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Kant Vs. Schopenhauer On Enlig
Number of Words: 1515 / Number of Pages: 6
... bing immature and lazy."It is all too easy for others to set themselves up as their guardians." It is this immaturity and susceptibility that he seeks to pull his people from. It is easy for them to be immature, keeping a mind set of, "I need not think so long as I can pay". Pretty harsh words for his time when the threat of religious persecution was still an existent social norm. He feels man to be smarter than that. "For they would certainly learn to walk eventually after a few falls." But, man cannot do this "because he was never allowed to make the attempt."
Let man learn, Kant replies. Let him ...
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Asia 2
Number of Words: 1719 / Number of Pages: 7
... continent's physiographic system focuses on the Pamirs, a towering plateau region located where the borders of India, China, and Afghanistan converge. It is known as the Roof of the World. Mountain ranges spiral out from the Pamirs to the west (Hindu Kush), and southeast (Great Himalayas). These ranges form an imposing eastern-western arc, about 2500 km (about 1550 mi) in length, that contains numerous peaks of heights well more than 6100 m (20,000 ft), including the highest peak in the world, Mount Everest. Other ranges extend east and northeast of the Pamirs (Karakorum, Kunlun, and Tien Shan). Betwee ...
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Cyrano De Bergarac
Number of Words: 603 / Number of Pages: 3
... its self behind my mind," the reader can instantly relate to this dilemma but it is the fact that Cyrano is able to overcome it that makes him a hero.
Not only is Cyrano filled with emotion, but he also goes out of his way to live life to the fullest. Cyrano's introduction to the reader definitely leaves a lasting impression. Not only does he banish an actor from the theater for performing poorly, but he proceeds to recite poetry while dueling with another member of the audience. Every moment of Cyrano's life is filled with action like this. When he was informed that one hundred men were going to ...
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The Death Of Socrates
Number of Words: 389 / Number of Pages: 2
... a fair trial means that he was given a fair punishment. If this punishment is not carried out, justice will not be served. Escaping punishment would cause a conflict between his teachings and his actions. This would eradicate the moral reputation that Socrates had built for himself throughout his life. The question he would have asked himself would have been, "What kind of example would I be setting if I dishonored my own teachings?" He saw his punishment as a contract between he and the government, and he firmly believed that agreements should not be broken. This is the same government that allowed ...
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Anti -semitism
Number of Words: 1069 / Number of Pages: 4
... official and his mother was a peasant girl. He never completed high school and was a poor student. He twice applied to the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, but was not accepted for lack of talent. He read large amounts of books which helped him develop an anti-Jewish and anti-democratic attitude. Hitler fought in World War I for the Bavarian army. Although a courageous soldier he was never promoted above private first class because he was lacking in leadership qualities. In September 1919 he joined the nationalist German Workers’ Party. In April of 1920 he went to work full time for t ...
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The American Civil War
Number of Words: 2337 / Number of Pages: 9
... All of this will most certainly illustrate that April 9, 1865 was indeed the end of a tragedy.
CUTTING OFF THE SOUTH
In September of 1864, General William T. Sherman and his army cleared the city of Atlanta of its civilian population then rested ever so briefly. It was from there that General Sherman and his army began its famous "march to the sea". The march covered a distance of 400 miles and was 60 miles wide on the way. For 32 days no news of him reached the North. He had cut himself off from his base of supplies, and his men lived on what ever they could get from the country through which they pa ...
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How Did Mao Change The Face Of
Number of Words: 3678 / Number of Pages: 14
... in the major industrial areas of the northeast and shipped it to the Soviet Union. Transportation, communication, and power systems had been destroyed or had deteriorated because of lack of maintenance. Agriculture was disrupted, and food production was some 30 percent below its highest pre-war level. Further, economic deficites were compounded by one of the most virulent inflations in world history.
The main aim the government under the leadership of Mao was to restore the economy to normal working order. The administration moved quickly to repair
transportation and communication links and rev ...
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Lysistrata
Number of Words: 1220 / Number of Pages: 5
... campaign. When their husbands return
from battle, the women refuse to have sex with them. This sex strike,
which is portrayed in a series of (badly) exaggerated and blatant sexual
innuendoes, finally convinces the men of Athens and Sparta to agree to a
peace treaty.
The Lysistrata shows women acting bravely and even aggressively against
men who seem resolved on ruining the city-state by prolonging a
pointless war and excessively expending reserves stored in the
Acropolis. This in turn added to the destruction of their family life
by staying away from home for long stretches while on military ...
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The End Of The First World War
Number of Words: 766 / Number of Pages: 3
... that the country of France was not there much, it was really only the Big Three. These three countries made the major decisions for all the allies. President Wilson ranted to make special demands on the allies, along with their commitments to each other. The treaty was signed on June 28, 1919, in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles near Paris. The United States did not ratify this agreement but did sign a separate treaty with Germany in June of 1921.
By the Treaty of Versailles, Germany was required to abolish all military service. Germany also had to reduce her military army to 100 ...
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Black Legend
Number of Words: 2002 / Number of Pages: 8
... people who wrote these letters or documentaries were well- trusted statesmen, and to lie to the governor of one's nation was considered to be a sin to both the Majesty and to God. Even in the views of those belonging to Spain and the Catholic Church, the Spaniard's attempt to exemplify themselves in the New World was an unjustly and cruel cause.
The main reason for Spain’s barbaric approach to the New World was in attempt to the counter-Reformation. The Spaniards wanted to attract new voices in the Catholic Church by sending missionaries and Jesuits to the New World in order to expand the r ...
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