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- 281: John Dalton 4
- ... own language. Over the next couple years John began to lecture and continually experiment. In his lectures reported the experiments, and published them in a book in 1808. His book , A New System of Chemical Philosophy Part 1, was his most famous work. John had relied on his observations and his mathematical reasoning to create this astounding book. But not everyone accepted his atomic theory so he often had to defend ... by over 400,000 people. John is honored with a statue and a large monument. Without question John Dalton s biggest contribution to science was the atomic theory as well as his books on chemical philosophy and his list of atomic weights and symbols. Without John Dalton science would not be where it is at today. Bibliography: http://www.woodrow.org/teachers/ci/1992/Dalton.html Dalton, John (1808) A New System of Chemical Philosophy http://web.lemoyne.edu/~giunta/dalton.html
- 282: Array
- ... Physics, which gives a huge amount of information on astronomy, meteorology, plants, and animals. His writings on the nature, scope, and properties of being, (I know what one of them means!) which Aristotle called First Philosophy (to him it was "Prote philosophia"), were given the title Metaphysics in the first published version of his works (around 60 BC), because in that edition they followed Physics. His belief of the "Prime Mover ... in the Metaphysics. Other famous works include his Rhetoric, his Poetics (which we only have incomplete pieces of), and his Politics (also incomplete). Because of the influence of his father's medical profession, Aristotle's philosophy was mainly stressed on biology, the opposite of Plato's emphasis on mathematics. Aristotle regarded the world as "made up of individuals (substances) occurring in fixed natural kinds (species)" (more confusing quotes, yippey!). He said ... self-realization as a specimen of its type. Growth, purpose, and direction are thus built into nature." Although science studies many things, according to Aristotle, "these things find their existence in particular individuals. Science and philosophy must therefore balance, not simply choose between, the claims of empiricism (observation and sense experience) and formalism (rational deduction)." One of the most famous of Aristotle's contributions was a new notion of causality. " ...
- 283: Jean Sartre
- ... and supported for. Jean Paul was born on June 21, 1905 and was schooled at Evole Normale Superieure in Paris, University of Fribourg in Switzerland, and the French Institute in Berlin. From 1929 he taught philosophy at some secondary schools. Resulting in the start of World War II, he was drafted into the military. Sometime during 1940-1941 he was captured by the Germans, and was later released. After his return ... then becomes an outcast in society, for having turned on Existentialism and lives out his life in poor health and a few radical followers. In the dictionary the translation of Existentialism is a branch of philosophy based on the concept of an absurd universe where humans have free will, and that humans are responsible for and the sole judge of their actions as they affect others. This philosophy proposes that there is no g-d, and no ethics. Man replaces g-d, and ethics are replaced persons personal morals. This kind of society states that man alone effects all things around him, ...
- 284: Galileo 2
- ... eldest son came to see Aristotelian physical theology as limiting scientific inquiry. Galileo was taught by monks at Vallombrosa and then entered the University of Pisa in 1581 to study medicine. He soon turned to philosophy and mathematics, leaving the university without a degree in 1585. For a time he tutored privately and wrote on hydrostatics and natural motions, but he did not publish. In 1589 he became the professor of ... freed from teaching duties and had time for research and writing. By December 1610 he had observed the phases of Venus, which contradicted Ptolemaic astronomy and confirmed his preference for the Copernican system. Professors of philosophy scorned Galileo's discoveries because Aristotle had held that only perfectly spherical bodies could exist in the heavens and that nothing new could ever appear there. Galileo also disputed with professors at Florence and Pisa ... beyond science. Since the full publication of Galileo's trial documents in the 1870s, entire responsibility for Galileo's condemnation has customarily been placed on the Roman Catholic church. This conceals the role of the philosophy professors who first persuaded theologians to link Galileo's science with heresy. An investigation into the astronomer's condemnation, calling for its reversal, was opened in 1979 by Pope John Paul II. In October ...
- 285: Karl Marx 4
- ... that democracy was too faithful to its ideas, but that it betrayed them. The most significant influence in the development of revolutionary communism was Karl Marx. Marx attended the University of Berlin and studied jurisprudence, philosophy, and history. While at the University, Marx became involved in political activities and joined the staff of the Rheinische Zeitung, a democratic newspaper in Cologne, in 1942. The next year, however, the Prussian Government suppressed ... in 1883. Marx writings show a great knowledge of the English economic system. Marx s analyses of the capitalist system have influenced the making of history even more than the writing of history. In German philosophy, Hegel greatly influenced Marx. Similar to Hegel s beliefs, Marx believed that history had meaning, and that it moved in a set pattern toward a known goal. Marx believed that history had both a meaning ... economic system based on the premise that if capital voluntarily surrendered its ownership of the means of production to the state or the workers, unemployment and poverty would be abolished. The last part compares the philosophy of Communism to other organized parties in Europe. The Communists everywhere support every revolutionary movement against the existing social and political order of things. In all of the movements, it brings up the property ...
- 286: Analysis of the Human Cultural Identity
- ... Jefferson was considered among one of the most brilliant American exponents of the Enlightenment culture. He had the time and the resources to educate himself in many topics including history, literature, law, architecture, science, and philosophy. He had the motivation and the connections to apply Enlightenment political philosophy to nation-building. Denis Diderot was a French encyclopedist and philosopher, who also composed plays, novels, essays, and art. He greatly influenced other Enlightenment thinkers with his translations of Encyclopedie ou dictionnaire raisonne des sciences ... for example, with accuracy. This demonstrates the distinctive uncertainty of the culture. It created a strong trend of mysticism among scientists who perceive it as a violation to cause and effect laws. Epicureanism is a philosophy based on the teachings of the Greek philosopher Epicuris. His views coincide with those of Heisenberg in the way that they display the incertitude of how it is impossible to know exactly what things ...
- 287: When The Legends Die
- ... culture become insignificant in today's world. To understand what this once great culture consisted of, first one has to obtain a basic grasp of some of the ideals that were practiced by Native Americans. Philosophy of life, importance of nature, and the ways in which they can receive their names are just some of the most important aspects to basic Native American culture. Native American life philosophy was very unique. It stated that life was ongoing. Birth, life, death, and rebirth are the main principles of the idea, almost like an everlasting circle. This is where we developed the term cyclical. When ... in a circle. Beside these examples of cyclical life in the book, there are many quotes also. When Bessie states "I want a lodge that is round"(18), this is direct evidence of cyclical life philosophy in the book and in Native American culture. The importance of nature was everything to Native American culture. They learned that by respecting nature and not overburdening it, it would actually be much more ...
- 288: Candide: A Satire on the Enlightenment
- ... means a pessimist, Voltaire refused to believe that what happens is always for the best. The Age of Enlightenment is a term applied to a wide variety of ideas and advances in the fields of philosophy, science, and medicine. The primary feature of Enlightenment philosophy is the belief that people can actively work to create a better world. A spirit of social reform characterized the political ideology of Enlightenment philosophers. While Voltaires Candide is heavily characterized by the primary ... asked Whats optimism? by Cacambo, Candide replies, Alas
it is a mania for saying things are well when one is in hell. (555) Candide finally begins to recognize the futility of his dear Pangloss philosophy. Voltaire concludes Candide by having Candide discover the Turks truth to life -
the work keeps us from three great evils, boredom, vice and poverty. (584) Candide and his band of followers consider these ...
- 289: The Different Faces of Yoga
- ... facets of life. For others, an image of a wise old man sitting atop a mountain appears in their head. These people fail to grasp that these are just superficial aspects of the ancient Indian philosophy that dates back into the time before the existence of Christ. Yoga is actually a religion that has its roots in Vedanta philosophy (Prabhavananda and Isherwood vii). It is also very similar to another Indian religion, Samkha (Eliade 519). However, the two religions differ in the fact that Samkha is atheistic, while there is an acknowledged deity in ... claim that there were two Patanjalis - the grammarian who lived in the 2nd century B.C. and the yogi who lived in the 5th century A.D. Patanjali did not write the foundations of yoga philosophy. Rather, he merely collected all of the teachings available to him at the time and edited them together (Eliade 519). All of the older pre- Patanjali texts have disappeared and now his are the ...
- 290: Beyond The Dead Sea Scrolls
- ... brother. It is believed that the Essenes were one of the first all-male monastic orders, and it is uncertain whether they were exclusively Jewish in origin, or if the group had roots in Greek philosophy as well. Organizationally speaking, the Essenes were a singular entity, presided over by a president, who was obeyed unconditionally. There were four classes of Essenes, according to Josephus, which consisted of children at the first ... of preference. They do not make armaments of any kind. They do not keep slaves and detest slavery. They avoid wholesale and retail commerce, believing that such activity excites one to cupidity. With respect to philosophy, they dismiss logic but have an extremely high regard for virtue. They honor the Sabbath with great respect over the other days of the week. They have an internal rule which all learn, together with ... of their teachings, which have been incorporated in Judeo-Christian doctrine. The Essenes are noteworthy in that they deviated from the popularly-accepted practice of slavery. The Sadducees laid the foundation for prevailing modern-day philosophy of Existentialism, which embraced the concept of free will and the responsibility that goes with it. They might have been forgotten altogether, had it not been for a stone-throwing Arab shepherd boy and ...
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