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- 871: Plato's Symposium: The First Three
- Plato's Symposium: The First Three The first three speeches given in Plato’s Symposium (Phaedras, Pausanias, and Eryximachus) each possessed an undermining philosophy unique unto themselves. Phaedras began with the nature of love, followed by Pausanias and Eryximachus whom both discussed the ethics and application of love in the world with coinciding speeches. Though at first glance one ...
- 872: Donnellan on Attribution and Reference Idiolects
- ... of “Smith’s murderer is insane” 5. Example of gentlemen drinking a martini at a party 6. Uses and specifics for the entaililngs of referential and attributive uses throughout the examples and theory. Bibliography The Philosophy of Language, Keith Donnellan: Reference and Definite Description 17, from philosophical review, 75 (1966) pp 281-304).
- 873: Mill's And Sidgwick's Utilitarianism: Sacrifice The Innocent For The Common Good?
- ... of reconciling an individual decision with the rules of experience is suggested, and no relative weights are assigned to the various considerations. Both John Stuart Mill and Henry Sidgwick believe that the reasoned procedures of philosophy are those of analyzing and unifying materials otherwise provided. In deciding whether or not to torture a terrorist who has planted a bomb in New York City, a utilitarian must evaluate both the overall welfare ...
- 874: Japanese Arts
- ... Conventional Buddhist pictures and Yamato-e style paintings, along with a monochrome landscape style were all produced under the influence of the Zen religion of the samurai which at that time was the most powerful philosophy. The influence of China in painting was imitated the bold brush of the Song master of the Chang school. Known for his ink-splash landscape in the Ming style featuring abstract, tonal contrasts, Sesshu was ...
- 875: The History of Greek Culture
- The History of Greek Culture No society in the history of the world has left such an impressionable culture as the Greeks. Their accomplishments were many, some of which were; warfare, literature, politics, art, philosophy, and athletics. Other nations have used the Greek’s ideas, many of which are in wide use today. The time period of utmost importance in Greece was between 461 BC to 431 BC. These 30 ...
- 876: Claude Monet and His Painting
- ... Monet's method is both scientific and painterly. The only way Monet could capture his version of "the truth of a moment" required a bit of "lying." Monet's method made accommodations to his underlying philosophy of instantaneity and attention to decorative elements. Monet attempted to reconcile the idea of capturing a moment and his supposition that all moments absolute truth contains a harmony colors. His method of painting recognizes the ...
- 877: Tennessee William's A Streetcar Named Desire
- ... that? Have I let go of my figure? (Williams, “Sweet Bird”, 28) The twist in the Princess’ character is how she uses her knowledge of failure against Chance in the end of the play. Her philosophy is that “...a decline in artistic power is inevitably linked with waning physical beauty...”(Adler, 84). She believes that once you are old, you are finished. At the end of the play, she finds out ...
- 878: Aaron and Brutus: The Irony of Violence
- ... cold morning” (II.i.233-235). He is genuinely worried about her health. In fact, before the scene at Philippi, Brutus tells Cassius, “O Cassius, I am sick of many griefs.” Cassius replies, “Of your philosophy you make no use, / If you give place to accidental evils.” To this, Brutus responds, “No man bears sorrow better. Portia is dead” (IV.ii.196-199). Shakespeare makes the audience fall in love with ...
- 879: The Grapes of Wrath
- ... for the family, and later for the whole migrant society. If Casy were a Christ figure then Tom would have to be his disciple. He lives on after Casy to carry on and implement his philosophy. Ma Joad is the backbone of the Joad family. When things were really bad the family turned to her and not to Pa. The family gauged their own emotions by looking at her reaction. She ...
- 880: The Nature of Art
- ... ca. 750 - 700 BC), the Greeks established colonies throughout the Mediterranean. They lived in independent city-states (the polis) bonded across continents by a common language, religion, art, and social structure.” Greek art, like Greek philosophy and literature, is focused, above all, upon the idealised human form, with the main aim of exploring the human experience, interaction with the natural world, and relation to the gods. “The early images of the ...
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