Oliver Cromwell

He also gave the people the right to a trial. The next ruler Solon, the next Athenian ruler also helped Athens become a democracy. He also wrote many reforms into the laws and gave all citizens the right to vote, an important step in the origins of democracy. Some of his reforms created problems for other people, who wanted to become citizens. In 500BC, Athens looked like a modern democracy. The main lawmaking body was known as the assembly, and all free male citizens could be in the assembly.…

The Western Intellectual Tradition by J. Bronowski and Bruce Mazlish examines different European/American historical periods from the year 1500 to 1900. It focuses on the great thinkers and philosophers from those times, as well as certain historical periods that are considered significant. This essay focuses on chapters 2, 10, 15, 21, and 23. They are about the city-states of Italy, the Royal society, Montesquieu, Thomas Jefferson and the American Revolution, and Edmund Burke respectively.…

ETHC-445 Principles of Ethics Final Exam http://uphomework.com/downloads/ethc-445-principles-ethics-final-exam/ 1. (TCOs 2, 4, 5, 6) The idea that the assisted suicide of terminally ill patients should be allowed simply at the patient’s direction reflects what type of ethics? (Points : 5) Hobbes’ State of Nature Rand’s Objectivism Aristotle’s concept of Virtue Thomas Aquinas’ concept of conscience Socrates’ concept of excellence 2. (TCOs 1, 2, 7) What is the moral ideal of temperance…

If you are a mystery fan, you might wish to tackle Chesterton’s Father Brown series. This is a series of a priest who is able to solve crimes because he takes original sin seriously and knows the heart of a sinner. They are not overtly religious but they are very mixed in quality. These short stories were collected in five books of which the first, The Innocence of Father Brown, is the best. Try these and if you like them, you can move on the others. And if you are going to read…

The Book of Kells is considered to be one of Ireland's most valuable national treasures as well as the finest illuminated manuscript created in early medieval Europe.Illustrated by monks, the Book of Columba, as it is also called, serves as the best representative sample of gospel books of its time .Although its content is mainly Christian, its has influenced many different aspects of history, such as art and especially calligraphy because of its elaborate illustrations and ornamentation.The…

and grape products for grain. Since they were located on the coast, Greece had a strategic point for trade and cultural diffusion. Athens became a rich commercial center and Greeks had a money system. They had city-states with identities and cultures. They were considerably independent and were always competing with each other. Sparta was militaristic and agricultural while Athens was cultural, political, and commercial. In Sparta, women had more rights than in other areas. They had adult male…

He turned a little sideways in his chair to drink his mug of coffee. At the table on his left the man with the strident voice was still talking remorselessly away. A young woman who was perhaps his secretary, and who was sitting with her back to Winston, was listening to him and seemed to be eagerly agreeing with everything that he said. From time to time Winston caught some such remark as 'I think you're so right, I do so agree with you', uttered in a youthful and rather silly feminine voice.…