Pythagoras Essay

Introduction One thing that sets us apart from other species is our determination to quench our curiosity. For centuries, scientists and philosophers have done everything in their power to explore the depths of space. And now, in this day and age we are at a point where the far fetched dreams of those before us are no longer as impossible as they seem. It excites me that in the near future I may witness incredible feats being reached in space travel. Thus, I chose to garner a better…

Kardashian-Jenners, Kanye and Kim, and Drake. He doesn't go to a regular school, he goes to a home school of his own design. “Me and my sister started this initiative called Mystery School. It dates back to like ancient Egypt, ancient Greece—like Plato, Pythagoras, all these students had mystery schools." In this school, Jaden and his sister decide what they want to learn and focus on that instead of all the boring things most children are forced to endure. “And that's what I really encourage…

Animal Rights: A Movement in the United States of America The main goal of this research paper is to describe the content and evaluate the impact of the United States of American Animal Rights movement. Although this social movement I will mostly call “animal rights,” it is well within the whole spectrum of the animal liberation movement, such as animal welfare etc. “Animal rights” has a very specific meaning, as one of the many possible approaches that signifies protection for animals. There…

Analysis The Earth and the Universe: First of all, Hesiod’s Theogony (circa. 700 BC) is a written source explaining the connections between the gods, goddesses and these immortal beings are the embodiment respective parts of the earth and universe. Hesiod explains that in the beginning there was only Chaos and then came Gaea, the broad earth who supports Mt Olympus and at its core, Tartarus. From Gaea came Uranus, the sky and stars and together they bore the titans and titanesses and the…

As Bill C-14 has been legalized in Canada on June 2016, there are still a lot of questions and concerns regarding physician aid in dying (PAD), and whether it is lawful and ethical. Some people debate that only God has the right to terminate a life or that a doctor must abide by his Hippocratic Oath swearing “I will keep [the sick] from harm and injustice. I will neither give a deadly drug to anybody who asked for it, nor will I make a suggestion to this effect.” while others argue that a…

Introduction: Pharmacogenomics is the study of how genes affect an individual’s response to drugs. This is a new field that combines pharmacology (the science of drugs) and genomics (the study of genes and their functions) to develop fruitful, safe medicines and doses that will be customized to a human genetic makeup. Now drugs that are available are “one size fits all,” but they do not effective for every person. It is very tough to augur that a person get benefit from drug or not, and…

The Next Step to Evolution: Same-sex Marriage What is the meaning of family? Since our childhood we see programs in television that usually portray a ‘traditional’ family. However, since a few years ago Disney channel, the most popular channel for kids, has taught us that “Ohana means family” said by Stitch, an alien. So the question that we should ask is what is the meaning of family today? What is the conflict between gay and straight families? Should we allow gay people married at first? Do…

ones. It is in this stage where practical use of mathematics is important. Montessori students for the age of six, enjoy learning how maths can fits in the grand scheme of the cosmic education. This includes studying ancient mathematicians such as Pythagoras, Euclid, Eratosthenes and…

what is dementia exactly? Dementia is when a person is unable to think, remember, or reason to the point where it affects one’s daily life. Background Before dementia was even known by that term, in the 6th century BC, a Greek physician known as Pythagoras called it “senium by “imbecility, meaning decay of physical and mental capabilities”. During the 4th century BC, Hippocrates referred to it is as paranoia. And around these time periods, there was a lot…

In the 7th century B.C. everyone knew that the earth was flat and they had no reason to think otherwise until “great” thinkers like Pythagoras stated otherwise. Today we know that the earth is round, but, how do we really know? An everyday human being has not been to the moon, has not even been outside of the stratosphere. So how can one say for sure that the earth is a spinning ball? Starting in the 19th century people started to ask these exact questions which lead to Zetetic Astronomy or…