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Greek Mythology And Religion
Number of Words: 1856 / Number of Pages: 7
... presented a problem of meaning and interpretation, and a history of controversy has gathered about both the value and the status of mythology.
Myth, History, and Reason
In the Greek heritage of the West, myth or mythos has always been in tension with reason or logos, which signified the sensible and analytic mode of arriving at a true account of reality. The Greek philosophers Xenophanes, Plato, and Aristotle, for example, exalted reason and made sarcastic criticisms of myth as a proper way of knowing reality.
The distinctions between reason and myth and between myth and history, although essenti ...
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Franklin Roosevelt And The Holocaust
Number of Words: 666 / Number of Pages: 3
... Allies to determine how to deal with Hitler and the SS (Catledge, 1974). FDR was also a firm believer of the WagnerRogers bill, which if passed by congress would have given twenty- thousand Jewish children freedom into the U.S. However, this bill never found its way to FDR's desk.
Anti-Semitism in America was at an all time high during this time, maybe one reason why the WagnerRogers bill never passed through congress. Individuals like Brechenridge Long of the State Department, and Assistant Secretary of the War Department, John McCloy, were both anti-Jewish. Both of them did little to help ...
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Socrates 2
Number of Words: 250 / Number of Pages: 1
... to a former tradition, he executed a statue group of the three Graces, which stood at the entrance to the Acropolis until he 2d century ad. In the Peloponnesian war with Sparta he served as an infantryman with conspicuous bravery at the battles of potidaea in 432-430 bc, Delium in 424 bc, and amphipolis in 422 bc. Socrates believed superiority of argument over writing and therefore spent the greater part of his mature life in the marketplace and public resorts of Athens in dialogue and argument with anyone who would listen or who submit to interrogation. He wrote no books and establish no regula ...
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Development Of Computers
Number of Words: 1550 / Number of Pages: 6
... the result of this measures, all researches connected with creating and putting into the serial production of semi-conductor electronic computing machines were almost finished. That allowed to stop the production of the first generation machines beginning from the 1964.
Next decades the whole branch of the computer engineering had been created. The important steps were undertaken to widen the productive capacities for the 3d generation machines.
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THE HOMECITY OF MESM
ESM was conceived by S.A.Lebedev to be a model of a Big Electronic Computing Machine (BESM). At first it was called the Model of ...
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The Turning Point Of The Civil War
Number of Words: 1342 / Number of Pages: 5
... leading up to Gettysburg. Lee decided to take the
offensive by invading Pennsylvania via Maryland in an attempt to end the
war quickly by threatening the Northern capitol and waging "total war" on
the Northern citizens. Unfortunately for Lee, Stuart's joyriding, Stuart
delighted in riding complete circles around the Northern armies and hence
all of the public recognition and attention, left him blind, without any
clue as to the whereabouts, intentions, strengths, or capabilities of the
Union Army of the Potomac. Unbeknownst to him, Meade was marching straight
for him with almost 82,000 men and, more i ...
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Pop Art 2
Number of Words: 884 / Number of Pages: 4
... of social patterns and of conformity to conventions" (66). Pop, like so many other styles of art, raised questions of meaning: Was it art? What was the message? Was it the celebration or parody of the mass-consumer world? Happenings and Pop Art evoked strong emotional response during this era. Artworks in this style challenged social conventions and offered models for new ways to relate to our culture and to one another (Gablic, 20), thus making an important social contribution while prompting a change. Pop culture and lifestyle became closely intertwined in the 1960s ("WWW. Pop Art, 1). During the ra ...
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Compare Contrast Essay On Hoops And He Got Game
Number of Words: 437 / Number of Pages: 2
... on memories of his fathers inspiration. I feel it is important that an athlete have someone to inspire them, so they don't quit when they get frustrated.
Lonnie, from "Hoops," was a very good basketball player, and Jesus from "He Got Game," was streetwise and a good player also. They each caught an opportunity to rise above the rest in their games, and were recognized by colleges as prospects. They both had their share of trouble to get out of and were tempted to take bribes on "throwing" their game, especially Jesus. Lonnie got caught up in his friend's problems in the ghetto, and he struggled with ...
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David Walker’s Appeal
Number of Words: 785 / Number of Pages: 3
... common people. It also talks about his democratic views on things that ranged from the structure of the government to his economic process. It basically draws the reader in and enthralls him/her into a admiration for this man. This man, for the historians who wrote the textbook, was to be looked at as one of the founding fathers of the country for the great things that he accomplished, not for his unbridled hatred and cruelty to the African American race.
The thing that the textbook so eloquently leaves out, though, is Jefferson’s views upon slavery. Jefferson did not only own slaves, but had relat ...
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The Presidency Of Andrew Jackson
Number of Words: 589 / Number of Pages: 3
... system used in the past and is still in use today. He was also the first President to be elected by a National Convention as well.
Jackson believed in a strong presidency and he vetoed a dozen pieces of legislation, more than the first six presidents put together. For example, he vetoed the congressional measure providing a subsidy to the proposed Mayside road in Kentucky. He used his Presidential powers the most during the Bank war’s. He did not renew the Bank’s charter which expired in 1836. He also removed all the government’s money from the Bank of the United states and placed it in “pe ...
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Banned And Censored Music
Number of Words: 2234 / Number of Pages: 9
... newspapers, magazines, motion pictures, radio and television programs, and speeches.” (World Book 345)
Most of the early problems with the censorship of music came about in the early 1950's. This was the first real era of rock and roll in America. In 1954 a Michigan Congresswoman tried to pass a bill that stated that the mailing of any explicit or pornographic album could lead to some hefty jail time, up to five years if convicted. When looking back, the 50's had some of the most laughable incidences when songs were banned. There was a Billie Holiday song by the name of "Love For Sale," none of th ...
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