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- 2671: Greek Architecture
- ... from the orchestra. The shape of the theater allowed the actor's voices to carry without the use of modern day equiptment. The theaters were usually cut out of hillside, meaning that theywere usually one big piece of rock. most theaters could hold about 20000 people! The skene was the backdrop of the stage. It had a picture of the front of a house painted on it. Because of this, all ...
- 2672: The Rise of Gladiatorial Combat in Rome
- The Rise of Gladiatorial Combat in Rome Gladiatorial contests (munera gladitoria), hold a central place in our perception of Roman behavior. They were also a big influence on how Romans themselves ordered their lives. Attending the games was one of the practices that went with being a Roman. The Etruscans who introduced this type of contest in the sixth century BC ...
- 2673: Ancient Roman Meals
- ... venison, and wild boar were also available. The butcher shops were far less important than the fish dealer shops. Poor people would eat salt fish of pickled fish, from little sardines to slices of the big fish. Fresh fish was very hard to get in Rome. There are few eels and good pike available in Rome. The majority of the fish supply must be brought from afar. Some sea-food would ...
- 2674: Utopia
- ... allows, I might even father a few little kids. In my house, I'd love to have a large screen t.v. and a laser disc player as I am a movie fanatic. A great big leather lazyboy in front of the t.v. would also be required. Electronic gizmos of all shapes and sizes would surround me. Then as my children grew older, I'd hope to be able to ...
- 2675: Personal Identity
- ... and benefits to just fit into a group. When getting into the middle age, the biggest influences will probably come from your work, religion and friends still. As you can see friend plays a very big part in everyone's life. Personal identity plays a major part in my quest for self-knowledge, but its up to me to choose my own identity. God created all men equally, but it is ...
- 2676: Does Science Explain All?
- ... the other eighty-five to ninety percent of it? Does it just sit there and have absolutely no use? Or does it perhaps contain the universal commonalties of what links us all as a great big tribe of human beings; containing our greatest hopes, our worst fears, our dreams and creativity. Perhaps it does contain a link to the realm of mysticism and surrealism which artists such as Salvador Dali tried ...
- 2677: John Locke: Property Rights
- ... is that of non destruction. God did not create anything for man to destroy. The amount produced by any man should be kept in check by his level of destruction. For example, there is a big difference between the cutting of one or a few trees and the harvesting of an entire forest. Yolton explicates this by stating that, ... specific rights comes in conjunction with this restriction. Since Nothing was made ...
- 2678: The Quarrel About Historical Explanation
- ... person that asks for an explanation wants to know something different. Each has their own knowledge and interest and it takes different complete answers to satisfy them. In the end, the Hempelian method is too big of a task. The number of explanations surrounding certain events are too many for the method to be simple and useful. Furthermore, this type of classification and identification is more the work of a scientist ...
- 2679: Discussion of the Feasibility of Miracles and the Grounds for Christianity Existing Without Miracles
- ... of this being the cause of it. Hume says that miracles are the defiance or the breaking of the rules of nature. In his explanation, the lifting of a house or mountain is just as big a miracle, as is the lifting of a feather by the wind. As stated, in this Hume is possibly correct, that miracles are phenomena of nature that can, with advances in science, be explained. This ...
- 2680: Progression Towards Light
- ... Atreus. Orestes has fulfilled the oracle imposed upon him by Apollo, and the darkness, the evil of Clytaemestra, has been defeated. In reference to this defeat, the chorus proclaims, Light is here to behold. The big hit that held our house is taken away (lines 961-962). The disorder and darkness that had reigned in the house of Atreus exists no longer; Orestes has given his family illumination. The evil darkness ...
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