radical liberalism. Some would say that Burke is more a true philosopher than Paine‚ but in my view this is not fair‚ and both are important: Burke for warning of the dangers of trying to shape society according to abstract concepts and ideals‚ and as a representative of traditional English Conservatism; Paine for foreseeing the welfare state‚ as well as American independence from Britain. Burke was born in Ireland‚ and went to London in 1750. Though Burke was a harsh critic of the French Revolution
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Turn of the Screw Henry James was one of the most famous writers during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He was known as an innovative and independent novelist. His novel‚ The Turn of the Screw‚ written in 1898‚ has caused a lot of controversy among many critics and each of them interprets it in a different way. Turn of the Screw builds a close relationship between the novel and it’s readers. The reactions to this can be psychologically analyzed by how James developed his story. He raises
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Compare and contrast William James and G. Stanley Hall’s contributions to psychology. William James was born from a wealthy family‚ from supportive parents were provided with the best educational opportunities at the time. Early on was interested in painting‚ love literature‚ entered in the Harvard School of Medicine. After traveling to the Amazon with naturalist Louis Agassiz‚ contracted measles and his experience was not as positive as he expected. Depression took over him and marched for Germany
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“Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey‚” by William Wordsworth‚ is a romantic poem that uses natural landscapes to induce an individual’s sublime emotional states. Sublime‚ according to Edmund Burke‚ is a profound emotional state experienced when someone is close to wild or dangerous events‚ but not directly in the path of danger. Carl Grosse‚ however‚ criticizes this definition and argues that danger only paralyzes the emotions and blocks sublime from emerging. By juxtaposing society with
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One of the most influential statesmen in the early republican period was James Madison. Madison was one of the patriots who wrote the Federalist Papers‚ which were responsible for the acceptance and eventual ratification of the Constitution of the United States. The papers brought up some of the main reasons why the Constitution ought to have been ratified‚ and many solutions to the evils that would potentially be faced by the United States. In his papers Madison drew attention especially to the
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Springfield‚ Massachusetts. Dr. James Naismith is known worldwide for being the inventor of basketball and the first game of basketball was played with a soccer ball and two peach baskets used as goals. James Naismith set 13 rules when inventing basketball then after that he looked into the game being played for the YMCA. He thought to himself that the game need to be fit for inside play and most importantly the game should be skil dependent instead of strength dependent. Dr. James Naismith was successful
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James Cameron’s film‚ Avatar‚ is a very moving story about freedom and choices. Jake Sully‚ an ex-marine‚ travels to Pandora to fulfil his brother’s dream of being in an avatar body and researching the environment on Pandora. Jake goes through a lot of hard times and ends up having to choose between being human and destroying Pandora‚ or being one of the Na’vi and saving the girl he loves and her people. James Cameron has highlighted choices that we have to make in our world by presenting them in
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Was James I a good king for England? James I was a very educated man‚ well read in theology and political theory. Having taken over the Scottish throne at the age of thirteen months‚ one can think that when he started ruling England he was more than enough prepared for being a king. However‚ I should say that to me he was neither a good nor a bad king since he took some good and wrong decisions during his reign. On the one hand‚ James I was brought up as a Presbyterian‚ and as a Christian‚ he
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The presidency during James Monroe was known as Era of Good Feelings. Federalist party faded‚ and Democratic-Republican adopted their policies and dominated the politics. However‚ there were constant debates over tariffs‚ the national improvement‚ the national bank‚ internal improvements‚ and public land sales. Also sectionalism tension over slavery became more apparent‚ and soon Democratic-Republican split into two. During Monroe’s presidency‚ Congress raised tariffs (first protective tariff in
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Cited: Barnett‚ P. E. (n.d.). James Dickey ’s Deliverance: Southern‚ White‚ Suburban Male Nightmare or Dream Come True? Retrieved October 18‚ 2007‚ from Forum for Modern Language Studies: http://fmls.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/40/2/145 Calhoun‚ R. J. (1987). James Dickey (1923- ). In R. J. Calhoun‚ Fifty Southern Writers After 1900: A Bio-Bibliographical Sourcebook (pp. 136-146). Westport‚
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