The Thinker

Leonardo da Vinci was an incredible artist and sculptor, an inventor ahead of his time, and an exceptional thinker. Da Vinci’s work far surpassed the standard of the period and thus landed him the nickname, “Renaissance Man.” He paved the way for modern innovations in art, science, and technology, making him one of the greatest thinkers of the Renaissance. Leonardo da Vinci was born the illegitimate son of a peasant woman and a notable man of Florentine, Italy in 1452. Da Vinci was raised by his…

Black Intellectual Resistance Tactics in Brazil The protest and resistance tactics employed by black thinkers in Brazil, during the early to late 20th century, took on many forms. In order to investigate the dynamic nature of black resistance, I will focus on responses to two popular ideologies that appear at different points in the century Alberto investigates. The two ideas are scientific racism, and idea of racial mixture. In Terms of Inclusion: Black Intellectuals in Twentieth-Century Brazil…

There are two different types of people in the world: those who embrace change with open arms and those who resist it and push it away. These people could be put into two separate categories with the Enlightenment thinkers accepting the changes and the Traditionalists opposing it. The Enlightenment period brought about new ideas about religion and science that were opposite the Church’s beliefs. John Locke is considered to be one of the first people to publicly embrace a new way of thinking in…

mathematics and physics. He began analyzing mathematics and physics and eventually introduced the concept of variable size, variable function, and also achieving the unification of geometry and algebra. Descartes greatly helped the work of future thinkers such as Newton, Leibniz, Euler, and many more due to his work in the Geometry field. Rene Descartes was the one who interpreted the "real number" as the relationship of a part directly towards the unit length, and interpreted the negative…

critiques many models, especially the ones from, Abraham Kuyper, Emil Brunner, and many more with due to respect. According to Abraham Kuyper, his model states that there are two different types of thinkers in the world which are, regenerate and un-regenerated non-christians. Kuyper’s view was that Christians thinkers are characterized in the “abnormalities” group, believing the current state of the world is abnormal, fallen and in need of renewal; non-Christians are characterized in the…

In the Divine Comedy, Dante explored the afterlife and the faith of mankind. The statue is nude to symbolize truth and honesty. Another explanation for the The Thinker is the statue actually represents anyone who is a creator in deep thoughts. Classical art emerged after the uprising of the Athenians in Ancient Greece. Classical style art focused of the naturalistic of the human body and the natural world. Classical…

Thesis: People should consider Biblical Creation as a competing explanation when answering the questions of the origins of life because both Biblical Creation and evolution takes faith, and even a logical thinker can be convinced that Biblical Creation is a worthy explanation. Society should realize that Evolution, not just Biblical Creation, takes faith. Opponents to Biblical Creation believe it is not a valid argument because they consider the Bible as religious dogma that is the result of…

hero in a waffle house. The most obvious sign of heroism by Show is courage. Another telling display was willingness. In turn, this would mean he would also be an opportunist. Amid it all, he is a fast thinker. Without a doubt, James Show - being courageous, willing, an opportunist, and a fast thinker – has all the characteristics of a hero. Most outwardly seen and spoken of are Show's courageous act. Starting with the shooter, most people ran, screaming for their lives. James Show, however,…

English thinker, John Locke, perfectly stated, “(W)e must consider, what state all men are naturally in…a state of perfect freedom to order their actions” (Document A). During the 1600s and 1700s, revolutionary thinkers and writers defended the “perfect freedom[s]” of individual citizens to express their self-determination and freewill to choose. This tumultuous period of history was fraught with conflict. The English Civil War and the Glorious Revolution brought an end to England’s absolute…

influences of humanism. Whether it be in everyday life, thoughts, actions, words. As we look back in history to the Greeks, and those of the Renaissance and Enlightenment eras, we find that many individual thinkers and philosophers shone through their new ideas and thoughts. Many of these philosophical thinkers shaped our learning today. I believe that, during the greek times, philosophers were influenced by humanism. The philosophers of these days used more logic and rational type of…