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    center‚ called the nucleus. Nucleus is composed of protons and neutrons c. Planetary- electrons orbit the nucleus like planets d. Quantum-atom is found inside a blurry electron cloud 11. Scientists – Thomson‚ Rutherford‚ Millikan‚ etc. Democritus- He believed that atoms were

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    The principle "bonum ex integra causa‚ malum ex quocumque defectu" means "an action is good when it is good in every respect; it is wrong when it is wrong in every respect." This means that in order that an action may posses in an essential degree -- no action is absolutely perfect -- its moral perfection‚ it must be in conformity with the law in three respects. First‚ the action‚ considered under the character by which it ranks as an element of conduct‚ must be good. The physical act of giving

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    Philosophy is a study that includes various diverse subfields such as aesthetics‚ epistemology‚ ethics‚ logic‚ and metaphysics. Various philosophical traditions use different methods and include different topics in their study. Some‚ for example‚ include politics‚ physics‚ or religion. The fundamental method of philosophy involves the systematic use of critical reasoning to evaluate arguments in defence of assertions of belief or opinion. The term philosophy comes from the Greek word "Φιλοσοφία"

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    Cassius‚ alternate between a belief in fate and a conviction that they possess free will. Cassius says "the fault...lies not in our stars but in ourselves that we are underlings." Later‚ however‚ he rejects this claim saying that he no longer "holds Epicurus strong." Brutus says "There is a tide in the affairs of men‚ which‚ taken at the flood‚ leads on to victory‚" but his encounter with Caesar’s ghost makes him doubt this belief. -Differences Brutus is actually friends with Caesar and highly

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    AlanWatts  Alan Watts or Alan Wilson Watts was a British philosopher‚ writer‚ and speaker who popularized and interpreted Eastern Philosophy for the ... Read More Albert Camus  A Nobel Prize laureate‚ Albert Camus was the French Algerian philosopher‚ author and journalist‚ much renowned worldwide for his contribution in ... Read More Albert Schweitzer  Albert Schweitzer was a German born French theologian‚ organist‚ philosopher‚ physician‚ and medical missionary. His notable work is in founding

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    Facts of the periodic table While Dmitri Mendeleev is most often cited as the inventor of the modern periodic table‚ his table was just the first to gain scientific credibility‚ and not the first table that organized the elements according to periodic properties. There are 90 elements on the periodic table that occur in nature. All of the other elements are strictly man-made. Technetium was the first element to be made artificially. The International Union of Pure Applied Chemistry‚ IUPAC‚ revises

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    Greek philosophers are sometimes called NATURAL PHILOSOPHERS because they were mainly concerned with the natural world and it’s processes - Pythagoras (570 B.C)‚ Heraclitus (500 B.C)‚ Empedocles (490 B.C.)‚ Zeno (490 B.C.)‚ Parmenides (470 B.C.)‚ Democritus (460 B.C.) = Pre-Socratic - All the earliest philosophers shared the belief that there had to be a certain basic substance at the root of all change Pythagoras - Basic Beliefs: • He held the soul to be immortal • Transmigration of the soul

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    The pre-Socratic philosophers Urstoff Change Soul Connections to others Anaximenes Milesian- Ionia Air The condensation and rarefaction of air. The soul is air. Hold us together So air Encompass’s the world Similar to Thales because he believed there’s a tangible source for everything Anaximander Milesian-Ionia Indeterminate (Primal matrix) Believed our world was a multitude of worlds that evolved and dissolved into something infinite or boundless The primary elements neither

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    Ley de Boyle Ley de Boyle (designado a veces Ley de Boyle-Mariotte) es uno de leyes del gas y base de la derivación para ley ideal del gas‚ que describe la relación entre el producto presión y volumen dentro de a sistema cerrado como constante cuando sigue habiendo la temperatura y los topos en una medida fija; ambas entidades siguen siendo inverso proporcionales. Historia La ley de Boyle se nombra después del filósofo natural irlandés Roberto Boyle (Lismore‚ Condado Waterford‚ 1627-1691) quién

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    until 1684‚ until his studentship was taken from him by royal mandate. Locke’s mentor was Robert Boyle‚ the leader of the Oxford scientific group. Boyle’s mechanical philosophy saw the world as reducible to matter in motion. Locke learned about atomism and took the terms "primary and secondary qualities" from Boyle. Both Boyle and Locke‚ along with Newton‚ were members of the English Royal Society. Locke became friends with Newton in 1688 after he had studied Newton’s Principia Mathematica Philosophiae

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