Topic 4: Late 19th Century Theories 1. Continental thought in the early 19th Century was shaped by a philosophy that rejected material things in favor of a search for inner truth. This philosophy was (a) Cartesian rationalism. (b) classical economics. (c) Marxian economics. (d) social rationalism. (e) dialectical materialism. 2. A school of thought influenced by Auguste Comte’s determinism‚ and which contended that Ricardians “confined the observations on which they based their reasoning
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(to weigh apples) * Tweezers * Fridge -Method: 1. Collect all the materials together (including; tap-water‚ apples‚ marker etc.) 2. Carefully pour 200 ml of tap-water‚ vinegar and milk into separate beakers 3. Get two granny smith apples and cut and weigh them on an electric scale so that each piece is approximately 43.00 g 4. Now peel the skin off the apple with a knife (or peeler) 5. Carefully
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novel In Cold Blood by Truman Capote‚ Capote offers multiple perspectives on the complex crime that is murder. The plot follows the events surrounding the murder of a family of four in Holcomb‚ Kansas‚ and the two murderers‚ Dick Hitchcock and Perry Smith. It seems impossible to understand the way a murderer thinks‚ let alone show compassion towards them; however‚ this is the purpose of Capote’s novel‚ and he does so with a masterful hand. Through the use of figurative language‚ pathos‚ and characterization
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Religious intolerance has always been a trademark of Brazil despite the fact that since the year of 1891 the country was constitutionally declared a secular nation. With a population of more than 209 million‚ Brazil is mostly catholic (65%)‚ and while Protestants (23%) have eased their way into being socially tolerated and accepted through the years every other religion is quite often rejected and frowned upon. This rejection makes it difficult for other religions to grow‚ but certainly not impossible
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per person back down to its original real level. The net result of this would be an increase in the cost of production. 3. THE LABOUR THEORY OF VALUE: The value of a product is equal to the value of the labour involved in its production. ADAM SMITH * Nationality: Scottish * Dates:1723-1790 * Publications: An inquiry into the nature and Causes of the wealth of nations. Main Ideas: * The invisible hand of free enterprise. * Laissez –Faire * Labour theory of values *
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ECONOMICS Adam Smith He was a Scottish philosopher during the Enlightenment. (The Enlightenment was an 18th century philosophical movement in Europe that stressed the importance of reason in analysing and investigating.) He wrote ’An Enquiry into the Nature and Causes of The Wealth of Nations’ published in 1776. His main economic ideas were: A nation’s wealth was the total value of its goods and services‚ not the value of its raw materials and precious metals. The value of these goods
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supply creates its own aggregative demand”. In other words‚ every manufacturer is the purchaser at the same time‚ and sooner or later everyone needs goods that produced by others. Thus‚ the macroeconomic market will always be in equilibrium. Adam Smith‚ a major proponent of the classical approach‚ wrote: “It is not from the benevolence of the butcher‚ the brewer‚ or the baker‚ that we can expect our dinner‚ but from their regard to their own interest.” (Lectures‚ p. 169‚ 1729) The financial
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Written in 1949 looking into the future of 1984 George Orwell wrote a novel about a negative utopia where the government controls everything‚ even your thoughts. In London 1984 Winston Smith starts writing a diary about his life‚ and later put in prison for his actions. Winston Smith is our main character and the easiest character to relate to. He is also the character with the most progression and changes. Julia is Winston’s lover and companion that he hated before he knew her and then later loves
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The father of capitalism‚ Adam Smith‚ stated “It is not from the benevolence of the butcher‚ the brewer‚ or the baker‚ that we expect our dinner‚ but from their regard to their own interest.” Self interest is the true nature of free market capitalism however‚ we should note Stone’s usage of the word greed as a substitute of self interest. Self interest as a concept moves focus away from the corrupt‚ self indulgent nature of the world portrayed in the movie. The word “greed” carries across the concept
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* NAME: Sylvia Plath * OCCUPATION: Academic‚ Editor‚ Author‚ Poet * BIRTH DATE: October 27‚ 1932 * DEATH DATE: February 11‚ 1963 * EDUCATION: Smith College‚ Cambridge University * PLACE OF BIRTH: Boston‚ Massachusetts * PLACE OF DEATH: London‚ England Sylvia Plath was born in Boston‚ Massachusetts‚ on October 27‚ 1932. Plath met and married British poet Ted Hughes‚ although the two later split. The depressive Plath committed suicide in 1963‚ garnering accolades after
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