Eros

It is not a secret that Ancient greek society was a patriarchal one. Women lived exceedingly suppressed lives by either their father or by their husband. Ancient greek women were not allowed in social gatherings in fear that their natural instinct would be to seduce men, with the exception of certain social gatherings such as a funeral. A respectable woman’s role was to stay chaste until marriage, stay at home and run the daily household, weave, and bare legitimate children. Her life was always…

might think of as love, can make a person do or not do. That love can make you do things that are harmful or even evil instead of the vision of godliness that Phaedrus is claiming it can do. Phaedrus begins by saying that Love is a great god and he(Eros) is one of the most ancient of gods and…

classes” (Quigley, 1995). The American eugenics movement was created by Charles Benedict Davenport, a biologist with a Ph.D. from Harvard University. While at Harvard as an instructor in the 1890s, Davenport established the Eugenics Records Office (ERO) to collect data about “inherited” human…

Since the beginning of human life as we know it, there has been religion, or a faith, or "a greater being/energy" that humans have worshipped, revered, or believed in. It can be seen from as early as the Stone Age to modern day. However, there have always been two sides to religion: the presence of it and the absence of it. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi once said, "Those who seek consolation in existing churches often pay for their peace of mind with a tacit agreement to ignore a great deal of what is…

INTRODUCTION Sigmund Freud was born in 1856, in Freiberg, Moravia. He was the eldest among three boys and five girls in the family. His father was a wool merchant and considered to very authoritarian. His mother was protective and nurturing. Freud was a good student and his parents tried their best to support his career. This made Freud feel being a favored child. He passed out of the University of Vienna with a medical degree and aimed to becoming a research scientist. In his first major…

Organic Acids An organic acid is an organic compound with acidic properties. The most common organic acids are the carboxylic acids, whose acidity is associated with their carboxyl group –COOH. Sulfonic acids, containing the group –SO2OH, are relatively stronger acids. Alcohols, with –OH, can act as acids but they are usually very weak. In general, organic acids are weak acids and do not dissociate completely in water, whereas the strong mineral acids do. Lower molecular mass organic acids such…

Linda M. Montano, a spiritual, feminist performance artist is one of many who partake in durational and endurance-based performances. Montano’s years of practice, which borrows from her life, have been inscribed to living with patience and compassion. Nevertheless, Montano’s individual work has been hugely influenced by her way of living. Exhibiting ideologies through her practice such as, affirmation, sufferance and empowerment, Montano has portrayed a prevailing empathy towards her audiences.…

Nupinder Panesar 7855421 Aphrodite The True Mysterious Beauty Aphrodite, also known as Venus in the Roman myths, is the goddess of Love, Sex, and Beauty. Other than these titles, Aphrodite is the goddess of the sea and fertility. The birth of Aphrodite is separated into three different myths. The three myths are: 1) Born of the sea-form through the castrated genitals of the sky-god Ouranos, illustrated by Hesiodic; 2) Daughter of Zeus & Dione, told by homer ; 3) Hatched from an egg (Syrian…

10) Harry and Sue exhibit eros, the most typical romantic love that is known as “love at first sight”. Its base on chemistry and a strong physical and/or emotional attraction describes Harry and Sue’s first true interaction at the first party that they went to together. Though they did not meet for the first time at that party, their attraction to one another once there was immediate. The couple also exemplifies storge on multiple occasions throughout their relationship. This love grows slowly…

Criminology is a subject which aims towards discovering the reasons behind an individual’s choice to commit crime and their behaviour in some situations. By understanding a person’s motives to commit a crime, criminologists can try and prevent crime from happening. Several criminologists developed their own theories which explain why people commit crime, what makes them do it and also how we can prevent individuals from committing a crime again. The main theoretical perspectives examined in…