AP Euro. – POV Quiz Women in Science DBQ Prompt: Analyze and discuss attitudes and reactions toward the participation of women in the sciences during the 17th and 18th centuries. Historical background: While rarely acknowledged‚ women actively participated in scientific research in chemistry‚ astronomy‚ biology‚ botany‚ physics‚ and medicine. Although most European universities and academies of science excluded women entirely‚ in Italy a few women held professorships in science and mathematics
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In 1710 German philosopher Gottfried Leibniz coined the phrase theodicy in his work titled Theodicy: Essays on the Goodness of God‚ the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil. The meaning of theodicy in its most common form‚ attempts to answer the question why a good God permits the manifestation of evil. Based on the issues that we face today in the world‚ it is fair to say that Gottfried Leibniz was far ahead of his time in his philosophy. More than I have ever experienced in my lifetime people
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Erik Irre Modern Philosophy December 16‚ 1999 Paper 1‚ Section 2 If these great thinkers (Descartes‚ Spinoza‚ and Leibniz) were to discuss instead the soul’s connection to the body‚ what might each say (both on his own behalf and in response to the other)? Would they find any places where they might agree? If not‚ why not? (These are‚ after all‚ smart guys!) Though this sort of meeting would strike me as a debate with as furiously disparate and uncompromising ideals as one would find
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sciences from an early age‚ and she was especially interested in astronomy. She received even more special training in astronomy from Christoph Arnold who lived in the neighboring town. Maria Winkelmann achieved her nobility after marrying Gottfried Kirch‚ a prominent German astronomer‚ and used its benefits towards her advantage. In 1710‚ Maria Winkelmann petitioned the Academy of
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Both Locke and Leibniz agree that experience is essential in developing understanding‚ though they differ in their assessment of how experience shapes an individual. Their difference in views is best explained in the marble example Leibniz provides in his critique of Locke. While Locke holds that a person is born with a sort of blank slate in which the senses help acquire truths and “furnish the yet empty cabinet” (pg. 321‚ 15.) that is the mind‚ Leibniz believes that there is some innate
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is an example of a contemporary building while Dresden Opera House‚ a historical building was built by Gottfried Semper. I will also describe and compare their theories on ornament in architecture. Dresden Opera House‚ also commonly referred to as Semperoper due to its outstanding beauty‚ is one of the most famous buildings in Dresden‚ Germany that was built in 1838-41 by architect Gottfried Semper. It is strategically located in Dresden‚ Germany at Theaterplatz specifically at the banks of
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authors Gottfried von Strassburg and Marie de France‚ there are some subtle differences. With Marie de France’s representations of love‚ the characters who remain faithful and selfless in their passion of love are rewarded‚ whereas those who are selfish lovers are punished. Marie de France demonstrates that an affair is justified when one is within a loveless relationship based on social arrangement. An affair based on passion and equality is justified when within a loveless marriage. Gottfried von Strassburg
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The Golden Notebook By Doris Lessing Plot Summary: "Knowing was an ’illumination. ’ During the last weeks of craziness and timelessness I ’ve had these moments of ’knowing ’ one after the other‚ yet there is no way of putting this sort of knowledge into words. Yet‚ these moments have been so powerful‚ like the rapid illuminations of a dream that remain with one waking‚ that what I have learned will be part of how I experience life until I die
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Second Mid Term Essay Johann Gottfried von Herder wrote much about nationalism. John Hobson wrote of imperialism‚ and Charles Darwin of natural selection and “survival of the fittest.” First I will discuss nationalism from Herder’s perspective. Second‚ I will discuss imperialism from Hobson’s perspective. Then Hobson writes about how nationalism leads to imperialism. Last‚ I will discuss the assumption that “nineteenth-century European societies were engaged in a struggle for existence among themselves
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Reflections on the Philosophy of the History of Mankind “Reflections on the Philosophy of the History of Mankind” was written by Johann Gottfried Herder. He starts of by stating the simple fact that no two things are alike. Whether he is talking about leaves off the same tree‚ or humans‚ everything is slightly different in appearance. Although items may closely resemble each other‚ they have characteristics that make them different in one way or another. Herder goes on to argue no person is the
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