earthquake gave philosophers such as Voltaire and Rousseau reason to quarrel in belief. “Voltaire was a prominent figure during such time due to his opposing ideas of the church and government (Dynes).” Voltaire did not agree that we all lived in the best of possible worlds and he did not believe that God only punished the deserving. He used his poem on the Lisbon earthquake to attack the philosophical idea of optimism in which the world is good.
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and strove to succeed in life despite their past obstacles and background. Alexander’s father left him while he was young‚ which forced his mother to rely on relatives. After his mother died‚ he lived with his cousin‚ who committed suicide. Hamilton did not let his past affect his success‚ instead it motivated him to make a life for himself in
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Mesopotamia and its Contributions to History Many Western historians refer Mesopotamia as the cradle of civilization. Mesopotamia was a region located in the eastern part of the Mediterranean where the rivers provided the means of survival. While other lives traveled to survive‚ Mesopotamia was one of the earliest civilizations documented to be able to settle down‚ populate‚ and make the transition from being farmers and laborers to other jobs that have been the stepping stone for societies today
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How (Un)ethical Are You? Most of people believe that they are ethical and unbiased. They imagine they’re good decision makers‚ able to objectively size up a job candidate or a venture deal and reach a fair and rational conclusion that’s in their‚ and their organization’s‚ best interests. But more than two decades of research confirms that‚ in reality‚ most of them fall woefully short of our inflated self-perception. This article explores four related sources of unintentional unethical decision
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Renaissance is a word that means “rebirth.” This is a fitting title for the time period as it was a time of surges of advancements in all fields of study. The Renaissance in general lasted from 1330 CE to 1620 CE‚ while the periods in it (Italian‚ English‚ High Renaissances) lasted as following: English Renaissance lasted from 1550 CE to 1620‚ the Italian Renaissance lasted from 1330 CE to 1550 CE‚ and the High Renaissance‚ in the middle of the English Renaissance‚ lasted from 1480 CE to 1520 CE
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Galileo was contributed a lot to us today because he had major discoveries in math‚ astronomy‚ physics and engineering. Even though he had an unideal childhood‚ Galileo went to college at the University of Pisa. He also began teaching at the age of 17. In 1568 he invented the hydrostatic balance. this is used to measure the “specific gravity” of a gemstone. This is something that people use today in gemology. He also gave private math lessons to children in florence and his college. In 1593‚ Galileo
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Bach came to the minds of his contempories‚ he was known as the “…genius of that wonderful family of Thuringian musicians.” Furthermore‚ Bach was acknowledged as a gifted organist and performer during his life. Consequently when he passed away‚ so did his compositions into ‘obscurity’. Today however‚ in gratitude to the Romantic revival of Bach’s brilliance‚ we view a prolific composer who “…in the multiplicity of his song… delighted‚ taught and moved young people‚ women‚ men‚ princes‚ kings and
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Impacts of Unethical Behavior In 2005 former Tyco CEO Denise Kozlowski and ex-CFO Mark Swartz where convicted of taking more than $120 million in unauthorized bonuses‚ abusing an employee loan program‚ misrepresenting the company’s financial condition to investors to boost the stock price while selling $575 million in stock (Crawford‚ 2005). Kozlowski and Swartz’s defense was they did not steal from the company. The defendants maintained the board of directors approved all bonus money. Unfortunately
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At the age of six Michelangelo’s mother passed away and initially his father did not approve of his chose career path. At the young age of thirteen‚ Michelangelo became an apprentice of the painter Domenico Ghirlandaio who was well known for his murals. After a year of apprenticing Mr. Ghirlandaio‚ Michelangelo begin to catch the
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Harriet set out for the free state of Philadelphia alone and by foot‚ later making use of the underground railroad‚ traveling almost 90 miles to reach freedom. “When I found I had crossed that line‚ I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person. There was such a glory over everything; the sun came like gold through the trees‚ and over the fields‚ and I felt like I was in Heaven” (Bradford). Rather than stay in the safety of the north‚ Harriet returned to the south‚ first for her niece and
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