First contrast is the time when those two statues made‚ the Memi and Sabu date between 2575 and 2465 BC‚ Egypt. An era where the commission of nonroyal sculptures was popular.1(The Met‚ ND) The Gudea figure date from 2090 BC‚ found in the Mesopotamia territory. This piece was commissioned by Gudea to be part of the reconstructed temples; it is evident by the inscription on his robe.2(The Met‚ ND) The differences in the medium; diorite‚ used in the Gudea sculpture‚ is relatively rare rock especially
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Americans seem to inherently focus on individualism and self-interest‚ according to Caleb Jacobo and Alexis de Tocqueville. Tocqueville‚ a Frenchman who visited and wrote about America in the 19th century‚ and Jacobo‚ an American writing in the present day‚ have similar ideas despite their cultural differences. Jacob argues that this natural focus on individualism comes from America’s founders who came here in order to escape the popular statism in Europe‚ as he says that “America was built on the
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1) Kutuzov demonstrated each of the characteristics of mindfulness‚ first with the “creation of new categories”. When Napoleons army advanced‚ The Russian Bear did not retaliate by advancing his troops‚ but instead drew them back. Thinking outside of the norm he did not jump to any predetermined actions but instead thought ahead and devised a plan to lure Napoleons troops away from their resources and introduced their secret weapon the Russian winter. “Welcoming new information”‚ Kutuzov knew that
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people whose job it is to think and ponder about the meaning of morals and human nature. The two prime examples that shall be mentioned are the philosophers Voltaire and Jean Jacques Rousseau. The philosophies of both of these men were known for bringing the earth out of the Dark ages and into the Enlightenment. Therefore‚ one might assume that these humanistic thinkers would place the highest amount of respect onto the human understanding of morality and goodness. Confusingly‚ they did and they did
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that both texts are influenced by‚ and reflect the values of their respective contexts. Emma is set in the isolated‚ rural town of Highbury‚ England in the early 1800’s‚ at a time where society had placed value on social hierarchy. This distinction between classes was largely determined by family lines and inheritance. It is in the upper class of society that Jane Austen places her protagonist‚ Emma‚ “handsome‚ clever and rich…with very little to distress or vex her”. Emma’s desirable situation had
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for himself. Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ is about a brave warrior who goes from a hero in battle‚ to a hero for simply his own good. Beowulf is portrayed as an epic hero whereas Macbeth is distinguished as a tragic hero. The two characters share the similarities of being brave and being prideful. Although these men have common traits of a hero‚ the one major difference is who they attempt to take down; Beowulf murders horrendous‚
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Nietzsche‚ believed that women were infinitely inferior to men. This‚ however‚ was not the only factor that separated these two minds. Mill focused his findings on the morality of society and the beliefs that all human beings should live by; while Nietzsche focused his writings on the human nature that went against the belief of living by a set moral code. His views were very individualized as opposed to viewing society as a whole and looking at doing actions for the greater good. Due to the fact
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around a hero of battle and logic. This helps to symbolize the transition from a culture based around sound ideas of logic to a culture that becomes more open to human nature and its sympathies. The Roman culture was far more empathetic and subjective than their Greek counterparts. This style of narrative creates a much closer bond between the character and the reader than was presented in the Odyssey (Brooks 9). The Romans valued a hero who was inspired by his heart while the Greeks
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The world revolves around right‚ wrong‚ and the basic belief of morals but what if these morals were simply a figment of imagination created by a single human and simply accepted? People around the world make decisions according to their beliefs and morals every day. Philosophers since the beginning of time have attempted to prove or disprove the existence of natural law which is what morals are based on. Some of the most significant philosophers to the topic are Aquinas and Nietzsche who specify
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In Plato’s dialogues the symposium and Meno‚ both focus on the role of forms and through them the importance of how humans attain knowledge. However even though their goals are similar towards the attainment of knowledge‚ both arguments in the end are different to one another‚ when defining the role of forms. In this paper I will analyze both dialogues in their argument to the role of forms‚ and refute why the two dialogues are incompatible with one another‚ nevertheless shedding light on connecting
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