To what extent are human sciences‚ real sciences? “Human science fragments everything in order to understand it‚ kills everything in order to examine it. ” (Leo Tolstoy‚ War and Peace)i There has always existed the question whether human sciences are considered real sciences and if do they really follow the established guidelines of science. The argument is that the natural sciences take a different approach to results and have a strong dependence on the observer. This is due to the fact‚ that
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Life History of Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam This‚ he said‚ was alone the path to progress. Later‚ much later‚ I realised‚ that those were the very words he’s lived by all through his life. They are both philosophical and practical‚ quite like the world he grew up in as a boy in the island town of Rameswaran‚ in south India. His father‚ a humble boat owner‚ Jainulabdeen‚ was a devout Muslim and a close friend of the Rameswaran temple priest. Kalam was brought up in a multi-religious‚ tolerant society;
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Leningrad‚ USSR. It is impossible to ignore the family heritage that her name evokes. She is the granddaughter of the Soviet writer Alexei Tolstoy‚ who wrote historical novels about Peter the Great and Ivan the Terrible in the 1930’s and 1940’s‚ and the great-grandniece of the even more famous author of Voyna i mir (1865-1869; War and Peace‚ 1886)‚ Leo Tolstoy. She was born into a family of rich literary tradition. Her most famous short story‚ “White Walls” was written in 1999. This story is from
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and interpreted by Jon Krakauer‚ who completed and published the book in 1997. Narrated by Krakauer‚ the account of the event that led McCandless to become a modern and extreme transcendentalist is hardly forgettable. The works of writers such as Tolstoy and Thoreau inspire him to follow the advice given that he so much admired. Some think that McCandless is a reckless and ignorant imbecile who perishes out of his own arrogance and ridiculous ego‚ however‚ he truly is courageous and noble. Transcendentalists
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epigraphs is to give us a preview and set the mood on what to expect in the upcoming chapter. Some these quotes reflect the well-being of Chris or his lifestyle. In Chapter 3‚ he opens up with a quote. The first quote comes from “Family Happiness” By Leo Tolstoy saying “I wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. I wanted excitement and dancer and the chance to sacrifice myself for my love…” This quote opens up a little bit about the Tone of how Chris’s personality is. He shows that Chris is a
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Topic: Vegetarians. General purpose: To inform. Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about two top types of Vegetarians. Central Idea: There are two top types of Vegetarians: vegetarian and vegan. Introduction There are vegetarians all over the world. They just want what most people want: good food and a choice. And some people become vegetarians because of their religion‚ their culture‚ and the place they live. There are different kinds of vegetarians. Some vegetarians
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The Sick Soul William James was a powerful writer who explained many of his philosophies of religion and views on different personal religious experience in his book The Varieties of Religious Experience. Generally‚ throughout the book‚ James focuses on individual experience rather than institutional religion. Here James speaks of the “optimist” and the “pessimist”‚ also termed as the “healthy-minded” and the “sick soul”. James spends lectures 6 and 7 explaining the “sick soul” and what causes people
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The common physical beauty is what Elaine Scarry called “a symmetry of everyone’s relation to one another” in her book called On Beauty and Being Just (1999). This means that beautiful subjects or objects are evenly proportioned and ideal in all their forms. In other words‚ if symmetry is perfection‚ then beauty is perfection too. At the same time‚ as absolute symmetry does not exist- beauty is a divine feature of “chosen”. Meanwhile‚ I have my own interpretation of physical beauty. This is the idea
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History – The First and Second Great Awakenings had several things in common. They were both religious revival movements that was cause by a desire for liberalism in religion. They both appealed to human emotions to create change‚ played roles in expanding women membership in the church‚ developing new religious denominations‚ and addressing social issue such as racism and slavery. The end of World War II also put an end the era of colonialism. There were many new nations popping up that wanted to
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Leisure Reading Report Title: “God sees the truths but waits” Author: Leo Tolstoy I. Setting Town of Vladimir II. Characterization Ivan Dmitrich Aksionov- handsome‚ fair haired‚ curly.Headed fellow‚ full Of fun‚ and very fund in singing. -he had two shops and a house of its own. -lived in the town of Vladimir Makar Semyonich-accompanied of Akisonov in jail -One who killed the merchant. III.Vocabulary 1. Doze-to sleeps tightly 2. Despair-to
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