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    Comparing Two Artists

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    compare and contrast TWO art works. One artwork must have been produced before 1970 and one produced after 1970. Analytical framework: Formal Framework Artist’s name: Rene Magritte Title and date: The Companions of Fear 1942 Artist’s name: Peter Booth Title and date: Untitled 1976 What you see is what you get in Rene Magritte’s artwork ‘The Companions of Fear 1942’. Magritte uses minimal dull colours though he changes tones within his colours to create shadowy effects and also creates a

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    choose to arrive at knowledge and detect what can be true. Some of the philosophers that have played an important role in epistemology are René Descartes and David Hume. Even though they had spent their time doubting the sources of human knowledge‚ their approach was different although they wanted to arrive at a conclusion about the origin of knowledge. René Descartes‚ born on March 31‚ 1596‚ is a substance dualist. He believes that there are extended substances‚ such as bodies‚ neurons‚ and planets

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    Letter to Pedro

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    Tension to Attention: Tradition Vs. Modernity in Rene Estela Amper’s “Letter to Pedro‚ U.S. Citizen‚ Also Called Pete” By examining the tension embedded within its lines‚ “Letter to Pedro‚ U.S. Citizen‚ Also Called Pete” by Rene Estela Amper sends us into the tug war between tradition and modernity. As the persona reveals to his addressee‚ Pete‚ old friend‚ There isn’t really much change In our hometown since you left. he actually heralds the changes in their hometown. The label “Pete” used

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    The Analects of Confucius

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    Cited: from 16.13. [2] Idea from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucianism [3] Idea from the introduction of the Analects of Confucius ( χχνii ) by SIMON LEYS

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    "I think, therefore I am"

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    "I think‚ therefore I am" The statement "I think‚ therefore I am" lays the groundwork for Renè Descartes ’ argument in the Meditations. To understand this expression‚ one must put themselves in Descartes ’ place. He started off trying to figure what he can know with certainty. He examined a large body of knowledge and figured out that he cannot be certain of any knowledge at all. Beginning in Meditation Two‚ Descartes searches for the something that must be true no matter what. This led to the conclusion

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    Throughout the Scientific Revolution was a progressive movement that that place in the 16th and 17th century. Scientist and Philosophers would have to reexamine traditionally held values. Nowhere is this best exemplified as is in the reshaping of the European view of the universe. Since the Middle Ages the Catholic Church had followed the Ptolemaic model of the universe‚ a geocentralized solar system where the Earth is orbited by the various planets in regular‚ crystalline spheres. The Polish astronomer

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    only at ordering facts‚ social events and human activities‚ but also of ordering human beings according to a given center.2 In 1978‚ Edward Said published his Orientalism‚ a work that builds on Foucault ’s insights and that has become the reference work for postcolonial studies.3 In it‚ he argues that Orientalism‚ which is the academic study of‚ and

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    StrengthFinder Profile Roque‚ Rene Boy University of the Cordilleras College of Information Technology And Computer Science Toduo_34@yahoo.com Roque‚ Rene Boy University of the Cordilleras College of Information Technology And Computer Science Toduo_34@yahoo.com Torcedo‚ Stephanie P. University of the Cordilleras College of Information Technology And Computer Science Toduo_34@yahoo.com Torcedo‚ Stephanie P. University of the Cordilleras College of Information Technology

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    at Smirnoff as the basis of my project as I have found the advertising extremely fascinating and feel it is very dynamic and entertaining. I believe Smirnoff’s adverts have been influenced by the Surrealist movement and in particular by the artists Rene Magritte and Salvador Dali. This will be discussed later in my study‚ where I shall give my views and opinions. Meaning and Use of Advertising Advertising in its simplest sense means drawing attention to or notifying somebody of something. It

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    fascination with the legends of the past and supernatural beings‚ creativity‚ imagination‚ exploration of human emotions‚ human activities struggling and striving and even rebellion. (Frameworks‚ p91) Romanticism traits can be found in Francois Rene de Chateaubriand’s novel Atala. The novel depicts the love story of a young Indian couple who escapes death and family traditions‚ and after facing difficulties‚ finds solace in a new and rejuvenated Christianity‚ yet still fall into the cruel hands

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