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Identification: Who wrote a poem about a depiction of an opium trance and what was the poem's name?
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Author: Coleridge
Poem: Kubla Khan |
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Quotation Analysis: Who said this? In what work? What do you think the author thought about religion and afterlife? "Behold, I teach you the superman! The superman is the meaning of the earth. Let your will say: the superman shall be the meaning of the earth! I beseech you, my brothers, remain faithful to the earth, and do not believe those who speak to you of otherworldly hopes! Poison-mixers are they, whether they know it or not. Despisers of life are they, decaying and poisoned themselves, of whom the earth is weary: so let them go!"
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Nietzsche wrote this in
Thus Spoke Zarathustra. He criticized religious institutions for exerting authoritarian control through the promise of heaven or higher reincarnation "remain faithful to the earth, and do not believe those who speak to you of otherworldly hopes" |
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Art Identification: Who painted the picture of the dead guy writing in the bathtub? What was the name of the painting? What is its historical significance?
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The painting:
The artist: Jacques-Louis David The historical context: The murder of Jean-Paul Marat in 1793, a radical journalist and politician during the French Revolution. His murder rallied support for the Jacobin party. |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Death_of_Marat_by_David.jpg
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