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Blaise Pascalwas born at Clermont, Auvergne, France on June 19, 1628.
He was the son of Étienne Pascal, his father, and Antoinette Bégone, his mother
who died when Blaise was only four years old. After her death, his only family
was his father and his two sisters, Gilberte, and Jacqueline, both of ...
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The Self Portraits Of Gertrude Stein And Pablo PicasoThe Self-Portraits of Gertrude Stein and Pablo Picasso
It is no wonder that Picasso, with his revolutionary style of painting, would be attracted to Gertrude Stein’s crowded Rue de Fleurus apartment on Saturday evenings for intellectual discussions on art and literature. From the barefoot dances ...
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Filial Piety
I The Scope and Meaning of the Treatise
(Once), when Zhong Ni1 was unoccupied, and his disciple Zeng2 was sitting by in attendance on him, the Master said, "The ancient kings had a perfect virtue and all-embracing rule of conduct, through which they were in accord with all under heaven. ...
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Saint John Of The Cross"I abandoned and forgot myself,
laying my face on my Beloved;
all things ceased; I went out from myself,
leaving my cares
forgotten among the lilies."
John of the Cross is one of the acknowledged masters of mystical theology. It is thought among present day theologians that there is no other ...
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Robert Frost And Ralph Waldo Emerson: Similarities In NatureRobert Frost and Ralph Waldo Emerson are two obviously different
types of writers. They both wrote during different times, Emerson during
the nineteenth century, and Frost during the twentieth. Emerson and Frost
had different views on the poet's role. Both authors views were
characteristic ...
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Gender StereotypesToday, every one of us is spending more of his leisure time watching TV,
listening to the radio or reading newspapers and magazines. The shows on the TV
and the articles in the newspapers influence our decision process, shaping our
perceptions for the world. Besides the positive fact that we are ...
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Beowulf 5Lord Byron was born on January 22, 1788, on Holles Street, London. His parents, Catherine Gordon Byron and Jack "Mad Jack" Byron, had been living in France, but Catherine wanted their child born in England, so he was. She was a determined and frightening woman it was in her genes ...
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Masaccio - Innovator Of PerspeMasaccio: Innovator of Perspective and Illusion
Considered the greatest Florentine painter of the early 1400s, Masaccio is one of the most important figures of Western Art. Tommaso di ser Giovanni Cassai di Simon Guidi was born in 1401 and nicknamed Masaccio Careless Tom because of his attitude. ...
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Adoption And Identity FormatioThere has been an enormous amount of research conducted about adoptees and their problems with identity formation. Many of the researchers agree on some of the causes of identity formation problems in adolescent adoptees, while other researchers conclude that there is no significant difference in ...
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Showing The Connection BetweenOne would look at the main character in the novel, The Great Gatsby, and see a man exhuding confidence and esteem. Mr. Jay Gatsby though, was filled with inner turmoil, longing and obsession. His life was sustained on one minute hope, a dream that was never fully realized, even whe he thought it ...
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Open ArmsGeorge Eliot, pseudonym of Marian Evans (1819-1880)
This article appeared in The Times Literary Supplement of 20 November 1919, and was reprinted in
The Common Reader: First Series. Virginia Woolf also wrote on George Eliot in the Daily Herald of 9
March 1921 and the Nation and Athenaeum of 30 ...
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Michelangelo(1475-1564), arguably one of the most inspired creators in the history of art and, with the most potent force in the Italian High Renaissance. As a sculptor, architect, painter, and poet, he exerted a tremendous influence on his contemporaries and on subsequent Western art in general.
A ...
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The Idea Of Utopia In 1984 And"There is nothing like dream to create the future. Utopia to-day, flesh and blood tomorrow."
Victor Hugo, Les Miserables, 1862
The idea of Utopia is one of the most prominent subjects portrayed in Orwell's novel, 1984 and Huxley's novel Brave New World. The Utopia in 1984 focuses on how ...
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Paradise Lost: Where Does Evil Come FromParadise Lost is an epic - poem based on the Biblical story of Adam end Eve. It attempts to justify and explain how we came to be what we are today.
The central question to Paradise Lost is " where does evil comes from?" Throughout the poem we receive information about the origin of evil. ...
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The Very First Wonder Of The World - The Great PyramidIt is strange, and indeed quite curious fact, that an ancient monument designed and erected thousands and thousands of years ago, in a time that we call today “the down civilization,” should be an object of controversy, and the main subject of hundreds of books. Books on the Great Pyramid ...
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Investigation Techniques Of A HomicideThe O. J. Simpson double murder trial is perhaps the most publicized
case this decade. However, before the police can arrest Simpson and prosecute
him, they must investigate. The investigation techniques LAPD used are used all
over the world.
CRIME SCENE
Patrol officers received a disturbance ...
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The Byzantine Empire, the survivor of the Roman empire, flourished into
the oldest and longest lasting empire in our history. It began with Constantine
the Great's triumph of Christianity. He then transferred his capital from Rome
to the refounded Byzantium in the early 4th century, year 330 AD, and named ...
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Plato's Republic: The VirtuesI. The Virtues
In Robin Waterfield's translation of The Republic,Socrates attempts to
give a definition of justice. At the end of Book II he began a detailed
description of the construction of a good city. The good city is a relation to
the human soul, and its four virtues. In the following ...
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John Alexander Macdonald: A Good Role Model??
A role model can be looked up upon and imitated. Many would argue that Sir John
A. Macdonald is not someone of this stature, but I have different opinions about
him. By studying some books about him I concluded that this humble man is
someone who deserves to be known as a good role model. Here ...
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