Adam Weishaupt

The book of Job starts with a scene in heaven where Satan comes and challenges God that if he is given permission to inflict pain and punish Job, that Job will turn against God and curse him¬. Satan believes that Job serves God only because he protects him and keeps him safe, that is why he wants God’s permission to punish him and prove that Job will turn against God. From here we can see that the story is going to include a major turn of events because God agrees with Satan, given he doesn’t…

Lewis the rabbit Hi, I'm lewis and I'm a rabbit I live on a planet “Humans” like to call Earth. Earth is pretty and lively but… I'm a rabbit so can't really go out in the streets I know all these phrases from the humans. I'm going to keep it simple and say I want to get out bad I haven't got the chance, but when I do i'm out of here. And the way i'm going to do it, Is a complex strategy of running out the door when no one's looking. Yep that's how I did it, I mean how i'm going…

In most cases, the apple does not fall far from the tree. Although in Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, the main characters desire to be nothing like their fathers. They want a future that displays a whole different identity. Either from anger or sadness toward their father, Okonkwo and Nwoye would rather have a different last name and not be associated with him. From hate or fear they wanted to shape a personality with attributes separate from those of their dads. A father is supposed to…

Vernon decided to dispatch the Astrea to procure masts and other naval stores in Boston, and ordered Perceval of the Astrea to sail to New England in February 1740. The Admiralty approved the dispatch of the Astrea in March and this storeship left Port Royal probably in this month. Vernon greatly expected naval stores which the Astrea would transport from North America, and ordered Captain Redish of the Angelsea to escort the Astrea through the Windward Passage and Captain Warren of the…

There she was standing in the remote outbacks of Africa with a frightening looking, red, venomous snake looking right at her, she had a single thought racing through her mind –“why in the world did I risk my life for the secrets hidden in this cup of tea?” The unforgettable truth was searching for what she considered to be the weight loss “Holy Grail” - a liquid that ancient legends claimed completely erased hunger pains and food craving. The fable had her hooked, intrigued her to the state…

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire is a six volume set written by Edward Gibbon. The six volumes were written from a Roman point of view between the years 1776 and 1788. Edward Gibbon was an English historian writer and a Member of Parliament. Gibbon’s work is considered to be outdated due to the central idea of this popular work. Throughout the set of books, he uses irony and criticism of organized religion. The thesis of his work is the falling of Rome was caused by embracing…

Introduction Vilfredo Pareto graduated from the University of Turin and practiced as a civil engineer before switching to economics, and becoming a famous economist known for his application of mathematics to economic analysis. Pareto’s theories and research have been discussed several times in Praxis with several different applications, including the Pareto Chart, the Pareto Principle, and Pareto Efficiency (relating to Arrow’s Impossibility Theorem and Pairwise Comparison Matrices). The…

From the time America began to the American Civil War, the new nation ruptured and reshaped the social and political norms that the world previously knew. For many years the nation followed British law and remained colonies under their rule. However, they quickly grew tired of British antics and boldly fought for independence to become free from England. The American Revolution brought about patriotic euphoria across the nation and led to the birth of a new country. America immediately chose a…

The success of any group is determined by those who lead it. In Richard Adams’ Watership Down, a band of rabbits led by Hazel leave their warren when one of them, Hazel’s little brother Fiver, feels that some sort of danger is imminent. They encounter several struggles before they settle down and create the Watership warren. An attempt to extract does from another warren called Efrafa, lead by the fierce General Woundwort, starts a rivalry between the two groups. Hazel and Woundwort are…

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 independent farmers, to becoming producers and world merchants and becoming the wealthiest and…