same qualities that were liked of him. Roncalli became a cardinal in 1953‚ and was named patriarch of Venice. Five years later‚ he was elected to the highest seat in Vatican. Although his papacy only lasted over 4 ½ years‚ his legacy still resounds in the everyday life of the Church and its traditions. John XXIII’s papacy was defined by carrying out “Christian duties” such as visiting the imprisoned and sick however his most significant impact on the Church history is when he summoned the first
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Aristotle’s Impact on Current Society _NAME___ HUM 360 B1 Wilmington University Aristotle was one of the most important western philosophers. He was a student of Plato and the teacher of Alexander the Great. He wrote on many subjects‚ including physics‚ metaphysics‚ poetry‚ theater‚ music‚ logic‚ rhetoric‚ politics‚ government‚ ethics‚ biology‚ and zoology. I found that his biggest impacts on modern society were in the subject areas of ethics‚ and zoology. Aristotle wrote the first
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A queen once said‚ “The important thing is not what they think of me‚ but what I think of them.” Queen Victoria for the people‚ she was destined to solve the people problems. Queen Victoria was a kind woman. Throughout her troubled childhood‚ Victoria remained positive and focused. Several people considered Queen Victoria a proud queen who went out of her way to assure that her people were happy. Queen Victoria supported her people in great ways such as‚ giving woman petticoats; she built schoolhouses
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Impact on Society with Online Education Danielle Randall English Composition II Thomas Edison State College 10 March 2012 Taking online classes is becoming the most popular way for working professionals to have the chance to earn a degree. People who take online classes have better success because they options such as choosing study times‚ flexibility in completing assignments‚ which leads to success because now they are able to balance their job and studies. But it’s not all peaches and
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“Forget of all the reasons it wont work and believe the one reason that it will.” Wilbur and Orville Wright were the first brothers to successfully build a modern flying airplane. The Wright Brother’s were self-taught engineers in there own bicycle shop that they had owned for quite a while. These two siblings were interested in flying planes at a young age when a gifted toy helicopter was given to the boys‚ which sparked their intelligence. In numerous errors and experimental fails of treacherous
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My opinion is that when analyzing the most important characteristics of a society‚ it is true that one must study its major cities; however focusing only in major cities would generate a biased result. They concentrate an important part of the population of a country and they can represent well the main characteristics of the urban life of a particular society‚ however they fail in reflecting the rural world‚ ethnic minorities and local languages. Major cities reflect the characteristics of the
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Are the ancient biblical stories and the myths of the Greeks irredeemably male oriented? All ancient societies treated women as the inferior gender. It has been historically shown that in the ancient world‚ men were the leaders‚ heroes‚ and kings‚ and women served primarily as companions‚ helpers‚ and child-bearers. In the Old Testament and throughout ancient Greek literature‚ there is a constant theme of male superiority that cannot be ignored. Men did not believe that women were capable of existing
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Over the years‚ rap music has come to be known as an expression of music that promotes drug abuse‚ violence‚ and sex‚ using explicit language and content and leaving a negative effect on today’s youth‚ or so a majority of us may think. To some however‚ rap music is a positive outlet for them to express themselves in a way they feel completely expresses their emotions. At the beginning‚ rap music was a way for many to spread their message to those around them‚ using lyrics and beats to tell about
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an enormous impact on our society today. There isn’t a place where you can turn where there isn’t a computer involved. In the present time‚ most businesses rely on computers and it’s similar technology. This field of technology has been so advanced within the past few years that it has been the primary tool in successful businesses. Not only does it make daily annoying tasks easy with a click of a button‚ it also makes traveling to the moon simpler. To think that we lived in this society for so many
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Ancient Greek’s Contributions to Western Society The Ancient Greeks made many contributions to Western Civilization. They made many contributions in the areas of art‚ architecture‚ philosophy‚ math‚ drama‚ and science. Greeks have also made many contributions to Western society and they are philosophy‚ democracy‚ medicines‚ architecture‚ and the Olympics. One of Greece’s greatest contributions to the Western civilization was philosophy. There were three famous philosophers‚ and their names
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