As Shakespeare once stated‚ “We know what we are‚ but not what we may be.” (Hamlet) And by this statement‚ the celebrated playwright opened up the concept that anything‚ or anyone‚ has the capacity to be anything they choose. However‚ it has been argued by Anti-Stratfordians for decades that‚ because of his deficiencies in certain aspects‚ such as proper education and means of attaining knowledge‚ Shakespeare could not have been the author of the works which have been heralded for centuries. But
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Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series‚ No. 24‚ Torun: Nicolaus Copernicus University Press‚ pp. 161–176. SA-Venues.com‚ 2013‚ Eastern Cape Maps: Attraction map of Eastern Cape‚ available on https://www.sa-venues.com/maps/eastcape_attractions.htm‚ date accessed: 05 October 2017. Swart‚ N. (2013). Adventure travel
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I. The fragmentation of western Christendom A. The Protestant Reformation 1. Martin Luther (1483-1546) attacked the sale of indulgences‚ 1517 a. Attacked corruption in the Roman Catholic Church; called for reform b. Argument reproduced with printing presses and widely read c. Enthusiastic popular response from lay Christians‚ princes‚ and many cities d. By mid-sixteenth century‚ half the German people adopted Lutheran Christianity 2. Reform spread outside Germany a. Protestant movements
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Europe Day Celebrating the creation of the European Union. Europe Day commemorates 9 May 1950‚ when the then French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman presented his proposal on the creation of an organised Europe‚ to help maintain peaceful relations between European countries. This proposal‚ known as the ’Schuman declaration’‚ is considered to be the act that created what is now the European Union. Today‚ the 9th of May has become a European symbol (Europe Day) which‚ along with the flag‚ the
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In 1543‚ Nicolaus Copernicus published De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres)‚ and sparked the beginning of the scientific revolution‚ which dramatically changed the course of human history forever. The Scientific Revolution was the rapid expansion of humanist thinking‚ and participants believed that humans had great potential‚ so they started to focus on this potential‚ and the good of humanity. This new way of thinking was simulated by publications of wise
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A Pool of Examples for SAT Essay Louis Liu Great Souls Nelson Mandela Mandela‚ the South African black political leader and former president‚ was awarded 1993 Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to antiracism and antiapartheid. Nelson Mandela is one of the great moral and political leaders of our time: an international hero whose lifelong dedication to the fight against racial oppression in South Africa won him the Nobel Peace Prize and the presidency of his country. Since his triumphant release
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participants in the study of the philosophy of science are philosophers and with a lesser number of scientists also involved.iii Important scientists and philosophers that helped shape the foundations and methodology of modern science include Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543)‚ Johannes Kepler (1571-1630)‚ Francis Bacon (1561-1626)‚ Rene Descartes (1596-1650)‚ Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)‚ Isaac Newton (1643-1727)‚ Auguste Comte (1798-1857)‚ and John Stuart Mill (1806-1873).iv The philosophy of science
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When we are trying to understand something‚ we sometimes rely on our senses and use reason to seek for the truth. We also use intuition to discover unknown things. As environment and culture may affect people’s way of thinking‚ people from different backgrounds may interpret things differently. People from the same background can even have different personal experiences‚ which also affect people’s understanding of the surroundings. No two people have exactly the same idea and we try to understand
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HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY Astronomy is the oldest of the natural sciences‚ dating back to antiquity‚ with its origins in the religious‚ mythological‚ and astrological practices of pre-history: vestiges of these are still found in astrology‚ a discipline long interwoven with public and governmental astronomy‚ and not completely disentangled from it until a few centuries ago in the Western World . In some cultures astronomical data was used for astrological prognostication. Ancient astronomers were able
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Nickolaus Otto Nicolaus Otto was born on June 14‚ 1832 in Holzhausen‚ Germany. His first occupation was as a traveling salesman selling tea‚ coffee‚ and sugar. He soon developed an interest in the new technologies of the day and began experimenting with building four-stroke engines. After meeting Eugen Langen‚ who was a technician and owner of a sugar factory‚ Otto quit his job‚ and in 1864‚ the duo started the world’s first engine manufacturing company N.A. Otto & Cie. In 1867‚ the pair was
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