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A Thermodynamic Reading Of The Crying Lot 49
1,979 wordsA Thermodynamic Reading of The Crying of Lot 49 Exploring thermodynamic entropy and information theory clarifies the ambiguous relationship between Oedipa Maas, Maxwell's Demon and the Tristero System in The Crying of Lot 49. Through a convoluted, chaotic adventure leading to disorder, Oedipa searches for the truth about Tristero, hoping it will save her from her tower of imprisonment (Pynchon, 11). Pynchon dangles this elusive message over Oedipa's head until she discovers Tristero's meaning. H...
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Ha Ha Ha Dark Side
1,369 wordsI think I need some help. Faith said, staggering inside the old, haunted mansion. Her right arm had a big cut in it, and blood was gushing out. Her face had a few scrapes and bruises, as did the rest of her body. Faith had just came back from a battle with an Excel demon. Faith was a witch, about 19 years old. She had brown eyes, and short blond hair. Her skin was pale, and she was very small, but strong for her age. Faith had a past life, where her name was Enchanted. In her past life she was a...
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Synoptic Gospels Sound Mind
1,331 wordsRS 201 New Testament Lit. Dec. 11, 2000 Legion: An Exegetical Analysis In this analysis I will be drawing from five passages found in Mark 5: 9 - 13, which is the story of the demonic possession by the demon which is called Legion. I will be drawing on the context of the whole passage which is Mark 5: 1 - 20, but my main focus and purpose of this analysis is to shed light on verses 9 - 13. I have referenced three different versions of these passages in different Bibles, the KJV, NIV and the NRSV...
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Taj Mahal Ontological Argument
9,023 wordsHow doesDescarte 2 Descartes How does Descartes try to extricate himself from the sceptical doubts that he has raised? Does he succeed? by Tom Nuttall [All page references and quotations from the Meditations are taken from the 1995 Everyman edition] In the Meditations, Descartes embarks upon what Bernard Williams has called the project of Pure Enquiry to discover certain, indubitable foundations for knowledge. By subjecting everything to doubt Descartes hoped to discover whatever was immune to i...
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Foundational Ism Meditation Descartes
4,880 wordsIn his first meditation, Descartes sets out with amazing clarity and persistence to clear himself of every false idea that he has acquired previous to this, and determine what he truly knows. To rid him of these " rotten apples" he has developed a method of doubt with a goal to construct a set of beliefs on foundations which are indubitable. On these foundations, Descartes applies three levels of skepticism, which in turn, generate three levels at which our thoughts may be deceived by ...
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Clear And Distinct Taj Mahal
4,567 wordsHow Does Descartes Try To Extricate Himself How Does Descartes Try To Extricate Himself From The Sceptical Doubts That He Has Raised? Does He Succeed? [All page references and quotations from the Meditations are taken fromthe 1995 Everyman edition] In the Meditations, Descartes embarks upon what Bernard Williams has called the project of Pure Enquiry to discover certain, indubitable foundations for knowledge. By subjecting everything to doubt Descartes hoped to discover whatever was immune to it...
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Notices A Small Deliverance And Tommy Doll
821 wordsA thirty-year-old detective-novelist living in southern California named Tommy Phan is on top if the world. He had just purchased a brand new Corvette and is living his fantasy of living the American dream. On his way home he calls his mother to inform her of his new toy. After feeling guilty about the conversation, because he is living his dream and not living with his family and working at the family business. On his way home he stops at a diner to get something to eat he meets a young blond. ...
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Great Spirit Didn T
792 wordsOn Origin Myth Origin Myth On the first day humans walked around aimlessly without a purpose, concealed in their own personal darkness. Endless days ran into endless nights with no direction for man or woman. After many days and nights of wandering it happened that they came across a strange creature that slithered quickly and smoothly around their feet. They had seen this serpent before, but never before had they been approached so closely by this long, earth-bound creature. This living thing i...
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