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- 371: Albert Camus
- ... voice of his generation during the 1950's. Camus died at the height of his fame, in an automobile accident near Sens, France on January 4, 1960. Camus's deepest philosophical interests were in Western philosophy, among them Socrates, Pascal, Spinoza, and Nietsche. His interest in philosophy was almost exclusively moral in character. Camus came to the conclusion that none of the speculative systems of the past could provide and positive guidance for human life or any guarantee of the validity of ...
- 372: Sir Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- ... country of Leipzig. He received his education at the universities of Leipzig, Jena, and Altdorf. He received a doctorate in law. He devoted much of his time to the principle studies of mathematics, science, and philosophy. Leibniz's contribution in mathematics was in the year 1675, when he discovered the fundamental principles of infinitesimal calculus. He arrived at this discovery independently at the same time along with the English scientist Sir ... Cambridge. He received his bachelor's degree in 1665 and received his master's degree in 1668. However, there he ignored much of the universities established curriculum to pursue his own interests: mathematics and natural philosophy. Almost immediately, he made fundamental discoveries in both areas. Newtons dicoveries was made up of several different things. It consisted of combined infinite sums which are known as infinite series. It also consisted of the ...
- 373: Kerouac
- ... California, and Greenwich Village, New York, America s culture was beginning to change during the 1950 s. Jazz, sex, and drugs were eminent throughout both of these cities. The bohemian culture, as well as, Eastern philosophy were also beginning to play a major role in people s lives. People were beginning to open there minds to Eastern philosophy and trying to ignore the idealism of the unenlightened West. Other influences of Kerouac were such writers as Walt Whitman and Henry Miller. Kerouac greatly identified with their ideas of free love, and writing from ...
- 374: Jack London
- ... the expression often used by Mr. Herbert Spencer of the 'Survival of the Fittest' is more accurate than 'Struggle for Existence', and is sometimes equally convenient." London reasserted much the same idea in White Fang(Philosophy Darwin). Jack London also learned from the readings of Friedrich Nietzsche. London used the term Nietzscheism which is the adherence to the doctrine of Friedrich Nietzsche which stresses the "will to power" as the primary ... greater thing, namely love." London would have considered himself a "socialist superman," similar to the description above. This type of "superman," which includes a concern for others, was influenced by London's interest in socialism(Philosophy Nietzsche). Londons heroes feel the tingle of life
, that electric thrill with which man goes forth to combat, perchance even to pay lifes penalty. The greatest lovers of life are those who hazard ...
- 375: Womens Writing The Powe And Th
- ... remain political in itself, as it still presents a challenge to feminists in their agenda of eliminating patriarchal dominance within society. Although the American-centric feminist theories call for equal access to society, French feminist philosophy believes that language itself is the area of study most worthy of feminine inquiry. It is the very divisiveness of women s writing Anglo, French, Radical, Lesbian, Black etc that in itself women s writing ... dress there role and indentity within society. Anthony Longhurst 2000 REFERENCES Absher, Tom, Men and the Goddess; Feminine Archetypes in Western Literature. Park Street Press, Vermont, 1990. Fraser, Elizabeth Feminism in The Oxford Companion to Philosophy, Oxford University Press, New York, 1995. Goodman, L. Supply and Demand: Women s Short Stories in Bonnor, F. et al. (eds.) Images of Women, Polity Press and the Open University, Cambridge, 1992 pp. 79-83 ...
- 376: Biography of Galileo
- ... important role in the musical revolution from medieval polyphony to harmonic modulation. 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 them. In 1589 he became a professor ... 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. The 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 ...
- 377: Albert Einstein from Start to Finish
- ... could a freak be known to every person in the world today for his extravagant contributions to Math and Science? He began high school at the age 12. He was only interested in Mathematics and Philosophy. Therefore he made no effort to work in his other classes. His father, Hermann Einstein, didn't want him to study Philosophy. He wanted him to take over the family business and study electrical engineering. He and his mother would practice the piano for hours. He mastered it! He then moved on the violin. He took his ...
- 378: Karl Marx 3
- ... the other students. He seemed to be a devoted Christian. In 1835, he attended the University of Bonn but left after only a year and enrolled in the University of Berlin to study law and philosophy. While at Berlin, Marx joined the young Hegelians, a group organized by Hegal, a philosophy teacher. During this time, he came to believe that all the various sciences and philosophies were part of one overarching, which, when completed, would give a true and total picture of the universe and man ...
- 379: Monotheism Vs. Polytheism; The
- ... plural or singular form(s), and ethical questions about the relation of God to moral values. So many are the intersecting major philosophical concerns in the religious arena, and so immediate is the interest, that philosophy of religion is one of the most significant fields of philosophical endeavor to both Christian philosophers and those of other persuasions. The focus of problems in the philosophy of religion, that will be centered on, are the grounds for the belief in God(s), the immortality of the soul, the nature of God(s) to humankind, and the problem of evil. Polytheism is ...
- 380: Albert Einstein from Start to Finish
- ... could a freak be known to every person in the world today for his extravagant contributions to Math and Science? He began high school at the age 12. He was only interested in Mathematics and Philosophy. Therefore he made no effort to work in his other classes. His father, Hermann Einstein, didn't want him to study Philosophy. He wanted him to take over the family business and study electrical engineering. He and his mother would practice the piano for hours. He mastered it! He then moved on the violin. He took his ...
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