Nostradamus

Nostradamus was a French physician, astrologer, and prophet in the sixteenth century. He is well known for his work as an astrologer and the many predictions he made during his lifetime. Nostradamus made many predictions throughout his life that many believe are true predictions of the future. The validity of Nostradamus’ predictions is still widely debated today, as some believe him to have predicted many terrible events of the last few centuries when he only lived in the sixteenth century. Others, however, argue that Nostradamus’ vague predictions cannot be considered true prophecies of the future. In December 1503, Michel de Nostradame was born to Reyniere de St-Remy and Jaume de Nostradame. He was born in Saint-Remy-de-Provence in southern…

Ambition is something everyone has. Your ambitions strives and makes you achieve your goals. However, too much ambition can corrupt and destroy a person. Ambition is like a drug, small amounts can make you feel great, but too much can kill you. Shakespeare clearly portrays the negative effects of too much ambition throughout his play The Tragedy of Macbeth. He uses the main character, Macbeth, to show us how excessive amounts of ambition can lead someone to their doom. In the beginning of…

The Meaning Inside the Head (A Discussion on the themes of Macbeth's Soliloquy of Act, Scene 5.) The final act of Macbeth is an intense act that involves many different big events. First Lady Macbeth has gone completely crazy, and ends up killing herself from her mental illness. Macbeth finds this out, and also was informed about Malcolm and Macduff, with thousands of English military men were coming to end his life and take the throne back. In act 5, scene 5, Macbeth is starting to…

Nostradamus: Real or Fake? The 9/11 terrorist attack, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the rise of Hitler. What if all these events was foreseen centuries ago? Well, supposedly Nostradamus did. Nostradamus was a French seer who wrote Centuries, a massive opus containing 10 volumes each having 100 predictions for the next 2,000 years. There has been a special interest in Nostradamus and his predictions in the past years, causing many arguments between believers and non-believers of his…

Nostredame other wise known as Nostradamus was born on December the fourteenth of 1503 to parents Reyniere de St-Reny and husband Jaume de Nostradame. Nostradamus was born in Saint-Remy-de-Provence, France and had eight other brothers and sisters making him the ninth child. His parents were in the working class; his father was a grain dealer as well as a part time notary. Nostradamus is from a Jewish descent, as his grandfather Guy Gassinet converted to the Catholic faith trying to not be…

light, standing on a cliff above darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing once of two things will happen: there will be something to stand on or you will be able to fly. The novel Hey Nostradamus! by Douglas Coupland illustrates one's spiritual identity at the end of all certainly, through the power of religion and storytelling. Coupland concentrates on the aftermath of what it means to survive, and to continue to believe at the edge of your faith. Hey Nostradamus! By Douglas Coupland is four…

in particular, “Anyone know how to read French? It’s in my cell phone.” Jenny replied, “No, but Google does. Hand me your phone.” The doctor scrolled up to the picture he took that night in the museum. “Here you go little lady, take your best shot.” “What did you find?” John asked. “I found a small handwritten book, and what appeared to be a note and a quatrain that was not yet entered into the book. All of which I found in a secret hiding place in the wall.” “I see.” “That’s…

At this point, Faust is a fifty-year-old man, who knows everything that scholarly, rational mind is capable of knowing, and yet he remains unsatisfied and trapped by the limitations of human understanding. The last hope at attaining ultimate knowledge for Faust is tuning to Magic, an irrational and powerful art. The human physical life prevents Faust from experiencing the unity with nature, the only true desire of his. He pledges to escape by opening Nostradamus’ book of magical symbols which…

caffeine” (Philip Denney). Some individuals struggle with the legal medications that they receive. Marijuana is one more option for these individuals to choose, and it is one more way for these people to be able to endure the pain that they have to face on a daily basis. Various cases have been made that medicinal marijuana has a positive effect on those struggling with specific diseases. Medicinal marijuana has been used for hundreds of years. The Chinese Emperor Shen-Nung (2700 BC) is…

These data were collected from in-hospital and outpatient database (Nostradamus program, Madrid community health system). Statistical analysis Mean and standard deviation or median and interquartile (IQ) range were calculated, depending on distribution of continuous variable. The absolute percentage and relative frequencies were used for categorical variables. In univariate analysis, א2 test was performed for dichotomous variables. When the variable was quantitative, Student's t test and Mann…