UGC 111 Professor David Buell Lecture 8: Ancient Greece Part 1: Minoans and Mycenaeans Hellas – Greece Greece controlled parts of the Mediterranean Dictaean Mounatins – Crete Plains and valleys separated Communication was poor Greece was politically fragmented Mountainous; Suitable land and tree crops Olive‚ vines Suitable land for pastoral activities (herding of sheep and goat) Mediterranean Sea Situated within a close distance of the sea Sea faring people; trade network with Italy
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The Woods Dante’s Inferno opens in the setting on Good Friday in the year 1300. The voyager-narrator‚ Dante Alghieri‚ is lost in a dark forest in the middle of the night. Dante doesn’t recall how he came into the woods and blames it on how he was so full of sleep at the point where he abandoned the right path. Right as he is about to lose hope‚ he sees the sun rising over the mountainside and as he attempts to reach it‚ Dante is stopped by three beasts; a leopard‚ a lion‚ and a she-wolf. Dante
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Alan Watts FAMOUS AS: Philosopher‚ Writer & Speaker BORN ON: 06 January 1915 BORN IN: Chislehurst‚ Kent‚ England DIED ON: 16 November 1973 NATIONALITY: United Kingdom WORKS & ACHIEVEMENTS: Popular philosopher known for his Eastern philosophy and Zen teachings‚ Wrote famous books like The Way of Zen (1957)‚ Psychotherapy East and West (1961)‚ The New Alchemy (1958) and The Joyous Cosmology (1962). Alan Watts or Alan Wilson Watts was a British philosopher‚ writer‚ and speaker who
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PHILOSOPHY The History of Philosophy is often divided into three periods: Ancient philosophy‚ Medieval philosophy‚ and Modern philosophy. Philosophy is the discipline concerned with questions of how one should live (ethics); what sorts of things exist and what are their essential natures (metaphysics); what counts as genuine knowledge (epistemology); and what are the correct principles of reasoning (logic). The word is of Ancient Greek origin (philosophía)‚ meaning love of wisdom. Definition
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Cultural Psychology Notes 01/22/15 1. Understanding Cross-Cultural Psychology a. Culture i. Definition: Set of attitudes‚ behaviors‚ symbols shared by a large group of people b. Cross-cultural psychology i. Definition: Critical and comparative study of cultural effects on human behavior in relation to psychology? c. How do they differ? i. Cultural psychology seeks to discover meaningful links between culture and psych of individual ii. Human behavior is meaningful only when viewed in sociological
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! Of Reckoning Anew: A Path to seeking Philosophy in Good Earnest Philosophy of Science Degree Proposal for the Unique & Interdisciplinary Studies at the City University of New York by Robert Kai Erlenbusch Abstract The general literature regarding the evaluation and utility of the Philosophy of Science emphasizes the gulf between various schools within Humanities and those of the Sciences. The discipline where I feel the interpretative gap exists more gravely than others
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1 Zarathustra in Nietzsche’s Typology Yunus Tuncel In this essay‚ I present a reading of Zarathustra as a type within the context of Nietzsche’s typology which permeates his works from the first to the last; I claim that there is a line of thought in Nietzsche’s philosophy‚ despite the many turning points in it‚ which pertains to types and which I call typology.1 This typology culminates in Thus Spoke Zarathustra which is considered a work of typology‚ for the purpose of this presentation
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Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems 21 (2010) 365–378 DOI:10.3233/IFS-2010-0457 IOS Press 365 A theorical model design for ERP software selection process under the constraints of cost and quality: A fuzzy approach Semih Onut∗ and Tugba Efendigil Department of Industrial Engineering‚ Yildiz Technical University‚ Yildiz‚ Istanbul‚ Turkey Abstract. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software selection is one of the most important decision making issues covering both qualitative and quantitative
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behaviour 2. To identify factors that help predict behaviour 3. To understand or explain behaviour by identifying causes that bring about certain effects 4. To control or change behaviour C. Scope of Psychology a. Greek Influence – Democritus believed that atoms from our environment enter through our sense organs enabling us to perceive the world around us. Plato said the mind or soul is distinct in its own right and is God given. The soul is composed of three parts – head exerts reasons
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Lol I got this from wiki but yolo am I right? Ancient Greece From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Page semi-protected The Parthenon‚ a temple dedicated to Athena‚ located on the Acropolis in Athens‚ is one of the most representative symbols of the culture and sophistication of the ancient Greeks. Part of a series on the History of Greece Part of a map of the Mediterranean Sea and adjacent regions by William Faden‚ March 1785 Greek Bronze Age[show] Ancient Greece[show] Medieval Greece[show] Modern
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