Johannes Althusius (about 1563 – August 12‚ 1638) [1] was a German jurist and Calvinist political philosopher. He is best known for his 1603 work‚ "Politica Methodice Digesta‚ Atque Exemplis Sacris et Profanis Illustrata"; revised editions were published in 1610 and 1614. The ideas expressed therein have led many to consider him one of the first true federalists as the greatest intellectual thinker in the early development of federalism in the 16th and 17th centuries and the construction of subsidiarity
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Johannes Kepler: Life‚ Laws‚ & Impact on Science Johannes Kepler was born the 27th of December 1571 and passed away the 15th of November 1630. He was born in Weil der Stadt in Swabia‚ a small town in Germany‚ and later moved with his family to Leonberg‚ which was a town nearby his birth town. Growing up‚ Kepler was said to be a very sickly child. He had gotten smallpox as a child‚ which crippled him with poor vision‚ and crippled hands for the rest of his life. He was a son to Heinrich Kepler‚ a
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EasyJet Case Analysis EasyJet Airline Company Limited is a British airline headquartered at London Luton Airport. It is the largest airline of the United Kingdom‚ measured by number of passengers carried‚ operating domestic and international scheduled services on over 500 routes between 118 European‚ North African‚ and West Asian airports. Its founder and CEO Stelios Haji-Ioannou is known for innovative ideas and pioneer in the advertising/publicity in the airline industry. Business
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Johannes Gutenberg was voted the most influential person of the millennium for his invention of the printing press. The printing press had a tremendous influence on the spread of humanism‚ literacy‚ and protestantism. We would not have many of the ideas and knowledge we have today if it weren’t for Guttenberg’s invention. The printing press had a huge impact on the spread of Humanism. People reprinted works of the Greeks and Romans‚ which helped launch The Renaissance. More books led to the spread
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essay should clearly lay out what you will be arguing for in your essay. Again‚ a good thesis statement will present your challengeable argument – the thing you are trying to prove.Bad Thesis Statement: Johannes Kepler was an important figure in the Scientific Revolution.Good Thesis Statement: Johannes Kepler’s mathematical evidence supporting the heliocentric model of the universe was instrumental in progressing the scientific revolution because it legitimized the need for scientists to question authority
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alongside the wheel and the plow (Johannes Gutenberg and‚ 2009). The man credited with its invention is Johannes Gutenberg‚ born of Mainz‚ Germany around 1400 (Childress‚ 2008). Johannes began his work with the printing press around 1430 and developed his first prototype somewhere around the mid-15th century. As with most inventions‚ Gutenberg’s press had precedents in history‚ especially in Asia where the Chinese had carved texts into wooden blocks (Johannes Gutenberg and‚ 2009). In the Netherlands
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Life of Brahms Johannes Brahms is considered by many as one of the greatest musicians to ever live. He was born in Hamburg‚ and was a son of a double-bass player (Machlis 305). Johannes developed his music at a very early age. At the age of ten‚ Brahms helped increase his family’s income by playing the piano in the dance halls of the slum district where he grew up. Many believed he was the next great Beethoven‚ and he certainly lived up to those expectations. When Johannes was a teenager
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loved helping others when sick and did not mind bubbling blood she might be a best nurse. If one loved Romantic music and loved to prolifically compose brilliant compositions that person would want with the utmost desire to be another Johannes Brahms. Now‚ Johannes Brahms was a German musician born in Hamburg on May 7‚ 1833. He was born to a family of a mother‚ a father‚ and two siblings who also acquired Johann somewhere in their name. Brahms did not have the simplest upbringing having to perform
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heck am I supposed to pronounce this‚ I frustratedly thought to myself. “Trying to read again”. Dad asked as he walked in my room with a fabricated smile face. “Yep‚ Can you help me again? I asked in a wary voice “Maybe later‚ you know our neighbors Johannes Gutenberg? “Yeah” I responded “what about him?” “He’s working on some printing press that I’m helping him with”‚He added. “See you at dinner”. He responded‚ leaving the room. Great‚ my dad’s the only educated person in the family and not to be mean
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Does the name Johannes Gutenberg ring a bell? How about the movable type printing press? What about the Arts and Entertainment person of the millennium? Johannes Gutenberg perfected the unarguably incredible movable type printing press. However‚ what can be argued is what was the more important consequence of it. Some say that the Reformation was the greater consequence. However‚ many other have a differing view. Others believe the age of exploration was undoubtedly the bigger consequence of Gutenberg’s
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