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- 6931: The One Truth of Reality
- ... lack of knowledge of self), and without truth -- confusion) in interaction with an environment that is an expression of people who struggle against their inherently watery and unresisting spiritual nature and without insight, create a world that is discouraging to spiritual freedom and encouraging of more tangible, fleeting, and unstable fulfillment that is a result of confusion (darkness). In spiritual freedom, which is truth, which is empathy, involvement in this environment ... sunlight as often seen from an observer on earth partially filtered through the atmosphere. Symbolically, this is warm and comfortable, it is the source of thriving life, and it is symbolic of the well-lit world, thus the world with a greater sense of truth than that of the moonlight. But it, too, is a false light ... for the feelings that are appeased through sunlight are still dependent on perceiving the world in ...
- 6932: Computer Viruses: Past, Present And Future
- ... computer viruses didn't exist. The first viruses were created in university labs - to demonstrate the"potential" threat that such software code could provide. By 1987, viruses began showing up at several universities around the world. Three of the most common of today's viruses - Stoned, Cascade and Friday the 13th - first appeared that year. Serious outbreaks of some of these viruses began to appear over the next two years. The Datacrime and Friday the 13th viruses became major media events, presaging the concern that would later surround the Michelangelo virus. Perhaps surprisingly, tiny Bulgaria became known as the world's Virus Factory in 1990 because of the high number of viruses created there. The NCSA found that Bulgaria, home of the notorious Dark Avenger, originated 76 viruses that year, making it the world's single largest virus contributor. Analysts attribute Bulgaria's prolific virus output to an abundance of trained but unemployed programmers; with nothing to do, these people tried their hands at virus production, with unfortunately ...
- 6933: Fredrick Douglas
- ... was Douglass. Throughout this period, he clung to his name Frederick to, preserve a sense of [his] identity (Norton, 1988). This succession of names is illustrative of the transformation undergone by one returning from the world of the dead, which in a sense is what the move from oppression to liberty is. Frederick Douglass not only underwent a transformation but, being intelligent and endowed with the gift of Voice, he brought ... He had the ability to translate in a well-spoken manner between the worlds of the black man and white man. The story of the American Dream, where a young man, born into a hostile world, never loses sight of one goal, is not all that distant in theme from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. The story of the American Dream has been embedded deeply in our culture from ... from the individual and leaves scars just as deep as those of slavery itself. A man in this position is called upon to balance his experiences of the two realities. He must embrace the New World he finds himself in and learn as much as he can from it; he also must continue to carry the weight of his past so that he can interpret it for others. So did ...
- 6934: Descartes And Locke
- ... will lead you to the truth. That s why I think that the most fertile source of knowledge is the history of human opinions. Knowledge, in fact, is the relationship between a person and the world. While most philosopher agree with this basic definition, most all of them disagree about the fundamental nature of that relationship. There are many cases that prove that people have attempted to impose their believes on ... of himself seated by the fire. Locke instead is an empiricist, and therefore he directly critiques Descartes epistemic system and tries to establish his own foundation of knowledge. Locke believes that our knowledge of the world comes from what our senses tell us. Locke s theory state that we are all born with a blank slate, tabula rasa, before we perceive anything. With this in his mind Locke reject the concept of innate ideas and claims that all we know of the world is what we experience through our senses. Locke defines his terms: idea and quality, and makes it clear that ideas are in the mind and qualities are in bodies. He defines idea as what ...
- 6935: Panopticon: The Ideal Social Order
- ... may wish to put it to, produces homogenous effects of power." Panopticism is a style of controlling the individual and making him conform to the system. That system could refer to the police or the world as a whole. There is never a definite top position, therefore, everyone feels as if they are being monitored by someone else. It is for this reason that this disciplinary mechanism is so effective. The ... to restore the individual to a being that can be a productive and positive influence. The system has two main purposes, the distribution of power and the means of establishing discipline. Every aspect of the world has the ideas and principles of panopticism behind them. The world is full of intricate and complicated people. These people group together to create tribes, governments, countries, and or civilizations. What are the rules? How are we, the most complicated form of life that we ...
- 6936: Siddhartha 3
- ... listening, he realizes that all of the voices were interwoven, interlocked, and entwined in a thousand ways. And that all the voices, goals, yearnings, sorrows, pleasures, good, and evil, all of them together was the world. Vasudeva said that he had waited for this time to come. He said goodbye to the hut, river, and Siddhartha, and disappeared into the forest, full of peace. After years, Govinda comes to the river ... in himself. Again, Siddhartha recognized him instantly, but because Siddhartha changed a lot, he couldn't recognize him till Siddhartha gave him a hint. Siddhartha says to him words is always one-sided, but the world itself is never one-sided. Because of that, nobody can learn from teaching. Things are never one-sided because there is no such thing as time. You can't divide the thing into past and ... He saw all these forms and faces in a thousand relationships to each other, all helping each other, loving, hating, and destroying each other and become newly born. When he came back to the real world, he saw on Siddhartha's face, a perfect one smile. Govinda bowed low, right down to the ground with uncontrollable tears trickling down his face. The smile reminded him of everything that he had ...
- 6937: Gender Communication in the Workplace
- ... these differences are erased if variables such as employment, family, and age are similar for men and women, it remains true that women have a larger more diversified network of family ties. In the business world, women must face many obstacles to succeed. Women have to adapt to a male-dominated culture to be promoted and rewarded. Research has shown that communication styles between males and females can create conflict in ... sleeping their way to the top. A woman who has to face these types of accusations and stereotypes cannot effectively complete the tasks assigned to her. Much of the conflict facing women in the business world can be seen in Cheris Kramaraes Muted Group Theory. Because language is a "Man-made construction. The language of a particular culture does not serve all its speakers equally, for not all speakers contribute ... Sloan, Food Service Director of Marriott. She has worked for Marriott for eighteen years, and advanced quickly in this male-dominated company. When asked what she felt were the obstacles facing women in the business world, Ms. Sloan stated" women are faced with stereotypes, excuses and discrimination". She felt that the biggest obstacles facing women was women themselves. She felt that women had created the idea of a "glass ceiling" ...
- 6938: The Cycle of Never Ending Cause and Effect
- ... its beginning, for example taking the generations and going back on time, there will come a point where the beginning of things will be put under observation. How did things begin? Scientists believe that our world began with the Big Bang, yet for the Big Bang to originate there must have been the Sun and the Universe itself. Then what was before the Universe? An atom? And before the atom? The ... would have to forget passed events and start all over, from the beginning. Yet because no such thing as completely forgetting exists, someone would again do a misdeed that would spark the fighting chain. The world is a sphere which rotates without stopping. Once it stops, the cycle of never ending cause and effect keeps on going. As a new begging takes place, the cycle would be rotating. It would be the same cycle, not a different one. The destruction of our world would indeed cause the beginning of another; if the present world had never been destroyed then the new one would never have been formed. A counter argument to the idea of a never ending ...
- 6939: Knowledge
- Knowledge in itself is stronger than belief without facts or proof. A justified true belief is a very strong notion, but not nearly as strong as knowledge. In today's world knowledge is the key to a successful everyday or professional life. There are some conditions where beliefs are supported with facts and facts are based on knowledge. A belief or a justified true belief will never surpass knowledge and it will always be a weaker notion, logically not emotionally, than knowledge. In everyday or professional life, knowledge is the key to succeeding. In what we call the "real world" the belief of someone does not, matter if there are no facts involved verifying it. In everyday, nonprofessional life there may be some people who care about beliefs, but if the beliefs are not justified true beliefs than the professional world will never recognize it. Knowledge is a term that goes as far back as the fourth and fifth centuries, B.C. To know what a justified true belief is it must be understood that ...
- 6940: Song Of Solomon A Search For A
- ... But then, they are afraid to reach too far back. If they should, they might not like what they find. So, they are content to continue in their less interesting, less challenging, much less introspective world. Song of Solomon is a scavenger hunt, with Milkman unearthing clues as he snatches up bits and pieces of wisdom that direct him to the treasure. Set deep within the black culture, the story begins ... dead, for none of them have a life. A total lack of communication has effectively closed all the doors in the home, as each member seems to live within their own, small room. The real world is securely locked outside. No future, no past. To communicate would be to acknowledge the present. To acknowledge the present would mean accepting the past. Their names mirror their pathetic lives, even as they tell ... person, are found in Pilate, as the reader peels away her layers. Hurston, also orphaned at an early age, found herself on her own and alone, long before she was prepared to face the "adult" world. She traversed many roads, gaining wisdom and tolerance as she wandered. Hurston, like Pilate, loved geography and like Pilate, she had a secret she tried to keep from an intolerant world, fearful of what ...
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