POPE AS A SATIRIST Satire is a literary genre‚ usually meant to be funny. The word ‘Satire’ was defined by Richard Garnett as‚ The expression in adequate terms of the sense of amusement or disgust excited by the ridiculous or unseemly‚ provided the humour is a distinctly recognized element and the utterance is inverted with literary form. Without humour satire is invective‚ without literary form‚ it is mere clownish jeering. (Encyclopedia Britannica 14th ed. vol. 20 p. 5) Satire is defined by Long
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These Latin words‚ translated into English as “I came‚ I saw‚ I conquered”‚ were spoken by Julius Caesar‚ and captured his decision making and leadership skills (“Latin Quotes by Julius Caesar”). Julius Caesar is considered one of the greatest military minds of all time. Through a series of political alliances and battles‚ he expanded the Roman Republic and built the foundations for the Roman Empire (“Julius Caesar – Dictator‚ General”). As with other successful leaders‚ such as Winston Churchill
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In Pope Francis’ recent address to the people I think the pope really made some good insights to how we can think of the Church as our mother. There were many passages that really stood out to me. One of them was talking about how the Church is like a mother because a mother generates life‚ "... She bears us in the faith‚ through the words of the Holy Spirit who makes her fertile‚ like the Virgin Mary." I had never thought about the Church like this before and I thought it was interesting how he
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through reason‚ to provide explanations for all actions and events. Both Alexander Pope and Voltaire discuss some of the more common questions posed during the Enlightenment: What is the nature of humanity and what is our role in the greater picture of the universe? Pope argues that everything in the universe‚ whether it is good or evil‚ is essentially perfect because is a part of God’s grand plan. In essence‚ Pope believed in pre-determined fate‚ where no matter our actions‚ our fate remains the
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defined by many famous artists from Leonardo Da Vinci to Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni‚ political figures like Niccolò Machiavelli and individuals like Petrarch who brought humanism into the European fold. However in the Renaissance period a pope in Rome determined to advance the Papal State into this Renaissance and determine to get the truth of his perspection to europe’s nobility was underlooked by
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punished with eternity in an inferior form of Heaven. They live in a castle with seven gates which symbolize the seven virtues. Here‚ Dante sees many prominent people from classical antiquity such as Homer‚ Socrates‚ Aristotle‚ Cicero‚ Hippocrates and Julius Caesar. second circle In the Second Circle of Hell‚ Dante and his companion Virgil find people who were overcome by lust. They are punished by being blown violently back and forth by strong winds‚ preventing them to find peace and rest. Strong winds
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Pope John Paul II was born in Wadowice‚ Poland as Karol Józef Wojtyła on May 18‚ 1920. Even from a young age‚ it was apparent that Karol was to face many hardships. His mother‚ Emilia Wojtyla‚ died when he was very young‚ and this was just the beginning of his hardships. During the Nazi invasion of Poland‚ Karol worked among the many poor workers. This ultimately affected his beliefs as a priest and as a pope. From his work among the poor‚ he developed a sense of understanding and sympathy for them
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in this set are as follows: legitimate authority‚ just cause‚ right intention‚ last resort‚ reasonable chance of success‚ and an end goal of superior peace. I believe that‚ according to the jus ad bellum‚ the declaration of the First Crusade by Pope Urban II was just. The first of the rules that must be examined is legitimate authority. This is determined by the cultural context of the war. Legitimate authority can change because different cultures believe in their own authority. For example‚ throughout
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Though Pope Urban II promised a heaven for the Franks and expanded Christianity‚ I believe that his message was frightening rather than inspiring. I have come to this conclusion because in an ideal mind‚ a pope‚ a man of the church is thought to be pure and pious. However‚ Pope Urban II is in fact acting as a political leader‚ scheming and plotting against the Turks‚ under the façade of a pope. In his appeal to the Franks‚ Pope Urban II begins his speech in an ominous and foreboding tone. This
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embassy eight years later. Source 2 is a contemporary description of Henry VI written by Pope Pius II in his memoirs. Neither source gives a very flattering account of Henry VI. Source 1 describes him as a rather immature young man who did not take seriously the role of King‚ ‘the king seems to have done little more than stand about in a variety of opulent costumes‚ grinning broadly’. Source 2‚ Pope Pius II describes Henry as a weak and ineffective king who is dominated by his wife‚ ‘a dolt and
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