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    Aquarius Advertising Agency The Aquarius Advertising Agency is a middle sized firm that offered two basic services to its clients: (1) Customized plans for content of an advertising campaign (for example‚ slogans and layouts) and (2) Complete plan for media (such as radio‚ TV‚ newspaper‚ billboards‚ internet). Additional services included aid in marketing and distribution of products and marketing research to test advertising effectiveness. Its activities were organized in a traditional manner

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    Nunc ea cognosce‚ quae maxime exoptas: rem publicam funditus amisimus‚ adeo ut C. Cato‚ adolescens nullius consilli‚ sed tamen civis Romanus et Cato‚ vix vivus effugerit‚ quod‚ cum Gabinium de ambitu vellet postulare neque praetores diebus aliquot adiri possent vel potestatem sui facerent‚ in concionem escendit et Pompeium privatum dictatorem appellavit: propius nihil est factum‚ quam ut occideretur. 2 Ex hoc‚ qui sit status totius rei publicae‚ videre potes. 3 16. 4 Nostrae tamen causae non videntur

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    Catherine’s vision of Enlightened Absolutism would serve the people’s needs through her “Proposed Code of Laws”‚ and in return the people would support her policies of military expansion and the widening of the country’s borders to ensure economic growth and commerce for the future

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    Mr. Dunbar AP European History Chapter 10 Outline: Renaissance and Discovery Section One: The Renaissance in Italy * Section Overview * Jacob Burckhardt‚ a Swiss historian‚ described the Renaissance as the “prototype of the modern world” in his book Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy (1860) * In Italy blossomed new secular and scientific views * People became to approach the world empirically and draw rational conclusions based on observation

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    How to be Enlightened A Review of Demian‚ by Hermann Hesse How does one become enlightened? Some would say‚ deep meditation‚ others would say‚ some long mystical journey that involves some spiritual guide. I think that the best person to study for that question would be Hermann Hesse. Hesse has written many books‚ involving profound ideas on the subject of enlightenment. One great book is Demian. I found three ways to become enlightened. The first is that we must look at the bible/religion

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    discussion we went over the history of Enlightenment and the two types of enlightened thinking: Humanism and Rationalism. Through the discussion I was able to expand my understanding of Voltaire’s belief in the “power of reason to overcome traditional authority and embrace rational change”. Enlightenment philosophy is the understanding that we can collectively as a society make the world a better place. There are two types of enlightened thinking that are prevalent in Candide: rationalism and humanism. Rationalism

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    learn and to receive knowledge but first the whole being must be open to new knowledge and to learning. However some people are very close minded and set on what is already in front of them and refuse to open their minds. In order for one to become enlightened they must want to learn and must work for their knowledge. Plato says‚ “Whereas‚ our argument shows that the power and capacity of learning exists in the soul already; and that just as the eye was unable to turn from darkness to light without

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    Antonio Blanco (1829 – 1899) Blanco was a Venezuelan lawyer and politician who ruled as dictator of Venezuela from 1870 to 1888. He was a flamboyant leader. He surrounded himself with sycophants and ostentatious wealth while the people of Venezuela suffered. His corruption was legendary. He took a personal slice off the top of every governmental project. He enjoyed traveling abroad and was eventually deposed in absentia by irate Venezuelans while visiting Paris in 1888. Blanco was the son of

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    act which would be detrimental to him .A book written by his cousin‚ Reginald Pole‚ viciously criticized him. Rebellions arose due to his religious innovations in the country. All of these events combined probably broke him‚ and turned him into the despot everyone

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    Abraham Lincoln created a legend through his struggles to overcome his humble beginnings and achieving a revered name in history. Raised to "farm work‚" Lincoln still somehow built his image up‚ and became President of the United States. He exemplified the American idea of self-made man. Although he left behind a lasting influence on American politics and set many precedents for the future‚ he was nonetheless flawed. His humanness‚ reflected in what are believed to be contradictions‚ cannot be denied

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