Discourse on the Arts and Sciences

myths, folklore, religion, arts and culture. The oldest visual image of the human fascination, love and reverence for nature in India can be found in the 10,000 years old cave paintings at Bhimbetka in Central India depicting birds, animals and human beings living in harmony. The Indus Valley civilization provides evidence of human interest in wildlife, as seen in depicting images of rhino, elephant, bull, etc. The earliest concern for the wild life law could be traced to 3rd century B.C. when…

advocacy of freedom of religion, expression, and separation of a religious government. Voltaire was a skillful writer and used his literary skills to write works describing his personal beliefs regarding many areas of philosophy, history, and political sciences. He challenged the Catholic Church in his work, Philosophical Dictionary, where he questions the truthfulness of priests and the morality of the Bible. He also wrote of the government in his work, History of the Russian Empire Under Peter…

Identify and apply high frequency words in different discourse is an important building block which can lead English language learners to understand the pragmatics of the second language. We seldom stop to think about it, but some of the most basic concepts in English vocabulary are naggingly difficult…

cultural odyssey to the ‘pinnacle’ of civilization. While early classical Evolutionist anthropology spawned the comparative method, as well as the first definition of culture, described by Tylor as “a complex whole which includes knowledge, beliefs, art, morals, law, custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society,” (1873, (1985) 30) it is overall, inadequate and ineffective. Lack of first hand field observation and participation by the anthropologist, a…

Step One: Answer one of the following questions in 350-500 words. Use examples from Herrick AND my lectures to support your response. Remember to cite page numbers when appropriate. Avoid direct quotations from the textbook. 1. Some people have criticized rhetoric for being manipulative. Do you believe that rhetoric is, by its very nature, manipulative? If not, what ethical guidelines might be important for constraining the practice of rhetoric so that it does not become a tool for manipulation…

ISE SUMMER PROJECT 2015 Probability, randomness, and chance should be central in any STEM pedagogical model. The concepts of randomness and chance play a very significant role in the essence of all sciences, and especially in the empirical sciences. Randomness is a critical component of biological modeling at many levels in a wide range of systems. The fundamental axioms of the quantum paradigm in physics are, by definition, essentially stochastic. Economics uses the randomness in human thought…

France and America was a powerful at each begin in the revolution, their strangleholds on both the people and economies of each nation were weakening. Both countries emphasis on Enlightenment thought. The Enlightenment in France ideas such as art, science and writers began to inspire America and use their ideas. They both reactions against an oppressive monarchy that taxed heavily and attempted to control its subject and both reacted in part because of Enlightenment…

Porter Rhetoric 103A 12 Dec. 2017 More Than “Just Rhetoric”: Today, the term “rhetoric” often carries the connotations of bombast and deceitfulness, but rhetoric, as theorized by many ancient orators, offered a challenge, calling he who practiced the art to higher ethical, moral, and civic responsibilities. Having the freedom and ability to speak was not a license to bend the rules and constructs of society but rather a power to advocate within them. Though a rhetorician can convince his…

Brass gears were heavily used for the industrial revolution to make items work in the nineteenth century. Contrary to popular belief, gears are not only utilized as mechanisms to construct objects that tick. Within the 21st century, they have become involved in the pendant jewelry culture, as well. The object that I will be analyzing is a brass gear pendant that is made to be worn around the neck. The pendant doubles as a pocket watch with a cover on the outside. On the outside cover, there are…

did it all come down to this, ripping off the Bible’s introduction for a college paper? Did I learn nothing from my literary mentors? Do I not have any sense of creative dignity? Throughout my whole life, I have worked hard to make my passion for the art of the English language known, and all I have to show for it is a terrible case of writer’s block. “In the beginning”, I was taught from the best; my writing style, all the different writing strategies were developed by reading the works of my…