PostScript

Introduction: I shall argue that the knowledge that we all acquire as humans is not only subjective, but does involve objective thought. Some have argued that it is not possible to have objective reality because what we learn passes our senses and neurochemistry, making the way that we acquire knowledge a subjective process. I will argue that objectivity is not just possible but vital to how we treat each others, how we work to understand people, and especially ourselves. I believe that…

Witchcraft lasted for hundreds of years around the 1600s. “Between the late sixteenth and the early eighteenth centuries, Scottish courts prosecuted hundreds of women and men for the crime of witchcraft, an offence that involved alleged practice of maleficent magic and the worship of the devil.” Men and women were both guilty of witchcraft and witch-hunting, particularly from the 1640s-1670s. Witch-hunting and trials became substantially popular within the Scotland society because of the…

Kirill Tšernov FLGR.01.370 28.10.2014 Transgression of a boundary between the past and the present The theme of transgression is a pervasive theme throughout the A.S.Byatt’s novel, Possesion: A Romance. To better understand and study it, one needs to return to the name of the novel and consider its implications. The novel itself can be read as a meditation on the different meanings of this word, as the reader is presented with different kinds of possession (economical, sexual, cultural, even…

collective identity, as Dominicans resisted a dictatorship masterminded by Trujillo. The tragic end of the Mirabal sisters is a result of Trujillo's oppressive society. In the Time of the Butterflies, is an autobiographical falsa cronica, seen in "A Postscript", where Alvarez took liberties with historical…

his diaries—not even on the day she died. However, for a writer who places so much emphasis on indirect communication, and on the semiotics of invisibility, we should regard this absence as significant. Johannes Climacus in Concluding Unscientific Postscript remarks, “… how deceptive then, that an omnipresent being should be recognisable precisely by being invisible.” Although Kierkegaard's mother is absent, his mother-tongue (Modersmaal—etymologically derived from the words for “mother's mark…

Hemp in Colonial America could have not been used for industrial purposes, however, that's how it was mostly used, to make rope and other items that were of use during the times. Therefore, hemp during the days of Colonial America was mainly used for industrial reasons. Throughout George Washington’s life, he cultivated hemp in Mount Vernon for industrial purposes. The hemp was grown to make rope and sail canvas (even the word “canvas” can be traced back to the Latin word “cannapaceus,” meaning…

Harper and Row Publishers. This book chronicles an hour-by-hour look into the twenty-four hours before President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. This book includes information on Lincoln’s personal life, the conspiracy behind his assassination, a postscript, a bibliography, and pictures of the men and women involved in his murder, himself, his children, and his wife. Author Jim Bishop brings Lincoln to life with his well written and well thought out tale of the first presidential…

Sadness reigns, as the final session for the Labor Studies Winter Semester comes to a close. This has been an incredible journey emanating from the beginnings of civilization and progressing through the annals of time and landing April 20,2016. Frankie the K, is an awesome professor with a wealth of knowledge, and the class learned a plethora of new information that covered all disciplines of education. We were honored with two guests representing the Teamster Union, Marian Novak, and Neil…

Chapter ten from the book From Indians To Chicanos by Vigil talks about the postscript to the Anglo-american and Mexicanization period has three subtopics the class, the culture and color persistence generates new ways to dissect race This chapter talks about what has been occurring in the twenty century. The first subtopic the chapter talks about from the Anglo-american and Mexicanization period is class. A lot of the population at this time was a lot of immigrants from the Mexicanization of…

The Daily Times VOLUME No. 5 ISSUE 12. THURSDAY MORNING MAY 8, 1887 Melbourne, now the second-largest city in the British Empire, is one of the largest cities in the world in terms of area. With a population of 280,000 in 1880, it is dubbed “Marvellous Melbourne” by amazed visitors. Citizens now strut the streets, bursting with pride and optimism as their city continues boom. “Marvellous Melbourne” showcases its strong economic growth through several active industries including…