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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The Jacksonian Era (1824-1848) Although the "Age of Jackson" wasn’t a time era‚ which brought forth a great political‚ social‚ or economic freedom and equality to the U.S.‚ it did in fact put our country through a metamorphosis in our political lives of the nation. The start of a new presidency (Jackson’s presidency) was accompanied by huge numbers of Hickoryites (Jacksonian supporters) and official hopefuls. Many of these hopefuls were granted their desire of holding office‚ which is one of the
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Fashion in the relevance to the Edwardian Era 1890-1919 the last maturity of elegance. The time period of the Edwardian Era in England was a period of sexual politics‚ mindless triviality‚ tensions between social security and individual freedom and wavering belief in God and religion. The Edwardian age is sometimes called the "golden age" where extravagant parties and high fashion are all everyone cares about. First impressions and formalities are so important‚ they matter more than freedom of speech
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The major conventions of Shakespearean Romantic Comedy are: The main action is about love. The would-be lovers must overcome obstacles and misunderstandings before being united in harmonious union. The ending frequently involves a parade of couples to the altar and a festive mood or actual celebration (expressed in dance‚ song‚ feast‚ etc.) A Midsummer Night’s Dream has four such couples (not counting Pyramus and Thisbe!); As You Like It has four; Twelfth Night has three; etc. Frequently (but not
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The Victorian era of British history was the period of Queen Victoria’s reign from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901. It was a long period of peace‚ prosperity‚ refined sensibilities and national self-confidence for Britain. Some scholars date the beginning of the period in terms of sensibilities and political concerns to the passage of the Reform Act 1832. The era was preceded by the Georgian period and followed by the Edwardian period. The latter half of the Victorian age roughly
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main examples are romantic love‚ family love and friendly love. Romantic love is usually what you see in movies and some books “Twilight” or “50 Shades of Grey”. This is when two characters or people are attracted to each other. Romantic love most likely leads to marriage and children. The definition of romantic love is‚ “ Expressing love or strong affection.” Most of the time‚ romantic love is shown through people being a couple- boyfriend/girlfriend or husband/wife. Romantic love should be taken
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Looking at two or more poems by William Blake consider what makes these works Romantic. “Romanticism... is an international artistic and philosophical movement that redefined the fundamental ways in which people in Western cultures thought about themselves and about their world.” Blake was born into a state of social change an ‘Age of Revolution’ and his poetry certainly reflected his strong opinion of how society was being oppressed by political and cultural influences. He believed that the
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period of 1485-1603‚ that would lead them to the witch-hunting times (also known as the burning times). The Renaissance Era was a time of rebirth‚ of new thoughts‚ knowledge‚ philosophy‚ and so on. However‚ dark histories‚ stories‚ and tales lie within this bountiful time. The belief in witches and witchcraft was supposed to have been an accepted truth of life in Shakespeare’s era but instead they were executed. Many people‚ intellectual and commoner alike‚ spoke for the existence of witchcraft seeing
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the domestication of animals meant they didn’t need to hunt or gather anymore. Therefore‚ the women’s role in society became where they stayed home‚ did chores‚ and took care of the children. When I thought about this‚ I thought that in the Neolithic era they first started settling down‚ figuring out how to make things easier. So‚ I think men and women at this time period were not equal because men still got to hunt and farm and viewed as higher up because of that. The women were some what forced to
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Progressive Era Progressivism in the United States took place in the period between the Spanish-American War and the entry of the United States into the great World War. It was a time for change in America in all walks of life‚ as well as a time for reform. It was marked by Theodore Roosevelt’s 7 and a half years in office‚ the Rough Rider put it upon himself to make the first strides towards reform. These reforms included the cracking down on illegal monopolies and so forth. During this era large
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