Plato‚ or Aristocles as is his real name‚ was one of the most influential thinkers of history. Plato set up a school called the Academy in Athens in 387 BC. He wrote down his ideas in the form of dialogues‚ or discussions between people. The dialogues explain Plato’s metaphysics or ideas on subjects such as politics‚ law‚ science‚ education‚ art‚ and the nature of knowledge. One of the best known dialogues is The Republic‚ in which Plato describes his idea of an ideal‚ or perfect‚ government. All
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continue A.F. Eichhorn’s work in New Guinea. Ernst led his first expedition to the New Guinea in 1928 and continued the two year expedition to Melanesia with the American Museum of Natural History’s (AMNH) Whitney South Sea Expedition. “During this period he described an amazing total of 26 new species‚ and 445 new subspecies of birds‚ mostly from Melanesia and the southwest Pacific” (British Ornithologists’ Union 2006). All this impressive work lead Ernst to the opportunity to move to New York in
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Oprah Winfrey has been defined as worlds most influential person. Oprah is an activist which means she cares not only about women‚ education‚ race‚ and healthy lifestyles in the United States‚ but all around the world. When reading‚ think of why somebody would take their time out of their life to pick up other people and make them stronger. To start out‚ Oprah is a woman that has started charities and also just gives to other charities. Oprah is very caring and here are some reasons why. Her main
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Among these agents some sociologists believe that family is the most important to the child’s development. Why? Some sociologists believe family is the most important to the child’s development‚ because within the family we learn self-concept‚ we also learn the basics of who we are. Family is the best arrangement for bringing up children to be mature. Family is the oldest institution on earth‚ and it plays a vital role in human society. Most families consist of a father‚ a mother‚ and children. Grandparents
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Jasmine Jackson English 101-106 A Professor Hammel 19 January 2011 My Winter Nightmare My most horrible and most memorable Winter was the Winter of 2009. I had just gotten out of the hospital after having six life-threatening surgeries from a bacterial infection that was caused from a leaking sack during pregnancy. It was the worst Winter ever! I had to stay with my mom at the time‚ which made it worse. But I couldn’t take care of myself‚ so I had no choice. While staying with my mom‚
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was a collective form of government; in the Principate it was a one man rule (Emperor). Both the Roman Republic and Roman Empire had periods of instability which ultimately caused their demise. Interestingly‚ each lasted for almost the same amount of time‚ so it would be difficult to ascertain one as more "successful" than the other. The Roman Republic controlled most of the Italian Peninsula and soon spread into the Mediterranean‚ they came in conflicts and things started getting hard. Although the
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Benjamin Franklin: The World’s Most Influential Inventor Benjamin Franklin once said‚ “Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What ’s a sundial in the shade?” 1 Throughout history there have been many amazing inventors who used their talents to innovate beyond their time period. People like Thomas Edison‚ Henry Ford‚ and Alexander Graham Bell were examples of such talented innovators with inventions that are in one way or another still used in today’s day to day life. To
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early twentieth centuries. Due to the time in which these schools of thought came to be‚ ideas are carried off from one decade to another. The New Left is possibly the most influential school of thought in that it acknowledges everything stated in the latter two‚ while it also brings up new concepts. Predominantly in the period of 1910- 1945‚ Progressive historians were basically influenced by the Progressive movement. Ideals of these historians‚ obviously‚ have to deal with the fact that progress
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earthquake always evoked something-but that something was never akin to terror. On the other hand‚ it was something right out of a Bollywood potboiler. But......but not this time. I thought the earth had cracked open and was about to swallow me. It was the most horrifying experience of my life. All of us immediately rushed out of the house. I saw all my neighbours running away. We were not just nervous‚ we were frightened. I saw some three‚ four persons dead on the way. We could not see a thing because the
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Academic writing The forms of expository and argumentative prose used by university students and researchers to convey a body of information about a particular subject. Generally‚ academic writing is expected to be precise‚ semi-formal‚ impersonal‚ and objective. Central Values of Academic Writing "When you write college papers‚ you need to remember that you are situated within an academic community [with] clear expectations for what your papers should do and how they should look. While
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