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Minds and mental phenomena: an introduction

...religion, angels exist and have minds of some kind, as does God, if He exists. What is the mind of an angelic being like? It depends, first of all, on whether angelic beings have material bodies, for we need to know whether they have any sense organs. Opinions about this differ in much the same way as opinions about the nature of the soul differ. Consider, for a moment,...

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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs

History & The Arts

Goya

...religion and authority, symbolised by the inmates' crowns and sceptres. In ‘private’ works such as this he was free to choose his subjects and could escape the confines of public commissions. 1819 Goya moves to the Quinta del Sordo and a year later begins work on the so-called Black Paintings. 1820–3 He works on later plates from the Disasters of War series. 1820...

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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs

Money & Business

Engaging with children and young people

...religion, language, abilities or any other status. The Convention must be seen as a whole: all the rights are linked and no right is more important that another. The right to relax and play (Article 31) and the right to freedom of expression (Article 13) have equal importance as the right to be safe from violence (Article 19) and the right to education (Article 28). …...

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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs

Society, Politics & Law

Law and change: Scottish legal heroes

...religion 10 Freedom to receive and impart ideas and information 11 Freedom of association 12 Right to marry and found a family 13 Right to an effective remedy 14 Right to enjoy other Convention rights without discrimination Some of the rights within the ECHR can be limited. For example, the right to private life (Article 8), freedom of thought, conscience and religion...

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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs

Society, Politics & Law

Legal skills and debates in Scotland

...religion or sexuality liberty – to interact in society is reflected in the right to vote or assemble in groups equality – speaks to second-generation rights, such as the right to education or the right to work brotherhood – relates to community and solidarity. Ishay, 2004, p. 359 Though these have been long-standing pillars, it does not mean that there is absolute...

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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs

Society, Politics & Law

What is Europe?

...religion and far-reaching historical links. It opened up perspectives on a broader Europe of a less well-defined character, but at least one that was unconstrained by structures of superpower control. The independence of the reconstructed eastern Europe and the severing of Russian links throughout the area was confirmed with the dissolution of the Soviet Union a couple of...

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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs

History & The Arts

Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus

...religion as a tool used by the powerful ‘to keep men in awe’ and said ‘Christ was a bastard and his mother dishonest’ (ibid., p. 37). Baines also accused Marlowe of what we would call homosexuality (the word did not exist in the sixteenth century, though buggery was punishable by death) when he attributed to him the view that ‘all they that love not tobacco and...

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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs

History & The Arts

Start writing fiction

...religion, profession. Know about your character’s inner life: what s/he wants, thinks, remembers, resents, fears, dreams, denies. Know about your character’s behaviour, what s/he wears, buys, eats, says, works at and plays at. Know how your character speaks and how this changes according to context, mood and intention. See and describe your character vividly, how s/he...

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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs

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