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Showing 1 to 20 of 1296 for “"quest"”.
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The Quest for Happiness
The desire to attain happiness is inescapable for every human being and, as such, it has always been a central matter of discussion in the history of philosophy. Many philosophers advanced different theories and put forward specific notions of happiness. Some of these call for a positive account on …
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The quest dialectic : the Jungian and Kierkegaardian quest for unity in W.H. Auden's "The quest," New Year letter, and for the time being
… thought in the principal sonnets of "The Quest" and to a detailed explication of two longer poems, New Year Letter and For the Time Being.
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Damaso Alonso's Quest for Meaning
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The quest for corporate growth
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1996.
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The Quest for Ideal Quantum Amplifiers
… of large quantum systems. In addition, in our quest for ideal quantum amplifiers, we develop a general broadband isolation scheme, in conjunction with our Floquet TWPA implementation, as a promising avenue towards realizing nonreciprocal broadband amplifiers, which will significantly improve …
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The Troubles: Northern Ireland's Quest For Peace
The Troubles in Northern Ireland have proven to be one of the most intractable and enduring political, culture, and territorial disputes in Europe. The purpose of this thesis is to explain to the reader why. Furthermore, the thesis examines the evolution of American policy towards the province …
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Defining Dignity: A German Quest, 1770–1830
… writers, and lawyers grappled with new questions concerning the status of individuals in society. Their attempts to establish dignity as an inviolable status of the individual revealed a distinctive tension in German thought: the abstract pursuit of universal humanity beyond the existing …
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The undefined quest for full memory safety
In this thesis, we explore full memory safety and the various intricacies involved. We analyze existing memory safety techniques in both hardware and software and their many different goals. This task involves determining the limits of the protections guaranteed by these different protection …
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HURDLES TO JAPAN’S QUEST FOR SELF-PROCURED SECURITY
Recent trends in Japan’s quest for greater self-security raise two very important questions that have been inadequately addressed: How can Japan fully achieve self-security with a lagging and constrained domestic defense industry, and is the manning of the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) at risk …
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Emotional Health, Well-Being, And Religion as Quest
… relationship between the religious orientation quest and well-being using the 1998 General Social Survey. In addition to the religious orientation quest the extrinsic and intrinsic religious orientations were also investigated. Analysis of the data indicated that there was a slight negative …
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A quest for a sustainable and equitable society
This dissertation examines the intertwined ecological and social crises perpetuated by the capitalist mode of production and proposes a transformative path toward a sustainable and just society. Grounded in critiques of capitalism and its incompatibility with environmental sustainability and social …
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A Quest for Spirituality in 20th Century America
<p>The United States, in the second part of the twentieth century, is characterized to a great extent by the existence of many new spiritual movements, particularly those of non- western origins. This thesis looks at the relationship between wealth and spirituality in the United States. It argues …
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Beyond bad faith : vindicating the quest for being
By equating the "quest for Being" with "bad faith" Sartre has over-simplified and misrepresented human reality. In this thesis I examine Sartre's description of "the human condition," as well as his concepts of "bad faith", "good faith", "authenticity", and "the ego"--for evidence of the consistent …
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Female teachers, whiteness, and the quest for cultural proficiency
<p>Though America's public schools have become increasingly diverse, the teaching staff remains relatively homogeneous. This gap is more apparent in California schools that serve large numbers of students of color, being taught by teachers who are predominately White and female. Because the …
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Exposing the Fallacy: The Jihadist's Illegitimate Quest for Power
<p>The Jihadist quest for power is illegitimate because it distorts the religious foundations upon which its authority is based. These distortions take the form of a historical, strategic, theological, tactical and societal warping of reality to justify the jihadist strategic aim of instituting a …
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