Regarded by many as one of Australia’s greatest Prime Ministers‚ John Curtin assumed office just six weeks before the bombing of Pearl Harbor and led Australia through the darkest hours of World War II. No prime minister has had a more profound effect on Australia and no man has given more in the service of his office. Curtin was born in the Victorian mining town of Creswick on January 8‚ 1885. His parents were Irish immigrants. His father worked first as a policeman‚ then as a publican‚ and the
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JOHN LOCKE An English philosopher and physician regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers. Considered one of the first of the British empiricists‚ following the tradition of Francis Bacon‚ he is equally important to social contract theory. His work had a great impact upon the development of epistemology and political philosophy. His writings influenced Voltaire and Rousseau‚ many Scottish Enlightenment thinkers‚ as well as the American revolutionaries. His contributions to
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John Gower‚ (born 1330?—died 1408‚ London?)‚ medieval English poet in the tradition of courtly love and moral allegory‚ whose reputation once matched that of his contemporary and friend Geoffrey Chaucer‚ and who strongly influenced the writing of other poets of his day. After the 16th century his popularity waned‚ and interest in him did not revive until the middle of the 20th century. It is thought from Gower’s language that he was of Kentish origin‚ though his family may have come from Yorkshire
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John Locke was born on August 29‚ 1632‚ in Warington‚ a village in Somerset‚ England. In 1646 he went to Westminster school‚ and in 1652 to Christ Church in Oxford. In 1659 he was elected to a senior studentship‚ and tutored at the college for a number of years. Still‚ contrary to the curriculum‚ he complained that he would rather be studying Descartes than Aristotle. In 1666 he declined an offer of preferment‚ although he thought at one time of taking up clerical work. In 1668 he was elected a fellow
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John Felix Anthony Cena[1] (born April 23‚ 1977)[4] is an American professional wrestler and actor. He is currently signed to WWE.[8] In WWE‚ Cena has won 19 championships in total‚ including 12 world titles (having won the WWE Championship a record 10 times[9] and the World Heavyweight Championship twice). In addition‚ Cena has also won the WWE United States Championship three times‚[10] and is a four-time Tag Team Champion‚ having held the World Tag Team Championship twice (once each with Shawn
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Christie Rykowski November 30‚ 2014 Christianity and Cultures Plato’s Crito VS. John Locke Although John Locke and Socrates existed over a thousand years apart in time‚ they had very similar views on how societies are formed‚ societies duties to its’ people‚ and the role which religion should play in society. The key difference in their views are shown in the duty one owes to society. In this essay I will take you through the perspectives of both philosophers so we can understand how after so many
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John Donne Multiple Choice Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. Comprehension The questions below refer to the selection “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning.” ____ 1. In plain English the title “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning” means — |a. |a graduation speech commending the senior class | |b. |a greeting to a person who had been thought missing
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In “Can Computers Think?” John Searle argues against the prevailing view in philosophy‚ psychology‚ and artificial intelligence‚ which emphasizes the analogies between the functioning of the human brain and the functioning of digital computers. (Searle‚ 372) He asks whether a digital computer‚ as defined‚ can think. Specifically‚ he asks whether instantiating or implementing the right computer program with the right inputs and outputs is sufficient to‚ or constitutive of‚ thinking‚ to which he
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The evolutionary explanation of attachment was mainly developed by John Bowlby. Starting in the early 1940s he suggests that there is an innate nature attachment‚ this meaning that a baby is born biologically with ideas/ behaviours‚ for a baby to form an attachment with a caregiver. Bowlby suggests that the main reason for this instinctive attachment is due to the primary dependency for food and survival on a mother figure. Based on Freud’s theory that a mother – child relationship is important in
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The 1999 film Being John Malkovich‚ screenplay written by Charlie Kaufman and directed by Spike Jonze‚ is a highly philosophical film that deals with the ability – or inability – to truly ‘become’ another individual. It follows the story of Craig Schwartz (John Cusack) and his experience of finding a portal that allows the user to ‘become’ the celebrity actor John Horatio Malkovich (played by John Malkovich). Within this narrative‚ the film also address ideas relating to cinema theory‚ especially
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