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- 7471: Rabindranath Tagore
- ... into an international university in 1921 called Visva-Bharati. He also lectured and traveled throughout the world. Rabindranath Tagore wrote primarily in Bengali, but translated a number of his works into English himself. Tagores writing is full of imagination, religion, and his love of his homeland and nature. The Nobel Prize in literature was awarded to him in 1913. He was knighted by the British king, George V in 1915 ...
- 7472: Origins Of Buddhism
- ... person is punished for eternity. The only punishment that person will face is Karmic retribution and having to live more lives before reaching Nirvana. Buddhism stresses the need to help others while striving towards a personal spiritual evolution as opposed to a communal worshipping of God. Success and happiness in the West is most often measured by accumulated wealth, power and fame. However, to a Buddhist, success in life if measured ...
- 7473: On The Chinese Dynasty
- ... to China. I have seen all the things Marco Polo has seen. I know that he was not telling a lie at all. I am very angry that you did not believe him. I am writing to defend him. There are three Chinese beliefs, which are Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism. All beliefs were taught during the same time. Buddhism was taught during 563 to 483 b.c. Buddha came to China ...
- 7474: John Stuart Mill Verses Immanu
- ... prosecuted for EVERYTHING since there are no extenuating circumstances. Think of the court system - innocent men who had to protect their family and home alongside hardened serial rapists, both receiving the same sentence. In my personal opinion, Kant may go as far as to say to the starving nation "Starve equally." And then, the nation slowly starves equally when they could have killed 1000 people to save themselves. Therefore, in my ...
- 7475: One Hundred Years Of Solitude
- ... to the 315th Bombardment wing of the second Air Force. The groups strength was 225 officers and 1,542 enlisted men. (Hales 151) At the Pentagon, the targets were now being discussed. The military personal set out the governing factors in target selection for an atomic strike. They preferred the targets chosen to be places the bombing would most adversely affect the will of the Japanese people to continue the ...
- 7476: E.E. Cummings
- ... causes the other to seem still (106). The 'd,' at the end of the poem is showing that after the poet has finally named the object he saw, he immediately loses interest and stops, as writing more to further organize his thoughts would be superfluous (106). The contrasting words in this poem are very important. 'against' contrasts with 'across', and signifies a halt. It seems that the poet wants to stop ...
- 7477: Evangilista Torricelli
- ... he showed such great aptitude for the math and sciences. There he met Castelli, the favorite pupil of Galileo, who instructed him in the work of the laws of motion. Torricelli showed his understanding by writing a thesis on the path of projectiles. Castelli sent this essay in manuscript to Galileo with strong recommendations. The Grand Duke prevailed upon him to remain at Florence and to succeed Galileo at the Academy ...
- 7478: Karl Marxs Oppinion On Religio
- ... atheists" because they denied the existence of the Roman gods. In Western culture, where monotheism has been the dominant religious belief, atheism has generally referred to the denial of the existence of a transcendent, perfect, personal / creator of the universe. To be an atheist does not mean no religious beliefs. For there are "high" religions, such as Buddhism and Taoism, that do not assume the existence of a supernatural being. Marx ...
- 7479: Early Christianity
- ... around 4-6 BC. When Jesus was 30 he began his ministry. Many of the reasons that his religion succeeded were that it treated everyone equally promised eternal life and was centered on on your personal relationship with God. JesusΉ teachings included love for God, neighbors, enemies and yourself. The ten commandments and the basic foundation of Judaism was included in his teachings as Jesus was born a Jew. Jesus had ...
- 7480: The Invasion Of Poland 1939
- ... in "a world which no longer recognized the value of human life and human dignity, which had robbed man of his will and had made man an object to be exterminated; under this influence the personal ego finally suffered a loss of values...and man's existence descended to the level of animal life."9 The world for the people in Nazi controlled Poland was hell, and the world had never ...
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