Our personal lives are often dictated and affected by meaning and purpose gained through knowledge. ... In my opinion, meaning in our personal lives can be gained through a better understanding of our environment, our circumstances or ourselves. ... It gives us a deeper understanding into why we have certain beliefs and gives us knowledge about such beliefs. ... Yet, there is no greater understanding of his surroundings or personal life that could be attributed to the knowledge he has gained by studying business. ... The four truths of Buddhism also give them a better understanding of life , t...

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Before reproduction the chromosomes split and the reproductive cells gain only one chromosome from each parent. ... The phylo-genetic process that informs the organism is internalized, but only the genum as a whole gains the knowledge. The individual organism doesn't gain knowledge itself in real time, as only its successors are informed (3). ...

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He explains our focus on gaining the knowledge and capacity in order to control the forces of nature and take from it the wealth to satisfy their needs. ... The other asset is the satisfaction gained through art. ...

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Socrates did not think about questions or worldly things, instead he turned all his attention inward to understanding the concepts of justice, love, and virtue, and the self-knowledge that he inculcated (Online Encyclopedia). ... He says "the soul is imprisoned inside the body by the need for drink, sex, and sleep, with the result that it is kept from its true aim, the gaining of knowledge, thus, when we death releases the soul from its prison, its free to roam among the ideas that it dimly perceived while alive."...

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All that has been gained stays a permanent part of the soul's individuality. ... Scientists speculate that even the people who lived during the New Stone Age (10,000B.C.E - 5,000B.C.E) believed that once a person died, their journey had not yet concluded. 250 million Hindus and 150 million Buddhists are brought up with an understanding of re-birth, which briefly means that our spirit is continuous and requires more than one physical life to attain to a state of purity . ...

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The sacred Arts of life is a representation of Moore's unending spiritual quest, exposing the little growth and transcendence he gained from the institutional religion and it's collective, communal idea of what is sacred. ... Shamanic practices are one way to explain human understanding of that which is not conventionally justifiable, such as the example above. ...

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Joyce does this subtlety, allowing the reader to gain unconsciously an idea of Chandlers perceptions, which are centered around himself. ... The fact that Joyce makes sure the reader is aware of the way he takes his whiskey is important to understanding the story. ...

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