Distinction

In the first chapter of the book, called "Dueling Dualisms" Anne Fausto-Sterling's begins by discussing how the differences between the social expression of gender as well the physical underpinnings of gender have been intensely debated over the last few decades. Sexologists, Money and Ehrhardt introduced the now popular idea that gender and sex are two different and separate categories, with sex as signifying "physical attributes and is anatomically and physiologically determined" and gender as…

the Negro, “We take as given the idea of distinction and the idea of indication, and in order to make an indication we must make a distinction. We take therefore the form of distinction for the form.” A replacement for a distinction is a division and a substitute for an indication is a suggestion. For example, the sign “÷ or / ” is used to represent the arithmetic operation to divide two numbers. It was during this ‘seasoning’ period that the distinction was made. A boundary was drawn between…

Although homosexuality’s existence no doubt preceded scientific or academic scrutiny, its study and differentiation from heterosexuality emerged at the same time as boundaries of black and white bodies were being studied. In the Jim Crow segregation era, relationships between two people of the same sex would already be troublesome, but two women of different races, would be especially alarming. The existence of race within sexuality, and vice versa, amplified the other’s presence more. Through…

The metaphysical position with which Holbach is most often associated is a negative one: atheism. Although indeed Holbach devotes the entire second volume of Système de la nature and all of Le Bon Sens to the defense of atheism and the criticism of particular claims about God, his views do not hold great philosophical interest. They emphasize well worn topics such as the problem of evil, the impossibility of discussing intelligibly what is unknowable, the suspect psychological origins of…

gets the enlightenment and the body gets the realisation of the indwelling spirit that is all pervading also. There is no distinction left between the two and only the Divine is experienced in all the creation. The division between the self and the other is gone as everything is perceived as the part of the self. The Divine presence in all the creatures removes the distinction. Everything bears a stamp of eternity and Aurobindo in his sonnet Nirvana puts it as: All is abolished but the mute…

“A does not exist”), Its knowledge changes, for both propositions are separate objects of the intellect. However, one can know in the universal way the fact that something exists and does not exist later, and the intellect does not change. The distinction lies between knowing a certain individual in time, and knowing at a certain time within certain circumstances that an individual exists. Thereby it knows the singulars, however Avicenna distinguishes our knowledge from…

Linguists and language advocates have always had a standpoint against anything that threatens the existence of language; in particular, English.Take for an example, John Humphry, a journalist for the Daily Mail UK and a very passionate advocate for the syntax and structure of the English language. In his very expressive journalistic piece “ I H8 TEXT SPEAK” Humphry voices out his concern over the loss of the ’hyphen’ And its effect on change of over 16000 words. He argues that this loss is…

Pericles that the Acropolis picked up its last shape. It was additionally Pericles who appointed the working of the Parthenon inside the Acropolis. A standout amongst the most clear parts of both these progress that separates them initially is the distinctions in their art. In old Egypt, different works of art, for example, painting, molding, artworks, and design were honed. A great part of the craftsmanship portrayed in old Egypt has been observed to be emblematic in nature and it is generally…

Albert M. Wolters begins his book Creation Regained by exploring the same foundational concept that has been the building blocks of our entire four year education at Dordt (and for those brought up in a Reformed educational system prior to Dordt, most of their adolescence as well). Wolters defines worldview as, “the comprehensive framework of one’s basic beliefs about thing” (2). He then goes on for a few pages expounding on this definition, explaining what he means by “beliefs” and what he…

In this decision, the Court’s granted a weight inconsistent with previous cases to the potential for coercion of students created by what the Court concluded was the essentially involuntary nature of the event. A comparable component is not present in the facts of this case. The voluntary nature of group’s meeting could lead the State to rely upon the decision of the Court in Sante Fe (2000), as the event at issue in that case, a high school football game, would be like the petitioner’s…