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Abstract for “The Marginalization of the Esoteric Buddhist Medical Astrology”
<p>By the time Buddhism reached Japan in the 9th century, the Hindu astrology had already been incorporated into its teachings, and its practice was consequently spread as an esoteric form of understanding the religion by such Buddhist pioneers in Japan as Kukai and Saicho. Thus transmitted, the peculiar and localized form of the Hindu astrology […]</p>
Issei Takehara
Sep 5, 20142 min read


Essay Topic for Virtue Ethics – Feedbacks needed!
<p>Probably, the most celebrated work among all the children’s stories Arnold Lobel wrote is The Letter at the end of Frog and Toad Are Friends. Its focus is on friendship, but with the use of friendship as the central figure involves the moral stories about discernment of emotions and experiences of the others, ultimately leading […]</p>
Issei Takehara
Nov 27, 20102 min read
Abstract for an Essay on Zombies
<p>Can zombies run? For if their flesh is rotten, rapid motion would be impossible. This essay will focus on the nature of zombies and how they operate and for what purpose. The rumour tells us that there is a particular plant in Africa that zombifies people. The way in which this happens is that when […]</p>
Issei Takehara
Oct 22, 20103 min read
Prospectus for PHIL481 (final)
<p> Prospectus There are two types of studies on life: the life of animals and that of plants. Aristotle makes a distinction that the plants have only one soul, that of nutritive, and that the life of plants is a simple one. The life of animals, on the other hand, is more complex and […]</p>
Issei Takehara
Oct 19, 20103 min read
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