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    Compare and Contrast Italian Renaissance Painting and Sculpture to the Northern Renaissance Painting and Sculpture European History from 800 to 1648 CE November 7‚ 2008 The Duchy of Burgundy encompassed a territory from present-day eastern France northward to the sea‚ and included parts of modern Belgium and sections of the current Netherlands. It was the only state standing amid France and the vast Holy Roman Empire at the time. The dukes of Burgundy would best fit the description as a worthy

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    1. Which torts protect against the intentional interference with persons? The torts that protect against the intentional interference are the following: Assault which is an intentional‚ unexcused act that creates in another person a reasonable apprehension or fear of im-mediate harmful or offensive contact. Battery‚ that is an unexcused‚ harmful‚ or offensive physical contact intention¬ally performed. False imprisonment is the intentional confinement or restraint of another person without justifi¬cation

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    The literature of Niccolo Machiavelli‚ Giovanni Pico della Mirandola‚ and Baldassare Castiglione’s greatly illustrated the fundamental characteristics of humanism‚ individualism‚ secularism‚ and a fascination with antiquity. Displaying and analyzing their various works of literature can define these characteristics in more detail. Humanism is a group of perspectives centered around humans and their values‚ capabilities‚ and worth. Machiavelli‚ Mirandola‚ and Castiglione were all humanist teachers

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    Explore the way in which power and authority shape spoken language‚ considering it in the light of your own classroom experience. The English language contains many aspects and tools used to gain power and authority when speaking. In a political broadcast interview gaining information and turn-taking is expected. Therefore when Jeremy Paxman‚ the interviewer‚ speaks in a blunt and outspoken way to George Galloway‚ a politician who has just won an election to become a Member of Parliament beating

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    The nineteenth century was a time of significant upheaval‚ embodied by individuals challenging the institutions of the Victorian era and striving to achieve self determination. The conflicting relationship between the individual and society becomes apparent through analysing the individual’s confrontation with the orthodox economic and philosophical Victorian paradigms. Elizabeth Gaskell’s novel‚ North and South (1855)‚ Richard Redgrave’s painting The Outcast (1851) and Ada Nield Chew’s letter A

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    In the late Renaissance time period‚ the ability of expressing oneself has grown more frequent. Making individualism spread throughout the world and into the modern years. This article Inventing Sincerity‚ Refashioning Prudence: The Discovery of the Individual in Renaissance Europe by John Martin has proven the spread of individualism by using Jacob Burckhardt’s publication as a foundation to his topic. “John Martin‚ who received both his undergraduate and graduate degrees in history from Harvard

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    Examine the key ideas of utilitarianism Utilitarianism is a relativist‚ consequentialist and teleological system of ethics based on the idea of ‘utility’. This means usefulness and utilitarian suggest that everyone should be the most useful thing. The theory was devised by Jeremy Bentham who said “an action is right if it produces the greatest good for the greatest number”. He believed human beings are motivated by pleasure and pain. Bentham lived in an era of great social and scientific change

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    HUMANISM 1)Which one of these scholars doesnt support humanism? A)C.Rogers B)G.Lozanov C)A.Bandura D)A.Maslow E)R.Steiner 2)Humanism focuses on -------------------------------------------------- A)the development of self-concept of the student. B)learning process. C)creativity. D)native language. E)repetitions‚imitations. 3)Humanism implies ------------------------------------------------------- A)practical ideas for teachers especially in teaching oral skills. B)writing a passage

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    Secular Humanism I. Part One i) “Humanism cannot in any fair sense of the word apply to one still believes in God as the source and creator of the universe.”Corlis Lamont agrees‚ saying “Humanism contends that instead of the gods creating the cosmos‚ the cosmos‚ in the individualized form of human beings giving rein to their imagination‚ created the gods” (Wikipedia). Most Humanists are atheists or agnostics. ii) “Secular humanism does bear on the key aspects of one’s life. It shapes our moral

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    How does Marxism explain the role of education in society? The sociology of education is the study of how public institutions and individual experiences affect education and its outcomes. It is most concerned with the public schooling systems of modern industrial societies‚ including the expansion of higher‚ further‚ adult‚ and continuing education. Education has always been seen as a fundamentally optimistic human endeavour characterised by aspirations for progress and betterment. It is understood

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