allow the fear of it to cause you pain now. Of Lucretius life we know very little‚ but we do know that he was a poet; he lived during the first century BC‚ he was devoted to the teachings of Epicurus‚and he apparently died before his magnum opus‚ De Rerum Natura‚ was completed. Lucretius transmitted Epicurean philosophy and presented a vase view that is astonishing to the modern world today. It may seem as if his “Nature” may seem as Seraphin4 it though it paints a picture of human beings as entirely
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arguably Aristotle and Lucretius‚ despite their many differences‚ do not detach themselves from this current of thought; drawing on this‚ it is possible to outline briefly what crucial elements their respective ethics have in common. Although De Rerum Natura appears to be a didactic poem dealing primarily with the Epicurean atomistic theory and other proto-scientific investigations of reality‚ Lucretius clearly and repeatedly calls our attention to the ethical character of this work; in fact its
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Christian Thiel – Curriculum Vitae in Table Form – 14.10.2012 1/3 CURRICULUM VITAE IN TABLE FORM PERSONAL INFORMATION Surname‚ Given Name: Birth: Citizenship: Degree: Thiel‚ Christian Joachim st 21 June in 1975 (Crimmitschau) German “Doktor rerum naturalium” SCHOOLING 1982 – 1988 1988 – 1990 1990 – 1991 1991 – 1994 1994 Polytechnic Secondary School “Ernst Schneller” in Altenburg Polytechnic Secondary School “Fritz Gaebler” in Gera “Zabel-Gymnasium” (Grammar School) in Gera “Friedrich-Schiller-Gymnasium”
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Nowadays‚ people have heard various stories depicting the licentious and debauched lives of ancient Roman aristocrats‚ among which the story of the Roman emperor‚ Caligula‚ is one of the most famous. Caligula had four wives and countless male lovers; in addition‚ he raped one of his sisters and made prostitutes out of his other sisters. He also forced sexual intercourse with the wives of his friends‚ and then publicly humiliated them by issuing a divorce. Empress Valeria Messalina‚ the wife of Claudius
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The Evolution of the English Sonnet or The Corruption of the Italian Sonnet Petrarch (Francesco Petrarcha) (1304-1374): The Petrarchan Sonnet Background: • Wrote a collection called variously Canzoniere (canzone means song)‚ Rerum vulgarium fragmenta (Fragments of vernacular things)‚ or Rime Sparse (Scattered Rhymes) • Considered the Father of the sonnet‚ from Ital. sonetto‚ meaning a little song or sound • Wrote a volume containing 366 poems in the Tuscan vernacular; 317 of which are
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There are as many views on the mens rea of murder as there are cases. The last 40 years has witnessed a said inability of the courts to sort it out coherently and precisely. Mens Rea‚ or “guilty mind‚” marks a central distinguishing feature of criminal law. An injury caused without mens rea might be grounds for civil liability but typically not for criminal. Criminal liability requires not only causing a prohibited harm or evil -- the “actus reus” of an offense -- but also a particular state of
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THE ASIAN FAMILY TOWARD A CULTURE OF INTEGRAL LIFE TABLE OF CONTENTS Paragraph Introduction: The Hope of the Asian Family for Life in Fullness 1 PART I. PASTORAL CHALLENGES TO THE FAMILY IN ASIA 1. Family Traditions and Values 6 2. A Variety of Family Forms 9 3. The Poverty of Asian Families and Economic Globalization 12 a. The Poverty of Rural Families 13 b. The Poverty of Urban Families 14 c. The
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signified by the dark storm clouds above. This is painted to contrast the entire tone of the painting so markedly that it bears a special meaning. Poussin again employs his usage of literary interpretation in the form of Lucretius’ didactic poem De rerum natura or “On the Nature of Things”[4]. In this poem’s prologue‚ there lies a single significant line: “Te dea‚ te fugiunt venti‚ Te nubile caeli Adventumque tuum…”. This translates to
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The subject of death and dying is one that philosophers have talked and wrote about for many years. It’s impossible for anyone to know what truly happens after death‚ and many people have different and unique opinions regarding what happens after death‚ whether it be more of a religious or scientific view. Death is an unknown and interesting topic‚ that’s why all of these unique opinions make for a good debate. Plato‚ an ancient Greek philosopher who was a student of Socrates has many works and Western
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Cited: Earle‚ William James. Introduction to Philosophy. New York: Mcgraw-Hill‚ 1992. Lucretius. De Rerum Natura. Other reference material used “Phaedo.” Wikipedia‚ 2010. Web. Oct. 2010.
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