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- 1471: Influences Of Socratic Philoso
- ... the sophists, whose name meant in definition, "wise and informed people". The sophists were a group of itinerant teachers and philosophers from the Greek hellas who flocked to Athens, where they made a living by teaching the citizens of Athens for money. Socrates himself had long been accused of being a sophist (a designation he bitterly resented), as his thoughts were very similar to those of a sophist. During the age ...
- 1472: Ira Remsen
- ... He introduced many German laboratory methods into Johns Hopkins and emphasized the university's function as a research "centre". At the time at Johns Hopkins he helped establish the school as a leading graduate science teaching institute in the United States, never seeking fame or fortune for his contributions to science. His work on the research-based Doctoral program at Hopkins was considered important improvement to science in the United States ...
- 1473: Owen Meany As A Prophet
- ... Not only did Owen enlighten the surrounding community with his words of wisdom, but he also lead those around him to question the role of the church within their lives. Owen's biggest accomplishment was teaching John what faith was and what it meant to have it. John always remembered Owen because "he [was] the reason I [believed] in God; I am Christian because of Owen Meany" (Irving 1). Not only ...
- 1474: Early Christianity
- ... basic foundation of Judaism was included in his teachings as Jesus was born a Jew. Jesus had 12 disciples, disciple means follower or pupil, even long after the death of Jesus these disciples would continue teaching about Jesus. The first four books of the bible were written by the Disciple these books are called apostles they are as follows Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Jesus became famous, because he appealed to ...
- 1475: Report On Historical Fiction B
- ... years ago. I believe the author purposed to teach how the people of this age lived, and as such researched many hours with the help of various museums and archeologists. The story seems to be teaching of the value of life, for the other bands sacrifice human children to please their gods; yet the idea the main character, Torka, has of not wasting life is looked upon as evil, and his ...
- 1476: Women In Western Society
- ... and Europe worked together in several movements. They wanted more improvement for women. They wanted to secure divorce and property laws. Some women were able to get access to higher education. First they took over teaching them the medical field. This movement soon entered the political world. They believed women should have the right to vote. Only in a few countries and states the women won. Both Mussolini and Hitler believed ...
- 1477: Lincoln And His Generals
- ... written one book previously. This book provided him with many national and local acclaims. He book was on the best seller list, he received rave reviews in national publications, and scholarly awards where he was teaching at the time, L.S.U. He would go on to become a very respected writer during his forty-year career. He would also win the Pulitzer Prize in 1970 for his book Huey Long ...
- 1478: Langston Hughes And The Harlem
- ... described the impact of the Great Depression upon African-Americans, “The depression brought everyone down a peg or two. And the Negro had but a few pegs to fall” (Haskins 174). Langston Hughes valued the teaching of children. Many of his poems are children’s poems. He often traveled to schools and read his poetry. His first published works were in a children’s magazine during the 1920’s. He published ...
- 1479: King Arthur And Camelot
- ... at all would have been an even better answer than taking the child and putting him to be raised by regular folks. Merlin may have been trying to create a better kind of King by teaching him the value of hard work and the middle class attitude, from his birth to his Kingship, instead of trying to teach these values to him after he had attained Kingship. After Uther’s insistence ...
- 1480: Killer Angels Civil War Book
- ... his Bowdoin A. B. degree, in the Class of 1852, and returned north for three more years of study. Turning down the opportunity to become a minister or missionary, he accepted a position at Bowdoin teaching rhetoric. A good scholar, he was also an orthodox Congregationalist, an important factor to his Bowdoin colleagues, for the College was embroiled in the denominational quarrels of the day. Chamberlain knew little of soldiering despite ...
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