Essays About Truth

Rationale of the Study Filipino Cinema has faced another era of its existence. For the past years the clamor for substantive, thought provoking, quality films scoffed against the apparently ubiquitous commercialized, ostensibly reformulated, motion pictures. Thenceforth, the dramatic rise of the Filipino Independent Film Industry has undeniably made significant refurbishment, if not an entire overhaul, […]

Max Weber has claimed that power arises when given two people in a social relationship one will try to get himself in a better position to enforce his will on the other despite any form of resistance.   This then assumes that there is conflict between these two parties in the social relationship as both try […]

John Haught’s What is God aims to provide “a simple ‘mystagogy’… an ‘introduction to mystery’ (116). The importance of mystery to Haught’s work may be traced to his main assumption that the existence of God is evident in the existence of “a cognitive ‘feeling’ of inexhaustibility” that an individual experiences in relation to the experience […]

Thought and Discussion: On Liberty of Thoughts and Discussion By: Pamela Noble For: Professor Brad Bell Ethics and Media, The Arts and Society Excelsior College August 11, 2013 Thoughts and Discussion: On the Liberty of Thought and Discussion Abstract In the second chapter of John Stuart Mill’s essay, On Liberty, Mill presents reasons why he […]

Nathaniel Hawthorne, who originated from a family that was among the early settlers of Massachusetts, was born in Salem in 1804 and authored The Scarlet Letter. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s curiosity and apprehension were piqued by his ancestor, John Hawthorne, who served as a judge during the infamous Salem witch trials in 1692. Following the death of […]

History… What is History? “It is merely a subject that concentrates all the dates of important historical events that have taken place in the last 200 decades.” This is how history is viewed among many insular people. These outlandish statements are built on no solid grounds and just demonstrate the enormity of this misconception. An […]

In this novel, Barnes makes little reference to love in any of the ‘main’ chapters of the novel, however he explores the concept in some depth in the ‘parenthesis’ chapter. He seems to display very confused and contradictory views of love, his opinion oscillating wildly as the chapter progresses.Julian Barnes, at the beginning of the […]

Twelve Angry Men Reginald Rose Pg 53 when juror 8 says “And no matter where you run into it, prejudice obscures the truth” he means whenever and where ever you are narrow-mindedness and racism can cloud your judgment towards people of all races and cultures, this can be proved by the stubbornness of juror 10 […]

“Our deaths are not ours they are yours; they will mean what you make them.”—Regret to Inform “The terrible price of that nobility is one that nobody should have to pay”—Barbara Sonneborn On her 24th birthday in 1968, Barbara Sonneborn, the director, received a telegram informing her that her husband, Jeff Gurvitz, had been killed […]

In Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave,” he questions the reality of human existence and how individuals perceive things differently. Many people doubt themselves when their beliefs differ from those around them, but sometimes what one thinks may be truer than the popular opinion. The world often believes what they want to, rather than the truth. […]

The Truth about “Our Secret” Susan Griffin’s main focus in her essay “Our Secret“ is on Heinrich Himmler’s life. She hopes to better understand how people come to be who they are as a product of childhood and adolescent experiences. Through this process she hopes her readers can become conscious to the truths of their […]

How does Arthur Miller build tension in Acts 1 and 2 and up to the entrance of George on page 138? Tension is defined as ‘latent hostility’, a state of mental or emotional strain on a person. This is particularly evident in the first two Acts of ‘All My Sons’ as there are many ways […]

In the matrix below, describe the historical development, key contributors, and principle issues of pragmatism, analytic philosophy, and the Philosophy of Mind. PragmatismAnalytic PhilosophyPhilosophy of Mind Historical DevelopmentBegan with the rejection of the existence of a “fixed, absolute truth”. Then proceeded with the postulate that truth is relative to space and time. 1) Kant’s philosophy […]

Reason is a way of knowing in which we construct meanings together through modifying and improving individual opinions and ideas, in order to reach a plausible or logical conclusion. In other words, reason is the ability to help people decide what is true and what is not. Most of the time, reason is more commonly […]

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is likely to bring what if questions to the mind of the average American. What if the Israeli takeover of Palestine is partial justice for the atrocities committed against Jews during World War II? What if an Israeli state is simply manifest destiny as promised to Abraham in the Book of Genesis? […]

In “Letter from Birmingham Jail”, Martin Luther King Jr. effectively connects with his audience and conveys his message by skillfully employing pathos. To highlight the injustice that led to his incarceration in Birmingham City Jail during the civil rights movement, King evokes emotions such as anger, sympathy, empathy, and love. Moreover, he frequently strengthens support […]

The subject of global warming has been debated for years. Factories, power stations and vehicles produce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. Greenhouse gases trap warm air in the atmosphere. Most climate scientists believe these gases are responsible, at least in part, for temperature increases on Earth. The debate centers on the extent to which […]

In the Norse Apocalyptic myth, Ragnarok, meaning “fate of the gods” is the battle at the end of the world. Not only will the gods and giants pass away in this story, but almost everything else in the world will be torn to shreds as well. What is interesting about this is that the gods […]

One of the largest and most profitable industries in the world is the advertising industry. Last year the advertising industry spent around 150 billion dollars in the U. S. alone (“TNS Media Intelligence”). That’s enough money to give every person on the planet 20 dollars and then have enough left over to buy 150,000 Porsche […]

In this essay I will discuss whether some ways of knowing are more like than others to lead to the truth. There is no single definition of the truth where every philosopher agrees with. What we can say is that the truth is one of the most important elements in our society which extends from […]

Plato’s Guardian Class Guardians are put into place to defend morality and rule society because they know the truth and posses the knowledge and wisdom of true forms. In order for there to be a just state, there must be a balance between the different types of people, namely; reason dominated, spirit dominated and appetite […]

Effective training is essential for achieving quality results in any field. In the hospitality industry, it is crucial to identify the specific training requirements for each sector in order to optimize performance. In her article titled “Training the Heart of the Hotel” (Chambers, 2006), Lizz Chambers shares personal experiences to develop her approach towards training […]