Chaucer's "Retraction" and Its Meaning within the Context of the Canterbury Tales
The "Retraction," a fragment that follows the last of the Tales in Chaucer's masterpiece, has attracted much critical attention, as students of Chaucer attempt to divi Continue Reading...
Check our facts -- yes, it takes time, and one must rely on a basic understanding of sourcing (askyahoo.com vs. Questia research, for instance); understand your source material (bias, their own issues); what words are being used and why; how reasona Continue Reading...
According to utilitarian ethical theory, a lie would be very moral indeed if it increased someone's happiness without creating detriment to anyone -- telling a child that their unintelligible crayon markings is a great picture of a house, for instan Continue Reading...
Creation Myth Analysis
Case Study of the History of Biblical Creation Narratives
What Is Myth?
What Is History?
Manetho
Josephus
Jeroboam
Is Genesis 1:1-2:4 Myth?
Is Genesis 1:1-2:4 History?
Is Genesis 1:1-2:4 Both Myth and History?
An Anal Continue Reading...
Plutarch On SpartaIntroductionPlutarchs On Sparta is a book about the Spartan way of life and what made that way of life better than ways found in other Greek city-states. Plutarch begins by praising the Spartans for their military prowess, their foc Continue Reading...
Socrates and Pythagoras
Pythagoras:
Pythagoras was born in 569 BC in Samos, to Mnesarchus of Tyre and Pythias of Samos. Mnesarchus was a merchant and so Pythagoras had the opportunity to visit many lands as a child traveling with his father. Beside Continue Reading...
Negotiation Skills
A High Impact Negotiations Model: An Answer to the Limitations of the Fisher, Ury Model of Principled Negotiations
This study aims to discover the ways in which blocked negotiations can be overcome by testing the Fisher, Ury mode Continue Reading...
Essay Topic Examples
1. Socratic Ignorance and the Nature of Evil:
This topic explores the concept of Socratic Ignorance, a term derived from Socrates' claim that he knows nothing, and how this admission of ignorance is Continue Reading...
Similar to many other initiation myths, Gilgamesh has to overcome obstacles such as the scorpion monsters that bar his way.
The intense desire that Gilgamesh has to find the answer to eternal life is shown in the poem by the fact that he rejects th Continue Reading...