Russell Crowe

As said by Bertrand Russell, “War does not determine who is right - only who is left.” It took me by surprise when I was walking by a store there happened to be a young man in a ragged united states military uniform sitting on the ground with a coffee can in between his boots. “Spare change for a soldier?”, Asked the young man. He looked up and asked a woman walking by. “Oh, you poor dear, All I have is 5 dollars on me”, said the woman with a doleful look on her face. I happened to be…

Doctor Russell Kirk, is a name that I never had heard of much less even understood his significance in American history and politics before I started at Emporia. While identifying as a Conservative for most of my life (Please forgive me, but my parents were “New Deal” Democrats and I was young at the time); I never understood the philosophy or the background of the Conservative movement. More importantly, I never connected faith and personal values into what it meant to be a Conservative. I…

of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell is a detailed piece, that put into question: whether or not external/ physical objects are real, in the sense that they are independent of people seeing them? This in turn raises an even more important question: Do we have knowledge…

all of our ideas from impressions, and if there is no impression of existence, then existence cannot be a property. Kant argued that thinking that a thing is adds nothing to one 's conception of that thinc2_ and so existence cannot be a property! ' Russell and Frege had similar thoughts on existence. Neither thought that existence could be a property on an individual basis, but rather it was a…

approached. Some view it as an individual problem in which it should be solved individually, whereas others believe it should be solved through a supportive society. Abraham Kuyper, a Dutch journalist, statesman, and neo-Calvinist theologian, and Russell Conwell, an American lawyer, Baptist minister, philanthropist,…

Frank’s office, in fact the idea of the “window” used by Willy Russell to show a new opportunity for both of the protagonists. Rita brings with her a "small can of oil" which she uses to allow the door to open effortlessly; this is ironic because she is trying to making her conversion smooth. The idea that Rita “walks around the room” shows us that she has broken the barrier but is not comfortable or stable in the upper-class society. Russell also shows that she will do anything to get her…

individual has been argued as having various degrees by innumerable scholars. One such that makes the case for its relevance is Bertrand Russell, in his The Problems of Philosophy, most notably in “Chapter XV: The Value of Philosophy.” In his writings, Russell strongly illustrates the value philosophy holds and the importance in the study of it. In his writing, Russell comes to a two main conclusions. The first of these regards the value of philosophy. He first goes on to explain how the…

same system for sixteen years definitely paid off. After Auerbach retired, the Celtics won six more championships. What is so spectacular about this? Later on, the Celtics won six more championships from former players under Auerbach’s era: Bill Russell from 1966-1978, Tom Heinsohn from 1969-1978, and K.C. Jones from 1983-1988. The most recent championship won by the Celtics was in 2008. The championship victory was led by Doc Rivers, who coached the organization for nine years (2004-2013). All…

The Matrix: Final There is an assurance that at one point in life, the end will come for each individual and everybody will perish at one point. For now, as humans and living things, we are all doing what we do best, exist. However, imagine if the life one believes to be a part of was not actual and in fact, it was all just a virtual concept in the mind. Having had watched the film, The Matrix, this paper analyzes comparisons between appearance and reality to the writings of Bertrand Russell’s,…

Philosopher, Bertrand Russell’s reflection on the meaning of happiness compares “to an extraordinary extent the same as the good life,” and he profoundly believes that “one’s own happiness is bound up in its success.” One grasps happiness, according to Russell, when one’s state of mind and attitude towards life align and create a perfect harmony or “integration.” Morality and motives define who one is and what internally makes their life…