Jacques Cartier was a French explorer in the 1500’s. Cartier was commissioned by King Francis I of France in 1532 to explore the “New World”‚ and set out with two ships in 1535 in search of a “land where quantities of gold and other precious things are to be found” (“Jacques Cartier”‚ Gale). Cartier was a skilled navigator‚ and reached Newfoundland‚ Canada in 20 days. Being unfamiliar with the new waters‚ he kidnapped two native children‚ and used them to help him navigate. Though the Vikings and
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s philosophy of education known as "negative education" (Entwistle in Bayley‚ 89) describes many valid concepts which are still applied in today’s educational system. Although his philosophy is reasonable in terms of its ideas‚ his contradictions make it such that it would be difficult to apply realistically as pedagogy. Rousseau was a French philosopher of the eighteenth century‚ he argued that children should not be told what to learn‚ instead they should learn for themselves
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During the French Revolution‚ Jean-Jacques Rousseau had inspired many revolutionists on either side‚ including one Robespierre‚ though he may not have entirely agreed with them. Rousseau’s idea of a perfect government centered around the idea that it acted as an intermediary between the people and the sovereign. This paper will discuss what Rousseau may have thought about what Robespierre did with his power as well as the French Revolution. Robespierre is known to have taken inspiration from
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The paintings of Jacques-Louis David illustrate the political and historical theme of fraternity and togetherness‚ a key ideal in the French Revolution. In 1784‚ Louvre‚ Paris‚ David painted Le Serment des Horaces‚ known in English as‚ Oath of the Horatii. This historical piece was depicted a Roman legend of 7th century BC‚ which involved a battle between the Romans and a nearby town of Alba. Instead of a full-scale war‚ the three Horatii brothers were chosen by the Romans to defeat the trio of brothers
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“The Gestapo” by Jacques Delarue September first‚ 1939‚ Germany invades Poland using a series of advanced Blitzkrieg attacks‚ this marks the beginning of World War Two. Even before this date‚ Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers Party began their long unnecessary attacks on the Untermensch‚ or undesirables‚ so they were called. The ultimate brainwashing campaign of Hitler and the German secret police‚ the Gestapo‚ led to a new development of hateful ideologies among the people; leading
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1712 - Birth of philosopher‚ writer Jean Jacques Rousseau. Some of his works marked the beginnings of the Romantic Movement. 1764 - The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole published 1775 - American war of Independence 1787 - Society for the abolition of slavery founded 1789 - Fall of Bastille - the storming of the fortress that represented authority in France; began the French Revolution 1793 - Execution of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. France declares war against Britain (and then Britain
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“Feelings takes possession of my soul more rapidly than a flash of lightning; but‚ instead of illuminating‚ inflames and dazzles me.” (Rousseau 1634) Rousseau embarks on a path never before travelled to enlighten the truth of romanticism in the lives of many. From the reading “Confessions” Rousseau begins by sharing a past which has many mixed emotions due to the fact of abandonment of a father‚ the death of a mother‚ and the desire to escape at an early age. The reading will take readers on a rollercoaster
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Jacque Derrida: On Forgiveness and Punishment September 3‚ 1939— World War Two had begun‚ and on this seminal day‚ the world plunged into a conflict that would redefine the workings of human association and justice. Surely‚ such a war of urgency and severity called into question (and for reform) the notion of a shared inter-state jurisprudence; marking also‚ for Jacque Derrida and his contemporaries‚ the first real instance of crime threatening the very notion of human morality—a “crime against
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diplomat‚ and chronicler Made the first accurate map of the coast Organized fur trade between Quebec and France Louis Joliet 1645 - born near Quebec‚ New France He was a fur trader In 1673‚ he made a trip along the Mississippi River with Jacques Marquette. Using the guidance of the Native Americans‚ they ended up at the Gulf of Mexico. They were hoping that the river would lead to a passage to Asia. From his journey‚ the official regional maps of the area were created. Died in 1700.
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continental philosophy embraced schools of thought such as phenomenology and existentialism. The major influences that this type of philosophy had were thinkers such as Martin Heidegger‚ Jean-Paul Sartre‚ Maurice Merleau-Ponty‚ Michael Foucault‚ and Jacques Derrida. (Continental philosophy‚ Britannica) Structuralism is defined as a method of analyzing phenomena mainly characterized by contrasting the elemental structures of the phenomena in a system of binary opposition. This is a school of thought
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