MEURSAULT AS A NIHILIST IN ALBERT CAMUS ‘S THE STRANGER Albert Camus (1913-1960) was a French novelist ‚ essayist ‚ dramatist‚ regarded as one of the finest philosophical writers of modern France. He earned a world –wide reputation as a novelist and essayist and won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1957. Through his writings and I some measure against his will‚ he became the leading moral voice of his generation during the 1950’s. one of the greatest modern writers; he expresses the moral concerns
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Albert Einstein was born of Jewish parents in Ulm‚ Germany‚ in 1879. He was educated at Munich‚ Aarau and Zurich. Disapproving of German militarism he took Swiss nationality in 1901 and the following year was appointed examiner at the Swiss Patent Office. While in this post he began publishing original papers on the theoretical aspects of problems in physics. Influenced by quantum theory developed by Max Planck in Berlin‚ Einstein explained the photoelectric law that governs the production of
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Albert Einstein once defined insanity as‚ “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” For instance‚ if one repeats an action over and over again like speeding‚ he or she will expect a different outcome; however‚ he or she will keep receiving tickets for speeding. From a personal viewpoint‚ a few of my friends think repeatedly performing a task over and over will give them a new result. For instance‚ not preparing for a test will cause failure which is my personal
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Albert Bandura‚ often called a "father’ of the cognitivist movement" who is known mostly for his work on behaviorism‚ was born in Canada on December 4‚ 1925. He attended the University of British Columbia and received his bachelor’s degree in Psychology in 1949. He then attended the University of Iowa in 1952 where he got his PhD in Psychology. While teaching at Stanford University in 1959‚ he worked with a graduate student on his first book‚ Adolescent Aggression. Bandura is still currently doing
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communicate a knowledge and understanding of historical features and issues‚ using appropriate and well-structured written and oral forms (NSW Board of Studies Stage 6 Modern History Syllabus 2004) Description of task: Twentieth Century personality – Albert Speer * Research and present a 15-20 minute powerpoint presentation on the following topic: ‘History is about winners.’ How accurate is this statement in relation to the personality you have studied? * Include annotations for TWO sources
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disease. People called it the Bubonic Plague or “Black Death”. Many people were affected because of the Bubonic Plague. The Bubonic Plague or “Black Death” was a disadvantage. The people that were infected had symptoms because of the disease. In Document 1‚ it said that the Bubonic Plague began in (Europe) Italy. It started approximately in 1348‚ and it took 2 years for the plague to spread. The Bubonic Plague travelled East to West. The Bubonic Plague was fleas that were on rodents and it
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in this year that the Plague hit Europe. The disease was spreading throughout their village and there was no escaping it. The parents did everything they could to protect their children‚ keeping them away from others. Sadly both of the parents contracted the disease and died. This happened to many families during this time and the Plague killed at least 25 million. Ebola was not nearly as bad therefore‚ Ebola in modern Africa was a better disease to have than the Black Plague in the Middle Ages. This
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Black Plague Most Tragic Disease In History Have you ever wondered how serious the black death was? Why it was one of the worse things to happen on earth? The black death was a terrible disease during the medieval time period causing millions of deaths across the world.The black death could be wrote down as the most tragic disease to happen in history.The black death was the worse disease to ever occur causing millions of deaths‚ unsanitary lifestyles‚ lots of lies‚ filthy animals‚and cruel and tragic
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Great Pestilence‚ The Great Plague‚ The Great Mortality‚ The Death‚ and The Black Plague. Genoan ships are thought to have brought the disease from Kaffa (Dunn 26). The bacteria first infected the black rats and transmitted the infection to humans by fleabites (Bagley 100). Once people are infected‚ they infect others very rapidly. Plague causes fever and a painful swelling of the lymph glands called buboes‚ which is how it gets its name (101). The symptoms of the plague were swelling in the groin
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The plague infected Europe with outbreaks beginning in the mid-fourteenth century and was met with many different reactions. These reactions included fear‚ curiosity‚ and even spite. Through these responses and general insecurity from the plague‚ superstitions and other theories formed so people could try to make sense of what was going on. Fear of the plague would be an understandable reaction‚ considering that they had no idea what was going on or how to cure it. Eventually believing that the
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