other alternatives was a combination of the colony?s economic and social need and influence of various constituents that were guided by political motivations. There were three options available to the colony of British Columbia prior to their joining Confederation and becoming part of the Dominion of Canada. One of these alternatives available was to remain with the status quo of being a British colony. Annexation by the United States was the second alternative. The third option open was to become part of the Dominion of Canada. In this essay, I would argue there was a combination of factors that led British Columbia to choose the third alternative. One of the key factors was related to a need for a solution to the economic problems of the colony arising from growing debt and the slow growing economy. Another important issue for many British Columbians was the desire to have a ?responsible government? that was more representative of the colony?s people. Surrounding the situation of finding a solution to the colony?s economic problems and pressure for independence were the political motivations of various players from not only British Columbia, but also the Dominion of Canada and Britain. The influence of these political actors played an important role in leading to an agreement between Canada and British Columbia containing terms that made joining confederation the most attractive alternative out of the three discussed in this paper."
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Theory of Natural Selection, 2002.
Discusses controversial aspects of Darwin's Theory of Natural Selection.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 5 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper will argue, through a discussion of both Darwin's Theory of Natural Selection and its social and ideological context, that Darwin's work was so controversial primarily because of the fact that it challenged conventional thinking with regard to the position of mankind in the cosmos. Although this controversy was mainly religious in origins, it will also be argued that it touched on issues of racism with respect to a presumed distinction - and the implied superiority - between the white race and the other races on the planet.
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