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- 18661: Plato vs. Marx: Philosophical Arguments
- Plato vs. Marx: Philosophical Arguments Everyone has different views and ideas in today's society. It was no different back in the times of Plato and Karl Marx. These two famous philosophers developed their own ideas and beliefs about different subjects. Plato and Marx's views differed in the subject of Epistemology, the study of knowledge, and also in the subject of Metaphysics, the study of what is, or 'being.' In addition, the topic of the ideal state caused contrary opinions. Plato believes that the ideal state is comprised of three classes, of people while Marx believes that the state should be a classless society. There is a great contrast between Plato and Marx's views of Epistemology and Metaphysics. In the subject of metaphysics, Plato, an idealist, believed that in order to completely understand the essence of an object, you must understand the definition of what it really ...
- 18662: New York Times Co. V. United S
- ... there is grounds for prior restraint. Is this burden is not sufficiently substantiated, then and injunction cannot be issued. The First Amendment protects the rights of individuals and the press to communicate freely. The U.S. has the right to halt any publication that they deem harmful, if and only if, they show enough evidence to support their injunction, and meet their "Heavy Burden" of proof imposed upon them by the ...
- 18663: Let Me Decide: The Right To Die
- ... Molloy, co-author of “Let Me Decide”, a health care directive guide. He instructed the audience to participate in a short exercise where they would have to make an immediate decision about an imaginary patient’s medical procedure. The decisions would be made on behalf of the patient with the audience making decisions as the patient’s doctor, their nurse, their distant relative, their child, and lastly, as the patient in question. It was not surprising to see how the degree of heroic measures lessened as we got closer to being the ... on my uncle, or maybe he could see she was suffering. After all the heroics stopped, she died peacefully a few days later. What I found most ironic was that six out of my grandmother’s eight children worked in health care. Had my grandmother made her wishes known before her illness, her last days would have been peaceful and comfortable, and she would have been able to die with ...
- 18664: Aztec Mythology: Quetzalcoatl
- ... that of the wind. The wind that blows before the storm is traditionally associated with this complex deity. The wind is a powerful force of nature; it can be playful or be one of nature’s most destructive forces. Quetzalcoatl as the wind is called nine wind. In this guise he is associated often with the air in general not so much as a helpful or harmful force. The Aztec name ... as a snake glides along the ground. Brundage goes on to say that this "shows the ease with which the Aztec mind accepted the reptilian nature of the wind" (Brundage 106-07). Another of Quetzalcoatl’s associate forms is the Morning star. In this legend he takes the name Ce Actal. In this form he battles the stars that overwhelm the sun at night and as the last star visible before ... make the Aztecs rituals more of a personal spiritual event. Before his arrival the legend says that the Aztecs sacrificed hundreds of humans to the various gods. In the form of the high priest Quetzalcoatl’s goal is to make Aztec ritual more simplistic and auto-sacrificial. He stresses auto-sacrifice and the sacrifice of snakes, butterflies, birds, etc. (Brundage 116). He is more concerned with the sanctity of human ...
- 18665: Charismatic Leadership
- Charismatic Leadership “Charisma is a leader’s ability to inspire pride, faith, and respect; to recognize what is really important; and to articulate effectively a sense of mission, or vision, that inspires followers” (Bartol and Martin 434). Charismatic leaders are classified as ... on our notions of what a charismatic leader is and is not” (Conger 12). Weber stated that charismatic authority derives its legitimacy from not rules, positions, or traditions but rather from faith in the leader’s skilled character. The holder of charisma is “set apart from ordinary men and treated as endowed with supernatural, superhuman, or at least…. exceptional powers and qualities…. which are not accessible to the ordinary person but are regarded as of divine origin or as exemplary, and on the basis of them the individual concerned is treated as a leader” (Weber, 358-359) Weber’s initial thoughts and ideas have lead way to the five theories of charismatic leadership that are the more common theories used today. They are: House’s theory of charismatic leadership, Attribution theory, Self-Concept ...
- 18666: Beethoven's 8th Sonata: Analysis
- Beethoven's 8th Sonata: Analysis SONG/PIECE: BEETHOVEN SONATA NO.8 in C minor OPUS NO.13, 1st Mov. (PATHETIQUE) PIANIST: VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY ELEMENTS OF MUSIC Texture - This piece is in a polyphonic texture. This piece has ...
- 18667: Jazz and Classical Music
- ... actually mastered both. A comparison of classical and Jazz music will yield some interesting results and could also lead to an appreciation of the abilities needed to perform or compose these kinds of music. Let's begin with a look at the histories of the two. The music called classical, found in stores and performed regularly by symphonies around the world, spans a length of time from 1600 up to the ... we find American composers writing this kind of art music. For the sake of convention, we can refer to Western Art Music as Classical music. Jazz is a distinctively American form of music, and it's history occupies a much smaller span of time. Its origins are found in the early 1900s as some dance band leaders in the southern U.S. began playing music that combined ragtime and blues. Early exponents of this dance music were Jelly Roll Martin (a blues player) and Scott Joplin (ragtime). The terms "Jazz" and "Jazz Band" first surfaced in ...
- 18668: Bulldozing our Past
- ... once been a married, vibrant, blue-collar worker in her younger years living in one of the most prestigious communities Houston had to offer. After 50 years of marriage her husband died and the neighborhood’s prestige had faded. The community was now filled with drug dealers, prostitutes and vagrants. After living in the house, a large, two story, Victorian style, for over 60 years, the home had decade into a ... of rubble with no windowpanes, massive foundation problems and filthy conditions. The Houston Historical Society had enforced a multi- million dollar order to refurbish the district. Unfortunately, they were not going to grant the owner’s of the elderly woman’s rental house government money to improve the home. Why? Well, the owner’s of the home were not financially in the poverty zone. They actually were making above $35,000, which did not allow ...
- 18669: The French Revolution
- ... On the other hand Thomas Hobbes, also a philosopher, may have taken a different argument. It was his belief that ‘man is a brute’, therefore he needs a dictator to keep the peace. John Locke’s idealistic view point if practiced properly could have provided the lower class of France with equality, something the were desperately in need of. The Thomas Hobbes approach which advocates control, could not have provided the ... With this quote we can see why revolution was successful in England, but not France. England slowly used the Magna Carta (1213), Petition of Rights (1628), and the Habeas Corpus Act (1679) to limit it’s monarch. It was a long road that was by no means perfect. With monarchs who paid little attention to the act(s) in place during their reign and parliament, like James (1603-1625) and Charles I (1625-1649) it was hard to see progress quickly. These acts played a vital role in Britain’s journey to ...
- 18670: SKA!
- ... to create a uniquely Jamaican danceable sound. Ska is a potpourri of different musical styles; and draws influence from many countries. It takes swing, jazz, big band, soul, and rhythm and blues from the U.S., and couples it with calypso, ya-ya, and mento (a form of calypso) from the islands to create the Jamaican ska. The sound of ska is unique to Jamaica and is the original "music of ... beats. This music served as the basis for the slower rocksteady music style which later spawned the ever-popular reggae genre. Ska music finally made its world debut in New York at the 1964 world's fair at the Jamaican exhibition. By this time ska was an established musical genre. Ska later emigrated to England where the English began to develop their own style ska, which is seen in the second ... divided into three waves, or periods. Each wave has a characteristic style and sound distinguishing it from the others. Each wave also has bands that represent them respectively. The first wave began in the 1950's and ended in or around 1968. The first wave sound was defined by the keyboard, guitar, or horns playing on the offbeat, and the bands usually had vocals, guitars, bass, drums, piano, and a ...
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