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- 2721: The Life of Aristotle
- ... Politics (also incomplete). Methods Perhaps because of the influence of his father's medical profession, Aristotle's philosophy laid its principal stress on biology, in contrast to Plato's emphasis on mathematics. Aristotle regarded the world as made up of individuals (substances) occurring in fixed natural kinds (species). Each individual has its built-in specific pattern of development and grows toward proper self- realization as a specimen of its type. Growth ... individuals. Science and philosophy must therefore balance, not simply choose between, the claims of empiricism (observation and sense experience) and formalism (rational deduction). One of the most distinctive of Aristotle's philosophic contributions was a new notion of causality. Each thing or event, he thought, has more than one "reason" that helps to explain what, why, and where it is. Earlier Greek thinkers had tended to assume that only one sort ... developed rules for chains of reasoning that would, if followed, never lead from true premises to false conclusions (validity rules). In reasoning, the basic links are syllogisms: pairs of propositions that, taken together, give a new conclusion. For example, "All humans are mortal" and "All Greeks are humans" yield the valid conclusion "All Greeks are mortal." Science results from constructing more complex systems of reasoning. In his logic, Aristotle distinguished ...
- 2722: The Birds
- ... Aristophanes play The Birds, satire is used to mock the common Greek s dream of ruling the gods that they worship. It mocks the power that they seek to become the supreme ruler of the world. To understand Aristophanes use of satire, one must first understand the role satire plays in sending out its message. At the basis of satire is a sense of moral outrage. This outrage is wrong and ... In The Birds, the target is the average Athenian citizen, seeking power Pisthetaerus or in Greek translation, companion persuader (Luce, 300). Pisthetaerus is upset with his current living conditions and sets out to seek a new place, far better than his existing residence. Adding exaggeration and distortion to the target, the satirist then emphasizes the characteristic he wishes to attack. The target must be close enough to the real thing for ... are a travesty of divine majesty and power is a reminder of something important lost (Johnston, 12). Jeff Sichaleune April 4, 1998 Works Cited Aristophanes. The Birds. The Complete Plays of Aristophanes. Trans. Moses Hadas. New York: Bantam, 1988. 229-386. Bonnard, Andre. Greek Civilization. New York: Macmillan, 1959. 188-199. Johnston, Ian. Lecture on Satire and Aristophanes. Malispina University- College. Internet. America Online 1996. 1-7. Luce, James T, ...
- 2723: The Next Revolution in Music Technology: Make or Break?
- ... never heard it before - exactly as it would sound in the artist’s recording studio. Among other things, we have digital audio technology to thank for that. But we have recently been presented with something new that some may give thanks for - Moving Picture Experts Group Technology, Layer-III, better known as MP3. To those “outside” the complicated world of the Internet and technology, MP3 probably will not ring any bells. But anyone who has accessed the Internet or skimmed through any popular magazines lately will likely recognize MP3 and the propaganda surrounding it. I do not want to bombard you with numerous technological terms, but a brief explanation is necessary in order to understand arguments surrounding the issue. MP3 is a new way to save, copy, and play audio files on a computer. The audio files are near CD-quality and take up very little space on a computer’s hard drive. Previously, high-quality audio ...
- 2724: Power Of The Atom
- Power Of The Atom "The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything except the way we think” Technology has developed and changed so much over the past century. Each day new things are being developed, and new things are released to the buyer’s market. Who would ever thought we’d be able to talk live with someone who lives on the other side of the world. It’s truly amazing all the luxury’s we have, and it’s amazing how one those these inventions has the capability to change the world in a very drastic way. Could you imagine ...
- 2725: The Birth Of An American Super
- ... closer to the Superman we now know. He was younger and had hair but was not an alien with super powers. The ultimate version of Superman was born one night in 1934, when Siegel found new ideas coming so fast that he couldn t sleep (Daniels 21). Seigel and Shuster collaborated on these ideas and created comic strips created for the Sunday comics. Seigel s new Superman came from a planet called Krypton. This was the first benevolent alien created (Daniels 21). He wore tights for a futuristic appearance and the cape was added to give the effect of motion. Superman ... publishers were unanimous in their lack of interest (Daniels 21). Luck fell upon Seigel and Shuster and DC Comic the day DC s Jack Liebowitz called McClure Syndicates searching for material to put in a new publication called Action Comics. Editor for McClure, M. C Gaines sent Seigel and Shuster s strips to DC s editor Vin Sullivan. Sullivan bought the strips nobody wanted just because it looked different (Daniels ...
- 2726: Deng Xiaoping
- ... Zedong’s side through all of the struggles of the Chinese Communist Party; battling with Chiang Kai-shek and the Guomindang over and over, and surviving Mao in order to change China and enter a new era. His most recent accomplishments, those being of economic reform and opening China more and more to the West, an important step in this day and age, may have been his greatest. His life has ... military post in the area. It was Yang Sen and Deng Weiming that decided that young Deng Xiaoping go study in France. Deng arrived in France in 1920, just barely two years after the First World War. While it was easy for the wealthy Chinese to study in France, less well off people had to find employment in order to study. Work, however, was not easy to find and so Deng ... February 1978, Deng Xiaoping called for “Modernization in this century of agriculture, industry, defense, as well as science and technology, in order to promote our country to a position among the most advanced in the world.” Deng started to do just this. His land reforms allowed peasants to make money off of the land and produce what they think will generate the most income. He allowed people to become rich ...
- 2727: Cathedral
- ... jealous, and very limited in what they choose to see. This inability to see is made apparent when he is forced to meet and converse with a blind man. The narrator's perception of the world around him, and blurred vision, is resolved by a great irony in the story when Roger helps the narrator see past his prejudice outlook on life. The blind man teaches the narrator how to see. The first few pages of the story reveal the narrator's blurred view of his own life, his wife's life, and the entire world around him. The narrator, "Bub", seems to have an unhappy and insecure approach to everyday life. The narrator's blurred view of everything that happened in his wife's past life, shows the insecurity that ... my wife laughing"(P722), "She was still wearing a smile" (P722), it makes it easier for him to judge Robert according to his disability. The reader first learns of the narrator's prejudices toward the world around him and especially to the seeing impaired in the introduction of the story. His biased opinion comes out when he explained, "My idea of blindness came from the movies… the blind moved slowly ...
- 2728: Cryogenics: Is It Worth Waiting For
- ... opposed to only three weeks as it was before cryogenic technology was used. Surgeons can use a cryoscapel, freezing tips, to deaden or destroy tissue with great accuracy and little bloodshed (“Cryogenics” Academic 350, “Cryobiology” World Book 929). Scientists use a liquid gas called liquid nitrogen to freeze and store cells. Some could problems also occur in cryogenics. If cells are not frozen fast enough they will explode and die. Many ... cryogenics feels when cryopreservation becomes a reality for an entire body, if people are willing and have the money, they should enter their bodies into cryopreservation. He thinks the shock of waking up in a new age of time could be dangerous to ones mental health (AOL interview). Cryogenics is important because it could save and improve life in many ways. Cryopreservation, a branch of cryobiology, has the main purpose of ... Cited Allen, Richard J. Cryogenics. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippencott Company,1964. AOL user. Internet interview. 6 January 1997. Coxeter, Ruth. “The Deep Freeze for Irregular Heartbeats.” Business Week 19 September 1994: 90. "Cryobiology." Compton’s New Media Forum. 1995 ed. "Cryobiology." The Gale Encyclopedia of Science. 1996 ed. "Cryobiology." The New Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. 1993 ed. "Cryobiology." The World Book Encyclopedia. 1967 ed. "Cryogenics." Academic American Encyclopedia. 1991 ed. "Cryogenics." ...
- 2729: Heros Of The Sixties Counter C
- ... held to protest the outlawing of LSD on October 6, 1966. Surprised at the larger than expected turnout, he and others envisioned a much larger gathering, a “Human Be-In”, which would publicize this breaking “new dawn” on the cultural landscape. Using his connections, Michael arranged for Timothy Leary, Allen Ginsberg, and others to appear, and organized publicity for this seminal event. Allen Cohen-Allen Cohen was a young poet from New York, drawn to the Haight-Ashbury by the prevailing bohemian spirit. One night, he dreamed of a psychedelic “rainbow-colored” newspaper, which would be seen throughout the world. With the support and funding of interested locals, the first issue of “The Oracle” appeared on the streets of the Haight-Ashbury in September, 1966. With its stunning split-fountain printing and psychedelic artwork, ...
- 2730: Cryptography
- ... message, and has to be kept secret at all cost. If the key is compromised, the sender and the encrypted data is no longer safe. The sender and the receiver then usually agree on a new key to prevent any further damage. In ancient Greece, around 550 Bc, messages were sent encoded to generals and could only be decoded using special staff keys. The key actually consisted of a physical object ... enough to be memorized, and the table was useless without the key. This cipher wasn't totally safe but no totally sure method to break it was developed before early in the 20th century. During World War I, American troops used native Indians to send messages over the radio, which could only be understood by other native Indians, and absolutely nobody in Germany could understand it. Also in World War I (most cryptographic algorithms are developed for wars), the Playfair algorithm is developed by the Allies, the key, like in the Vigenere cipher, is based on a little table and a short keyword, ...
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