Philosophy - January 2007

I am supposed to write an essay on Roger Chillingworth from Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'The Scarlet Letter.'

I want my main focus (like the keyword to sum up my paper) to be "vengeance," but the prompt we were given is to "Describe the nature of evil that slowly consumes Chillingworth."

Would making my focal point Chillingworth's seek for vengeance be appropriate for this prompt? Like, can vengeance be considered that "nature of evil?"Thanks for any helpful input anybody has, I appreciate it!

2007-01-07 10:23:33 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Have gone through a lot of the questions asked, and have been truly dsiappointed at the lack education involved. Is that the best the Western World can teach their children of the FUTURE? Indeed Africa is the LAST FRONTIER!

2007-01-07 10:22:07 · 6 answers · asked by Faika R 1

2007-01-07 10:21:15 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

does it goes into a baby' body

2007-01-07 10:10:33 · 15 answers · asked by glominys 1

on him?
We've been off an on for 3 1/2 years
BUt i just cant seem to get over him.

2007-01-07 09:38:55 · 9 answers · asked by Britster 2

2007-01-07 09:35:20 · 16 answers · asked by DMX BOUNCER 1

This is just a matter of what you believe in. I just want to see how many people actually beleive in God. Thanks!

2007-01-07 09:33:55 · 16 answers · asked by Bobby M 1

This was asked 5 days ago. I put some thoughts into this and I have a bit of a different discussion about it.
A new favorite color, some may ask? Well yes why not.

Through my life I have been many shades of many colors.

In my sadness I was black, and maybe not even black, but

PITCH black. In my marriage I was maybe green, because I

made some mistakes with that, and was married for the

wrong purposes, but green is my favorite color and it

seems that the mistakes made me who I am, so green

would be my choice for that. Green is also the color of life,

grass, trees, or earth. When my princess was born I was

white....complete pureness that emerged from me, she was

made when I was in love with her Father. Although he is

not in our lives anymore, when I think of him I see a

rainbow.

"In these late summer days if you go outside after a

rainstorm there is a chance that you will see a rainbow in

the sky. I believe that the rainbow is truly one of the

wonders of God’s creation. I believe that with their brilliant

spectrum of colors, rainbows are some of the most

beautiful things on earth, and I still take as much delight in

seeing a rainbow as I did when I was a child.
Rainbows are special, even if you discount the myth of

finding a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. I discovered

the truth about this myth once during a plane trip to

California. We were flying over the clouds and the sun was

overhead and I looked down on the clouds and saw a

complete rainbow. It wasn’t shaped like a bow, it was a

complete, perfect circle. So if anyone hopes to find a pot of

gold they will always be disappointed, because rainbows

don’t have an end." by Rev. Paul Wolff

How can that not be true when he gave me a child such

as I have when we were in so much love at that time?

My closest friends I view as yellow. Which yellow to me

means glory, divine, goodness, happiness, and sunshine

like feelings.
There is a sain, "I saw red." which to me says a lot about

pain, blood, death, hurt, and anger.
Orange would be to me maybe goodness of a human

type, not of an angelic kind like white, not of innocence or

purity. Just goodness in a general manner.
Indigo/Purple shades to me leave a lot of mystery. Yet

show strong and nobleness.
There are so many colors out there. I guess I wrote this

to ask people to see what mix of colors they are by

definition. What color I am to them, and get more feedback

and debate on what colors mean in life. Looking forward to

discussing this.

2007-01-07 09:33:36 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-07 09:28:08 · 12 answers · asked by shadyyak 1

What is it!?

2007-01-07 09:25:46 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

and how would it be his worst enemy?

2007-01-07 09:15:26 · 22 answers · asked by anonymous 2

Weeeeeeeeelllllll?

2007-01-07 09:13:28 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

in any building, where and why?

2007-01-07 09:10:31 · 14 answers · asked by Meeowf 3

2007-01-07 09:04:44 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

why or why not? if not then what are we perceving and observing?

2007-01-07 09:03:39 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-07 08:59:11 · 12 answers · asked by Mike B 1

Think about this a sec. The more advanced animals also have longer lives, so it would be more time before being a human. For instance, a dung beetle lives about 90 days. An elephant, about 65 years. Also, take into account that natural selection will prevail. If you are a mouse, your chances of being dismembered by a hawk are good. If you choose a cat, your chances of being a domesticated housecat are not too bad. Your chances are that of any other animal. Very few animals die of old age. Think of quality of life. You will also have the mental capacity of that animal (in otherwords, if you chose to be a rat, you will not think like a human, you would think like a rat). And of course the length of time before being reincarnated as a human again. Think about how animals percieve time as well.

2007-01-07 08:45:17 · 23 answers · asked by Rob 4

2007-01-07 08:44:47 · 13 answers · asked by honey 1

2007-01-07 08:40:21 · 10 answers · asked by screaming frenzy 5

2007-01-07 08:36:48 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

would u be more interested in someone if they had there own house and car or lived at home and took the bus honest answer

2007-01-07 08:32:55 · 24 answers · asked by johnc 4

2007-01-07 08:19:52 · 14 answers · asked by screaming frenzy 5

If you had to create your perfect utopia, what would your motto be?

2007-01-07 08:17:10 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I find it enchanting. But I still don't quite understand it. Could someone possibly explain it?

2007-01-07 08:13:25 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

In the contemplation of existance, do you ever analyze the reasoning behind said existance, and if so, why do you continue withing your current existance?

2007-01-07 08:04:45 · 13 answers · asked by Drakenfar A 1

Is it of more value to do a good deed toward a large but distant problem (global warming, war, poverty) where the harm is great but your chance of making a notable impact is small, or to apply against a smaller need closer to yourself (mentor to a child, plate of food to an elder neighbor) that would have a larger impact on a smaller scale problem. If you choose to do both, how do you decide where to use your limited resources of money and time?

2007-01-07 07:54:25 · 18 answers · asked by PJ H 5

2007-01-07 07:52:54 · 9 answers · asked by Britster 2

2007-01-07 07:33:19 · 9 answers · asked by miss_blueuk 2

Is all truth dependent upon things that we assume to be true? What about spiritual truth and faith?

2007-01-07 07:32:23 · 6 answers · asked by Link 5

How would the human life experience be different if humans had life expectancies like dogs or horses?

Suppose humans reached puberty at the age of one, were adolescents at ages one and two, were in prime reproductive years between ages three and six, reached middle age at eight, and were senior citizens by age twelve. Average life expectancy might be fifteen.

How would life on earth be different than it is today?

2007-01-07 07:19:37 · 3 answers · asked by daylightpirate 3