One of the most famous paintings in art history was created by the known artist George Pierre Seurat; his scientific beliefs’ made him look at art as another experiment. As years passed he became more impressed with colors‚ figures‚ textures and art elements but his innovations would be highly influential‚ shaping the work of artists as diverse as Vincent Van Gogh and the Italian painters. He also pursued the discovery that complementary colors can optically mix to yield far more vivid tones of
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“If religion has given birth to all that is essential in society‚ it is because the idea of society is the soul of religion."(Bellah‚ 1973‚ p. 191) "For we know today that a religion does not necessarily imply symbols and rites‚ properly speaking‚ or temples and priests. This whole exterior apparatus is only the superficial part. Essentially‚ it is nothing other than a body of collective beliefs and practices endowed with a certain authority."(1973‚ p. 51). The Elementary Forms of the Religious
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the earliest Greek philosophers tried to find this wisdom on the basis of unifying principles (PK). Pythagoras‚ famous for the Pythagorean theorem‚ taught his students that answers and wisdom could be found in numbers and music. On the contrary‚ many did not agree with Pythagoras’ ideas. For example‚ the Sophists argued that humans were not able to understand the concept of the universe and people should work on improving themselves instead of speculating about such topics. The Sophists’ goal was to
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“The contributions we tried to to make embodied values not only of technical excellence and innovation. Which I think we did our share of- but innovation of a more humanistic kind”- Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs changed the technical world forever. He invented many life changing things. He was a very smart and successful man. He invented many things such as the Imac or the Macbook‚ and the Iphone. Apple still continues to put out new products and dominate other tech companies. Steve Jobs’s life started
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Many people have heard the story of the apple falling on Sir Isaac Newton’s head letting him solve the mystery of gravity… but how much more do they know? Discovering the concept of gravity though what he is known for today is nowhere near the extent of his contributions to science. Sir Isaac Newton‚ founder of calculus‚ the man who single-handedly unlocked the secrets of gravity‚ and the man who would leave a huge footprint on the scientific community with his discoveries. Isaac Newton‚ scientist
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because they were concepts that did not change. Mathematical concepts are considered eternal‚ they do not change. There is no way to banish how to do math problems. Along with Plato’s beliefs about mathematical concepts‚ he also believed in the Theory of Forms. Plato believed that Forms had the highest reality because they were required to be understood and they were in the world of Being‚ not Becoming. Also‚ Forms have intelligible structure‚ which shows that no matter how many different types of one
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study of political economy. Karl Marx believed that capitalism was doomed to collapse due to its success and argued this prediction using the concept of surplus profit. Before the Agrarian revolution‚ land was communally owned‚and private ownership of property was non-existent. However‚ after the industrial revolution‚ private ownership of property emerged and established the capitalist ideology. Individuals who formerly worked on the lands were employed to work in the manufacturing
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Trojans into thinking they had won the war. The Trojans‚ instead of burning the wooden horse‚ brought it into their gated city and put it up as a trophy to honor their victory. The Trojan horse was a offering to Athena‚ the goddess of war. What they did not know was that Greek soldiers were hiding in the horse. When night came‚ the Greeks climbed out of the horse and let the troops waiting outside the gates inside. Then they destroyed Troy until almost all the people were dead. They even took some
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CP Psychology Period 2 November 12‚ 2013 Carl Rogers Carl Rogers was a highly intelligent man. Rogers was a humanistic psychologist who was also known as a therapist. His work is well known and is basically a combination of all the theories and techniques made up by many psychologists that he was inspired by. His style of therapy was admired and used by most therapists all around. Rogers was born on January 8‚ 1902 in Oak Park‚ Illinois. Oak Park is a suburb in Chicago. He was
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to two groups with four-part harmonies that would sing at different times‚ however they would eventually meet at a certain point and have eight voices on different notes. Willaert is also one of the first recorded composers to write for pieces that did not involve singing‚ but were for instruments only (Encyclopædia Britannica‚ 2016). Another great musical achievement of his was within his madrigals. Madrigals are a short poem in fixed form. When sung‚ they are a secular piece of music that is polyphonic
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