“continued” Kant’s concept of “thing in itself” in a way that he managed to conceptualized Geist or the Human mind or Spirit and the Zeitgeist (spirit of the ages) which was when the human mind progresses throughout time and changes like trends; he also stated that only by an interaction of opposites can we desire to progress and achieve understanding‚ for both the Geist and Zeitgeist‚ and the view of the being as being more dynamic to give more diversity on the concepts we use to understand the world we live
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There are many factors that can determine why a historian arrives at a certain viewpoint. These are factors not limited to: The zeitgeist in which the source was written‚ the information available to them (e.g. where the US or Soviet archives open to the historian)‚ the focus of the source‚ the historical methods employed‚ the assumptions they make‚ their political convictions and their agenda (the purpose of the source). Evaluating these different areas can help explain the various discrepancies
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THE HISTORY OF GOOGLE The internet is one (if not) the biggest fastest forms of communication we use in this world. It’s used to connect people to one another from any point on the earth. The internet also consist of a large number of search engine. Each search engine can look up and find about anything you are looking for. One of the biggest search engines today is google. Google is a play on the word googol. Googol was coined by a
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The development of the scientific metthos and advancement of scientific thinking played a crucial role is disturbing the zeitgeist‚ or feeling of the time‚ in the 17th century. the people of the 17th century were generally accepting people. the uneducated had no problems believing what they were told. this was the common feeling until a few "radical" scientists began to question things. the Roman Catholic Church persecuted such notable scientists as Copernicus and Galileo for their beliefs. the
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In the late 19th century Russia was in a industrial standstill and its zeitgeist completely skewed compared to the evolution of the rest of the western world. This was mainly due to Russia being so big as well as having a much larger population than the rest of europe and having no government to match the sheer size of the masses. During the end of the 19th century into the 20th‚ the population of Russia was the fastest growing western nation‚ other than the U.S.‚ with their population more than
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Ken – a young man who represents the new generation of artists that threaten Rothko’s rule - into the scene‚ facilitates the exploration of Rothko’s need for validation of his own art due to his contemptuous attitude towards the new generation of ‘zeitgeist’ artists. When Rothko dismissively explains to Ken that “[ken is]not an artist because [ken is] not civilised” he stands in front of Ken authoritatively and waves his arms rapidly – conveying his need for appraisal and admiration. This is further
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Astronomy is Religion Stop‚ look‚ listen‚ and think for a minute about what has been taught about religion. Peter Joseph states "I do not know what God is but I know what he isn’t" (2007). He makes this remarkable statement in the motion picture Zeitgeist. Putting religion under the microscope shows many reasons Christianity is plagiarized from the Egyptian and many other religions. Joseph also states that for the most part religion comes from astronomy and the way the earth‚ sun‚ and stars are aligned
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After the dust of World War I settled and the troops came home -- or didn’t come home --it became evident that the world was changed forever. World War I ushered in a modern era of warfare with new fighting methods that affected an entire generation of young people. New technology introduced during World War I shaped the way wars would be fought from then on. For the first time‚ tanks‚ airplanes and machine guns made their way onto the battlefield. These new technologies magnified the effects of
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While New York City’s zeitgeist instilled an appreciation for high-end fashion’s influence on the world’s perceptions of individuals‚ it was the Fashion Institute of Technology’s cutting-edge classes that turned my junior year entrepreneurial interests into a school based philanthropic business: Stuyvesant Fashion (SF) - a rapidly developed‚ school-wide enterprise that markets and sells exclusive student-designed clothing with profits directly transferred to a Stuyvesant fund for individual student’s
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TS Eliot’s “The Hollow Men” is a revolutionary piece of poetry that embodies the post World War I zeitgeist. The post-war society was one of hopelessness and isolation. More and more people began to see the meaningless existence of human life and as a result‚ became desensitized to human emotion and existed in a state of limbo. Broken into only five stanzas‚ Eliot manages to capture the spirit of an age in “The Hollow Men.” Immediately in the epigraph‚ Eliot makes a direct reference (from
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