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- 411: Anarchism
- ... s society that people who commit crimes, do so as a product of authority. Had they lived in an anarchist community, irrational behavior would not be present because all people are good and equal. The philosophy of Anarchism has theoretical roots in two English philosophers: Gerrard Winstanley and William Godwin. Winstanley was a 17th-century agrarian reformer who believed that land should be divided among all the people. Godwin, on the ... is a utopian ideology. One, which could never be achieved, but can be attempted. It stresses a society where people are equal and suppression bears no relevance. The goodness of humankind is emphasised in this philosophy and the theory tries to acknowledge man for what he truly is: responsible. Anarchism has helped to influence the Russian and Industrial revolution providing a theoretical model that people could actually strive to achieve. I ...
- 412: The Renaissance Period
- ... new systems of government. These things gave rise to a new type of scholar, the humanist. Humanist is mainly concerned with humankind and culture. They studied various things such as Latin, Greek, and Literature and Philosophy. Music and Mathematics were also studied as well. So this paved the way for the great artist that we recognize today. Born in an artistically influenced town of Italy called Urbanio, Raffaello was the first ... Michelangelo was busy painting the Sistine Chapel Ceiling. Raphael started the stanza walls around 1508 and did not finish until 1511. Raphael had painted the walls to celebrate the four aspects of Human Accomplishment: Theology, Philosophy, Arts, and Law. When fused together these aspects marked the transition from the middle ages to modern times. After he finished the frescos in the Vatican Palace, Raphael went on to fresco the Stanza d ...
- 413: Plato
- ... own work."(117,441e) Socrates felt that through looking at the larger scope first, he could then infer more about the smaller scope. I believe in Platos use of Socratic method to obtain a philosophy of the state and the human soul. The two concepts parallel each other as well as they are inseparable. The individual and the state are dependent upon one another. How can a state be just ... asked becomes the answer that the philosopher has been searching for. Dialectic is the thesis then formed into an antithesis to conclude with a synthesis of ideas. Plato is able to exemplify this method of philosophy while defining justice with an analogy of the ideal city as well as the ideal person.
- 414: Tupac Amaru And The Comunero Revolt
- ... it, the physical is but an outcome of ideas and energy that has been building up for years previous to the confrontation. So if the answer to that is a "yes", if indeed an opposing philosophy must go through a series of 'degrees', before it has become threatening enough to live up to its 'revolutionary' name, well then the next obvious question one would have to ask would be, when exactly ... the typical struggles for change, and independence, I have chosen to present a couple of Latin American colonies (Peru and Colombia), which have through their history, demonstrated the process of revolts, and a clear revolutionary philosophy. These two countries are the living evidence of a time of oppression and insurrection which have left unequivocal scars on their people and culture. It is important, for the success of this paper, that one ...
- 415: Prophet Muhammed
- ... Conference in Islamabad, Pakistan, in 1983. In 1990, the book attracted the attention of Al-Azhar University, and the author received a decoration from President Mubarak. Lings view of religion This is consistent with the philosophy to which Lings adheres and propounds in his other writings, namely, The Perennial Philosophy. The principal theme of Perennialism is that all religions are in reality one, and mutually supportive and acceptable; it is merely their "outer" manifestations that differ. (Lings' The Eleventh Hour). He believes in reincarnation (p ...
- 416: Pride And Prejudice
- ... treat his beloved. Instead he treated her with the same condescending and proud manner as he would any other person. Afterall, all good wives are in want of a wealthy man. Darcy soon changes his philosophy (and hence one must understand the quotation differently) after Elizabeth refuses his proposal. This incident proves that a woman does not necessarily need to find a rich man to marry. Afterall, this is now the second time that Elizabeth has rejected the proposal of a man with more wealth than she. It is clear that Darcy changes his whole philosophy on the subject after this rejection. Darcy then realizes that in this case the woman does not want the rich man, but it is the "man in possession of fortune" who "must be in want ...
- 417: Plato Vs. Materialists
- ... character and Plato uses Socrates as to voice his own opinions about his Ideal State. Through a series of questions, Socrates attempts to help his companions discover their own ignorance, since the starting point of philosophy is the realization that you do not have knowledge. Socrates is always at the center of the discussion and is often contemptuous and ironical, but he never strays from the importance of the subject being ... really performed himself. He feels that Homer is abandoning "reality". Plato feels that poetry has no place in his Ideal State, and should be banished until it can show itself to be a friend of philosophy. In conclusion, The Republic was Plato's ways of expressing his Theory of Forms. The Forms played an important part in Plato's Ideal State. However, Materialism does not believe in Plato's Theory of ...
- 418: Isaac Newton
- ... sent to grammar school in Grantham. Then later he attended Trinity College at the University of Cambridge. Newton ignored much of the established curriculum of the university to pursue his own interests; mathematics and natural philosophy. Proceeding entirely on his own, he investigated the latest developments in mathematics and the new natural philosophy that treated nature as a complicated machine. Almost immediately, still under the age of 25, he made fundamental discoveries that were instrumental in his career science. The Fluxional Method, Newton's first achievement was in ...
- 419: The Rise of the Manchus
- ... had traditionally presided. The Manchus continued the Confucian civil service system. Although Chinese were barred from the highest offices, Chinese officials predominated over Manchu officeholders outside the capital, except in military positions. The Neo-Confucian philosophy, emphasizing the obedience of subject to ruler, was enforced as the state creed. The Manchu emperors also supported Chinese literary and historical projects of enormous scope; the survival of much of China's ancient literature ... his deputy. This movement, generously supported by overseas Chinese funds, also gained political support with regional military officers and some of the reformers who had fled China after the Hundred Days' Reform. Sun's political philosophy was conceptualized in 1897, first enunciated in Tokyo in 1905, and modified through the early 1920s. It centered on the Three Principles of the People ( or san min zhuyi): "nationalism, democracy, and people's livelihood ...
- 420: Lord Of The Flies Theme Analys
- ... will become obvious that Piggy and Jack symbolize two opposite extremes of human behavior while Ralph is pulled between these philosophies. Piggy demands adherence to the rules of his auntie while Jack subscribes to the philosophy, "If it s fun, do it." Ralph empathizes with parts of both sides; that is why he walks the tight rope. Eventually he seems to side with Piggy, but actually Ralph never changes his philosophy it is Jack and the rest of the boys who become more extreme in theirs (hunting humans, forming their own tribe, etc.). In this way Ralph portrays the role of government in any modern society ...
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