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Bristow, William, "Enlightenment", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2017 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.),https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2017/entries/enlightenment/ This article is about the enlightenment and the reasoning behind it.It is split up into 3 segments, The science, the politics, and and the “aesthetics”. The first part of the article talks about Locke’s essay and how his thoughts influenced people to start questioning religion. The second part of the article…

Joseph Haydn By: Allyssa Moeder Who is Joseph Haydn? Joseph Haydn was a Austrian composer. He was one of the most important classical music composers in the 18th century. Joseph Haydn was born in Rohrau, Austria on March 31 in 1732. Haydn passed away in Vienna, on May 31, in 1809. So, if you put the math together he lived a whole 77 years. The reason he was so important was because he was one of the many people that helped establish the styles and forms of the symphonies and string quartets.…

sense? The horsepower calculated when running up the stairs was 0.67 hp. This makes sense as 1 hp was originally defined to be the approximate amount of work a strong dray horse could do while lifting coal for one minute (The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica, n.d). It is, therefore, reasonable to assume that a human could do 67% of this amount of work for a shorter amount of time. Generator What would happen to the force required to turn the generator if the bulb was taken out? Why? Of…

The Renaissance lasted from the 14th to the 17th century (Frey 315). This period is known for its flourishing art, philosophy, and literature. During this time, there was a growing class of rich merchants who spent large amounts of money patronizing artists, the most famous of which are the Medici (Frey 315). Events like the Great Schism and the Reformation weakened the Catholic Church (Jensen 193) which had been the center of life in the Medieval era (Frey 31). The Medici Family had more…

Jessica Vandeventer April 13, 2016 Energy Comparison of Fuels Purpose/Question- The Purpose of the lab is to see a comparison of fuels using a home made calorimeter. Hypothesis– The burner fuel is going to be a better source of fuel than the tea candle. Data Tables/ Graphs – Data Table 1. Mass and Density of Distilled Water. Mass of 10.0 mL of distilled water (g) Density of water (g/mL) 9.2g .92g/mL Data Table 2. Calorimetric Data. Fuel Source: Initial mass of fuel (g) Final mass of fuel (g)…

Adam Smith Laissez Faire CJ Herrick 3/10/2017 Without Adam Smith’s Laissez Faire buying everyday needs would be much harder than it is now. Laissez Faire is super important and helps everyone daily, whether they know it or not. It makes the market hands on which means the people selling the items get to determine the prices. While it seems good people can get too greedy which will cause major problems. Laissez Faire is very important to people so they can get what they need but can be bad…

Have you ever wondered how world leaders continue to make an impact on the world after they finish their terms in office? Do all leaders feel the urge to take responsibility and help the impoverished and poor areas of the world to improve and become productive? Some leaders could leisurely sit back in their retirement, making frail efforts to improve the world. Other leaders might strive to make the world a better place, through vigorous organizations that fix society’s problems willingly. One…

Predating the 1920s, women predominantly led the prohibition movement in America; however, after the passage of the eighteenth amendment, the movement faced abnormal opposition so the government passed the 21st amendment, which repealed the eighteenth amendment. In the late 1800s, some women, such as Carrie Nation, opposed the notorious saloons that were known for their high alcohol consumption and violence rates. As a result, some women formed the Anti-Saloon League, which pushed for the…

About two summers ago all I did was bike; I biked everywhere from ½ a mile to 8 miles a day. It was such an easy commute and it allowed me to get my in exercise as well. According to NASA.gov, John W. Young enjoys wind surfing, biking, reading and gardening. I also find think it is so cool that he was born in San Francisco because that is one of my families main spots to go to hang out with friends on vacations, and for layovers so that we can go into the city and eat. I was also born in…

An act of civil disobedience by definition, “hopes to set a moral example that will provoke the majority or the government into effecting meaningful political, social, or economic change,” (Encyclopædia Britannica 2015). Similarly, this is a method that the social movement, Black Lives Matter, has recently been known to practice. This is a new age of civil disobedience; the Black Lives Matters movement mixes social media with less contemporary means of civil disobedience. Black Lives Matter…