Italian Noir: Finding the Darkness in the Place of Contemporary Light According to Erica Jong‚ "What is the fatal charm of Italy? What do we find there that can be found nowhere else? I believe it is a certain permission to be human‚ which other places‚ other countries‚ lost long ago" (Earles 1). This humanity she speaks of is one that hides under the surface between the exteriors of beauty and power‚ reflecting the common Italian ideal‚ that while something so shallowly beautiful captivates the
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Sophie’s World Characters Sophie Amundsen - Sophie is the protagonist of Sophie’s World. She is an inquisitive and spirited fourteen year old who learns just before turning fifteen that her life is the invention of Albert Knag. Sophie learns this and many other things from Alberto Knox‚ the philosopher who Albert Knag invented as her teacher. Sophie does not just learn from Alberto; she also questions him and shows that she has ideas of her own to implement. By the end of the story Sophie shows
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Phlogiston Theory According to the phlogiston theory‚ propounded in the 17th century‚ every combustible substance consisted of a hypothetical principle of fire known as phlogiston‚ which was liberated through burning‚ and a residue. The word phlogiston was first used early in the 18th century by the German chemist Georg Ernst Stahl. Stahl declared that the rusting of iron was also a form of burning in which phlogiston was freed and the metal reduced to an ash or calx. The theory was superseded
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Augustine‚ Saint (ôˈgəstēn‚ –tĭn; ôgŭsˈtĭn) [key]‚ Lat. Aurelius Augustinus‚ 354–430‚ one of the four Latin Fathers‚ bishop of Hippo (near present-day Annaba‚ Algeria)‚ b. Tagaste (c.40 mi/60 km S of Hippo). Life Augustine’s mother‚ St. Monica‚ was a great influence in his life. She brought him up as a Christian‚ but he gave up his religion when he went to school at Carthage. There he became adept in rhetoric. In his Confessions he repents of his wild youth in Carthage‚ during which time he
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The Different Historical Use Of Colour Art Essay The use of colour in history has gone through a long story. It has been used because of its ability in altering mood and atmosphere‚ and also because of its symbolic meanings. The earliest known usage of colour in interior spaces started when man drew on walls of caves and tombs‚ which continues with the application on cathedrals‚ palaces‚ and ordinary homes. However‚ despite the usage in daily life‚ there’re times when the potential of colour is
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Epicurus (341—271 BCE) Epicurus is one of the major philosophers in the Hellenistic period‚ the three centuries following the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BCE (and of Aristotle in 322 BCE). Epicurus developed an unsparingly materialistic metaphysics‚ empiricist epistemology‚ and hedonistic ethics. Epicurus taught that the basic constituents of the world are atoms‚ uncut table bits of matter‚ flying through empty space‚ and he tried to explain all natural phenomena in atomic terms. Epicurus
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The philosophy of science is concerned with the assumptions‚ foundations‚ methods and implications of science. It is also concerned with the use and merit of science and sometimes overlaps metaphysics and epistemology by exploring whether scientific results are actually a study of truth. In addition to these central problems of science as a whole‚ many philosophers of science also consider problems that apply to particular sciences (e.g.philosophy of biology or philosophy of physics). Some philosophers
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1 Zarathustra in Nietzsche’s Typology Yunus Tuncel In this essay‚ I present a reading of Zarathustra as a type within the context of Nietzsche’s typology which permeates his works from the first to the last; I claim that there is a line of thought in Nietzsche’s philosophy‚ despite the many turning points in it‚ which pertains to types and which I call typology.1 This typology culminates in Thus Spoke Zarathustra which is considered a work of typology‚ for the purpose of this presentation
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Light I | | INTRODUCTION | Light‚ form of energy visible to the human eye that is radiated by moving charged particles. Light from the Sun provides the energy needed for plant growth. Plants convert the energy in sunlight into storable chemical form through a process called photosynthesis. Petroleum‚ coal‚ and natural gas are the remains of plants that lived millions of years ago‚ and the energy these fuels release when they burn is the chemical energy converted from sunlight. When animals digest
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Greek Mythology I INTRODUCTION Temple of Apollo at Didyma The Greeks built the Temple of Apollo at Didyma‚ Turkey (about 300 bc). The temple supposedly housed an oracle who foretold the future to those seeking knowledge. The predictions of the oracles‚ delivered in the form of riddles‚ often brought unexpected results to the seeker. With Ionic columns reaching 19.5 m (64 ft) high‚ these ruins suggest the former grandeur of the ancient temple. Bernard Cox/Bridgeman Art Library‚ London/New York
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