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- 11521: Aristotles Philosophy On Why People Enjoy Viewing Tragedies
- ... because of the fictional aspect and complex plot of tragedies. Complex plots are better than simple plots. Complex plots have Recognitions and Reversals. A recognition is a change from ignorance to knowledge, especially when the new knowledge identifies some unknown relative or dear one whom the hero should cherish but was about to harm or has just harmed. 'Recognition' is now commonly applied to any self-knowledge the hero gains as ... need to experience our vast array of emotions. And because Tragedies produce a bursting of a number of emotions, humans are attracted to them. Tragedies have been a crucial and symbolic component in shaping the world's literature. Their involvement of emotions, intricate language and complex plots has verified men's limitlessness of intelligence. Their involvement of human heroes and heroines that make human mistakes interests attracts the attention of the ...
- 11522: Accessing Prior Knowledge Through Hands On Experience
- The importance of prior knowledge and the life experiences of a child play a significant role in the learning of new concepts. When a child can connect what they already know with new ideas and vocabulary, they can better grasp new concepts and take more interest in the subject matter. Strength in language arts is vital to learning any text whether it is mathematics, science or social studies. What can educators do to incorporate text ...
- 11523: Dead Sea Scrolls
- ... QUMRAN and the Essenes, a Jewish religious sect living an ascetic communal agricultural life in that region between the 2nd century B.C. and 2nd century A.D. Parallels between the Qumran scrolls and the New Testament have led some scholars to suggest a tie between the Essenes and the early Christians, including the much-disputed suggestion that Jesus and John the Baptist may have The Dead been Essenes. More recent ... likely written by the Essenes during the period from about 200 B.C. to 68 C.E./A.D. The Essenes are mentioned by Josephus and in a few other sources, but not in the New Testament. The Essenes were a strict Torah observant, Messianic, apocalyptic, Baptist, wilderness, new covenant Jewish sect. A priest they called the “Teacher of Righteousness,” who was opposed and possibly killed by the establishment priesthood in Jerusalem, led them. The enemies of the Qumran community were called the " ...
- 11524: Dea Sea Scrolls Imperfection
- ... viewing the living conditions during the time that the scrolls were written and then comparing the conditions to those of today, one will have a much deeper understanding of what “hardship” means in the scribal world. Based on this comparison and a near-complete list of typical errors that plague current and ancient authors, one will not only see the types of difficulties involved with replication, but will also realize through ... how many times the piece of information has been passed down and copied. A simple letter can change the whole meaning of a word. Add the letter “L” to the word “WORD” and you get “WORLD”. But that’s not the only confusion that there is with letters. The capitol letter “I” can resemble the lower-case letter of “l” remarkably. The confusion of these letters can cause serious problems with ... would be hazardous to the religious and non-religious communities alike due to the fact that the scrolls do not exemplify uniformity and do not adhere completely to the texts that religions all around the world use today.
- 11525: Dorothy Day
- ... Day was totally against war and everything having to do with war including the nuclear bomb. However, again some of her supporters did not agree with her pacifism, especially after the United States entry into World War II following the bombing of Pearl Harbor. As a result, fifteen of the houses supporting the Day's works of mercy closed. She and her followers were jailed many times in protesting New York's annual civil defense drill. She did not want to be "drilled into fear" for she totally depended upon her faith in God. Years later, many of her workers were jailed for refusing to ...
- 11526: Descartes Knowledge
- ... any time we can only say that the experience of the apple is certain in our minds. So we are thinking things which are constantly having experiences of what we think is reality or the world without. These experiences are what define the outside world, if in fact there is an outside world to us. Descartes says that all of these things aren’t learnt but that we know them a priori or without experience. Descartes gives the example of a ball of wax. When this ball ...
- 11527: Descarte 2
- ... because this conclusion is quite dubious on the grounds that the only thing he need is the existence of himself. But even if he evoke this being as the cause of the existence of the world, then the being only need to be as powerful as it takes to produce the world. Moreover, the argument also gave the impression that the properties of a God seem to surpass what is required to explain the world around us. Furthermore, Locke tried to connect his theory with the existence with God. He says that he "has reason to rely" on the testimony of the senses. He thinks that since God has ...
- 11528: David Koresh And The Davidians
- ... the Davidian movement, a splinter group of Seventh-Day Adventists founded by Adventist leader Victor Houteff in Los Angeles, California, in 1934. Houteff retained the traditional Adventist belief that the apocalypse (the end of the world) and the Second Coming of Christ were imminent and would be preceded by catastrophes and war. Houteff also taught that the kingdom of ancient Israelite monarch David—hence the term Davidian—would be reestablished in ... Palestine. Koresh emphasized the apocalyptic element in Davidian theology, teaching that the Davidians at the Mount Carmel Center—renamed Ranch Apocalypse in 1992—would be assaulted by forces of evil. Communal life focused on recruiting new members, hard studying of the Bible, and preparing for the coming cataclysmic events by stockpiling food, weapons, and fuel. By 1993 accusations of various kinds of abuses were being leveled at the group by anticult ...
- 11529: David And Solomon
- ... centralize the cult. Works Cited Rosovsky, Nitza, ed. City of the Great King . Boston : Harvard UP, 1996. Alt, A. “The Monarachy in the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah.” Essays on Old Testament History and Religion . New York : Oxford UP, 1966. Albright, William Foxwell . Archeology and the religion of Israel . Baltimore : John’s Hopkins Press, 1968 . May, Herbert G. and Bruce M. Metzger, eds. The Book of Kings. New Oxford Annotated Bible. New York : Oxford UP, 1973.
- 11530: D-day Invasion Of Normandy
- D-Day The Invasion of Normandy When on D-Day-June 6, 1944-Allied armies landed in Normandy on the northwestern coast of France, possibly the one most critical event of World War II unfolded; for upon the outcome of the invasion hung the fate of Europe. If the invasion failed, the United States might turn its full attention to the enemy in the Pacific-Japan-leaving ... following months of preliminary bombardment); and approximately 154,000 British, Canadian and American soldiers, including 23,000 arriving by parachute and glider. The invasion also involved a long-range deception plan on a scale the world had never before seen and the clandestine operations of tens of thousands of Allied resistance fighters in Nazi-occupied countries of western Europe. American General Dwight D. Eisenhower was named supreme commander for the allies ... Deception to mislead the Germans as to the time and place of the invasion. To accomplish this, the British already had a plan known as Jael, which involved whispering campaigns in diplomatic posts around the world and various distractions to keep German eyes focused anywhere but on the coast of northwestern France. An important point to the deception was Ultra, code name for intelligence obtained from intercepts of German radio ...
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