ASTRONOMICAL DISCOVERY OF HELL IN THE UNIVERSE DR. FAZLUL ISLAM 1 INTRODUCTION 2009 was declared by the UN to be the international year of astronomy 2009. The focus was on enhancing the public’s engagement with and understanding of astronomy. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) launched the year under the theme ‘The Universe‚ Yours to Discover’. By scientific exploration of the universe‚ the astronomers have discovered many celestial bodies in the outer space‚ which were hidden
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The Golden age of Athens Fifth-century Athens refers to the Greek city-state of Athens in the period of roughly 480 BC-404 BC. This was a period of Athenian political hegemony‚ economic growth and cultural flourishing formerly known as the Golden Age of Athens or The Age of Pericles. The period began in 480 BC when an Athenian-led coalition of city-states‚ known as the Delian League‚ defeated the Persians at Salamis. As the fifth century wore on‚ what started as an alliance of independent city-states gradually
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Sophies World-The only thing required to be a philosopher is the faculty of wonder (17) Philosophy is the opposite of fairy tales (334) Possible symbol-rowboat with one oar in the lake‚ and someone needing the rowboat to get home (99) Superstition-negative connotation; faith-positive connotation Influenza-misalignment of the stars; hermetic-hidden‚ inaccessible; Francis Bacon-“knowledge is power”‚ invented English essay with loose format. Printing press let us use knowledge to obtain power.
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Chapter I Section 1 Philosophy in the West began‚ for the most part‚ in Ancient Greece. In the period of the Fifth Century BCE‚ particularly in Athens‚ an incredible number of remarkable thinkers‚ artists‚ politicians‚ etc.‚ participated in the life of the city-state. Their accomplishments have guided and inspired the entire development of Western culture. It’s pretty obvious then‚ that we ought to know something of their philosopher’s ideas. The most famous are‚ of course‚ Socrates‚ Plato
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Diogenes of Sinope He believed that virtue was better revealed in action than in theory. He used his simple lifestyle and behaviour to criticise the social values and institutions of what he saw as a corrupt society. He declared himself a cosmopolitan. Diogenes made a virtue of poverty. He begged for a living and slept in a large ceramic jar[4] in the marketplace. He became notorious for his philosophical stunts such as carrying a lamp in the daytime‚ claiming to be looking for an honest man. He
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Polytechnic University of the Philippines College of Arts DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY Manila GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY (PSYC 1013) Course Description: This course has a broad coverage of the conceptual and empirical foundations of psychology in its main fields. The discussion of the theories‚ concepts‚ and finding which focuses on complex human behavior: how and why we think‚ feel and behave the way we do‚ how we act and interact with others‚ and why and how we become the unique individuals
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Reflections Science in the cultural context the Origins of Pharmacology in the 16th Century Stata Norton In a broad sense it can be argued that pharmacology is the oldest discipline in the health sciences: humans well before the historical record presumably concocted remedies for various illnesses. For example‚ plants may have been used to cure ailments for over 60‚000 years‚ if the evidence from the graves of Homo neanderthalensis is accepted. Lietava has argued that the analyses of
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I. Introduction Sophie ’s World was a strange‚ unique and unpredictable novel. This was a combination of a story and lecture about the History of Philosophy. The Author of the book is Jostein Gaarner‚ a Norwegian Intellectual. He was born into a pedagogical family. He taught high school philosophy for eleven years‚ so he must have been mastered the history of Philosophy. He often writes from the perspective of children‚ exploring their sense of wonder about the world. His best known work is this
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all four substances. Anaxagoras(428 BC) – everything is built from an infinite number of small particles. But‚ the whole is in every part (like DNA). He thought that the sun was a red hot stone and that the planets didn’t make their own light. Democritus(370 BC) – Hypothesized atoms – you can use them over & over again. Believed in nothing but material things(materialist). Did not believe in a soul. More questions: Why is Lego ingenius? Do you
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of rope. They used this method to find that pi was slightly greater than 3‚ and came up with the value 3 1/8 or 3.125 (Beckmann‚ 11). However‚ this theory is probably a fantasy based on a misinterpretation of the Greek word "Harpedonaptae‚" which Democritus once mentioned in a letter to a colleague. The word literally means "rope-stretchers" or "rope-fasteners." The misinterpretation is that these men were stretching ropes in order to calculate circles‚ while they were actually making measurements
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