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- 1611: Ancient Advances in Mathematics
- ... down upon the work of slaves and craftsworker. He sought relief, for the tiresome worries of life, in the study of philosophy and personal ethics. Within the walls of Plato's academy at least three great mathematicians were taught, Theaetetus, known for the theory of irrational, Eodoxus, the theory of proportions, and also Archytas (I couldn't find what made him great, but three books mentioned him so I will too). Indeed the motto of Plato's academy “Let no one ignorant of geometry enter within these walls” was fitting for the scene of the great minds who gathered here. Another great mathematician of the Greeks was Pythagoras who provided one of the first mathematical proofs and discovered incommensurable magnitudes, or irrational numbers. The Pythagorean theorem relates the sides of ...
- 1612: The Importance of the Press
- ... the former Soviet Union, China, and Cuba. Other more extreme forms of socialism are fascism and authoritarianism. These ideologies more closely resemble the monarchies that ruled much of Europe and the new world, before the great revolutions. Monarchism is an ideology that believes in the absolute rule of a "royal" family. The king and/or queen have the power to make decisions without question from anyone. The series of revolutions which ... Declaration of rights, which in 1789 stated that, "All men are equal by nature," and brought republican concepts such as liberty, equality and fraternity into awareness.3 When one looks at the motives behind the great revolutions of our time, a recurring theme seems to prevail in all of them. There is a part of human nature which makes freedom almost as much of a necessity as food and water. When ... the development of a free press stated, "the advantages of a new medium will become such as to lead to the emergence of a new civilization."5 Without a free press, the success of the great revolutions and the societies that they helped to create, would not have been possible. So we have seen why the press becomes involved in revolutions. Essentially it is because the press, as we know ...
- 1613: True Romance
- ... Tarantino tends to slide in a little racism in his flicks. It's pretty obvious it's not the main topic, but it is apparent. Hopper was unique when he told the Sicilian guy his great, great, great, great grandmother had slept with a nigger and that's y he had dark skin and brown eyes. I think Hopper knew he was a goner and wanted to insult the hell out of ...
- 1614: The Yellow Wallpaper, A Descen
- ... period often characterized women as oppressed by society, as well as by the male influences in their lives. "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman presents the tragic story of a woman s descent into depression and madness because of this oppression. The narrator s declining mental health is reflected through the characteristics of the house she is trapped in and her husband, while trying to protect her, is actually destroying ... her. The narrator of the story goes with her doctor/husband to stay in a colonial mansion for the summer. The house is supposed to be a place where she can recover from sever postpartum depression. According to Jennifer Fleissner, "naturalist characters like the narrator of Gilman s "The Yellow Wallpaper" is shown obsessed with the details of an entrapping interiority. In such an example we see naturalism s clearest alteration ... narrative of repetitive work and compulsion that had once served to distinguish public life from a sentimentary understood home" [Fleissner 59]. "The Yellow Wallpaper" is a fictionalized account of Charlotte Perkins Gilman s own postpartum depression. Gilman was a social critic and feminist who wrote prolifically about the necessity of social and sexual equality, particularly about women s need for economic independence. According to critic Valarie Gill, "Gilman attached the ...
- 1615: The American Museum of Natural History: Anthropology
- ... arrived at his family's home. In picture #1 this shows the background of a village in Shantung, in northeastern China. In this province is where Confucius was born and lived which also had a great amount of ancient tradition. " The early 20th century wedding chair, of wood, kingfisher feathers, copper wire, gilt and glass was probably made in southern China. The way the Chinese get married is very unusual to ... end of the stone, is 2 fire serpents. The green, the last design on the stone, is the date " 13 need " which is supposed to be the birth of the sun. This stone expresses the great beliefs the aztecs had for the sun. They were a people of great design and expression for their culture. Also in the same exhibit of the aztec stone was the Colossal Olmer Head. This looked like a big head. It was found at the site of San ...
- 1616: Darwinism
- The question of how man evolved has been pondered since man first stepped foot on this planet. Many great philosophers and explorers have made attempts to try to answer this question. Charles Darwin was one of these people. Darwin led a full life of exploration, and during these adventures, he accumulated much information about ... true. It explains the question how fossils form, but it really doesn't thoroughly explain evolution. Another theory of evolution is catastrophism. This theory, brought about by Cuvier, says that the earth went through a great series of catastrophes. In his theory, Cuvier suggested that there was one big super continent. He said that the continents slowly drifted apart from one large continent by plate tectonics. Darwin had the chance to ... a lot smaller because the legs have to be able to support the sheep's body weight. The breeder had to give up the size of the sheep to get the shorter legs. "Darwin's great work, 'The Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection', appeared, … and was heavily attacked because it didn't support the depiction of creation given in the book of Genesis." (Kirjasto). There were many ...
- 1617: Huck Finn Grows Up
- ... hopes of immediate equality died with the death of Lincoln. Groups like the KKK drove blacks down to a new economic low. What time would be better than this to write a book about the great American dream, a book about long held American ideals, now squashed by big business and white supremacy? Mark Twain did just that, when he wrote what is considered by many as the Great American Epic . The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The great American epic, may be one of the most interesting and complex books ever written in the history of our nation. This book cleverly disguises many of the American ideals in a child floating down ...
- 1618: Prophet Muhammad
- ... other side to avoid him but Jibril was there again". No matter where I looked, I found him there. He gradually disappeared in the skies. Afterwards, a feeling of weakness overtook me. It was with great effort that I reached home". (Sahih Bukhari) KhadijahR.A narrates; "When Muhammad (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) reached home, he looked pale. He was moving slowly towards me taking the support of ... recant they will be allowed freedom of movement. The Prophet was publicly ridiculed and humiliated including frequent throwing of filth on him in the street and while he prayed in the Kabah. In spite of great hardships and no apparent support, the message of Islam kept all Muslims firm in their belief. The Prophet was asked by God to be patient and to preach the message of Quran. He advised Muslims ... s) from danger and had him arrive to Medina safely and unharmed. The event now is known as Hijra (migration), and the Islamic Calendar starts from this event. . The people of Medina greeted him with great interest in accordance with their pledge made less than a year ago during the annual pilgrimage. One by one those Muslims (men and women) of Mecca who were not physically restrained, and who could ...
- 1619: Indian Affairs
- ... original inhabitant of the American West did uplift the quality of life, but did not advance the quality of the culture in the united States during this period. The settlement of the Plains and the Great Basin was a positive turning point in American economy. The filling of the continent brought economic prosperity and opportunities for many. The West was a chance for Americans who could not previously purchase land to ... native people. The quality of life for the settlers had improved but was at the expense of the Indians of the region. Settlers poured in by millions looking for a better life, brought with them great catastrophic changes to these tribes. The native people were free nomadic people who were largely dependant on the buffalo. As the settlers came in the buffalo was killed for food and sport. Between 1872 and ... the legal city governments, and at many times almost rant he city governments. The successful machines ruled the city, they controlled the board of the city council, the local water, the police commissioners and exerted great influence on legislatures. The existence of the machines were one of the least noble events in history, because it set back the American democratic system. Elections for these machines meant buying votes and providing ...
- 1620: Latin Literature In History
- ... their way of viewing life, and is evident in much of the period’s flowering literature. Augustus also actively encouraged writers, and they loved him and the peace he had secured. Virgil, one of the great champions of poetry at that time, was pleased by many of the simple things in life, as shown in his observant and beautiful descriptions of country life. But his ultimate achievement was his epic poem ... and were viewed as the literary ideal in the 15-1600’s. A friend of Virgil, Horace, was rooted in poetry, expressing love, beauty, friendship, and satire at times. Like Virgil’s, his writings expressed great satisfaction with the condition of life in the Pax Romana. His writings also set a standard for writing at that time, and Virgil became Rome’s chief poet following Virgil’s death. Last, the love ... flow in Ancient Latin literature came in the early 200’s, with Marcelinus writing history, Symmachus in oratory, and Ausonius and Rutilius writing masterful poetry. With the fall of the Roman Empire, much of the great works slipped away from the public interest, and underwent 2 major revivals. First, under Charlemagne during the Carolinian Renaissance, and second during the Renaissance. In the Carolinian Renaissance, Charlemagne urged on Classical education and ...
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