Essay on Thomas Alva Edison

Long Thai Nov 30 T. Washington and Fredrick Douglass "No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it", Albert Einstein said. Indeed, T. Washington and Fredrick Douglass are two typical examples about this talk. Even thought they were born in the slavery, all of them had several different ways to achieve their goals. I am going to explore some similarities and differences between T. Washington and Fredrick Douglass in this essay. First of all, their backgrounds are…

Thomas Hobbes and John Locke are both political philosophers that have greatly influenced modern political thought. Both Hobbes and Locke reject the idea of a divine right, leading to both conveying their idea of a “social contract” an agreement between people and government, due to man living in “state of nature.” However, as both philosophers agreed on the existence of the state of “nature” the condition in which humanity resided before there was any form of civil society and a “social…

Hillbilly Elegy, a book written by J. D. Vance, is one of the more recent New York Times bestsellers. The book itself is essentially a memoir of Vance’s (the author’s) life growing up In the Appalachian region of the United Sates. Though it is possible to provide a thorough summary on what this set of memoirs is, it will probably be made easier after it is explained what they aren’t. Despite what the title of the New York Times’ and other sources with the likes of the same title “Review: In…

Individualism advocates that interests of the individual should achieve precedence over the state or a social group.Individualists promote the exercise of one's goals and desires and so value independence and self-reliance. Ayn Rand, a Russian-American novelist,a champion of individual rights , in her celebrated works Anthem and The Fountainhead upholds the cause of Individualism manifested in characters like Equality 7-2521,International 4-8818,Liberty 5-3000 and Howard Roark. The bloody…

Thomas Jefferson who lived from the year 1743 to 1826, was the author of the declaration of independence, the third president of the United States of America and a leading figure in America 's development. He was once the governor of Virginia and later he served as The United States secretary of state, then he became the vice president under John Adams. He moved to become a president for two terms, from 1801 to 1809. During his terms as president, America became a striving nation of small…

James Madison’s “Memorial and Remonstrance Against Religious Assessments,” which appeared half of a decade after Jefferson’s “Bill for establishing Religious Freedom,” is an expressive piece defending what he believes is necessary for religious freedom. This article was drafted as a protestation against “[a] bill establishing a provision for Teachers of the Christian Religion,” the goal of which Madison argues is a misuse of governmental power. This remonstrance by Madison is dated June 20, 1785…

The War of 1812 tends to be uncommonly discussed. However, this event led to major consequences for America. The United States imposed war on Great Britain to further gain their independence from Britain, once known as its mother country. However, war was not wanted by neither the United States nor Great Britain but America believed war was necessary in order to force Britain to withdraw impressment and unfair trade regulations. Therefore, the War of 1812, fought between America and Britain, is…

“Human sensibility is the basis of the social contract,” says a key point from Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s On the Social Contract. Multiple times, Rousseau brings up the nature of human beings running on the assumption that both the people and its leader will do the right thing. He brings it up when it’s about governing, when it’s about places and statuses within a family, when it’s about slavery. That’s a lot of loaded topics, coming from a white man. Let’s see if it holds up. At first, Rousseau…

The first thing that comes to mind when thinking about American life is achieving the “American Dream”. The very thought of living a life of freedom in lifestyle choice, economic opportunity, and political engagement, drove many immigrants to this country. E.L Doctorow explores this phenomenon in his novel, Ragtime. Although he speaks almost explicitly about achieving the American dream, what he does not say is almost as important. The American Dream is not achievable for African Americans, or…

As Central Asian scholars brought in influence from Eastern Europe, especially the Ottoman empire, they discovered the growing importance of education and attempted to further the idea among Central Asian elites. The Patricide by Mahmud Khoja Behbudiy is a play that exemplified the very values of those scholars, who were known as Jadidists. In the play, Behbudiy introduced two ranges of characters which represented the divided attitude in the acceptance of Jadidist beliefs. One side involved…