Humanities The humanities are academic disciplines which study the human condition‚ using methods that are largely analytic‚ critical‚ or speculative‚ as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural and social sciences. The humanities‚ such as classical and modern languages‚ literature‚ history‚ and philosophy‚ have the overall goal of the exploration and explanation of human experience. Some would include the fine arts (music‚ art‚ dance‚ and drama) in the humanities‚ but
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HUMANITIES: What is it? •The term Humanities comes from the Latin word‚ “humanitas” •It generally refers to art‚ literature‚ music‚ architecture‚ dance and the theatre—in which human subjectivity is emphasized and individual expressiveness is dramatized. HOW IMPORTANT IS HUMANITIES •The fields of knowledge and study falling under humanities are dedicated to the pursuit of discovering and understanding the nature of man. •The humanities deal with man as a being of purpose‚ of values‚ loves
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"Am I Free or Determined?" Since I learn to understand the world I always believe in two saying that‚ “everything happens for a reason’ and “never compunction the past because it made you who you are today”. I have felt that these statements have always been supportive and positive in my life. After studying determinism‚ these statements seem to epitomize the theory of cause and effects. Determinism is the doctrine that all events‚ including human choice and decisions‚ are necessarily determined
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REVIEWER IN HUMANITIES (MIDTERM) Leonardo da Vinci was born more than 500 years ago (1452) in a town called Vinci in Italy. He was a scientist‚ an inventor‚ an architect‚ a musician‚ a sculptor‚ a mathematician and also a fantastic artist. He was curious about everything! Mona Lisa Painted in 1962 it was valued 100 million dollars! Imagine what it is worth now! It now hangs in the Louvre in Paris. DaVinci’s paintings were done in the Realist style. Vincent van Gogh was born more than
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Egypt: Early Urban Civilizations or Not? “We are not the first to suffer‚ rebel‚ fight‚ love and die. The grace with which we embrace life‚ in spite of the pain‚ the sorrows‚ is always a measure of what has gone before…” Although preceding is a quote from Alice Walker’s “Revolutionary Petunias‚” and found in A Shining of Hope: The History of Black Women in America by Darlene Clark Hine and Kathleen Thompson (p.192); it also has significance when discussing the evolution of civilizations from the
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The human history started because of the six periods. The six periods are Agricultural Revolution‚ early Civilizations‚ the fall of three major civilizations‚ the discovery of the new world‚ Industrial Revolution and independence movements/nationalism. Those six periods were caused because of the six turning points. The Agricultural Revolution around 8000 BCE. Agricultural Revolution was the age of wheel‚ plow‚ domestication of animals‚ and basic irrigation techniques. Therefore‚ humans had a
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Achilles and Gilgamesh: Epic Heroes‚ Loss‚ and Mortality Recent studies have begun to see the Homeric epics in the light of other epic traditions‚ notably epics from Mesopotamia‚ and have begun to look at striking similarities. There is a supposed lineage that can be seen connecting the Homeric epics most directly with the world of Akkadian epics (Gresseth 2). The connections run from similarities in methods of transmission‚ namely the oral traditions‚ to themes‚ characters and formal structural
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Brew The discovery of beer had several major impacts on early civilizations that are now carried to modern day. To begin‚ early communities found food sources by hunting game‚ fishing‚ and gathering edible plants. These groups were nomadic and didn’t stay in a single location for very long since they had to follow where food was available. However‚ around 12‚000 years ago these people began to settle down and farm instead. These civilizations began to farm cereal grains and barley which became reliable
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of the Phillipines AMA Learning Computer Center Baliuag‚ Bulacan Assignment (Pre-Finals) Submitted By: Ventura‚ Dave Ivan B. IRREG/IT12A Subject Code: GE151A Submitted to: Prof. Niel Patrick Guilalas-Santos Humanities Instructor 1. Differentiate Head of state to the head of government In a parliamentary government the head of state and the head of government are two different people. The Head of State has more ceremonial duties whereas the Head of Government
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The Hittites were the most advanced early civilization; before it collapsed they were able to expand the civilization into Mesopotamia while also pushing out most of the other early civilizations. The Hittites were the beginning of the Iron Age‚ after the empire collapsed the secret was passed all throughout the world. Although the Persians developed the mail system‚ the Hittites are the most developed early civilization‚ had many advances in technology‚ discovered iron then used it for weapons and
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