The Ascent

Petrarch's model of religious and personal virtue in his Ascent of Mont Ventoux is similar to the beliefs of both Saint Francis and the Rule of Saint Benedict. This is significant because it brings to light the influence that the Church had on Humanism. In the Rule of Saint Benedict, Benedict writes that no monk is to "bear false witness" (124). Petrarch exhibits the same thought process while writing to Dionigi, when he continues to correct himself for lying about what he loves. This could be…

the Montgolfier brothers, the idea of observing landscapes, geographic locations, and enemy movements has never been far from the minds of aviation pioneers. As Fulgence Marion describes in his text “Wonderful Ballon Ascents; or the Conquest of the Skies:” “Scarcely had the first ascents astonished the world, than the more adventurous spirits began to use the discovery;” as elaborated by Marion the first use was for the purposes of reconnaissance (Marion 66). There was good reason for this…

Rodgers examines just how ascent and immersion go far beyond Stepto’s analysis by asserting that Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun (1959), typifies the notion that “neither ascent or immersion is limited exclusively by the geographic designations suggested by the terms symbolic north and symbolic south, because each may also correspond to spatial movements…

final step in his “Ascent of Love.” His “Ascent of Love” is related in the context of education and philosophy. Plato believes that one can only ascend to the “Sea of Beauty” through philosophy taught by a skilled teacher. This contrasts with the historical Socrates, Plato’s mentor, because Socrates vehemently denies being a teacher. Socrates doesn’t see any value in education while Plato sees education as immensely valuable as seen…

Chapter Eight Summary Chapter eight introduces the valley sermonic form. Here the pastor brings them deeply into issues, problems, to the point it causes emotion and rises up with the good news that addresses and solves the issues that the pastor presented (Allen Jr., 55). The introduction starts with creating an itch such as ethical issues, sociopolitical situations, personal struggles, or biblical misinterpretations (55). The introduction moves into a deepening descent that uses imagery to…

which is a form of thinking that can guide you to a “higher and better way”. In the book, “Get a Grip on Philosophy” by Neil Turnbull, Turnbull speaks about the Sophist and how they connect to the philistines and technocrats. In addition, to prove the ascent of knowledge one must look at the Allegory of the Myth of the Cave and understand Socrates and Plato’s effort to find what Turnbull would call the…

Southeastern Utah might as well be the surface of Mars. Between the buttes and mesas of an arid landscape, where tumbleweeds blow across the roads, sagebrush grows from the cracked nutrient-rich soil, and prickly pears sprout under rusted, broken rock, there is little besides long stretches of open wilderness. In the late 1950’s and early 1960’s, while much of the climbing community fixated on the Yosemite Valley, and the world’s attention was captivated by the Himalayas, a group of Colorado…

Darkness is displayed in many ways, including hopelessness and death, but the Great Depression shows the finest of it. This horrible time had a negative effect on people’s thinking, such as actual depression and the feeling of loss. Sounds can remind people of death as well. On the contrary, even reading words can scare anyone to death. O’brother Where Art Thou directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, and The Odyssey written by Homer and translated by Robert Fagles are arts that use words and sounds to…

started preparing to leave for Everest on June, 2015, even though we were delayed for preparing and for the season. After several checks, however, we found a perfect weather window for summer, with few monsoons from India. So we scheduled the real ascent the first week of July, and two weeks after we sold most of what we had, and put in boxes all the gear we already had. Summiting Everest depends on a number of factors, and any experienced climber knows this. Because Everest is the tallest…

Muhammad, who was the main disciple of their god Allah. Jewish people have works that show the greatness of heaven and of God. The Good Shepherd and The Ascent of the Prophet Muhammad on his Steed Buraq, Guided by Jibra’il and Escorted by Angel, are good illustrations of the tributes that people of different faiths pay to what they believe in. In The Ascent of the Prophet Muhammad…, Muhammad is at the center of the picture because he is the focal point of the painting. The large flame that…