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- 1741: Nelson Mandela
- ... the pre-existing attitude amongst the Europeans “we are civilized and they are not.” Apartheid was more than simply the brutal oppression of one racial group by another. It was an ingenious and comprehensive political philosophy, thoroughly planned and painstakingly executed. Over time however, South Africans regained their independence and abolished apartheid. It was a struggle that superceded even the post Civil War conflicts of the United States. Although apartheid is ...
- 1742: Alexander The Great
- ... built the city of Bucephala in memory of the faithful horse. Education When Alexander was 13 he began being a pupil of Aristotle. Aristotle inspired young Alexander with a love for literature, science, medicine, and philosophy. He came to know and like Greek ways of living, and was impressed with the ideals for Greek civilization. Alexander took part in sports and daily exercise and developed a strong body. Alexander’s education ...
- 1743: The Apology Of Socrates: A Closer Examination
- ... yield imprisonment for Socrates did not possess any money. Making him quit his life of questioning others would be worse than death for Socrates states that "the unexamined life is not worth living", his life philosophy. Martha Nussbaum in Socratic Self-examination explains Socrates' claim. She states that Socratic self-examination involves taking the beliefs that have been handed down to you and closely examining them. Before you do this these ...
- 1744: Emile Durkheim
- ... science. Durkheim was born ‹pinal, France, he was an outgrowth of a distinguished line of rabbinical scholar (Rothschild; 1999). He graduated from the ‹cole Normale Sup¾rieure in Paris in 1882, then taught law and philosophy. However, in 1887 he began teaching sociology, first at the University of Bordeaux and later at the University of Paris. His knowledge of law and religion helped him to come up with a new theory ...
- 1745: William James: The Later Years
- ... writing about psychology for seventeen years, and grown tired of it. From then on he turned his creative efforts toward other things such as education , the practical results of different kinds of religious experience, and philosophy. He did, however, continue to write of some of the ideas he had advanced in Principles and to keep up with psychological developments. James was willing to explore forms of psychology outside accepted scientific bounds ...
- 1746: Alexander The Great
- ... fast it fell apart after Alexander's death. I believe the true achievement of Alexander was not his ability to create this supranational community, but rather the idea he had behind it all. Alexander's philosophy was truly revolutionary, especially when you put it up against the backdrop of Ancient Greek society. At that time, you were either Greek or non-Greek, or rather Greek or barbarian. Some previous philosophers had ...
- 1747: Argentine Marxist Revolutionary And Guerrilla Leader Che Guevara
- ... can create them.' And, with Mao Tse-tung, he believed that the countryside must bring the revolution to the town in predominately peasant countries. Also at this time, he glorified his own kind of communist philosophy. ( published later in the Socialism and Man in Cuba, March 12 March 1965). It can be summed up in him ' Man really attains the state of complete humanity when he produces, without being forced by ...
- 1748: Amedeo Avogadro (1776-1856)
- ... to take private lessons in mathematics and physics and decided to make the natural sciences his profession. He was appointed as a demonstrator at the Academy of Turin in 1806 and the Professor of Natural Philosophy at the College of Vercelli in 1809, and in 1820, he was appointed the professor of mathematical physics. Avogadro died on July 9, 1856 in Turin, Italy.
- 1749: John Dalton
- ... charge of a Quaker school in Cumberland. Two years later he taught with his brother at a school in Kendal, where he stayed for 12 years. He then became a teacher of mathematics and natural philosophy at New College in Manchester, a college established by the Presbyterians to give a first-class education to both laymen and candidates for the ministry. The Universities of Cambridge and Oxford were only open at ...
- 1750: Ray Bradbury
- ... was released in 1953 and is set in a future when the written word is forbidden. Resisting a totalitarian state which burns all the books, a group of rebels memorize entire works of literature and philosophy. Ray Bradbury's work has been included in the Best American Short Story collections (1946, 1948, and 1952). He has been awarded the O. Henry Memorial Award, the Benjamin Franklin Award in 1954, the Aviation ...
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