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- 1421: The Correlation Between Chines
- ... strong. Some of them went a step further to study fundamental principles of the universe and human life. Therefore these two periods, especially the Warring States Period, saw the rise of many different schools of philosophy.
- 1422: Impact Of The Renaissance
- ... upon. These renaissance scholars soon came to be known as Humanists. They were advocates of the studia humanitatis, which was a liberal arts program of study that embraced grammar, rhetoric, poetry, history, politics and moral philosophy. Of one of my favourites (and I think most important) figures of the time was Pico Della Mirandola and his piece Oration on the dignity of man. Pico believed and emphasised that humans could perfect ...
- 1423: Civil Disobedience
- ... released from jail they marched again. The blacks of Birmingham, with the aid of King, united together against the common enemy of racism. When King was imprisoned, he wrote Letter From Birmingham Jail, explaining the philosophy of non-violence and presenting one of the most well-founded justifications for direct action and civil disobedience. People in Birmingham criticised King about the timing of his demonstrations. We know through painful experience that ...
- 1424: Gandhi
- ... violence. He fought his whole life with humanity, tolerance, ideas and without violence. He showed the way to a better world. And still today there are many people who love him and who use his philosophy to change the world. A very important example is the fight against wars. Usually people who fight against a war try to fight without violence. They march through cities and try to convince people not ...
- 1425: The Political And Religious Wi
- ... place; this was due largely to a new oath, which parliament required the monarch to take. This oath required the king to uphold the customs and laws of the Protestants. (Kishlansky 63). Now science and philosophy as well as religion were being questioned ( Wright 189). This revolution was one of the most important in history (Wright 187). Works Cited Buchan, John. Oliver Cromwell. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Riverside Press, 1934. Chapman, Hester ...
- 1426: France
- ... in the classroom. A typical week in a French school runs from Monday to Saturday (Lect. Notes #4 Sp.99). In the final year of the Lycee called the terminal, students are required to study philosophy and prepare for the bac which is the only way to move on to higher education (Lect. Notes #4 Sp.99). For a student to go onto higher education they must first pass the Baccalaureat ...
- 1427: Michaelangelo
- ... he expressed his view of himself and the world even more directly in his poetry than in the other arts. Much of his verse deals with art and the hardships he underwent, or with Neoplatonic philosophy and personal relationships. The great Renaissance poet Ludovico Ariosto wrote succinctly of this famous artist: Michael more than mortal, divine angel. Indeed, Michelangelo was widely awarded the epithetdivine because of his extraordinary accomplishments. Two ...
- 1428: Three Famous Writings
- ... Osiris, god of the afterlife, would punish them after their died. In China, the values weren't enforced, but they were protected by the government. In the second century B.C., Confucianism became the official philosophy of China, thus preserving it for the future. I am greatly impressed by Hammurabi's ideas. His laws may sound harsh, but they had to be. In ancient Sumer, you had to be harsh or ...
- 1429: Immigration To Canada
- ... prospected immigrants. They targeted wealthy farmers, agricultural laborers and female domestics, preferably from Great Britain, the United States and Northern Europe. Canadas first immigration legislation, the Immigration Act of 1869 reflected the laissez-faire philosophy of the time by not saying which classes of immigrants should be admitted but , merely that the "governor" could prohibit the landing of pauper or destitute immigrants at any Canadian port. The Chinese, who were ...
- 1430: Industrial Revolution
- ... be judged by the influx of gold, silver, and other precious metals from abroad. Gold and silver could be used to purchase military supplies, which provided a further reason for acquiring them. Liberalism - a political philosophy that emphasizes individual freedom, arose in Europe in the period between the Reformation and the French Revolution. The new liberal order - drawing on Enlightenment thought - placed human beings rather than God at the center of ...
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