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- 1711: Crying of Lot 49
- Crying of Lot 49 The philosophy behind all Pynchon novels lies in the synthesis of philosophers and modern physicists. Ludwig Wittgenstein viewed the world as a "totality of facts, not of things."1 This idea can be combined with a physicist ...
- 1712: All the King's Men: History's Importance
- ... responsibility. By using his varying views on history and his interpretations of them, Jack is able to create "his own isolated, sheltered, womb-state world."10 In this world, removed as he is by his philosophy, he remains guiltless of the consequences of his actions; and indeed fails to even take note of the cause-and-effect relationship between his actions and the events in his life. By hiding behind the ...
- 1713: Animal Farm: Animal Satire
- ... overthrow the owners of the means of production, that is Capitalist Bourgeoisie, and to establish a state to be ruled by the working class, the Proletariat. Ideological basis of the revolution was taken from the philosophy of Karl Marx and Frederick Angels who believed that the history of the world was the history of a struggle between classes- between ruling classes and ruled classes (Hanerliodlu, 1976). Marx was very critical ...
- 1714: Water Is Wide
- ... and whites within a racist school. Pat's transformation first started while visiting a concentration camp in Dachau. "The imprint of Dachau branded me indelibly and caused me to suffer the miscarriage of my hopeful philosophy. If man was good, then Dachau could never have happened." (p.10) The second imprint on Pat's life came after Martin Luther King Jr's assassination. Pat noticed that the white students reacted passively ...
- 1715: Herman Wouk's The Winds of War
- ... reading Woolf's essay. Whenever I am subjected to something in literature that is not fully comprehensive, I begin to engage in several different forms of interpretation. The first stage would reflect much of the philosophy composed in the essay 'Against Interpretation' whereas I, the reader, would observe the content and then translate the form. Literature induces the reader to use his experience and memories to comprehend what a person, place ...
- 1716: Caroselli's "The Language of Leadership"
- ... If Columbus does this, she will benefit the organization. She also feels you must take these other factors in consideration in becoming a powerful leader who has excellent language skills, finding new challenges, developing a philosophy, and always develop a vision for the future. Although the author did not touch on any bad points of Iacocca or Columbus, l feel that she left out a few important factors. She failed to ...
- 1717: A Queen Adored: England's Elizabeth II
- A Queen Adored: England's Elizabeth II Countess of Longford, Elizabeth Pakenham, was born in London England in 1906. She attended Lady Margaret Hall and Oxford University where she studied classical history and philosophy. She later married Oxford professor and politician, the seventh Earl of Longford in 1931, with whom she had eight children. She worked as a tutor from 1930-36 in the Worker's Educational Association, and ...
- 1718: Theodore Roosevelt
- ... loneliness. Roosevelt gave his daughter to his brother to rear, while he headed west to become a cowboy. As long as he kept moving, kept busy, kept building strength, all would be okay. This warrior philosophy of TR led to an inherent competitive nature that dominated his life and presidency. In essence his career was extremely effective because of his aggressive fight for power. He aided the American cause in the ...
- 1719: Life Of Baruch Spinoza
- ... until 1677. In 1661 Spinoza went to Rijnsburg, a town near Leiden. Two or three years after later he went to Voorburg, not far from the Hague. Shortly afterward, he was offered a chair in philosophy at the University of Heidelberg, by Charles Louis, elector Palatine. Spinoza declined the job because he felt that he was not ready for the possession and did not want to accept the job at that ...
- 1720: Andy Warhol
- ... later given a three year prison sentence. After recovering, Andy Warhol continued to work. He founded inter/VIEW magazine in 1969. The name of the magazine was changed to Interview in 1971. He published The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again in 1975 and continued to paint portraits until his death in 1987. The shooting incident, ironically enough, was a measure of his success. There have ...
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