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Hegel and Continental Philosophy, 2007.
A look at the historical development of continental philosophy's existentialism and phenomenology as a response to Hegelian idealism.
1,164 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 10 sources, MLA, AU$ 59.95
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This paper examines how the term continental philosophy is related to the philosophical traditions that originated in Europe. It looks at how the historical development and particular philosophical style or styles of continental philosophy emerged most prominently in the works of Marin Heidegger and the existential philosophers such as Jean-Paul Sartre, as well as in the postmodern or post-structuralist thinkers such as Derrida. In particular, this paper discusses how much of the development of modern continental philosophy can be related to the attempt to create a post-Hegelian understanding of reality.
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"However, there are many aspects of Hegel's thought that are incorporated into modern Continental philosophy. One example of this is philosophy as the production of crisis. This refers to the sense that philosophy is involved with the question of the praxis of being embedded in history and culture. In other words, we are dealing with problems that are of our own making and philosophical inquiry is a critique of our present conditions; as well as a search for emancipation from these conditions. (Critchley, 2001, 72) This mood or trend in Continental thinking can, according to many critics, be traced back to Hegelian thought. "
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Continental Philosophy, 2008.
An introduction to various philosophers.
1,003 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 2 sources, APA, AU$ 52.95
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This paper puts forward various philosophical arguments from well known philosophers such as Georg Hegel, Arthur Schopenhauer, Soren Kierkegaard and Friedrich Nietzsche. The author also explains how the existentialist challenge launched on Hegelian idealism is not complete without the existentialist icons of the 20th century, Jean Paul Sartre and Albert Camus.
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"Hegel's idealism, which can be traced back to the ancient Greek philosophers, was seriously questioned starting with the 19th century and the essential works of Schopenhauer and Kierkegaard, only to continue with Nietzsche and the phenomenology school in the last part of the 19th century and for much of the 20th century. The existentialist school of which these philosophers were part of launched the revolutionary idea that existence precedes the essence and that the human being exists before it starts defining itself. The assumption of existence as the core concept of their philosophical system brought about the anguish of existential loneliness, the negation of Divinity and the challenge of the individual's existence. Moving on from Hegel's alienation, existentialists and phenomenologists were able to make revolutionary changes to perceptions."
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G.W. Hegel's Philosophy of History, 2006.
This paper analyzes the philosophy of renowned historian G.W. Hegel, who is believed to have created the philosophy of history, based on his life experiences and beliefs.
2,508 words (approx. 10.0 pages), 4 sources, APA, AU$ 111.95
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The writer of this paper presents an intensive examination of G.W. Hegel's philosophy of history. This paper compares and contrasts Hegel's beliefs and theories to those of Karl Marx. This paper discusses the speculation that renowned historian and philosopher Hegel created the philosophy of history based on his own life experiences and personal beliefs. The writer explores the argument that says history and philosophy are two entirely different entities, of which Hegel was deeply involved in both. This paper also touches on the experts who believe that Hegel was a believer in the theory of predestination. According to this school of thought, Hegel believed history to be an already fixed and unchangeable fact, that mankind only watches as a spectator. The writer contends and explains why Hegel's life and work is founded on the belief that history is nothing more than a dialectical progression. This paper also details Hegel's basic philosophy which is steeped in the belief that spirit and reason are fundamentally crucial to the development of history. Hegel believed that history is nothing more than spirit striving to find its own freedom.
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Introduction
Who He Was
His Philosophy
His Life
His Impact
Conclusion
References
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"GW Hegel took on a most difficult task when he decided to spend his life philosophizing about history and mankind. As a philosopher of history Hegel had to walk a line between rewriting history to fit his philosophical beliefs and changing those beliefs to fit what was actually happening in history. It was a line he walked well though critics have pointed out what they believed to be discrepancies. His life work was based on trying to find the basic truths about history and mankind while at the same time examining the sub-topics that went along with those things by natural progression."
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Continental Illinois National Bank, 2005.
A look at the restructuring and rescue efforts used for the Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company.
2,494 words (approx. 10.0 pages), 8 sources, MLA, AU$ 110.95
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The purpose of this work is to show whether or not Continental Illinois rescue and restructuring efforts were successful and if so, why. The paper also attempts to discover if the decision to restructure was justified and explains why or why not. Furthermore, this work attempts to discover to what extent did the OCC contribute to the management failing of Chairman and CEO, Mr. Roger E. Anderson and the management team of Continental Illinois and what short and long-term benefits were expected from appointing David Taylor as the new CEO and Edward Bottum as President in the run-up to the restructuring of Continental Illinois. Finally, the current status of Continental Illinois is is examined as well the main sectors of banking and how these sectors have changed since the collapse of Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company.
Introduction
Background and Overview of Continental
Results of the Method used by FDIC in the Rescue
Critics Opinion of the Open Bank Assistance
Summary and Conclusion
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"Continental employed over 12,000 and held the approximate amount of $40 billion in assets. In May of 1984, at the time of near collapse the company had office in 14 states as well as 29 foreign countries with offices numbering 57. During the years 1976 and 1981 CCI experienced a jump in lending from $5 billion to over $14 billion with the company's total assets increasing from $21.5 billion to $45 billion with the loans-to-assets ration increasing from 57.9 percent to 68.8 percent between 1977 and 1981. The organizations return on assets stayed at 0.5 percent during the same time span and the return on equity was approximately 14.4 percent during those same years. (FDIC, 1997) The problems came under notice during 1982 when the Penn Square Bank, N.A. in Okalahoma City closed. The loans were underwritten poorly and it was clear that Continental had not used due diligence on the purchasing of the loans as well as Continental's loan portfolio beginning to experience problems specifically in the energy sector. It was reported by Continental in the second quarter of 1982 an amount of $1.3 billion in loans and assets that were 'nonperforming.'"
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Continental Airlines, 2007.
This paper discusses the fourth-largest airline in the United States, Continental Airlines, concentrating on marketing issues.
1,406 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 8 sources, APA, AU$ 68.95
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In this article, the writer points out that Continental Airlines was established in 1934 under the name of "Varney Speed Lines", after Walter T. Varney, its initial owner. The writer then notes that on July 1, 1937, Robert Six, the new owner, changed its name to Continental. The writer relates that the marketing strategy of Continental Airlines is based on emphasizing its strengths, such as the variety and quality of the services offered. The writer looks at Continental's strategies and awards that have been received. The writer concludes that all in all, Continental Airlines is trying to apply a strategy based on establishing deep customer relationships, in order to create customer loyalty and brand affinity.
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"RewardOne is a free business program designed by Continental in order to reward companies for business travel on Continental Airlines. However, this program does not apply for travel agencies, wholesalers, consolidators or other resellers of travel. Through RewardOne the companies are rewarded valuable points each time its employees travel on business with Continental Airlines. He rewards include: Silver OnePass Elite Status, Presidents Club membership, travel certificates and many others."
"For U.S. residents that want to save some money, Continental offers the Continental Airlines Credit Card from Chase. Customers that apply for this card will receive 15,000 OnePass bonus miles after their first purchase, get a 5% discount on all published Continental fares, two Presidents Club passes every year, two travel discount certificates (up to $200 in savings) every year."
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The Value of Political Philosophy, 2001.
A discussion on how historical political philosophy has advanced as far as freedom and human rights are concerned.
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This paper discusses the view that political philosophy is useless. The author contents that political repression throughout history notwithstanding, political philosophy has nevertheless led to an advance in society as far as the ideas of individual freedom and human rights are concerned. The author analyzes Plato's, Aristotle's, Machiavelli's, Marx's, and Kant and Hegel's theories of political philosophy in order to support his opinion
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"Since political philosophy concerns itself with the organization of society for self-governance, it inevitably deals with how power should be wielded, how justice should be done between one man and another, and how laws that govern the lives of men in society should be made. As power also entails responsibility, the political philosophers have been concerned with the nature political obligation and authority and the goals of political action.
This certainly leads to the question of the nature and limits of authority of the state. Plato was the first to consider these points systematically in his Republic, and from there Aristotle took up the question and wrote the books ?Politics? that delineated his views on the question. In this he declared man to be a ?political animal? who must organize community life in a way that should make civilized life and conduct possible. For Aristotle, city was the proper framework for the realization of man?s potential. Subsequent thinkers have considered the question in accordance with the state of society and what ideas prevailed in other realms at the time. In the middle ages, the main question was the division of authority between the state and religion [the church], while in the Renaissance; the Italian Niccollo Machiavelli gave his own ideas of how a ruler ought to behave [exercise power]."
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The Continental Group, Inc., 2005.
A strategic plan for The Continental Group, Inc. focusing on each of the company's divisions.
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This paper discusses the current status of The Continental Group, Inc., from strategic viewpoint. It focuses on each of Continental's divisions, financial services, energy, packaging, and forest products is examined vis-a-vis Continental's long-term growth and particularly its 5-year strategic outlook. The paper makes a final recommendation that Continental should sell its packaging and forest products divisions in order to finance the capital investments necessary for its financial services and energy divisions to grow.
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"Strategic Planning--Continental Situational Overview The Continental Group, Inc. is a company that has been winnowed down to four primary divisions. These divisions form a corporation that is in desperate need of a corporate identity. While Continental has been somewhat successful managing its enterprises in the past, its seeming lack of a unified corporate vision will impede profitability and growth over the next decade unless a cohesive strategy is formulated and a corporate culture founded on a more unified business structure can be instilled in the corporation moving forward. Continental's 4 primary divisions at the present time are: * Financial Services: this division includes American Life Insurance Company which is a network of brokerage agents and representatives. It also contains a mortgage company, mortgage insurance, and real-estate related financial services. "
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Continental and Southwest Airlines, 2006.
This paper explores the ins and outs of the airline industry, including marketing and business strategies, by focusing on Continental and Southwest Airlines.
1,623 words (approx. 6.5 pages), 10 sources, MLA, AU$ 76.95
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The writer of this paper details Southwest's low-fare no-frills policy, which is just one of the reasons it's the most profitable airline in the U.S. This paper examines why Southwest was rated #1 in on-time arrivals, departures and overall quality despite the fact that flights are usually overcrowded, seats are crammed together and there's no advance seat reservation system. This paper contains a brief history into Southwest and Continental Airlines as well as the initial goals of both companies. This paper details Continental's less than impressive marketing and business achievements as well as the company's past financial struggles to stay afloat, which eventually paid off when it merged with Air Canada.
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"In 1990, December 3 was a dark day when Continental slid into its second bankruptcy, but this time a white knight appeared. Continental and Air Canada became "partners", and Air Canada put some $450 million into rescuing Continental, allowing the airline to emerge from bankruptcy by 1993. Its marketing strategy- again concentrating on the business traveler, both domestically and overseas to more than 60 destinations- has made it possible for Continental to be profitable now for the last 24 reporting quarters. Its stock was named, by Business Week, as the "Best New York Stock Exchange Stock of the year in 1995." (Continental.com) The reason was obvious to see, from a low in January that year of $6.50 a share, by the end of December, the stock had risen to $47.50."
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Continental Bankruptcy, 2002.
An analysis of the Continental Airlines bankruptcy.
2,900 words (approx. 11.6 pages), 8 sources, MLA, AU$ 124.95
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This paper is an in-depth analysis of the bankruptcy of Continental Airlines in 1990. It provides at least both long-term and short-terms analysis of the bankruptcy, relying for the former on an analysis of the state of the American airlines industry in 1990 and for the short term specific economic information relevant to Continental at the time. The author discusses what caused the bankruptcy and whether it could have been foreseen.
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"The major overall economic element affected the entire American transportation industry in 1990 (this included not simply the airlines industry) was the issue of deregulation. For many years, the transportation system of the United States existed within an economic system of a high degree of regulation. That this should have been so should not surprise us if we look only at the legal and not the economic context of the transportation system.
The transportation network of the United States has been, since 1789, subject to a high degree of management by the federal government for the simple reason that this is one of the primary functions of the federal government ? to oversee those activities that cross state borders."
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The Continental Congress, 2005.
This paper discusses the Continental Congress, a vehicle by which the colonies could speak for themselves, which played a pivotal role in the movement toward revolution.
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This paper explains that the first Continental Congress adopted a Declaration of Rights and Grievances, which claimed that Americans could not submit to specific British Acts that were considered intolerable and set up a boycott on British goods. The author relates that the Declaration of Independence, written mainly by Thomas Jefferson, included a list of grievances against England's colonial policy; its preamble was a statement of a political philosophy based on natural rights and was a declaration of war against England. The paper stresses that the formation of the Continental Congress taught the delegates that they could meet and cooperate to further their common aims to defy Parliament's claim to unlimited powers over British America.
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"One of the keys to understanding the Continental Congress's impact on the future of the colonies and the road to revolution is to understand the core belief system that many of the delegates held to. General Gage, commander of the British troops in America, wrote this about the delegates, "[t]hey are of various characters and opinions, but it's to be feared in general, that the spirit of Democracy, is strong amongst them." An example that illustrates this clearly was their arguments against the Stamp Act. Instead of arguing that the act served a wrong purpose, they argued that it was unconstitutional, and contrary to their rights. This spirit of freedom and liberty that existed in the colonies and the Continental Congress could use this vehicle of assembly to voice these beliefs."
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Continental Rationalism, 2005.
A discussion of the works and philosophy of Descartes, Spinoza and Leibniz -- the key figures representing Continental rationalism.
1,347 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 7 sources, MLA, AU$ 66.95
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This paper begins with an overview of rationalism and empiricism and then takes a look at the three key figures representing Continental rationalism: Descartes, Spinoza and Leibniz. The paper then talks about the differences as well as the similarities in the works of the three philosophers.
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"Continental rationalism argues essentially that the ultimate source of knowledge can be found within human reason. Further, Continental rationalism argues that truth can be deduced from our innate ideas, and mathematical proof ultimately became the model for rationalist investigation. This philosophical movement began in the 17th century with the work of the philosopher Rene Descartes, and spread through continental Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries. Many of the philosophers who adopted Descartes' theories, or incorporated his ideas into Calvinistic theology, were termed as Cartesians. In contrast, a number of philosophers like Benedict Spinoza, and Gottfried Willhelm Leibniz adopted Descartes' ideas, and developed their own views within Descartes' overarching theme of human reason as ultimate source of knowledge (The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy; Solomon). "
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Continental Airlines: Investors Report, 2002.
An overview of Continental Airlines for investment purposes.
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This report focuses on the future events and plans of Continental Airlines Inc. for the information of its investors. This report gives investors a fair idea about the future growth and stock position. Some of the key events include the separation of ExpressJet from its parent company plus expansion of its mail and cargo businesses.
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Continental Paper and Great Northwestern Lumber Companies, 2004.
This paper discusses the merger of Continental Paper and Great Northwestern Lumber, companies that operate in the pulp and forest products industries.
1,675 words (approx. 6.7 pages), 7 sources, APA, AU$ 79.95
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This paper explains that the merger of Continental Paper Company and Great Northwestern Lumber Company is important financially, particularly regarding the ROI forecast, in an industry that is showing an oversupply in the wood products sector. The author points out that the main sources of conflict between Owens and Foster,the two CEOs, revolve around their management styles and their apparent beliefs in the reasons for business. The paper relates that Maslow?s hierarchy elements and expectancy theory will work best in motivating virtually everyone in the merged company.
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"The new organizational chart is, in the main, a functional chart. This will allow each working group from each company to have a direct line to superiors whose interaction will be with those who have oversight of the entire operation. In addition, will provide for upward accountability, which will suit the new CEO?s style, and it will allow for minimal upheaval in the operational aspects of the business, although administrative and particularly financial structures will be somewhat more altered."
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The Continental Drift, 2005.
A discussion regarding the continental drift, plate tectonics and the human race.
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This paper discusses how science has developed many theories of how the earth works to explain natural disasters and why they are a continuous part of human life. According to this paper, one such theory concerns the continental drift and plate tectonics that was explored to explain why certain natural formations upon the earth and in the seas are consistently changing.
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"Redfern attempts, through his writing, to explain a concept of science that has been beneficial to humankind by exploring natural change sin the earth. Redfern contends that the concept behind the continental drift is that the earth is formed in large plates, which are massive sections beneath the surface. Redfern states that Continental crust is very different from the crust that floors the oceans. Ocean crust is predominantly magnesium silicate, whereas the continents contain higher proportions of aluminum silicates. They also contain less iron than the denser material of the mantle or of the ocean floor. "
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The Second Continental Congress, 2003.
An analysis of the importance of the Second Continental Congress.
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This paper looks at the reasons why the Second Continental Congress (1775) was the most significant event in history between 1492 and 1876. Philosophical resonance and political implications are explored. It also examines the enduring basic principles that emanated from the congress.
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The Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics Theories, 2005.
An overview of continental drift and plate tectonics theories as well as current knowledge of geology and paleontology.
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This paper describes the continental drift and plate tectonic theories and traces their history, discusses the key players who were involved in developing the theories and examines the current state of scientific knowledge about Earth's geology and paleontology.
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"The idea that the earth's continents have drifted has a long history. As long ago as 1596 the Dutch map maker Abraham Ortelius in his work Thesaurus Geographicus Ortelius suggested that the Americas were "torn away from Europe and Africa . . . by earthquakes and floods." He had been the first (and certainly not the last) to notice the apparent "jig-saw" fit of the bulge of eastern South America into the bight of Africa. (Kious and Tilling, 1999) In around 1850 A.D., a French scientist Antonio Snider-Pellegrini, while researching the similarity of the fossil plants and coal deposits in North American and European and concluded that the phenomenon could only be explained if the two continents had once been connected. In 1908 Frank B. Taylor of the United States invoked the notion of continental collision to explain the formation of some of the world's mountain ranges."
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