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De, Villiers Gerda. "Understanding Gilgamesh : his world and his story." Thesis, University of Pretoria, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/22989.
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Understanding Gilgamesh – brokenly – is to understand life brokenly. The Epic of Gilgamesh is the narrative of life. It records the full cycle of the nerve and aplomb of youth, of the doubt and crisis of midlife, of the acceptance and quiescience of maturity. Moreover, this understanding is a broken understanding. It starts with the clay tablets that are broken in a literal sense of the word. Further, the narrative is a narrative of broken-ness – the story ends in tears. A man has lost his last chance of obtaining life everlasting. Yet he manages to recuperate despite his failure. The first part of this thesis examined the world of Gilgamesh. Initially he was known as the Sumerian king Bilgames. He makes his appearance in the form of oral compositions that are recited or sung in the royal courts of kings during the Sumerian period: sheer entertainment, nothing really serious. At his side is his loyal servant Enkidu who supports his master in everything he does. Akkadian gradually ousts Sumerian as vernacular, yet the latter continues to dominate as the language of culture and court. Bilgames survives the reign of the Sargonic dynasty, and even revives during the glorious Ur III period of Shulgi and of Ur-Nammu. Sumerian Bilgames-poems are recorded in writing. However, by the time that Hammurapi draws up his legal codex, the Sumerian Bilgames is known as the vibrant Akkadian king Gilgamesh. His servant Enkidu is elevated to the status of friend. Together they defy men, gods, monsters. When Enkidu dies, Gilgamesh goes even further in search of life everlasting. He reaches Uta-napishtim the Distant in order to learn the secret of eternal life. The optimism of the Old Babylonian Kingdom is replaced by the reflection and introspection of the Middle period. Life is difficult. Life is complex. The Gilgamesh Epic is once again re-interpreted and supplemented by a prologue and an epilogue: both begin and end at the same place, at the walls of Uruk. Here Gilgamesh looks back and forward to his life and contemplates about the meaning of life in general. The second part of this thesis dealt more specifically with the story – the literary aspects of the Epic. Genette’s theory illuminated several interesting literary devices with regards to the rhythm and pace of the narrative. However, much of the reflective nature of the Epic was also revealed. There were moments of looking forward, and looking backward: after Gilgamesh broke down in tears at the end of the Epic, he suddely gained perspective on life. Somehow a broken narrative focused into a meaningful whole that may just make future sense. Jauss’s theory illuminated why Gilgamesh refuses to be forgotten, why he is once again alive and well in the twenty first century. Although he was buried in the ruins of Nineveh for a thousand plus years, he is suddenly back on the scene – and not for academic reasons only. Not only scholars of the Ancient Near East take an interest in the old Epic, but also people from all sectors of life. Somehow Gilgamesh seems to respond to questions that are asked even by those who understand nuclear physics – but who grapple with the paradox of living meaningfully. Understanding Gilgamesh – brokenly – understands life.Thesis (DLitt)--University of Pretoria, 2006.
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Mylonas, Christos. "Serbian Orthodox fundamentals : the quest for an eternal identity." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.391120.
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Doyle, Rebecca. "Adam and Eve's eternal quest for Eden in the adventure game /." Title page, contents and introduction only, 2001. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09AR/09ard7547.pdf.
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Burley, Mikel Mason. "Eternal Life and the Finality of Death." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.509034.
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Hanshew, Daniel S. "Ordained to eternal life? exegesis of Acts 13:48 /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2006. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p014-0140.
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Gilbert, Kristen Elizabeth Spencer Gilbert Kristen Elizabeth Spencer. "Path of life quest to lands unseen /." Diss., Online access via UMI:, 2006.
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Pruett, Terry L. "The temporal eternal a look at time and eternity future /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1992. http://www.tren.com.
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Reed, Rick M. "Developing an eternal perspective among believers at the Metropolitan Bible Church." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2006. http://www.tren.com.
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Harlow, Megan Jean. "Virtual vision quest : second life and the digital self." Thesis, Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/1537.
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Sliedrecht, Susan Beverley. "Life skills for adolescence : evaluative research on the Quest programme." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22495.
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The Quest Life Skills for Adolescence is a two-year programme, for Standard 6 and 7 pupils. The goal of the programme is to assist adolescents to effectively manage the life tasks associated with the adolescent years. The programme is school based consisting of eight modules, each module dealing with a different subject. The method of instruction, as with most life skills programmes, is participatory learning as opposed to didactic teaching. This pilot-study was based at the Sentinel High School in Hout Bay. The study evaluates whether module one and two of the Quest Life Skills programme achieved their objectives. The second purpose was to devise an evaluation tool that could be used by other schools to evaluate modules one and two of the Quest programme. A multifaceted study design was adopted in the evaluation process. The instruments used were questionnaires, group discussions, Rosenberg's Self-Esteem Scale (1965) and a game. The results reveal that module one of the programme did enable pupils to gain a better understanding of adolescence. Pupils were, however, not totally conversant with the four aspects of change that would take place in adolescence namely physical, emotional, social and intellectual change. They seemed more familiar with the changes that would take place in the physical and emotional realms than in the intellectual and social realms. The findings confirmed that a safe supportive environment, conducive to learning, had been established. Module two of the programme dealt with self-confidence/self-esteem. The self-esteem of participant's, in the Quest programme, increased marginally, but the results yielded showed that a statistically significant improvement did not take place when compared with the comparative group. Participants reported that the programme was of great benefit to them. It was the first time for the majority of the participants that they had been exposed to life skills training. Based on the above findings, an evaluation package was compiled, for schools to use, to evaluate the effectiveness of the first two modules of the Quest programme.
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Baker, Bernard. "Responsibly at home: Wendell Berry’s quest for the simple life." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 1992. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1059588399.
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Christensen, Linda. "The contemporary quest to resacralize life, toward understanding New Age spirituality." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/NQ54772.pdf.
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Evans, Kyler, and University of Lethbridge Faculty of Education. "The transformational quest of awakening to daily life : a phenomenological-hermeneutic approach." Thesis, Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Education, 2008, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10133/656.
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In this thesis a phenomenological-hermeneutic method of inquiry, coupled with an embracement of ecological and transpersonal principles, was employed to delve into the paradoxical nature of the transformational quest to awaken to non-dual living. In particular there is a specific focus on the difficulty of embracing and living out a traditionally Eastern spiritual tradition for Western individuals. Analysis of interview transcripts with three participants, as well as, the author’s own journals, found four major “stages” in the journey to daily living in a non-dual state, with 13 sub-themes. These interpretive themes delineate the chronological path followed by the three co-researchers on their journeys into embracing non-dual living. The first major theme – heeding the call: honouring what is – outlines childhood experiences and answering a call to walk the path. The second theme– the unfolding process: pulling back the veil – illuminates the depth at which consciousness development can impact one’s lived experience. The third major theme – the wonderful land of oz: pointing to the answer within – explores the individuals’ experience with various teachers on the path of consciousness development. The fourth, and final, major theme – finding a lotus in the muddy waters of life – reveals the need for beings on the path to return to the particular moment to face unresolved attachments and demons. These findings suggest the significance of an integrative approach to therapeutic/counselling experience, an approach that includes Eastern practices and philosophies in the repertoire of counselling tools, to ensure the deepest possible understanding between, and connection within, the partners in the therapeutic alliance.viii, 249 leaves ; 29 cm.
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Simsek-Caglar, Ayse. "German Turks in Berlin : migration and their quest for social mobility." Thesis, McGill University, 1994. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=41770.
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This study examines the dynamics of German Turks' practices and life-styles and their relationship with Turkey in the context of the possibilities brought into their lives by their particular type of dislocation. Turkish migrants' "culture" and life-styles are explored in the context of their complex social space, rather than within a framework encapsulated in a reified ethnicity and/or immutable "Turkish culture".Chapter I discusses concepts of ethnicity, culture and identity and presents a critical account of the literature on German Turks in this respect. Chapter II focuses on the ambiguities and insecurities of German Turks' legal, political and social status in both Turkey and Germany, and traces the consequences of these conditions on Turkish migrants' complex sense of place. The discussion of German Turks' "myths of return" in the context of their liminality and the impact these have on their self-image and their visions about their lives constitute the focus of chapters III and IV respectively. Chapter V explores the changing nature of Turkish migrants' interpersonal relationships. Chapter VI concentrates on the anomalies of the social space occupied by German Turks in German society and discusses their life-styles, practices and emergent cultural forms in the context of social mobility.
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Adhikari, Dharma N. "A Nepali quest for journalistic professionalism : the public life of Bharat Dutta Koirala /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2004. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p3144395.
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Englund, Daniel Luther. "The eternal perspective in a finite world a case study of the religious and political life of William Wilberforce /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1998. http://www.tren.com.
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Bryant, G. H. "Redesigning life and art : the quest for a Gesamtkunstwerk in modern German art and thought." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.597040.
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The thesis traces a theme in modern art and intellectual history, the idea of a “total work of art”, from its inception in the “aesthetic revolution” of Early Romanticism and Idealist philosophy around 1800, via its programmatic articulation in the mid-nineteenth century, to some exemplary manifestations in art and architecture in the early twentieth century. Whilst references to a Gesamtkunstwerk abound a critical study dealing with its conceptual foundations, socio-political implications, ideological context, and its ambivalent place in the history of architectural modernism in particular, has long been missing. Chapter One deals with the literary-philosophical anticipation of the Gesamtkunstwerk in German Idealism and Early Romanticism. In Chapter Two the conceptual foundations of the idea of Art as a prefiguration of life are discussed, followed by an analysis of the Gesamtkunstwerk in the context of nineteenth-century Romantic Historicism, in which, among other issues, the significance of the wide-spread notion of a “Great Style” and the idea of a Stilsynthese are emphasised. Chapter Three is devoted to the programmatic launch of the Gesamtkunstwerk by Richard Wagner, the aestheticization of past culture in the writings of the historian Jacob Burckhardt, and the culmination of the “aesthetic revolution” in the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche. The second half focuses on important exponents of the quest for a Gesamtkunstwerk in the early twentieth century, that is, certain aspects of the Jugendstil and the œuvre of Peter Behrens in Chapter Four, and German Expressionism in Chapter Five. The thesis concludes with a discussion of the integration of the machine into the realm of Art. The proclaimed synthesis of aesthetics and technology in the first decades of the twentieth century is discussed as a reformation of the idea of the Gesamtkunstwerk with far reaching consequences in modern culture.
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Vellem, Vuyani S. "The quest for Ikhaya : the use of the African concept of home in public life." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14062.
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Bibliography: leaves 161-169.This study purposes to develop an African religio-political symbol of ikhaya in the context of a newly found democracy in South Africa. Drawn from the insights of the oikos model by Everett, the study assumes that a governing symbol taken from the heritage of the African black masses in South Africa is essential for a sound public life and the emancipation of the black people.
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Mulder, Anja. "Improving emotional intelligence and developing servant leadership skills : an outcome evaluation of Life Choices' Leaders' Quest programme." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20505.
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This dissertation presents an outcome evaluation of the Salesians Life Choices' Leaders' Quest programme. The programme targets youth from economically disadvantaged schools in the Cape Flats, and engages with learners during their final two years of high school as well as providing support for an eased transition from school to university, college or employment. Students are exposed to various activities that have been developed to help each individual achieve the programme's goals and objectives. These include developing students' emotional intelligence (EI), improving academic grades, and establishing leadership qualities; helping learners enrol in tertiary education or to obtain employment; and to assume meaningful leadership positions. The organization has been implementing the programme since 2013 and makes continuous attempts to improve elements of the intervention to better serve participants. This evaluation assesses causal mechanisms and assumptions of the intervention against the evidence presented in social science research, and investigates three outcomes based on data collected for the pilot cohort and a control group between 2013 and 2015. The method of analysis includes primary and secondary data collected on measures of an EI tool and a servant leadership survey, as well as information obtained via questionnaires. Quantitative research methods were employed and data were explored using descriptive and inferential statistical analyses.
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Stoecklein, Paul J. "To be or not to be an examination of the final state of the wicked in the New Testament with reference to the current debate between eternal torment and annihilation /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1994. http://www.tren.com.
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Ebejer, Jean-Paul. "Data driven approaches to improve the drug discovery process : a virtual screening quest in drug discovery." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2014. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:96d73300-f767-4ed6-8dda-a13a4aeb40e0.
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Drug discovery has witnessed an increase in the application of in silico methods to complement existing in vitro and in vivo experiments, in an attempt to 'fail fast' and reduce the high attrition rates of clinical phases. Computer algorithms have been successfully employed for many tasks including biological target selection, hit identification, lead optimization, binding affinity determination, ADME and toxicity prediction, side-effect prediction, drug repurposing, and, in general, to direct experimental work. This thesis describes a multifaceted approach to virtual screening, to computationally identify small-molecule inhibitors against a biological target of interest. Conformer generation is a critical step in all virtual screening methods that make use of atomic 3D data. We therefore analysed the ability of computational tools to reproduce high quality, experimentally resolved conformations of organic small-molecules. We selected the best performing method (RDKit), and developed a protocol that generates a non-redundant conformer ensemble which tends to contain low-energy structures close to those experimentally observed. We then outline the steps we took to build a multi-million, small-molecule database (including molecule standardization and efficient exact, substructure and similarity searching capabilities), for use in our virtual screening experiments. We generated conformers and descriptors for the molecules in the database. We tagged a subset of the database as `drug-like' and clustered this to provide a reduced, diverse set of molecules for use in more computationally-intensive virtual screening protocols. We next describe a novel virtual screening method we developed, called Ligity, that makes use of known protein-ligand holo structures as queries to search the small-molecule database for putative actives. Ligity has been validated against targets from the DUD-E dataset, and has shown, on average, better performance than other 3D methods. We also show that performance improved when we fused the results from multiple input structures. This bodes well for Ligity's future use, especially when considering that protein structure databases such as the Protein Data Bank are growing exponentially every year. Lastly, we describe the fruitful application of structure-based and ligand-based virtual screening methods to Plasmodium falciparum Subtilisin-like Protease 1 (PfSUB1), an important drug target in the human stages of the life-cycle of the malaria parasite. Our ligand-based virtual screening study resulted in the discovery of novel PfSUB1 inhibitors. Further lead optimization of these compounds, to improve binding affinity in the nanomolar range, may promote them as drug candidates. In this thesis we postulate that the accuracy of computational tools in drug discovery may be enhanced to take advantage of the exponential increase of experimental data and the availability of cheaper computational power such as cloud computing.
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Hellstadius, Åsa. "A Quest for Clarity : Reconstructing Standards for the Patent Law Morality Exclusion." Doctoral thesis, Stockholms universitet, Juridiska institutionen, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-116261.
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The accumulated importance of the patent law morality exclusion over the recent decades has been prompted by the increased protection sought for biotechnological inventions. This raises specific ethical concerns such as the respect for human dignity. The morality exclusion is regarded as an indispensable safeguard in the patent system of the 21st century, but its application and scope remains unclear, not least due to a division of competence between the European Union (EU), the European Patent Organisation and national Member States. In addition, the international Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) under the auspices of the World Trade Organization (WTO) sets minimum standards for the operation of the morality exclusion. In this study the scope, interpretation and application of the morality exclusion in European and international patent law is described and analysed by applying the legal dogmatic method. The object of study is the European patent law morality exclusion in terms of Article 53(a) and Rule 28 of the European Patent Convention and Article 6 of Directive 98/44/EC on the legal protection of biotechnological inventions. A connected purpose of this study is to describe, problematize and analyse the compliance by the regional rules (EU, European Patent Organisation) with the international framework provided by Article 27.2 of the TRIPS Agreement. Although this study is not limited to specific technologies, the majority of issues raised are done so in relation to the morality exclusion concerning biotechnological inventions, which is reflected in this work. Furthermore, the theoretical framework is dependent on the functioning of the morality exclusion in the respective systems, both regional (EU, European Patent Organisation) and international (WTO). This approach necessitates a consideration of the characteristics of each legal system. This thesis uncovers the differences in the interpretation of the morality exclusion (both within as well as between the legal systems), which causes legal uncertainty in this particularly complex field where patent law and ethics interact. The effects of such variations on the scope and application of the morality exclusion are clarified and critically reviewed. According to the wording of the morality exclusion, the commercial exploitation of an invention with regard to morality or ordre public is a central prerequisite in the assessment of excluded subject matter. Consequently, the interpretation of this particular requirement is subject to critical review, since its implications are decisive for the scope of application of the morality exclusion. It is furthermore questioned whether the European morality exclusions are TRIPS-compliant, and the possible effects (and available remedies) of non-compliance for the EU legal order are analysed. This in turn involves issues of norm conflicts in international and EU law. The author presents a critical analysis, investigates the interaction between legal systems and suggests clarifications in order to attain the optimal functioning of the morality exclusion.
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Punch, John David. "Life and 'the Scriptures' in John 5:39-40." Diss., Pretoria : [s.n.], 2006. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-09182007-124509.
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Hoey, Brian A. "Changing places life-style migration, refuge, and the quest for potential selves in the Midwest's post-industrial middle class /." Full text available, 2002. http://images.lib.monash.edu.au/ts/theses/hoey.pdf.
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Mwandayi, Canisius [Verfasser]. "Death and After-life Rituals in the eyes of the Shona. Dialogue with Shona Customs in the Quest for Authentic Inculturation / Canisius Mwandayi." Bamberg : University of Bamberg Press, 2011. http://d-nb.info/1058947443/34.
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Watts, Nicky. "Grumpy old teachers : a study of how perceptions of older teachers fit with older teachers' life experiences, and a quest for a transparent methodology." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.544162.
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Molefe, Musetsi Leonard. "A study of life sciences projects in science talent quest competitions in the Western Cape, South Africa, with special reference to scientific skills and knowledge." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11213.
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In 2003, the South African Department of Education released its National Curriculum Statement for Schools, Grades 10–12 (General), for Life Sciences. The curriculum emphasises that scientific skills are best developed within the context of an expanding framework of knowledge. ESKOM Expos for Young Scientists (i.e., science talent quest competitions) provide such a context. The present study focuses on educational outcomes of selected 2007 Expo participants, namely, scientific skills (that is, process skills, scientific inquiry, problem solving and critical thinking skills) and Life Sciences knowledge, as well as on the opportunities the Expos provided for the students to develop such educational outcomes.
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Leger, Travis. "A Spectre in Polished Obsidian." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2011. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/126.
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The author joins the Peace Corps in the hopes that he will discover who he really is yet he only finds frustration. Upon returning to the States he has a daughter and finds peace. Within this peace, as he types up the life history of a friend, he finally makes a breakthrough, yet the answer he finds is not to his liking.
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com, johnstubley@yahoo, and John Stubley. ""the lonely and the road (novel) Whats your road, man?: my experiences with the life and work of Jack Kerouac in relation to the development of the lonely and the road (exegesis)." Murdoch University, 2008. http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20081210.120038.
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Thirty thousand feet above the Pacific Oceansomewhere between Sydney and Los Angelesthe narrator of the lonely and the road doesnt really know where he is going, or why. His is a quest written spontaneouslyon-the-go. It is a journey of uncertain motivation, of uncertain means, towards uncertain ends. From Los Angeles, to Vegas, to the Rocky Mountain states and beyond, the narrator travels with and learns from his friends, his family and even his ex-girlfriend as he searches for that which continues to elude him. But what is that exactly? Does it even exist?
While the novel details a journey, the exegesis is a phenomenological account of the intersecting of my road with that taken by Jack Kerouac. It explores my experiences with the life and work of Kerouacthe creator of spontaneous prosein relation to the development of my writing, up to and including this novel. In doing so, the exegesis is itself a quest that seeks to understand more fully the essence of Kerouacs and my own representation of the quest motif in content and in form. Both the exegesis and the novel, then, constitute part of the search for my own artistic road, and aim to assist others in search of theirs.
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Buljan, Katharine, University of Western Sydney, and of Performance Fine Arts and Design Faculty. "Is there life before death? : pursuit of eternal existence through the examination of a being's ambivalent and contradictory nature - an examination of the hypothesis that for understanding death, firstly a being's real essence, which is hidden under the ego, should be discovered." THESIS_FPFAD_XXX_Buljan_K.xml, 1998. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/245.
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The anxiety provoked by acknowledgement of the imminent end of existence or death is probably the one which agitates a human being most deeply. The attempt of this paper is not to give an answer as to how to reach immortality, but to explore the author's assumption that for acknowledgement of the mystery of death it is necessary first to discover a being's authentic identity. That is to discover her/his real essence which is hidden under the 'artificial' identity, where this identity is considered the being's ego, an identity formed upon the relative truth of life. The truths of life are relative because they are established by the people, thus they are based upon the changeable and contradictory nature of human beings. The focus of the paper is on researching the establishment of a being's identity, which is formed through she/he having two contradictory relationships with other human beings. The first one is negation and the other one is of acknowledgement of the identity of the other. The examination deals with art works of several contemporary artists, where most of them have experienced war. The philosophical framework of this examination uses the texts of French philosopher Emmanual Levinas, amongst othersMaster of Arts (Hons) (Visual Arts)
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Buljan, Katharine. "Is there life before death? : pursuit of eternal existence through the examination of a being's ambivalent and contradictory nature - an examination of the hypothesis that for understanding death, firstly a being's real essence, which is hidden under the ego, should be discovered /." View thesis, 1998. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20030901.102100/index.html.
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Pouget, Mireille. "The VAE, or the need for ordering : an impossible quest? : an analysis of representation and translation processes in the Validation des Acquis de l'Expérience in a French University." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/3586.
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This study presents an analysis of the processes of representation and translation involved in the practice of the Validation des Acquis de l’Expérience (VAE), or Recognition of Prior Experiential Learning, in a French University. This analysis is based on a qualitative research using semi-structured interviews with VAE candidates, advisers and academic staff, and recorded interactions between candidates and their advisers, and the validation juries. The research was at first influenced by the life history and educational biographies perspective (Josso 2001; Dominicé 2002; Pineau 2002), which privileged a dialogic approach. This has led to the decision to let the candidates tell their story of ordering struggle, where the resistance, dissidence and controversies circulate within and around the VAE ‘object’. This study is interested in the ordering modes enacted through the VAE and their relational effects with subjectivities. The analysis draws on Callon’s (1986) four moments of translation, as a way to give an initial frame of reference for the research. It presents the actors’ voices in a sequence of accounts, disrupted by the researcher’s running commentaries. It also focusses on the role the portfolio plays in ‘ordering’ the heterogeneous elements of the candidates’ lives, subjecting them to a form of ‘disciplinary writing’ through ‘technologies of the self’, whereby subjectivities are mobilised into specific modes of ordering. It analyses how the VAE becomes a stabilized network (Star 1991), insisting on speaking with a unitary voice, erasing the multiplicity of selves and the messy realities of the candidates’ lives, until the heterogeneous elements of the network escape again. Finally the study seeks to investigate further the recognition of heterogeneity, the possibility of multiplicity of cultures and agencies, multiple identities.
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Hwang, Won-Ha. "The theological role of "signs" in the Gospel of John." Diss., Pretoria : [s.n.], 2004. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03292004-112210/.
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Thongkrajai, Cheera. "Kathoeys Mueang Nok : Expériences migratoires des personnes transgenres thaïlandaises en Europe." Thesis, Aix-Marseille, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014AIXM3038.
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Pour beaucoup de Thaïlandais, les pays occidentaux représentent la richesse, le développement et la modernité. Comme les hommes et les femmes Thaïlandais, les kathoeys ou les personnes transgenres MTF (male-to-female) Thaïlandaises cherchent aussi à partir à l'étranger en espérant réussir leur vie. Cette étude anthropologique, basée sur un travail de terrain dans quatre pays européens : France, Allemagne, Pays-Bas et Suisse, tente de donner une vision globale de la migration des kathoeys et leur lutte pour une meilleure vie dans leur pays d'accueil. Cette recherche considère leur processus migratoire comme une quête de soi, une recherche d'un bien-être et de la vie dont elles rêvent, ce qui n'est pas seulement économique, mais aussi sentimental et personnel : possibilités de devenir une femme, de trouver un partenaire et d'avoir une relation de couple, possibilités de changer leur statut légal etc. Différentes formes d'échanges économiques-sexuels-affectifs entre les kathoeys et leurs partenaires Européens doivent être pris en compte comme faisant partie de leurs stratégies migratoires, ce qui peut contribuer à améliorer leur condition économique et sociale, et les aider à accomplir leur quête intime personnelle et sentimentaleFor many in Thailand, Western Countries evoke visions of wealth, development, and modernity. Like other Thai men and women, kathoeys or transgender MTF persons also strive to go abroad and to attain the life they dream of in the West. This anthropological research, based on three-years of fieldwork in four European countries: France, Germany, The Netherlands, and Switzerland, aims at giving a full account of Thai kathoeys' settlement conditions and shows how they struggle throughout their lives and in terms of their gender. This study, drawn from interviews, discussions, and observations, considers kathoeys' migration process as a search for their own well-being and lifestyle that they long for, which is concerned not only with economical necessities, but also sentimental needs i.e. the possibilities of becoming a woman, finding a partner and having a relationship, or changing their legal status etc. The analytical part of this research explores different strategies, such as the identity camouflage or the mobilization of their social transnational relations which kathoey migrants adopt to be able to live normally as women in their new social environment. The different forms of economical-sexual-emotional relationships between kathoey migrants and European men need to be understood as a part of their migration strategy which gives them a chance to improve their economic and social status as well as to achieve their quest for intimacy
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JÃnior, Josà Wilson Vasconcelos. "Como AlguÃm se Torna o que Ã: Ecce Homo e a Auto-realizaÃÃo, Segundo Nietzsche." Universidade Federal do CearÃ, 2008. http://www.teses.ufc.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=19919.
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nÃo hÃNesta dissertaÃÃo objetiva-se analisar a realizaÃÃo humana segundo a perspectiva do filÃsofo Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900). Considera-se, para tanto, o processo vital circunscrito pelo subtÃtulo dado à autobiografia: âcomo alguÃm se torna o que Ãâ. Privilegiando os temas tratados em Ecce Homo, intermedeiam-se as discussÃes com o cotejamento daqueles assuntos abordados por outras obras do FilÃsofo. Tornar-se o que se à constitui nÃo apenas um cume perseguido, mas igualmente uma sobredeterminaÃÃo inapelÃvel para a filosofia de Nietzsche. Nesse caminho, ele valorizou, contra a tradiÃÃo filosÃfica e religiosa, o cultivo de si e o amor de si como propiciadores do grande e fecundo egoÃsmo. Apontou para a superaÃÃo de tudo aquilo que amesquinha e enfraquece o homem, elogiando o que fortalece e plenifica a vida compreendida por ele como vontade de poder em expansÃo. O cultivo da grande individualidade surge como contraposiÃÃo, nessa filosofia, à massificaÃÃo do homem pelas forÃas gregÃrias que arrebanham os âseres supÃrfluosâ em igrejas, povos e estados. Percorrem-se, entÃo, as ponderaÃÃes de Nietzsche sobre o que ele nomeou de âcasuÃstica do egoÃsmoâ, sua pretensa extemporaneidade, bem como se delimita aquilo designado pelo FilÃsofo como die Wohlgeratenheit, âa vida que vingouâ. SÃo trabalhadas, a seguir, as relaÃÃes dessa vida bem lograda com as teses de Nietzsche sobre a razÃo, a subjetividade, o cultivo de si mediante a disciplina do guerreiro â ele prÃprio entendia-se como um filÃsofo guerreiro. Por fim, apresenta-se sua compreensÃo acerca do que à a mÃxima auto-realizaÃÃo depois que o Ãltimo homem se configurou no niilismo caracterÃstico da contemporaneidade: a figura de Zaratustra como super-homem, mestre do eterno retorno e amante do destino.
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Bui, Thi Thu Thuy. "La crise de l’exil chez Linda Lê : l’itinéraire du deuil dans la trilogie consacrée à la mort du père." Thesis, Lyon 2, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012LYO20024.
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L’exil et le deuil, en relation dialectique, sont très présents dans l’œuvre sombre et peuplée de personnages misanthropes de Linda Lê. La trilogie est nourrie par le traumatisme de la perte du père, du pays et de la langue. La question de la langue affecte profondément l’écrivaine. En effet, son abandon voulu de la langue natale pour celle du pays d’adoption engendre un sentiment de trahison. A partir de son exil du langage, Linda Lê construit un langage de l’exil : celui de l’obscurité, du trouble, de la crise, aggravée par la mort du père abandonné. L’écriture lui est une nécessité pour faire le deuil et un pharmakon contre la folie. Hétérogène dans leur forme, chacun des livres de la trilogie correspond à une étape du deuil. Homogène dans le fond, ils représentent différents aspects de la quête du père. Imprégnée du vécu de l’auteure, la trilogie est néanmoins une œuvre de fiction avec une part d’extravagance et d’onirisme. La construction du récit reflète donc une indécision générique, marquée par la cohérence entre mémoire et imagination, conscient et inconscient. De plus, la trilogie témoigne d’une dualité culturelle : un pan tourné vers le passé vietnamien et l’autre vers le présent européen. Enfin, la dualité sentimentale entre amour et colère fait apparaître une idéologie très lêesque, apparemment paradoxale mais en réalité logique et philosophique : la vie naît de la mort, la mort est cachée au sein de la vieExile and mourning, in dialectical relation, are of paramount importance in Linda Lê’s books which are populated by misanthropic characters. The trilogy is nourished by the traumatic loss of the father, the country and the language. The writer is deeply affected by the issue of the language. In fact, she deliberately abandoned her native tongue for that of her adopted country thus generating a feeling of betrayal. From her “exile of language”, Linda Lê constructs a “language of exile”: one of obscurity, of confusion, of crisis, aggravated by the death of her abandoned father. Writing is necessary for her in order to go through mourning and is a pharmakon against madness. Heterogeneous in their form, each book of the trilogy corresponds to one stage of grief. Homogeneous in their substance, they represent the different aspects of the father’s quest. Steeped in the personal experience of the author, the trilogy is nevertheless a work of fiction with a part of extravagance and onirism. The construction of the story also reflects the generic indecision, marked by the coherence between memory and imagination, conscious and unconscious. In addition, the trilogy is a testimony to a cultural duality with the Vietnamese past on the one hand and the European present on the other. Finally, the sentimental duality between love and anger is a mark of the “lê-esque” ideology: paradoxical in appearance but logical and philosophical in reality: life is born from death and death is hidden within life
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Lind, Färnstrand Izabel. "How to Prepare for Death." Thesis, Kungl. Konsthögskolan, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kkh:diva-527.
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Abstract of Master essay - 10 HP Izabel Lind Färnstrand Mentor: Emma Kihl Examinator: Sigrid Sandström How to Prepare for Death In this essay I dwell into the failures of our moral senses in relation to the concept of death. How does modern death culture affect our way of life and our ability to take responsibility for the life and death of others? These questions are formed by these current times and affect both my art practice and my everyday life. When facing death within my family it occur- red to me that my and my family’s relationship to death is failing us. I have become frustra- ted with the fear and silence that seems too natural to my surrounding. Not being able to talk about a part of life that is inevitable seems irrational. It became clear when the lack of under- standing and acceptance of death caused relatives an immense suffering. The struggle seemed unnessesary and urged me to try to understand more, based on their deaths. Seeing how very different the experience of dying can be made me wonder what makes a ”good” death possible for some and others not. From there my interest in the topic death culture and fear emerged, and this essay touches on this in a variety of aspects. I use my personal experiences in combina- tion with thoughts of others to talk of layers of these issues through my artistic practice. This personal method is my way of trying to structure a thinking – in a way that I can use and make sense of it – with a varied level of success. I feel it is important to note that I don’t claim to have any answes. This essay is more an attempt to pose questions around human behaviour. Even though many of these ques- tions have been asked over and over again, throughout different times, I believe it is impor- tant to ask them again and again. As long as the Human is part and violently effecting this suffering world. Many of the thoughts in this essay are based on fragments of ideas by Judith Butler, espe- cielly from her book Frames of War: When is Life Grievable? (2009). I also reference Caitlin Doughty’s From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death (2017) and and Sogyal Rinpoche The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying (1992). The themes gathered that I try to make use of in this essay and in my artistic practice are purpose, fear, death, health, happiness, narcissim and resposibility.Abstract of Artistic work How to Prepare for Death @ Galleri Mejan, Exercisplan 3, october 2019 Media: Spatial installation with a performance (1 h) Materials: Clay, plaster, metal & red plastic film How to Prepare for Death is a spatial installation in one of the gallery rooms of Galleri Mejan. The work includes the whole space of the area, such as the floor and the walls. You step into an altered reality, where the floor is covered with clay that is cracking increasingly over time and windows that are tinted red so that the air you breath seems red. When you enter your eyes need to adjust and after a while it is rather the outside that seems colored, neon green - the complementary color of red. From the clay there are metal rods sticking out vertically, with plaster sculptures at the end. These sculptures are broken, and resemble body parts with a medical aesthetics. Similar sculptures come out from the walls, like fragile fragments of something that used to be. When you walk around the sculptures the clay crackle under your feet, and crumble into smaller pieces and dust. It is constructed as an ambivalent experience of nothingness, emptiness, ”afterness” and a sanctuary of thoughts. My questions about life and death drive me to investigate how to create spaces for these subjects to feel present, so that we can face our fears.
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Särnbrink, My. "Arns makt : Representationer av makt, positivt kapital och livsmål i berättelserna om tempelriddaren Arn." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Kultur, samhälle, mediegestaltning, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-70805.
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Uppsatsen behandlar böckerna och filmerna om Arn och undersöker genom berättelserna vilka representationer av makt, positivt kapital och livsmål som gestaltas. Uppsatsen baseras på den teoretiska tanken att populärkultur innehåller representationer med budskap, värderingar, normer och föreställningar gällande vår verklighet och därigenom påverkar vår uppfattning om världen, vår plats i samhället, vår identitet och vår uppfattning om vad som är värdefullt, viktigt och sant.My Särnbrink hette tidigare My Ravin.
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CHANG, YUAN-CHUN, and 張媛淳. "Dialogue of Eternal Life." Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/fkrs6w.
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碩士實踐大學
媒體傳達設計學系碩士班
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In 2016, my father passed away due to illness, while experienced with this, I began to think about, besides fear how could we face this short fleeting life? From the time my father was hospitalized till death, I had an ongoing conversation with God. Therefore, the inspiration of this work begins with a written record, recording how God gave me grace during this miserable phase, and how he comforts my unacceptable feelings, guiding me passing through this rough patch in my life. While thinking about the grace of God, I am still confused about, "Why did God let my father pass away, and not heal him?" Through these questions, God humorously left me messages, that led me thinking. On the day my father passed away, which was the same day to commemorate the crucifixion of Jesus, and Jesus was resurrected on the third day. His resurrection brought eternal life to those whom believe in him. This made me realize that death is not the end of life, but the beginning of eternity. Jesus once said, he will take us to this new life, so this eternal life can be seen as an infinitely extended line that never ends. Although the separation of death is still frightening, and body will eventually perish, but God has given eternal life to those who believes in him. Sorting through my father's belongings, I found letters he wrote 35 years ago and a lot of documents. I was pleasantly surprised that the thoughts of love ones in my father's letter happened to coincide with the words I used to record with my feelings, which prompted me to combine "Father's Letter" with my text creation, creating a dialogue through time, talking about the beautiful design of eternal life. Through the manual reproduction of this recycle paper using the original of my father's documents, this became the inexplicable understanding between me and my father: those who believes in God, will be led to an eternal life after death, and this path carries us by having dialogues with people in different time and space. This work conveys not only my thoughts toward my beloved father, but also wishes to bring hope to people who are feeling sorrow for death of a loved one.
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Liao, Wei-liang, and 廖偉良. "The Life and death philosophy of Xuan-tian God''s-- The eternal soul --." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/20022721814780369469.
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碩士國立屏東教育大學
視覺藝術學系
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《Abstract》 The Xuan-Tian God is the most important god in the Taoism, and holds the great position in Taoism.The faith of Xuan-Tian God tells the ultimate concern and care to human life; it’s the classical spirit of Taoism. This essay discusses the history of Xuan-Tian God and its position in Taoism. In addition, I will focus on the content of Xuan-Tian God’s faith regarding the connection of life to death, as the discourse and theory of my essay. The Xuan-Tian God concerns the original admiral of galaxy, animals, and the human god. The underlying meanings are so deep and present the reconciliation of God, land and human. The images of Xuan-Tian God, fulfilled with the God of procreate and hell, cover the life and death. Therefore, this research uses the artwork to discuss the relationship of Xuan-Tian God to the nature of life, and integrate the religious concept of the west and the east to present the immortal and to explain the eternal soul and the nature of life. I expect these applications of creative concept and presentation to highlight the diverse directions of art field.
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Dube, Stephen Maqethuka. "The traditional Ba Venda concept of the after-life vis-à-vis, the Bavenda christian understanding of eternal life." Diss., 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1027.
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This dissertation explores the traditional Ba Venda concept of the after-life vis-a-vis the Ba Venda Christian understanding of eternal life. In this dissertation a historical background of the traditional Ba Venda and how there were reached with the gospel of Jesus Christ will be given. A comparative study of the traditional Ba Venda and Christian Ba Venda beliefs and practices is given. It will be noted that the Ba Venda Christians of BeitBridge district revert to traditional beliefs and practices concerning the dead. These rituals carried out by the Ba Venda Christians show the syncretistic elements practiced. A central question therefore is "Are the Ba Venda Christians operating on the basis of Christian concept of death and hereafter?" It is argued in this dissertation that the Ba Venda Christian concept of death and after life is the blending of Ba Venda Christian and Ba Venda traditional beliefs and practices, particularly when it comes to death and burial practices.Religious studies
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Kim, Eun-Jung. "RECONSIDERING ETERNAL LIFE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT: THE IDEA OF RESURRECTION ROOTED IN THE TORAH." Diss., 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10392/5063.
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RECONSIDERDING ETERNAL LIFE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT:
THE IDEA OF RESURRECTION ROOTED IN THE TORAH
Eun-Jung Kim, Ph.D.
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2015
Chair: Dr. Russell T. Fuller
This dissertation reconsiders the historical, scriptural and theological grounds for the early presence of the hope of resurrection and eternal life in the OT. Chapter 1 reviews the critical view of late development of the resurrection hope in the OT which has significant exgetical and theological defects.
Chapter 2 surveys the history of exegetical tradition regarding the idea of resurrection of the dead in the OT. The survey includes the ancient translations of the Hebrew Bible, intertestamental apocrypha and pseudepigrapha, the rabbinic literature, and Christian writers from early church Fathers. Jewish and Christian interpretative traditions consistently support the presence of the idea of resurrection in the OT.
Chapter 3 examines scriptures in the Torah where the idea of resurrection of the dead and eternal life is found. Although the Torah does not employ the wordings “resurrection” and “eternal life,” these concepts are found in the promises of life and the land. Contrary to the major scholarly view, these promises do not merely reflect the corporate nature. Rather, they foreground individuality of the hope of eternal life and bodily resurrection.
Chapter 4 examines Scriptures in the Prophets and the Writings where the idea of resurrection of the dead and eternal life is found. This examination shows that the hope of resurrection and eternal life had been already firmly rooted and fully bloomed into maturity in the Prophets and the Writings.
Chapter 5 presents the life-death-life structure embeded in the Torah and the rest of the OT by applying the ANE philological scope of the meaning of life to the meaning of life in the OT. The entire OT leads people to hope for the victory over death and the restoration of life eternal.
The paper concludes with the importance of the argument for the early presence of the concept of resurrection and eternal life in the OT. The argument is evaluated by its scriptural, theological, and ethical consequences.
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Chen, Wei-Jen, and 陳韋任. "The Cycle of Eternal Life: An animation artwork inspired by the artist own experience of death." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/39288a.
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碩士實踐大學
時尚與媒體設計研究所
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The thesis was inspired by the creator’s own experience, when facing the survival and death choice. The “soul” is a word that often hears, regarding the ghosts and gods belief, however, we have a lot of imagination about invisible dimension, cause we do not see things exist with naked eyes, the existence about the invisible world become the key point in the thesis. Domestic life and death educational research pioneer Mr. Fu Weixun, from his publication, “The death dignity and the life dignity” mentioned, people looking for their position as living and being, with reaching certain achievement in science, culture, history, society or art. Investigating the existence of death world, illustrated the experience and the feeling about creator’s own life, made it motioned, animated. Take viewers going through a new experience with animation surrounded in dark space, experience a new life once more.
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LOK, JIA MING, and 駱家敏. "A Comparison of Outlook on Life between The Bhagavad-gῑtā andNietzsche——Based On the Concept of "Saṁsāra" and "Eternal Return "." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/st5fy3.
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碩士國立中山大學
哲學研究所
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Nietzsche''s theory exists a stigma of Hindu religion, especially the idea of "eternal return". However, Nietzsche’s outlook on life completely differs from that of Indian religion. Through comparing the discussion of "saṁsāra" in the great ancient Indian scriptures Bhagavad-gῑtā and Nietzsche''s "eternal return" theory, this essay manages to hammer out perspectives of life of the two. The way Nietzsche studies Indian religious literature is imprudent, actually his "eternal return" is substantially different from the concepts of "saṁsāra", though seemingly sharing similar concepts. The similarities are: (1) the "subject" experiencing "eternal return" and "saṁsāra" (2) eternal nature of "time", (3) relationship of "desire" and "action" (4) having practitioners to achieve their thoughts. In addition to the comparison of their similar ideas, the differences between their views on life can be snooped at how they deal with and solve the plight of life. Bhagavad-gῑtā focuses on the state of nirvana, but Nietzsche''s vision focuses only on the real life.
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"Drink of Me, and You Shall Have Eternal Life: An Analysis of Lord Byron's "The Giaour" and the Greek Folkloric Vampire." Master's thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.8764.
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abstract: This paper contains an examination of the impact of the Vampire Hysteria in Europe during the 1700’s on Lord Byron's “The Giaour.” Byron traveled to the continent in 1809 and wrote the poems that came to be known as his Oriental Romances after overhearing what would become “The Giaour ” in “ one of the many coffee-houses that abound in the Levant.” The main character, the Giaour, has characteristics typical of the Greek vampire, called vrykolakas. The vamping of characters, the cyclic imagery, and the juxtaposition of life and death as it is expressed within the poem are analyzed in comparison to vampiric folklore, especially that of Greece.Dissertation/Thesis
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Rowell, Kyrel Lashea. "Investigating factors associated with suicide and antecedent behavior among African American males: a quest to preserve life." 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-1325.
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Suicide is a multifaceted issue and its prevention requires addressing multiple
contributors. Currently, it is the third leading cause of death worldwide for those ages
15-44, the eleventh leading cause of death in the United States, and the eighth leading
cause of death among U. S. men. Among African American males aged 20-44, suicide is
the third, fifth, and sixth leading cause of death, respectively, when categorizing the age
groups as follows: 20-24, 25-34, 35-44.
Given the published data, a public health focus exists regarding suicide
prevention among racial/ethnic minorities and vulnerable populations. The jail
population is especially vulnerable to suicide. Few studies have focused, however, on
addressing suicidal behavior among African American males, in general, nor those
incarcerated. To reinforce prevention, a need exists to examine preceding behavior to
suicide, specifically suicide attempts.
Therefore, the purpose of this dissertation was to investigate risk and protective
factors associated with suicide and suicide attempts among African American males,
including those that are incarcerated. To fulfill the purpose, two components were executed: a systematic literature review and an empirical study. Within the empirical
study, two research questions were designed to illuminate differences regarding sociodemographic,
criminal, and psychosocial characteristics between Black male suicide
attempters and Black male non-attempters, White male attempters, and Black female
attempters. Data from the 2002 Survey of Inmates in Local Jails was used for analysis.
Results from the literature review indicated nine suicidal risk and protective
factors for African American males. The empirical study isolated three suicidal
protective factors (completing at least a high school or college education, drug
trafficking) and two risk factors (depression and mental disorders) that differentiated
African American male suicide attempters from non-attempters. Preventing suicides can
occur by preventing the first attempt or preventing recurrent attempts. The dissertation
provides critical information to assist in accomplishing this endeavor by illuminating
risk and protective factors. Suicide research requires public health attention and
intervention. Moreover, a collaborative approach is necessary. Research and practice
efforts must begin now to thwart the increasing rate of suicide among adult African
American males.
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Budd, Robert Michael. "The story of the country : Imbert Orchard's quest for frontier folk in BC, 1870-1914." 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/856.
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Zhang, Da-Xin, and 張達欣. "Dialogue between Eternal Education and Holistic Education─ to Brigham Young, Fu Jen and Chung Yuan three Christian University Life Education as an example." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/99264294183044793571.
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碩士銘傳大學
教育研究所碩士在職專班
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This study aimed to explore the life of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints philosophy of education, analysis of Brigham Young University''s educational philosophy of life planning practice and research Brigham Young University and the University of Christianity to promote domestic life education similarities and differences, and to engage in dialogue. In this study, document analysis, case studies and individual depth interviews, three methods are discussed and analyzed. This study has the following conclusions: First, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the educational philosophy of life: eternal mission of education and the implementation of the four. Second, the practice of Brigham Young University''s educational philosophy of life planning: A Focus on Family and missionary work forward. Third, Brigham Young University, the University of Christianity with other national dialogue: respect, tolerance and learning begins. Fourth, dialogue between Eternal Education and life education program: Implementing direction consistent with the target. According to the conclusions of this study, presented to Brigham Young University, in charge of educational administration offices, schools, teachers and specific recommendations for future research, as a consequential researchers conducted follow-life education and holistic education of reference.
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Kuo, Chin-Jung, and 郭晉榕. "The Quest for the Authentic Life in Aldous Huxley'' s Brave New World and George Orwell'' s Nineteen Eighty-Four." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/n8vgdy.
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博士國立中山大學
外國語文學系研究所
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This dissertation intends to study the quest for the authentic life in both Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four. In this dissertation, I attempt to examine how Huxley and Orwell criticize the modern trend toward dehumanization and how both writers assert the value of the authentic life in their individual dystopian novels. In the twentieth century, the rise of totalitarianism and the development of science and technology threaten the independence of the individual. In their respective dystopian novels, both Huxley and Orwell reflect this crisis of the death of individuality in the modern world and warn us against it by portraying the quest of the characters for an individual meaningful life. On the other hand, the rise of existentialism also reflects the human desire to live a life of authenticity in this excruciating modern condition. Philosophers like Heidegger and Sartre all try to assert the value of the individual authentic life in this modern world where traditional values seem no longer sufficient to guide the individual in his life. Thus, it seems that the four authors Heidegger, Sartre, Huxley and Orwell all share the concern for the freedom of humans in the modern world. To them, an authentic individual life has a value in itself. It overrides the past utopian concern for rational order that overlooks the freedom and independence of the individual. The introduction focuses on presenting the major tents of Heidegger’s and Sartre’s ideas on authenticity. In his Being and Time, Heidegger mentions the characteristics of a life of fallen-ness, the individualizing effects of anxiety, the call of conscience and the authentic life. And in his Being and Nothingness, and Existentialism and Humanism, Sartre emphasizes the freedom of the individual to define himself through his own free choice of actions. In their individual philosophical works, both of them emphasize the freedom of the individual to take the initiative to create an authentic life. Chapter two focuses on a comparison between three works, Plato’s The Republic, Huxley’s Brave New World and Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-four. In my discussion of their similarities and differences, we try to point out both Huxley’s and Orwell’s reflections on the modern world and their implied criticism of Plato’s utopian ideals which can be taken advantage of by the modern dictators. Chapter three treats Huxley’s dystopia Brave New World as essentially an anti-existential world in which there exists no possibility for the individual to lead a truly authentic life. Through the characters’ rebellion, Huxley suggests to the reader that the true authentic life consists in the quest for beauty, love and truth. Chapter four focuses on the protagonist’s quest for the authentic life in Orwell’s dystopia Nineteen Eighty-four. By starting a diary to keep a faithful record of the past, by developing a love affair and joining the Brotherhood to revive the past authentic life, Orwell’s protagonist Winston Smith actually serves as the novelist’s alter ego to express his ideal for the individual authentic life.
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Ndlovu, Lovemore. "Religious education in Zimbabwe secondary schools : the quest for a multi-faith approach." Diss., 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1447.
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This study explores the problem of a bibliocentric Religious Education curriculum in Zimbabwe amid the quest for a multi-faith curriculum. It traces the history of Religious Education, how it was started and crafted by the so-called missionary propagandists in order to suit their dogmatic interests. Two main aspects of the christianization of the Religious Education curriculum are highlighted, namely cultural alienation and indoctrination.
Two post-independence teaching approaches, the life experience approach and the multi-faith approach are discussed in a comprehensive manner as possible solutions to the problem of Religious Education in Zimbabwe. An empirical analysis and evaluation of the views of various stakeholders about post-independence developments in Religious Education is also presented. Finally, relevant findings, conclusions and recommendations critical to successful Religious Education teaching are presented.Teacher Education
M. Ed. (Didactics)