In Greek mythology‚ Cronus or Kronos was the leader and youngest of the first generation of Titans‚ the divine descendants of Uranus‚ the sky‚ and Gaia‚ the earth. He overthrew his father and ruled during the mythological Golden Age‚ until he was overthrown by his own son Zeus and imprisoned in Tartarus. Cronus was usually depicted with a harpe‚ scythe or a sickle‚ which was the instrument he used to castrate and depose Uranus‚ his father. In Athens‚ on the twelfth day of the Attic month of Hekatombaion
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philosophy and style of debate‚ and focused his studies toward the question of virtue and the formation of a noble character. According to Aristotle‚ Plato developed the foundations of his metaphysics and epistemology by studying the doctrines of Cratylus‚ and the work of Pythagoras and Parmenides. When Plato met Socrates‚ however‚ he had met his definitive teacher. Under the influence of Socrates’ philosophical ideology‚ Plato was trying to find a solution to the problem that although there is
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Plato’s theory of forms Introduction Plato expounded his Theory of Forms over a writing career of some forty years. The theory was being refined over this period and is never fully explained in any one dialogue. Thus‚ any explanation of the theory‚ involves piecing together fragments as they appear throughout Plato’s writings‚ and recasting the earlier statements in the light of the metaphysical framework developed in the later works. General Statement of the Theory of Forms The theory basically
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ARISTOTLE Aristotle was Plato’s greatest student. One of his big contributions to philosophy was the theory of the four kinds of causes. Aristotle’s ideal state would be ruled by the virtuous citizens. Aristotle thinks that a state is an association for allowing each citizen to live well. What was Aristotle’s notion of friendship? It was broader than our modern notion of friendship. It was closer to the idea of people helping each other be virtuous. Aristotle thought the state had a duty to morally
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LEXICOLOGY. Interpreters’ Department Lecture I. Lexical units: their properties and specific features 1. Lexicology; a myth or reality. The object and the subject matter of lexicology. 2. Lexical units: their properties and specific features. 3. The description of the lexicon in generative grammar. 4. The function of lexical units. Nomination (verbalization) processes: causes‚ ways‚ types and results. 5. Motivated versus non-motivated lexical units. 6. The word – why? Why is the
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Semantics and Theories of Semantics Semantics is the study of meaning in language. We know that language is used to express meanings which can be understood by others. But meanings exist in our minds and we can express what is in our minds through the spoken and written forms of language (as well as through gestures‚ action etc.). The sound patterns of language are studied at the level of phonology and the organisation of words and sentences is studied at the level of morphology and syntax.
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Dhvani This word means "sound" literally‚ but does not deal with the fhction of sound in the musical sense. The theory was first propounded by Anandavardhana‚ the ninth century thinker‚ in his treatise‚ Dhavanyaloka (Dhvani+aloka). The Dhvani theory considers the indirectly evoked meaning or suggestivity as the characteristic f a e of literary utterance. This feature separates and determines the literary from other kinds of discourse‚ and is an all-embracing principle which explains the structure
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Apollo (Attic‚ Ionic‚ and Homeric Greek: Ἀπόλλων‚ Apollōn (gen.: Ἀπόλλωνος); Doric: Ἀπέλλων‚ Apellōn; Arcadocypriot: Ἀπείλων‚ Apeilōn; Aeolic: Ἄπλουν‚ Aploun; Latin: Apollō) is one of the most important and complex of the Olympian deities in classical Greek and Roman religion and Greek and Roman mythology. The ideal of the kouros (a beardless‚ athletic youth)‚ Apollo has been variously recognized as a god of light and the sun‚ truth and prophecy‚ healing‚ plague‚ music‚ poetry‚ and more. Apollo is
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Dictionary of Literary Biography on A(lec) D(erwent) Hope The legacy of leading Australian poet A. D. Hope to world literature is unquestionable‚ comprising eleven books of poetry‚ seven collections of critical essays‚ and two plays. His writing‚ compelling in its originality and passion‚ and rigorous in its satirical edge and philosophical insights‚ embodies in its language both the greatness and the frailty of the human spirit. Despite the many critical works Hope wrote during his lifetime‚ he
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Similes The simile is a figure of speech that describes something by comparing or establishing its similarity to something else‚ using ‘like’ or ‘as’. This device makes the description more emphatic. Similes are written in the following forms: 1. [subject] [verb] AS [adjective] AS...[noun] The athlete was AS nimble AS a cat. 1. [subject] [verb] LIKE...[noun] This food tastes LIKE garbage. He drives LIKE a maniac. Here are some common examples of similes‚ with their meanings: ...as
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