being entirely worthy‚ of being sometimes hostage to your own sensibilities. Those things speak to me very personally. They speak to all of us in this way." - Anthony Minghella "Belonging to oneself - the whole essence of life lies in that." - Ivan Turgenev "The conflict between the need to belong to a group and the need to be seen as unique and individual is the dominant struggle of adolescence." - Jeanne Elium "Self-identity is one of the first principles in everybody ’s life." - John Clare
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Nihilism: Encyclopedia II - Nihilism - Nihilism in Philosophy Nihilism - Nihilism in Philosophy Though the term nihilism was first popularized by Ivan Turgenev (see below)‚ it was first introduced into philosophical discourse by Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi (1743–1819)‚ who used the term to characterize rationalism‚ and in particular Immanuel Kant’s "critical" philosophy in order to carry out a reductio ad absurdum according to which all rationalism (philosophy as criticism) reduces to nihilism
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A Conversation with My Father By Grace Paley My father is eighty-six years old and in bed. His heart‚ that bloody motor‚ is equally old and will not do certain jobs any more. It still floods his head with brainy light. But it won’t let his legs carry the weight of his body around the house. Despite my metaphors‚ this muscle failure is not due to his old heart‚ he says‚ but to a potassium shortage. Sitting on one pillow‚ leaning on three‚ he offers last-minute advice and makes a request.
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Ana Lilia Aguirre Mr. Ochoa English IV January 13‚ 2015 Alexander Pushkin: Russia ’s Greatest Poet “It ’s a lucky man‚ a very lucky man‚ who is committed to what he believes‚ who has stifled intellectual detachment and can relax in the luxury of his emotions - like a tipsy traveler resting for the night at wayside inn.” (Pushkin XLIX). Alexander Pushkin is consider one of the best Russian authors of the Romantic era. Pushkin was committed to social reform becoming a spokesman of literary radicals
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Michelet. In Gertsen AI (1956) Alexander Herzen: Selected Philosophical Works. Translated from the Russian by L Navrozov. Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House. Pages 470-502 Herzen A (1857) Another Variation on an Old Theme. A letter to X (I.S Turgenev). In Higgins H (1968) My Past and Thoughts: The memoirs of Alexander Herzen vol IV. Translated from the Russian by C Garnett. London: Chatto & Windus. Pages 1560-1573 Hosking G (1997) Russia: People & Empire 1552-1917. London: Harper Collins
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Irena Curić dr. sc. Janja Ciglar-Žanić‚ red. prof. English Romanticism 08 January 2013 The Byronic Hero and Russian Romanticism Introduction George Gordon Byron‚ 6th Baron Byron‚ or simply Lord Byron‚ was a British poet of Scottish descent who is today considered to be the most influential British poet of the Romantic period (Catherine B. O ’Neill calls him "the best-known nineteenth-century British poet outside England"). His adventourous character and wild but appealing works made him
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aBiography Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893)‚ French author of the naturalistic school who is generally considered the greatest French short story writer. Guy de Maupassant was probably born at the Château de Miromesniel‚ Dieppe on August 5‚ 1850. In 1869 Maupassant started to study law in Paris‚ but soon‚ at the age of 20‚ he volunteered to serve in the army during the Franco-Prussian War. Between the years 1872 and 1880 Maupassant was a civil servant‚ first at the ministry of maritime affairs‚
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Leo Tolstoy Leo Tolstoy’s mother died when he was two years old. Tolstoy was born on august 28‚ 1828 to Countess Mariya Tolstaya and Count Nikolai Ilyich Tolstoy in Yasnaya Polyana (his family’s estate) in the Tula Province of Russia. At the time he was the youngest of four sons but one of five to left by the count and countess. When his mother died‚ Leo Tolstoy’s father put the children in the care of his cousin Tatyana Ergolsky. Nine years later Count Nikolai Ilyich Tolstoy would also pass‚
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The Reign of Alexander II and the Great Reforms I Alexander II (1855-81) realized that reforms were necessary. Alexander II was 36 years old when he acceded to the throne. The Crimean war had brought the country to the point of collapse. He was set upon reform from the start‚ and had a conviction that his mission was to alleviate the suffering of his people. He was supported in his desire for reform by his brother‚ Grand Duke Constantine. Only the emancipation of the serfs could create the conditions
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AP English Language and Composition Reading List GENERAL NONFICTION Ambrose‚ Stephen. Undaunted Courage. Follows the Lewis and Clark expedition from Thomas Jefferson‘s hope of finding a waterway to the Pacific‚ through the heart- stopping moments of the actual trip‚ to Lewis‘s lonely demise on the Natchez Trace. For readers who love detailed history. Barry‚ John M. The Great Influenza. A detailed description of the scourge of the "Spanish flu" of 1918 with interesting elements of the practice
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