Palatine

interesting places to visit. During our last visit, our parents offered my sisters and me an unusual and unique experience. After spending the day at the Chicago Botanical Gardens, we drove to Ahlgrim Family Funeral Services, which is a funeral home in Palatine, Illinois. Undoubtedly, my sisters and I were extremely confused about why we were at a funeral home at six o’clock at night on our vacation. After laughing, our parents explained that the funeral home had a miniature golf course in the…

Jordan Mashal Professor Landers PHI 344 24 Septemeber 2017 Dualism Prompt 1: The central claim of substance dualism relies on the non identity of the mind and the body. Gotfried Wilhelm von Leibniz, a German philosopher, articulated a law that defines the notion of identity as: for any x and y, if x is identical to y, then x and y have all the same properties. Further, any two things that have all and only the same properties as one another are identical to each other. Finally, if there is…

In the 15th century Venice was a wealthy city and the center of trade and art in Europe. Gentile Bellini was a 15th century Venetian painter well known for his portraits and large-scale paintings of contemporary Venice. This paper examines Gentile and his depiction of not only the miracle in the piece Miracle of the True Cross at the Bridge of San Lorenzo, but of contemporary Venetian society. The artist was born in 1429 and was from a family of influential leading painters of Venice including…

Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (Caligula) was one of the many emperors of Ancient Rome. He was born on 31 August AD 12 in Antium, Italy and died on 24 January AD 41, at age 28 at Palatine Hill, Rome. Sadly his reign only lasted 4 years due to the fact that he was assassinated. In those small four years, he made great changes to Rome. Caligula was born on 31 August AD 12 in Antium, Italy and was one of the 6 surviving children of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder. When he was little he…

Each day something new happens, and when decisions after decisions build up, the choice has to be made what to do. Facing the hard times of the 1940s, Jewish people faced what to do about Palatine, and all the fighting going on all around them. In the book The Chosen, written by Chaim Potok, Chaim displays what good, solid, wisdom looks like in each unique character that he created. One caring man, David Malter, used his wisdom from the Talmud to teach high schoolers how to think logically, and…

The Byzantine Empire also known as the Eastern Roman Empire was an extension of the Roman Empire, predominantly in the East. The Byzantine Empire was originally founded as Byzantium with its capital being Constantinople during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. The most common language spoken in Byzantine at the time was Greek. Justinian I was born in Illyria at Tauresium, and was the nephew of Justin I, the current emperor, before Justinian took over. He was the son of a Slavic peasant, and…

The Circus Maximus was the first and largest circus in Ancient Rome. The Circus Maximus was located in Rome, Italy. The Circus Maximus was built between the Palatine and Aventine hill. The Circus Maximus has an impact in today's society. The Circus Maximus was a 600 meter long and 180 meters wide circus in Ancient Rome.The Circus Maximus was built by Tarquinius Priscus.In the Circus Maximus the most popular sport was chariot racing. According to legend the chariot races began by Romulus on the…

Romulus and Remus were famous historical figures from Alba Longa, in the Latin-owned part of Italy. They were sons of Mars (or in some versions Hercules) and Rhea Silvia, a Vesta Virgin. The ruler of Alba Longa, King Amulius, kicked them out of the city by having a servant dump them in the river. Later they grew up to found the city of Rome. Their legend began in 771 BCE when Romulus and Remus were born. King Amulius, as mentioned before, imprisoned Rhea Silvia because she was no longer a…

He was the head of Public Economy and Commerce at the Palatine School, where he took the duty of a lecturer for approximately two years (Cesare Beccaria, Biography.com). He had also taken time serving for Supreme Economical Council of Milan. While serving, he stressed the ideas of public education and labor…

by Edith Wharton, I found myself stopping in order to understand, interpret and analyze the text. The first point at which I stopped reading occurred very early on in the story. In the first paragraph, I stopped at the words “lofty terrace” and “Palatine and Forum.” I stopped at these words and looked up pictures of these things in order to be able to envision an image as I read on. I also stopped at the word parapet because I was unsure of the meaning. When I researched the definition, I found…