The Classical ideal of ancient Athens pertains to the standard of excellence proposed by the cultures of ancient Greece and Rome‚ beginning in the Golden Age of Greece. The ancient Greeks aspired to perfection in both body and mind‚ and sought a synthesis of the two poles of passion and reason. Through athletic behaviour‚ they were able to exercise the value of perfection of body. Through philosophy‚ government‚ poetry‚ drama‚ law‚ logic‚ history‚ mathematics and architecture‚ they were able to express
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In my opinion‚ a person is someone who has an ability to feel‚ is conscious about where he is and what he does and understands the outcomes of his actions. As Steven Wise in the movie Unlocking the Cage says‚ in order to be a person‚ one does not necessarily have to be human. I completely agree with this statement and I believe that’s the greatest problem because it’s a common belief that only people can be person’s. Very often such people‚ who believe that personality is strictly human feature‚
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1. This German Augustinian friar made the first dramatic act of the Protestant Reformation by issuing the invitation to debate indulgences issued in 1517 in Wittenberg. A) Luther B) Knox C) Wyclif D) Hus Points Earned: 5.0/5.0 Correct Answer(s): A 2. In which country was John Calvin the leader of the Reformation? A) Geneva B) Zurich C) Vienna D) Madrid Points Earned: 5.0/5.0 Correct Answer(s): A 3. Which of these countries remained faithful to Roman Catholicism during the
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Hum2232: Renaissance/Baroque Jill Werlink Florence Neubauer 3/11/13 Women on the Move-Discussion Wkst 2 Professional Women in the Renaissance 1. A) The first professional published
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1. The city became the first important center of the early Italian Renaissance. A) Vienna B) Florence C) Paris D) Rome Correct Answer(s): B 2. This artist is celebrated as the designer of the doors of the Florence Baptistery. A) Donatello B) Michelangelo C) Leonardo D) Ghiberti Points Earned: 5.0/5.0 Correct Answer(s): D 3. Brunelleschi’s contribution to Florence Cathedral was its famous: A) apse B) crypt C) nave D) dome Points Earned:
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Jeffrey Luong ACCEPTING MEN AS THEY ARE – ALBERT ELLIS In Albert Ellis’s‚ The Intelligent Woman’s Guide to Mating and Dating (1979)‚ he states it is a fact that most males are more interested in sex from love‚ that they love after being sexually satisfied rather than before going to bed‚ as females often do. He believes women should accept men as they are: sexually demanding‚ less devoted to the children‚ less warm and romantic. Ellis states it is the natural act of a man to be this way
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Albert Jacka Albert Jacka was born on the 10th of January 1893 in a small dairy farm in Winchelsea‚ Victoria. On the 17th of the first 1932‚ seven days after his 39th birthday‚ he died of chronic nephritis. He was the fourth child of 7 of Nathaniel Jacka and Mary Elizabeth Kettle. He spent most of his life in Wedderburn after his parents decided to move the family there in 1898 when Bertie was the age of 5. After completing elementary school‚ he found work as a labourer with his father‚ and
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Humans are little more than complex organisms reacting to stimuli in their environment. Some would argue that humans are transparent and simple; we have needs and simply seek to fulfill them. There is a specific order to our behavior and that behavior is being driven by a need or desire. Camus challenged this notion with The Stranger. In one sense he upheld the idea that we simply strive to fulfill needs. In another sense‚ Camus forced us to understand that sometimes there is no reason‚ no need being
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Albert Fish’s real name was Hamilton Howard‚ He was also known as the Gray Man‚ the Werewolf of Wysteria‚ the Brooklyn Vampire‚ the Moon Maniac‚ and The Boogey Man. He was a serial killer in the United States. He was born on May 29th‚ 1870 in Washington D.C. and died January 16th‚ 1963 in Ossining‚ New York. He an American Sado-masochistic serial killer and cannibal. He was a father of 6 kids their names were Anna Fish‚ Gertrude Fish‚ Albert Fish‚ Eugene Fish‚ John Fish‚ and Henry Fish. Albert
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In 2003 a man known as Simon Hall was jailed after the brutal murder of Joan Albert in her home after an attempted burglary. Joan had suffered at least five stab wounds from a carving knife from her own kitchen‚ she was found dead in the hallway. He initially claimed he was innocent and although admitting to burglary‚ he claimed it was at a different place and therefore it was impossible for him to have killed Joan. Unfortunately for him however‚ forensic investigators had found fibres on her body
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