Peter I of Russia

Peter Drucker once said, “the individual is the central, rarest, most precious capital resource of our society.” In society, the value of an individual during times of hysteria and fear, has often been changed. Times of hysteria and fear have come along with different generations. Examples of these surges of fear was the late 1600’s had the Salem Witch Trials, and in the 1950’s the Red Scare of communism. Joseph McCarthy lead the idea of the spread of Communism within the American government.…

Peter Morath 12/22/2017 Philosophy of Mind 330 Prof. Jon Stoltz In Defense of Disjunctivist Theories of Mind Confronting Naïve Realism Most philosophers agree that some forms of hallucination might not be subjectively distinguishable from proper perception. This agreement, however, does not bring unity to ideas of perception. The intentionalist claims that because these two experiences cannot be subjectively distinguished, then they must be experiences of the same kind. The disjunctivist,…

Jessica Berman (2009) makes the prescient observation that “modernism seems at the heart of the new comparative literature in a way not seen since the final chapter of Erich Auerbach’s foundational text, Mimesis? Why?” (55). While she uses the term “new comparative literature,” she could have easily been asking why modernism plays such a vital role in “new world literature.” Her answer as to why these texts employ modernism is that they do so because it is viewed as a universalizing /…

conquer the United States in a total war but could potentially reach some of its objectives in the indirect approach surprise attacks that it used. The United States’ response could be described as total war against Afghanistan and later Iraq, but I would argue that the US still used a limited war response in that only limited Reserves were mobilized, US industries were not nationalized, and both strategic and tactical targeting was limited initially to national and military targets and then…

France’s history is one of the most complicated and richest history in the world, but its beauty always mesmerizes the history lover. In the 8th century, after the death of Charlemagne came the division of the empire as the valid Treaty of Verdun was made . The three parts are now approximately France, Germany, and Italy. From 885 to 886, Charles the Fat took over Paris, however, he was incapable to show up at the battle with the Viking, proving that he was unable to protect the people, later he…

Throughout time societies have progressed through the collaboration of diverse ethnic groups, which exchanged goods and knowledge, as well as numerous other aspects. By trading, diverse societies are impacted both socially as well as economically, resulting in a myriad of alterations. Although, certain aspects throughout history remain constant as well, regardless of the formation of new civilizations. The period from 1492 to 1750 brought about significant trading amongst the Atlantic world,…

I believe that it was the former president Bush from the united states, who created the six party talk because they did not want start a war, or bomb North Korea. The states that are involved in the six party talk are the US, China, Japan, Russia, North and South Korea. James Holmes states “I believe that we can make progress if everybody sticks to what was actually agreed to negotiations” (PG 3)…

Triumph of the Will The film starts with scenes which indicate Hitler’s arrival to the rally and the sequence consist of several aspect of dramatization. It shows the sky, then modern architecture, marching, masses from Hitler’s point of view from the plane. Later Hitler exits from the plane as the nation waits for him with sheer anticipation and enthusiasm. Parallels are made between Hitler 's arrival through the skies, and the descent of a God, coming to meet his people. Leni Riefenstahl…

I. The Olympics began in 776 B.C with one event, a 200-yard race. It started as religious festival for Zeus, the king of the gods, but it also served as a truce. Games were held between constantly arguing areas. The Olympics promised save travel to and from the Olympics. Since the beginning of the Olympics, many changes have been made. The source of these changes is the International Olympic Committee better known as the IOC. All 115 members meet once a year at their Sessions. Their main…

An opera house is the place for performing arts such like opera, stage show, symphony, choral concert, singer concert and a place for the artist to perform or display their arts as a world tour around the world. There are hundreds of opera houses around the world include the Malaysia’s opera house as known as Palace of Culture, also known as Istana Budaya that located next to the National Art Gallery on Jalan Tun Razak in the heart of Kuala Lumpur. The first and the greatest public opera house…