Euclid

As humans we are placed at the very center of the world with the unique ability to shape our own destiny and exercise our free will in the pursuit of virtue. This very humanistic ideal was championed by the 15th century philosopher Pico della Mirandola, in his book “Oration on the Dignity of Man” (1486). The very notion that we could have such power similar to a Creator or a Divine entity was—at the time— considered heresy by the Papacy. But why did they consider it heretical? The answer is…

An internship is a non permanent position with on-the-job training that focuses on a certain type of career, it could be paid or unpaid. It is an experience that should develop a student's academic career, and personal development skills. They are usually supervised by someone in the field the intern is interested in. They are performed to create a better understanding of your future career. There are other names for the word internship such practicum or co-op. They can be identified as a part…

In August of this year, dash-cam video of a police officer from Euclid, Ohio went viral because he was shown using excessive force and beating a man during a routine traffic stop (Hawkins, 2017). In the video, he asks the driver to step out of the vehicle. Seconds later, the officer is shown pushing him and wrestling…

furniture without the use of glue or nails. As time continue on, there exists in mathematics a unique number, 0.618, which is referred to as the ‘Golden Section’, Golden Rule, ’Golden Proportion’, or ‘Golden Ratio’. The formula was first recorded by Euclid, c. 300 B.C. The Great Leonardo Da Vinci is an example of how art, carpentry and mathematics work together in harmony. The important relationship of mathematics to art is expressed and understood when discussing Leonardo’s artwork, in the…

the perfect home. Therefore, people sharing similar interests and values often cluster in one area (Biro 42). Due to the lack of housing, this results in conflict between the residents and the newcomers (Byrne 407). The Supreme Court case Village of Euclid v. Amber Realty Co. in 1926 allowed…

Interview #1 (Pre-1935) Loretta Frank was born September 27, 1927, and is currently 88 years old. She grew up in Euclid Ohio. When she was a kid she attended a catholic school. Her teachers were nuns, who wore long black dress like clothes with a white collar that covered their heads called Habits. Schooling back then was much different. The nuns were very strict. Loretta remembers when a student did something wrong the nuns would have a ruler and hit them on the knuckles. Since Loretta went to…

It is important to consider on how we reason. The extent that we can trust our decisions that have been made using reason and the fallacies that could arise when reason is misused. We pride ourselves on being rational animals but we often make errors in our reasoning and jump too quickly to conclusions. Furthermore, reason is used differently across different areas of knowledge. Hence, it is important to look at reason and consider the extent in which it can be relied on in trying to make sense…

Lusa and Deanna are objectified by how the men around them all want to sleep with them. Deanna, throughout the story, is constantly sleeping with Eddie Bondo. Lusa, when she meets Cole, sleeps with him for three days straight. Kingsolver wrote, “Her Euclid apartment had seemed to suit him so well that he delayed his departure for two days after the seminar’s end. They hardly left her bed, in fact, and she had to call her lab to claim sudden illness.”(38). After Cole’s death, her nephew in law,…

Mathematicians study them is that they are extremely basic and mysterious at the same time. It’s amazing how little we know about primes after reflecting on them for thousands of years. Prime numbers were first studied extensively by Greek mathematicians. Euclid, a Greek Mathematician who lived around 300 BC and was known as the…

been a “police detective for thirty nine years” observed two men who were “acting strangely out on the streets of downtown Cleveland” (Criminal Procedure et al). According to McFadden, the two men have been "walking back and forth separately along Euclid Avenue" (aclu). This would have been considered a normal situation in downtown Cleveland had the two strangers not continued to meet and conferenced with each other in front of…