...How Sir Francis Bacon’s essays philosophical? Francis Bacon, (1561-1626) the most influential and resourceful English writer, is a practically wise man. His essays are store-house of wordy wisdom and practicality. We find a touch of reality and practicality in his views towards truth studies, love, friendship etc. Now we are going to discuss his views. Bacon is very much frank in expressing his view towards truth in the essay “Of Truth”. Truth, according to Bacon, lacks the charm of variety which, falsehood has. Truth gives more pleasure only when a lie is added to it. He believes that, falsehood is a source of temporary enjoyment as it gives the people a strange kind of pleasure. So the essayist says: “…a mixture of a lie doth ever add pleasure” To Bacon, a liar is brave towards god but cowards towards men. A liar does not have courage to tell the truth to the people but he shows courage to tell a lie disobeying god. As the essayist comments: “For a lie faces God, and shrinks from man.” This is indeed a paradox. It means that a man does not fear god when he tells a lie. Bacon’s attitude towards study is completely practical. He emphasizes the function of studies. To him, reading improves the natural abilities of man. Through reading a person becomes a full man and by discussion he becomes a ready man. Then he needs writing to which makes a learner’s idea clear and accurate. As Bacon says: “Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man...
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...stumbles upon Arcite who reveals his love for Emily not knowing he is being heard. Hearing Arcite profess his love for Emily, Palamon becomes overwhelmed with anger. Preparing to fight, Palamon approaches Arcite and threatens to kill him. Their feeling for each-other are mutual and Arcite fetches weapons for them to use. They begin fighting over Emily yet again, cousin against cousin. “You might judge that Palamon in his fighting were a mad lion and Arcite a cruel tiger…up to the ankles they fought in blood.” (47) The drama increases expontentially while the close cousins turn their backs on each-other over a shared love. They are willing to die and kill their loved one to achieve a girl they don’t even know. Chaucer describes the cousins as wild animals to give the reader a glimps of the violent fighting going on. Chaucer uses violence to captivate the audience and pull them into the...
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...Naturalism in The Call of the Wild Jack London was born on January 12, 1876 to a working class family. He had to deal with a hard life from a very young age, but his constant struggling got him through most of the difficulties and by the age of 30, he was internationally famous for his books Call of the Wild (1903), The Sea Wolf (1904) and other successful literay works. Though he wrote passionately about the great questions of life and death and the struggle to survive with dignity and integrity, he also sought peace and quiet inspiration. He wished society to be reformed that he expressed through his writings. His stories of high adventure were based on his own experiences at sea, in the Yukon Territory, and in the fields and factories of California. Similar to a number of writers at that time, he died young, at the age of 40, impoverished (again), sick and suffering from alcoholism. To this day it is still unclear if he the cause of death was accidental morphine overdose or he commited suicide. He as well was a fairly controversial person, so that different authors look at him in various ways: ”The basic law of his thinking was logic. His literary style was the clear, obvious and unmistakable sentences of the beautiful English language. ’The Call of the Wild’ serves as the reference book of English stylistics on Sorbonne. He was the man of facts: not to be afraid of looking inside of the eyes of reality, a great view of life. But Jack London's inner debates did...
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...what if there was a child who never had the chance to learn about being “moral”, could this child still make the right choices? In the book, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain tells a story through the eyes of an imaginative, free-spirited young boy, Huckleberry Finn. Throughout the book, Huck is frequently faced with different dilemmas which force him to make life- altering decisions. He is relentlessly required to choose between “right and wrong” questioning his personal views on what he thinks is acceptable. Although he is being portrayed as a carefree and wild young boy who just craves adventure, he is actually reasonably mature in the choices that he makes. Although he seems like a child, he makes quite mature choices when faced with hurried decisions. He bases his decisions on what is practical, not what he FEELS is right. He is clever and cunning despite what other people see him as, which is wild and out of control. Huck is only a boy who, as imperfect as he is, still cares and has feelings towards others including slaves as opposed to the rest of society. He sees life through the power and dictatorship. Huck is a moral character, he lived his whole life learning that Blacks are unequal and should not be considered human, but only through his escapades with Jim does he find himself battling what he has been brought up to believe is right, and what he himself believes is morally correct. Even though he still thinks that blacks and whites are...
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...Musings on Caliban and colonialism In the Tempest, the audience’s first introduction to Caliban is preceded by Prospero’s exchange with Ariel. Ariel’s passive servitude, respectful attitude and general compliance and integration into the human world contrast deeply with Caliban, and this juxtaposition continues throughout the play and serves to illustrate the theme of colonialism, and its different levels, that his character embodies and explores. There are a number of qualities that set Caliban apart from the rest of the characters in the text. Prospero calls him names such as ‘demi-devil’, ‘hag-seed’ and ‘strange fish’ are myriad. While they might appear pejorative, and were probably meant that way by Prospero, these names also link Caliban to the island of his origin. Caliban is, indeed, a spirit of non-human form and the son of a powerful witch. Yet it could be argued that Prospero has projected his own prejudices onto these terms and appropriated their true concepts to highlight his own authority. Some choose to read this as Shakespeare’s response to Montaigne’s oxymoronic vision of the noble savage. Shakespeare’s contemporary, Montaigne argued that the uncivilised societies of the indigenous American tribes were in fact naturally noble, which he believed was superior to the artificial constraints of the civilised, western world. In his essay, Of Cannibals, he explores the perpetually conflicting relationship between nature and nature, and the intersectionality...
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...MORALITY AND THE LAW; The Validity Question By Nfon Mark PLAN Introduction -A general overview of Morality and the Law -Definition of Morality and the law -Principles of Morality -The validity question Body -principles of Morality in details -The principle of Truth -The principle of Courage -The principle of Compassion -The principle of Love - The principle of Forgiveness - A general overview of other principles of morality II Reasons for and against the law taking validity from Morality. -Reasons why the law most take its validity from Morality -Reasons against the Law taking validity from Morality. -conclusion with a personal view Morality and the law; the validity question The notions of Morality and the Law are as old as the biblical story of creation, where God created man and gave him rights, duties and laws to follow (Genesis 1). According to the oxford dictionary, morals is ‘concerned with or derived from a code of behavior that is considered right or acceptable in a particular society. (Www.Oxforddictionaries.com). morality is the degree to which something is right and good. The moral goodness and badness...
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...In our society today, with all our advancements and breakthroughs, life in the 21st century is noticeably better than before. However, some problems will never go away, like war and death. Aside from that, a problem which has recently plagued our society is the practice of animals-for-rent. Animals, like humans, have their own habitats, and they live in what we collectively call the wild. Some humans have decided to pull these animals out of their homes and rent them for profit through the inhumane practice of animals-for-rent. These ignorant people are very cruel; they treat the animals as objects that only serve as entertainment to the public in the form of rental books or DVDs (Animal Aid, 2007). This unsafe and exploitative practice has gradually weakened animal rights and rips deeply into human morality and conscience. It is often the case that the people involve in this practice, this so-called exotic pet markets, give no regards to the survival of these animals, which are often on the endangered list. According to Richard Farinato (in The Humane Society of the United States, www.hsus.org), wild and exotic animals are favorable vectors for diseases and parasites, often the outbreak of diseases cause the death of a mass of animals. If this situation is continue without any resolution, these animals might become extinct. Because there are no concerns to the needs of the animals, the livelihood will decrease rapidly, and eventually they might not be able to live on Earth...
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...given the question as to whether animal welfare must take priority over human welfare, the answer is no. Human welfare must take priority over animal welfare. Humans are intrinsically different from animals. Animals are governed by instincts but humans can suppress human instincts when morals call for it. This brings me to my first point as to why human welfare must take priority. It is because humans have a sense of morality and have a sense of responsibility for one another. Secondly, human beings have a greater potential to impact the world. As a counterpoint, I will explore the notion that animal welfare is greater due to its impact on human nutrition. Firstly, human welfare must take priority over animal welfare as humans have a sense of morality and animals do not. Animals are not moral beings, only rational beings can be moral. ‘Rational’ here refers to normal adult beings. Only rational beings can be moral as they have the understanding and reason to support that their actions are moral. They know what is expected of them and act accordingly. Reason is a necessity to morality as the individual needs to know that the action is morally sound and that he or she is driven by that morality to produce good. Therefore, animals could not become moral creatures, as they do not have the developed brain to reason, establish and recognize moral values inherent to certain moral actions. Humans however, do have the developed mind and social structure to be able to develop and recognize...
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...“Be the change you wish to see in the world”. These, I believe, are very wise words from which we can still learn. Most people know what is right and what is wrong, but in the hurry of a hectic everyday life, we tend to relax our morality and when in Rome do as the Romans do. For instance, we have all heard dozens of people preach on inner glory being most important, and still we are often declined to meet people with prejudices based on their looks. This is the case in Julia Darling’s short story Calling from Newcastle (2004) where a young woman, Gloria, because of her overweight is having a hard time winning people’s acceptance. The story takes place in the British city of Newcastle in northeastern England, and a reference to the new Gateshead Millenium Bridge tells us that the year is 2001 (p. 4, l. 115). It has a third person narrator and begins in medias res by introducing us to a telephone saleswoman, Gloria, who quickly turns out to be the main character of the story. Gloria has just finished high school and not only is she eighteen years old, she is also eighteen stone. Due to her weight, all of her job applications have been refused but at the call center where no one knows your size, she fits in perfectly (p. 1-2, ll. 22-33). At the call center she is met by colleagues who are all in similar positions. They are shy, they have neither been on top of the social nor the physical ladder but they are sweet voiced (p. 2, ll. 32-35). They are good persons who due to a lack...
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...My Learnings in Business Ethics, Social Responsibility and Good Governance What is ‘business ethics’? Business ethics talks on the behavior of people involved in a business. Business ethics is about ethical property. Business ethics affects one’s decision making of doing what is good, correct, and moral and avoiding doing evil. Business ethics means developing self. What is ‘social responsibility’? Social responsibility means doing well to others where in you need to consider the full scope of an act to the welfare of the community by fulfilling social obligations to your stakeholders. Remember that you cannot do good to others if you do not develop yourself. As for your customers, give them quality products and services. As for the government, you have to follow the parameters of laws and pay right amount of taxes. As for your employees, right compensation must be given to them. As for the environment, you must take good care of it by saving unrenewable resources. As for your suppliers, you have to pay on time and follow the contract since they deliver what you need. As for the community, respect culture and open opportunities by giving them jobs. What is ‘good governance’? Good governance is on how you govern your stakeholders. As a manager, you are leading, managing, and governing your business. The main goal is to be accountable, to be ethical, to be profitable, and to be responsible. Business ethics talks on principles, business, and behavior of people. Remember...
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...was published in 1885. It is one of the first books ever to be written in dialect. In this essay, I will be specifically focussing on the final chapter of the novel and will be showing how the language reveals key points about the characters and themes. Throughout the novel, Jim is constantly referred to as a ‘nigger’. However Huckleberry calls him by his real name, Jim. This shows how Huckleberry values Jim more as a person compared to other people. It shows how spending all this time together has made a special connection and bond between them. Jim has been a father figure to Huckleberry as well as a friend for the whole journey and it plays a powerful role in the novel. In the final chapter, it is very clear to see that Tom Sawyer is an imaginative individual who is adventurous, and is obsessed with wild plans taken from the plots of adventure novels. This is shown when Huck says “And then Tom he talked along and talked along, and says le’s all three slide out of here one of these nights and get an outfit, and go for howling adventures amongst the Injuns…” The use of the adjective ‘howling’ when describing the adventures shows how wild Tom is as a person and a character in the novel. He wants to experience the extreme and nothing less. It is obvious to us that Tom serves as a foil to Huckleberry. He shows Huck to be better than him by contrast. Huck is a more responsible character and is more mature compared to Tom Sawyer. The ending of Huckleberry Finn reveals Tom to be...
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...Chapter 1 What is the significance of the wild rose bush that grows beside the prison door? * The rosebush serves to represent beauty in a community that's so dark and awful. Chapter 2 · What is the public view of Hester’s sin as expressed by the women outside the prison? What do their comments suggest about this society? * They think that the punishment for her sin is not harsh enough. their comments suggest that this society values obedience and punishments. They can be harsh and cruel toward those they consider to be going against the Puritan ideals and moralities Chapter 3 • Why wasn’t Hester sentenced to death for her adultery? * They wanted her to live with her shame. They think that her beauty may have led her to temptation now after the “decease” of her husband. • Where has the stranger been? What motion does he make to Hester? * He was held captive by Indians in the south. (p.57) "he slowly and calmly raised his finger, made a gesture with it in the air, and laid it on his lips" Chapter 4 · What does Chillingworth ask Hester to promise? Why does she agree? * Chillingworth asks Hester to promise to not tell anyone about his identity. She agrees because she felt ashamed that he had to witness her on the scaffold and out of a great amount of fear. Chapter 5 · Give two reasons why Hester decides to remain instead of moving to a less-restrictive colony. * Hester believes that she has to live with her sin and...
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... the boys pay more attention to playing than to monitoring the fire, and the flames quickly engulf the forest. A large swath of dead wood burns out of control, and one of the youngest boys in the group disappears, presumably having burned to death. At first, the boys enjoy their life without grown-ups and spend much of their time splashing in the water and playing games. Ralph, however, complains that they should be maintaining the signal fire and building huts for shelter. The hunters fail in their attempt to catch a wild pig, but their leader, Jack, becomes increasingly preoccupied with the act of hunting. When a ship passes by on the horizon one day, Ralph and Piggy notice, to their horror, that the signal fire—which had been the hunters’ responsibility to maintain—has burned out. Furious, Ralph accosts Jack, but the hunter has just returned with his first kill, and all the hunters seem gripped with a strange frenzy, reenacting the chase in a kind of wild dance. Piggy criticizes Jack, who hits Piggy across the face. Ralph blows the conch shell and reprimands the...
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...bankruptcy. The government faired a laissez-faire attitude, and forty-percent of farmers who became landless, and moved to cities. The Model T. car was the most important economic arrival as it was first only for the rich priced at 850 dollars and went down to only 290 dollars. Ford suggested this drop in price as it helped the common workers buy the car and increase profits by an even greater margin. Revenue generating gasoline taxes, and growing dependency on the automobile gave rise to suburb expansion. Woman in this age were unlike any other. Woman became educated and defied the morality or earlier generations. Women who got drunk, enjoyed sex, wore skimpy dresses, had short bobbed hair, bare arms and danced all night to wild jazz were called “flappers”. Woman in this time also drove the birth control movement in their effort to be entirely free. Margaret Sanger’s words were “no woman can call herself free until she can choose consciously whether she will or will not be a mother.” This was so obscene until Sanger gave the argument that limiting reproduction among groups called undesirable would limit problems in later years. It was only now...
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...decisions we not only think of ourselves, but the rest of humanity. While this is the case, Sartre admits that there are people who do act poorly, and do not feel this anguish. The only reason they don’t feel this anguish, though, is because they are fleeing from it through “self-deception”. The fact that they must lie to themselves proves the existence of the anguish, because they are choosing to ignore it. The third principle behind existentialism is forlornness. Forlornness comes from the idea that God does not exist, and therefore people have nothing to hold onto. God, as the perfect being, was what people strove to be like. God was the ideal. If there is no god, then there is no ideal. For many, religion doubled as an enforcer of morality. Because God says not to kill, people don’t kill. But if God never said not to kill, there is no moral reason not...
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