Traces of therapeutic activities in China date from the Shang dynasty (14th–11th centuries BCE).[6] Though the Shang did not have a concept of "medicine" as distinct from other fields‚[6] their oracular inscriptions on bones and tortoise shells refer to illnesses that affected the Shang royal family: eye disorders‚ toothaches‚ bloated abdomen‚ etc.‚[6][7] which Shang elites usually attributed to curses sent by their ancestors.[6] There is no evidence that the Shang nobility used herbal remedies.[6]
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kings‚ a new group of people rose in defiance to such popular dictators as James II‚ and George III. Among one of the people defying the tawdry monarchs stood John Locke‚ a famous English activist who were responsible for his famous book The Two Treatises of Government. As regards the democracy nowadays‚ Locke and his political philosophy have influenced the principles of the United States of
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Hobbes vs. Locke vs. Rousseau/ State of Nature/ Allam/ 2013 “I am at the point of believing‚ that my labor will be as useless as the commonwealth of Plato. For Plato‚ also is of the opinion that it is impossible for the disorders of the state ever to be taken away until sovereigns be philosophers . . . I recover some hope that one time or other this writing of mine may fall into the hands of a sovereign who will consider it for himself‚ for it is short‚ and I think clear.” -The Monster of
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Mahābhāṣya by Patañjali contains the earliest reference to what may have been the seeds of Sanskrit drama. The major source of evidence for Sanskrit theatre is A Treatise on Theatre (Nātyaśāstra)‚ a compendium whose date of composition is uncertain (estimates range from 200 BCE to 200 CE) and whose authorship is attributed to Bharata Muni. The Treatise is the most complete work of dramaturgy in the ancient world. It addresses acting‚ dance‚ music‚ dramatic construction‚ architecture‚ costuming‚ make-up‚
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commonwealth and threatening the lives of all.” Put simply‚ Hobbes’ Leviathan theory contends that the state should have absolute power and no one should be able to overthrow it. It took forty years and the person of John Locke‚ in his Second Treatise of Government‚ to point out the grave problems presented by the Leviathan Idea. Locke’s scathing attack on the Leviathan idea takes a two-fold approach. Firstly‚ it addresses what Locke
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first century BC‚ the Roman architect Marcus Vitruvius wrote his ten books of architecture. In these books‚ De Architectura‚ he detailed the Greek and Tuscan orders as a reference point for future architects. In 1563‚ Giacomo da Vignola wrote his treatise‚ The Five Orders of Architecture‚ which was considered to be a guide for architects and builders throughout Europe. During the Renaissance‚ Andrea Palladio (1508-1580)‚ wrote the The Four Books of Architecture‚ these books encompassed the classical
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importance of being free. This essay will look at John Locke’s principle works” Second Treatise of government” and John Stuart Mills. “ On Liberty and Other Essays”. This essay will attempt to compare and contrast Lockes ideology on Liberty and Freedom to that of Mill. John Locke was one of the greatest philosopher in Europe in the end of 17th CE who wrote one of the most monumental books of the 18th CE ‚ The Second treatise of Government. Much of Locke’s work is characterized by opposition to authoritarianism
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BENEDICT SPINOZA If one were to make a list of iconoclastic and radical thinkers‚ Benedict Spinoza would rank high. His great and enduring work‚ Ethics‚ continues to have renewed impact‚ currently among environmentalists and ecologically minded thinkers. Spinoza wrote numerous philosophical‚ political‚ and religious criticism works. His efforts consistently express a mind set in favor of religious tolerance and in opposition to traditional religious orthodoxy. In his two major works‚ Tractatus
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equal degree‚ the spoken word. Even before the advent of Islam on the Arabian Peninsula‚ poetry was representative of the Arabic culture. As Islam spread across the Mediterranean and the world‚ great mathematicians and scientists wrote works‚ treatises‚ compilations and many other documents describing their discoveries. Countless histories‚ biographies‚ and geographies were written in the Islamic Golden Age. A great deal of fiction was written throughout Arabic history‚ ranging from Romantic novels
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ABANUKA C.S.Sp. DATE JANUARY 2011 INTRODUCTION Aristotle (384-322BC) is one of the most influential philosophers of the western tradition and had many philosophical works credited to him. In his treatise on logic collectively known as “Organon”‚ Aristotle gave two preliminary treatises; “The Categories and De Interpretatione (on interpretation) dealing with terms and with propositions respectively. This paper is an attempt to look at the categories from Aristotle’s perspective. Hence it
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