1. Why was the European Union created? Are these goals still matching the actual needs of the Union? In 1795‚ German philosopher Immanuel Kant wrote in his famous essay Towards a Perpetual Peace that the ‘the spirit of commerce sooner or later takes hold of every people 1 and it cannot exist side by side with war’ . In the case of the European states this spirit has been able to manifest itself through the evolutionary creation of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC)‚ the European Economic
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In 399 BCE‚ Socrates was put on trial and convicted to death for “impiety and corrupting the youth of the city” (Apology‚ p. 202). He asked many questions of people‚ making them look unintelligent and the upper-class youth followed suit. Instead of accepting his fate‚ he killed himself‚ denying his opposition the pleasure of doing so themselves. Confucius was a philosopher in China many years after the death of Socrates in Greece. His philosophy was based on natural order‚ specifically children minding
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Hamlet doesn’t know what is going on in his own life. “Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder‚” demands the ghost in (Act I‚ Scene 5‚ line 23). The fact that his own uncle could kill his father leaves Hamlet crazy and confused. Although Hamlet knows something is wrong in Denmark‚ he begins to question everything that the ghost has told him. When something is needed to be done‚ Hamlet is to busy thinking about his problems. An example of this is when Hamlet has his
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comes with certain restrictions of the type of music that musician produced. The musicians produce have to produce music to the employer¡¯s liking. Haydn was not free in the kind of music he would create. Joseph Haydn‚ a well known classical era composer‚ spends most of
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1. The radical enlightenment occurred after 1650 throughout most of Europe and later spread across the world. During this time‚ philosophical thinkers‚ such as Spinoza and Locke‚ spread the ideals of losing connection to all religious ties and simply use human reasoning for everything. This led to a pretty much full-scale attack on secularization‚ both figuratively and occasionally literally. In addition to secularization‚ the Radical Enlightenment brought up the core values of freedom of lifestyle
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of how‚ when‚ or who‚ all personal links with others intervene in our lives one way or another. All relationships have a psychological impact on oneself. To begin with‚ something like Stockholm syndrome may occur. During Etgar Keret’s story‚ “What‚ of This Goldfish‚ Would You Wish?” the goldfish‚ forced to be friends with Sergei‚ urges him to wish his final wish. “He’ll have to let the goldfish go. His magic goldfish. His friend” (Keret 8). Aspiring to become free from one another‚ the goldfish
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What did the people of the Upper Paleolithic period eat and how did they obtain this food? Throughout Africa‚ the Middle West‚ Asia‚ the Americas‚ and Australia‚ complicated and elaborate technologies and other cultural decorative artifacts are found in abundance (Scupin‚ 2008). This is known as the Upper Paleolithic period‚ which dated between 40‚000 and 10‚000 years ago. This was the earliest era of human development and transformation of the entire human species from apelike to true
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chain‚ will generate the following payoffs to investors next year: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Dividend | Stock price | | | | | | | | | | | | Boom | | 5 | 195 | | 150.00% | | | | | | | | | | Normal economy | 2 | 100 | | 27.50% | | | | | | | | | | Recession | | 0 | 0 | | -100.00% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The company goes out of business if a recession hits. Calculate the expected
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1939 the St.Louis was refused entrance to Havana after a 14 day long journey. It had left its port two weeks earlier in Hamburg on the 13 of May. It was carrying 937 passengers(Holocaust memorial). Most of the passengers were Jewish German citizens but there was also some Europeans‚ Spanish and Cubans aboard the ship(Historica Canada). Most of these were refugees searching for a new home where they would be safe from Hitler. Once the ship was refused entrance to Havana Its captain was forced to ask Canadian
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Brandon Gonzalez Per. 3 APUSH 1/25/11 APUSH Ch. 33 Assignment I. 1. The three adjectives I would use to describe the Kaiser portrayed in this cartoon would be evil‚ defiant and powerful. The Kaiser’s sword‚ hat and cape and altogether his outfit give me the impression that he is a powerful figure. The cartoonist creates an evil impression of the Kaiser by the dark color the cartoonist uses for the Kaiser and also the skull on the flag that is located next to the Kaiser. Also the disapproving
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