... and the obedience of its members. Socrates was also accused of disbelieving in the traditional gods, even though he denied these charges. He spoke openly about his daimonion, his guardian spirit or personal divine sign, and this was a concern for the leaders of Athens. The idea of Socrates" daimonion challenged the traditional religious beliefs of Athens, as well as, the government ... in many societies it does not do so in all. In the world of ethics every sacred world-view is challenged. The story of Socrates expresses an ethic of the holy by challenging the closed world-view of Athen...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... /her master ideas in life, he/she, according to Theodore Rozak, did not acquire them from readings or a speaker. Some people's foundation of beliefs come from their religion like The Holy Bible. As defined in the dictionary, religion is a set of strongly held beliefs, values and attitudes that one lives by. Not everyone practices the same religion and some do not ... humans derived from "self (Atman) alone," and that everything is a part of Self (Upanishads, Creation 97). The Norse believed that Odin and his two brothers breathed into logs their divine spirit and watched the human race a...

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• Grade Level: High School

... shares some of Jim Casy's philosophy with his mother- that every man's soul is a small piece of one large soul. He says that his own life is unimportant because his spirit will always be present. Tom says he has decided to organize the people. He tells Ma, "An' I been wonderin' if our folks got together an' yelled, like them fellas yelled ... Jim Casy and Jesus Christ. Their similarities become much deeper as the novel progresses. Casy and Jesus both saw a common goodness in the average man and viewed every person as holy. When Casy is saying grace in chapter eight, he compares himself ...

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... it will be death to anyone who tries to burry him, but she must defend her beliefs, "But I will bury him; and if I must die, I say that this crime is holy," (Sophocles 694). Amazingly, she shows no sign of respect for the king's command: In her heart, she knows the command is wrong. She goes to her sister Ismene for support ... is for that reason that I cannot remain with you any longer," (Ibsen 64). She believes she must grow strong in confidence in and love for her own body, mind, and spirit. Nora has finally beaten the control her society had over her. Through her growth, Nora is now...

• Word Count: 792
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• Grade Level: High School

... religious leader. The Puritan society would not accept a woman doing what they felt God intended men to do. Wheeler mentions that Winthrop called Hutchinson a person of "nimble wit and active spirit and a very voluble [fluent] tongue" (Wheeler and Becker 33). Authorities in the colony feared Anne's ability to promote and lead a growing number of women and men; they saw this as ... 32). She said God revealed to her; according to the covenant of grace, this made her a saint. Whether the court agreed with this or not, she believed she had the holy right to disobey men's laws. This was anot...

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... guilt brings corrupt souls to the depths of insanity. Unable to be freed by their struggling wills, they are forced to succumb to the torture and anguish and amend their spirit to become aliens of their past. With no recollection of their former being, their prior self ceases to exist and becomes anew. In The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne inspires the ... depicted by Hawthorne. Although the author portrays the character as weak minded and bodily ill from the omniscient narrator perspective, the vantage point of the Puritan society portrays Dimmesdale as "holy" and "revered" when H...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... the crucifix and the cross have become important symbols of the suffering Savior and the risen Lord. Good Friday and Easter Sunday, the day on which Jesus rose have become holy days. It is believed that Jesus through dying took the responsibility for the sins of the human race, reconciling humankind with God and God with humankind. Those who are Christians ... will come again and judge all the living and the dead and those that have been faithful and good will ascend into heaven. Until that day Christians believe that the Spirit of God lives in them, and guides and strengthens them in t...

• Word Count: 1009
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate