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- 19351: Cicero
- ... which Cicero presided, wearing armour beneath his toga). Catiline lost and planned to carry out armed uprisings in Italy and arson in Rome. Evidence incriminating the conspirators was secured and they were executed on Cicero's responsibility. Cicero, announcing their death to the crowd with the single word vixerunt ("they are dead"), received a tremendous ovation from all classes. He was hailed by Catulus as pater patriae, "father of his country". This was the climax of his career. At the end of 60, Cicero declined Caesar's invitation to join the political alliance of Caesar, Crassus, and Pompey, and also Caesar's offer in 59 of a place on his staff in Gaul. When Publius Clodius, whom Cicero had antagonized, became tribune in 58, Cicero was in danger, and in March fled Rome. In 57, thanks ...
- 19352: Do What You Love And The Money
- Do what you love and the money will follow In this essay I will examine the meaning behind Jacob Needleman's statement "There is this idea: 'Do what you love and the money will follow'. I think that this is one of the New age Fantasies". First explaining this quotation, I will then look at some ... lives through this energy that is created. Since, as the author contends, that money is the "Chief representative of 'life on earth' " than money is what drives us, we chase it, money, in the author's eyes does not follow us. Therefore the statement " do what you love and the money will follow" is contrary to Needleman's beliefs and in a sense would seem like a new age fantasy. Human life to him is money, to be human in this day and age is to require money and our own conciseness ...
- 19353: Obesity
- ... increased low self-esteem of people constantly struggling to become what they see as a normal member of society. A problem that lies within this problem, is the chronically obese person. Obesity is when one's body wieght is 25-30% above normal. While overweight is 20-30 pounds over normal. Most people, including health care providers see the problem with obesity as eating too much and exercising too little. But ... have medical research to turn to as to why the weight they lost usually comes back. Recent research has strongly backed the set-point theory, which says that when an individual loses weight, the body's metabolic rate adjusts in order to return to the baseline weight. Research with animals has revealed a protein called leptin. Leptin circulates in the blood and signals the set point mechanism in the brain, which ... much you want. Another recent breakthrough was the discovery of unocortin. Unocortin appears to suppress appetite when the body is under severe stress. It is a cousin of the brain chemical that generates the body's "fight or flight" response. Unocortin was discovered at the Salk Institute, when a researcher was studying a neuropeptide which activates body stress reactors. He noticed receptors in parts of the brain where the chemical ...
- 19354: A Child Called It
- ... and medical abuse created by his mother. The exploitation of alcohol plays an important role in the abuse by the mother and the neglect to see and the courage to intervene the problems by Dave’s father. Dave considered the abuse he endured by his mother, ‘games’. But he always tried to be one small step ahead of her. Like Death From Child Abuse . . . And No One Heard, the outside world does nothing to help out a small child suffering from various forms of abuse. The few people who took notice were David’s teachers and the school nurse. Yet it took them a considerable amount of time to finally build up suspicion and finally report Dave’s problems to the proper authorities. I find the unreported instances observed by the public to be just as substantial a crime as the child abusers themselves. One of the things I enjoyed and always ...
- 19355: The Poem Sympathy
- The poem "Sympathy", by Paul Laurence Dunbar suggests to the reader a comparison between the lifestyle of the caged bird, and the African American in the nineteenth century. Paul Laurence Dunbar's focus of "Sympathy" is how the African American identifies and relates to the frustrations and pain that a caged bird experiences. Dunbar begins the poem by stating, "I know what the caged bird feels, alas ... flowing river, and budding flowers are things that unoppressed people might take for granted (For a slave or someone struggling to get on their feet post slavery, could not take the time to enjoy life's pleasures in which Dunbar symbolically uses nature.) Dunbar uses language that reaches out, striking a personal chord with the reader. Grass, river, or flowers may be objects we enjoy, but underprivileged people, not necessarily minorities ... the first bud opes, And the faint perfume from its chalice steals" and then Dunbar writes "I know what the caged bird feels." (Lines 2-7) Interpretivly, Dunbar seems to be relating the caged bird's sadness that stems from not being allowed to enjoy the mysterious beauties of nature. Dunbar attempts to bring the reader into the first stanza by evoking emotion and refection of the beautiful things that ...
- 19356: Galielo
- ... of the natural world. As a youth, Galileo was engaged into mathematics even though his father, Vincenzio, intended for him to become a doctor to support his family off his fortunes. Regardless of his father's opinion, Galileo had no inspiration in the medical field, but was motivated in the field of mathematics where he thought he could improve on the theorems of levers proposed by the Greek mathematician Archimedes. Growing ... how to go to heaven, not how the heavens go” (81). While he was in custody, the Inquisition managed to find something to which Galileo would confess. He admitted to having asserted for the earth’s motions stronger than he had intended. “My error was one of vain ambition, pure ignorance, and inadvertence,” he confessed (94). However, Cardinal Roberto Bellarmino, a leading Jesuit theologian, cautioned Galileo against stating that the earth ... or said anything that contradicted it was in for a lot of trouble with the inquisition. As the reader turns the pages of the book, he or she will find illustrations and diagrams of Galileo’s work that the authors uses to defend Galileo’s ideas against other philosophers. Galileo, on the other hand, had too low of a status to be able to contradict the other philosophers successfully. Unfortunately, ...
- 19357: George Berkely Philosopher
- ... notion of a material world in favor of an immaterial world. Berkeley felt that all we really know about an object we learn from our perception of that object. He recognized that in the materialist’s view the real object is independent of any perceiver’s perception. The pen on my desk would exist, whether or not I was in the room to see it or have a sensory experience of it in some way. Berkeley rejected this idea. He realized ... that knowledge is limited to perception. In this realization, he postulated that everything we know we learned through some sort of sensory perception. He demonstrated that there was a veil of ignorance separating the materialist’s real object and the perceived object. For instance, if one could not ever perceive the pen, how could one ever know of its existence? He held that if an object is independent of one’ ...
- 19358: Intertextualilty - The Mocking
- ... enough" to subdue their earlier bad luck, Immediately a strong bond is realised between Father and son. Other than this the only other clues to the identities of this pair is the references to Albie’s mother and the eventual evolution of their rural surroundings. In the novel "To kill a mockingbird" Harper Lee has adopted a style most novels are written in. The story opens with Scout reflecting on events ... first is almost entirely devoted to the development of characters. Scout describes in vivid detail every thought, look or sign of attitude that another character may be associated with. These vivid descriptions set Harper Lee’s novel apart from the short story. Whilst "A blow, A kiss" relies on the reader to "fill in the blanks" from a stereotypical analysis of the father and son based on the small amount of ... of that bond between another father and son. "A blow, A kiss" also has underlying references to alcoholism and family values and the effects alcohol has on the family unit. The themes in Harper Lee’s novel however evolve differently, The underlying theme resides about the inclusion of racism and prejudice within society. "To kill a mocking bird" delves into several themes including; the maturing of Jem and Scout, respect ...
- 19359: The Scarlet Letter: Hester, What a Change!
- ... the laws and regulations made by the king of England. In the new world, they were able to practice their own form of religion. The Puritans believed in God and His laws. "A Young Puritan's Code" was "Being sensible, that I am unable to do anything without God's help, I do humbly entreat him by his grace to enable me to keep these resolutions so far as they are agreeable to his will, for Christ sake." (Jonathan Edwards) And they had over fourteen ... his two sisters and their widowed mother, and an uncle saw to his education at Bowdoin College. In 1852, Hawthorne wrote the campaign biography of Franklin Pierce, an old college friend. The best of Hawthorn's early fiction was gathered in Twice-Told Tales, Mosses from an Old Manse, and The Snow-Image. These capture the complexity's of the New England Puritan heritage. Hawthorne's writing had a wide ...
- 19360: Ion
- ... The theme of the play is unique in how it is centered on a human dilemma that many can associate with in some way. From the beginning, one can only imagine the outcome of Apollo’s seduction of Creusa. To make matters worse she has a child. There is an uncanny feeling of darkness and silence as she is made to keep her lips sealed. It appears that she gave up ... order to conceal her pregnancy. Apollo in this play is given human attributes. He is depicted as a barbarian who truly lacks the goodness of a god. Indeed a critical problem has developed with Apollo’s seduction of Creusa. Apollo from the beginning is perceived as a demanding figure. Creusa is seen as the passive figure with no say in her circumstances. How could a mortal expect to make a god ... gods together. Apollo and Creusa share a common problem, and each makes different decisions in how they will go about solving that problem. Immediately after Creusa leaves Ion in the cave, Apollo rescues him. Apollo’s actions are strange in that he goes as far as to catch the soul of the priestess so that she would care for his son but yet refused to give aid to Creusa. As ...
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