notably precocious child. He describes his education in his autobiography. At the age of three he was taught Greek.[7] By the age of eight he had readAesop’s Fables‚ Xenophon’s Anabasis‚[7] and the whole of Herodotus‚[7] and was acquainted with Lucian‚ Diogenes Laërtius‚ Isocrates and six dialogues ofPlato.[7] He had also read a great deal of history in English and had been taught arithmetic‚
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Athens “Golden Age of Athens” Achievements of: -Golden Age of Athens took place in 5th century BC (480-430 BCE) -Golden Age took place after Peloponnesian wars (Athens verse Sparta) and before the Persian wars -Achievements: Greeks excelled in philosophy history (Herodotus and Thucydides) Drama (Sophocles and Aeschylus) Sculpture (Balance between realism and idealism) Arts Architecture (Parthenon 447-432 BCE) Aristotle on government‚ ethics and epistemology: -Aristotle was a pupil of Plato
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ESSAY The Russian Alternative to the Capitalist Civilization: Evolution of the Socialist Thought So often Russia is described at having tried ’socialism. Russia under Lenin‚ Stalin and the rest is usually described as socialist or communist by the media. Socialism simply may be seen as a social and economic theory of social organization advocating state ownership and control over means of production‚ distribution‚ and exchange. Russian socialism has a particular significance because‚ according
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Chapter 22 Beauty‚ Science‚ and Spirit in Italian Art: The High Renaissance and Mannerism - Notes The 15th century artistic developments in Italy matured during the 16th century. The 15th century is thus designated the “Early Renaissance” and the 16th century the “High Renaissance”. Although there is no single style that defines the period‚ there is a distinct level of technical and artistic mastery that does. This is the age of Leonardo da Vinci‚ Raphael‚ Michelangelo‚ and Titian‚ artists whose
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To what extent do you agree with the assertion that ‘One of the basic features of gothic fiction is the critical portrayal of religion’1 in Christabel and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge‚ The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter‚ and Dracula by Bram Stoker? The Christian attachment to Gothic emerged from its connection to Gothic and Gothic Revivalist architecture‚ though from the nineteenth century the Romantics gave an appraisal of Christianity that differed from its previous
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THE PARTHENON AND THE ELGIN MARBLES BY EPAMINONDAS VRANOPOULOS Athens 1985 PREFACE The response to the Greek government’s demand for the return to Greece of the sculptures of the Parthenon‚ now in the British Museum‚ has been so encouraging that it has given rise to hopes that the Elgin Marbles‚ as they have come to be known‚ may indeed one day be restored to their rightful home. The favourable response has come from UNESCO and from public opinion world-wide‚ including Britain.
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BANGLADESHI WOMEN IN BRICK LANE: A STUDY OF MONICA ALI’S NOVEL AND SARAH GAVRON’S FILM “I always said I will not marry and be sent far away. I will go no farther than these paddy fields. But our mother told us we must not run from our fate. What cannot be changed must be borne. The test of life is to endure.” Through such representation of gender and focus on history and dislocation‚ Monica Ali has extended the migrant voice in British fiction. In her stunningly accomplished
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69 Indian English Children’s Literature: The Context of Salman Rushdie‚ Ruskin Bond and Arup Kumar Dutta Rizia Begum Laskar M.D.K. Girls’ College‚ Assam‚ India Abstract: Indian English children’s literature as a distinct branch of literature struggled to find its footing in India. The struggle is interconnected to the problem of the English language itself and the dominance of western children’s literature in India. At the same time‚ the publishing scenario plays a significant role
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History‚" ibid.‚ 238-264; H. Walsh‚ "HistoricalCausation‚"in Ronald H. Nash‚ ed.‚ Ideas ofHistory (New York‚ Milic Capek‚ "Towarda Wideningof the Notionof Causality‚" 1969)‚234-252; of XXVIII (Winter 1959)‚63-90;E. J.Tapp‚ "Some Aspects Causation Diogenes‚ in History‚" IL Journal Philosophy‚ (1952)‚67-79; Samuel H. Beer‚ "Causal of and Theory‚ (1963)‚ III Explanationand ImaginativeRe-enactment‚" History and XIII (1974)‚ 6-29; Paul K. Conkin‚"CausationRevisited‚" History Theory‚ and Causal Importance
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Chapter 1 The Philosophy of Happiness Aristotle on Happiness Since the earliest days of Western thought philosophers have concerned themselves with the nature of happiness. One of the earliest to ask the question ‘what is happiness?’ was Aristotle‚ who‚ in a manner typical of philosophers‚ before providing an answer insisted on making a distinction between two different questions. His first question was what was meant by the word ‘happiness’—or rather‚ its ancient Greek equivalent eudaimonia. His
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