Five thousand years have passed, almost two centuries before to the Romans build their first mud houses, meawhile Egyptians started making buildings so huge and complex they stay right up 'til the present time among the most great structures ever constructed. For a large number of years, without the advantage of PCs, cranes, trucks or power apparatuses, the Pharaohs' architects administered the development of perfect works of art whose scale, excellence still admires the brain. This is a…
Australia, officially called Commonwealth of Australia, is located in Oceania. Australis is the world’s smallest continent (“Australia: About Australia”). The country comprises the mainland of the Australia continent, the island of Tasmania, and a good amount of small island. Australia is mostly low plateau with deserts but with fertile plain in southeast area. As a result of diverse topography, climate is generally arid to semiarid but humid in north and mild in south and east. The land mass of…
opportunities for selfishness, which is the essence of sin,” Adam’s state of being will never give us a contrast by which to measure and be conscious of our social sins (51). As a community, our conception of the Kingdom of God as a “realm of love… and a commonwealth of labour” allows us to comprehend the extent of our social imperfection (54). By replacing Adam with Jesus our understanding of sin must propel us towards action, according to the model of…
examine through an Adlerian framework of superiority striving and style of life. Queen Elizabeth was born in 1926; she is the first born daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. She is currently the Head of State of the UK and 15 other Commonwealth realms. She became Queen when she turned 25 years old and is still Queen today in 2014. The Queen has reigned for more than 5 decades of immense social change and development. She is married to Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh and has 4…
England, the central nation of the United Kingdom and much of the Western World for centuries, is named for a derivative of the Old English name Englaland, which means "land of the Angles". The Angles are an ancient Germanic people whose presence in history is dated as far back as the first century AD. Since then, the small island nation has grown politically, economically, and territorially. While most of this territorial gain has not been permanent, the British empire was at one point the…
Kant effectively quantifies freedom via his argument for his idea of enlightenment, public/private divide, trade off between rational and physical productivity and finally international governance. He runs into problems however in that he fails to effectively quantify the means of acquiring his aspirational goals of perfect moral constitution, universal enlightenment as well as global cosmopolitan governance. The following section will outline first the public private divide followed by means…
There are several forms of government in the world. The Totalitarian form of government is one in which one person (a dictator) controls the citizens of a country in a coercive manner. There is no freedom and every aspect of life is controlled. It even controls the beliefs and values of the society and also interferes in the private life of individuals. North Korea is an example of this form of government as well as, Adolf Hitler in Nazi Germany. Similarly, under communism, founded by Karl…
Intellectual Disabilities and Postsecondary Education An intellectual disability (ID) and postsecondary (PS) educational opportunities usually do not go together. An ID is typically diagnosed before age eighteen, and an individual with ID usually has noticeable limitations in intellectual processing and noticeable limitations in social functioning. These limitations impact the individual’s quality of life and the belief that the individual can achieve a higher quality of life. To improve quality…
can be a wretched biochemical disease, in which no individual or family is immune from the roller coaster effects. Mental illness affects the individual and the people in their lives. With the knowledge we have gained in the medical and psychology realm, we now know the disease can be genetic and sparked by environmental factors. As we begin to understand the brain and develop our knowledge, the mysteries of mental illness are unfolding. Although facilities were constructed to support the…
There is a debate among scholars of Hobbes whether Hobbes was an atheist, or even whether his philosophy was atheist. There are fewer critics today of Hobbes that make the claim he is an atheist and that his philosophy is itself atheist. It should not be understood to be so. We have to remember that though his views opposed most of the standard views of his time, Hobbes affirmed his faith in Christianity. Also, the term “atheist” had a different connotation prior to modernity. This is to say…