Daji‚ Shay Final Exam‚ Question #1 HIST 151‚ Spring 2015 Word Count: 1498 May 2nd 2015 Factors Precipitating the Inevitability of the Protestant Reformation In 1517‚ a single friar collapsed thousands of years of religious unity‚ undermining the power of the Roman Catholic Church‚ an institution that held religious authority over the majority of the Western world. Martin Luther‚ the son of a miner‚ published a document titled The Ninety-Five Theses that challenged the selling of indulgences as a
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government to really crackdown on the citizens to make sure that there were no protests or any riots. This control also showed the kinds of beliefs that they had in Han China. Also another type of political control that they used was the filial piety. Filial piety is the respect for your father and elders. This kept the people in check because they had to respect all their elders and the people that were above them. In the Roman Empire the republic method was more based on keeping the society happy then
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argument‚ but religion was a debate that Socrates could never find an absolute answer for. For instance‚ when having a discussion with Euthyphro about the meaning of piety‚ Socrates seems to indirectly mock the absurdity of Euthyphro’s blind faith; since he could not give a straightforward answer: “If you had not certainly known the nature of piety and impiety‚ I am confident that you would never‚ on behalf of a serf‚ have charged your aged father with murder.
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Letter to the Young Women of Malolos Europe‚ February 1889 To My Countrywomen: When I wrote the Noli Me Tangere‚ I asked myself on whether or not courage was a common virtue of the young women of our country. I searched my memory diligently‚ and recalled one by one all the young women I knew since childhood‚ only to find out that all the young women I knew since childhood. Only to find out that a few conformed to the ideal I longed for. It is true that there were many who were endowed with amiable
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For the most part‚ Confucianism rejects mysticism and any sense of spirituality beyond filial piety‚ or reverence and respect for one’s ancestors. Confucians seek to cultivate virtues within themselves. The way they go about doing such is by seeking to achieve ren (humanity). They strive to be a superior man and ren is the only way in which they can achieve this. Ren is made up of xiao (filial piety)‚ li (respect)‚ zhong (loyalty)‚ zhi (wisdom)‚ and xin faithfulness). Confucianists have‚ at
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Odysseus & Aeneas By: Chance E-mail: mmb0014@unt.edu If there is any possibility that a comparison could be made with the famous journeys of Odysseus and Aeneas‚ it must be known that Aeneas is actually a hero in search of his own soul while Odysseus is a hero trying to find his old life and in a sense‚ his old soul. The Aeneid is very much of a spiritual quest‚ which makes it unique in ancient literature and in contrast with the Odyssey. Only Virgil admits to the possibility that a character
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Defeat‚ something that you experience when you lose something‚ whether it is that you lose someone dear to you‚ lose in a contest or a game‚ or lose a battle that was hard fought for‚ but there are different ways to look at it. To embrace defeat is to realize that your actions were immoral or inadequate‚ and allow yourself to grow stronger and wiser from this situation‚ and to accept defeat is to not learn from your mistakes and to blame someone else for what happened. This is the basis of the concept
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many areas. For example‚ the (d1) Romans had many slaves‚ which were used for agriculture and business production‚ while the Han did not. These empires also had (d2) varying ways in which their household was run‚ such as pater familias and filial piety‚ as well as the (d3) role of women was different among the two empires. The Rome and the Han dynasties both had shared specific qualities. Both of these empires contained upper level social classes. Within each class‚ there were people who obtained
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Irene of Athens‚ who reigned from 780 to 802‚ is one of the initial examples of imperial imagery being used to emphasize the empress’ pious nature. Irene of Athens was married to Leo IV and was the mother of Constantine VI. Her time as empress resulted in actions that were seen as less than desirable of a ruler but her commissions and images immortalized her as a pious ruler. The prime accusation concerned the deposition of her son since his own actions did not justify the empress’s actions. When
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Report to Wordsworth- Boey Kim Cheng In this poem the 20th century poet Cheng refers to the 19th century poet Wordsworth who referred to the 17th century poet Milton. So he is thereby indirectly referring to Milton and there is a Consistency of style. He is urging him to be here at this time because Where Wordsworth wrote about the beauty of the world and was concerned about the destruction we have caused it in the poem “The world is too much with us” he is trying to tell him about the further
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