The Worldly Philosophers

“Learning a foreign language, and the culture that goes with it, is one of the most useful things we can do to broaden the empathy and imaginative sympathy and cultural outlook of children” (Michael Grove). For children just beginning their journey in school their enthusiasm to learn is profound. They are excited to learn anything and everything. For most schools this includes the basics such as math and reading, but for Morningside Elementary School this is not the case. The children at this…

I do not admit for instance, that a great wrong has been done to the Red Indians of America or the black people of Australia. I do not admit that a wrong has been done to these people by the fact that a stronger race, a higher-grade race, a more worldly wise race to put it that way, has come in and taken their place. ". Leo Amery, Secretary State of India, from 1940 to 1945, also reported that he said during a conversation with him "I hate Indians. They are a beastly people with a…

Aristotle’s Ethics Book I obtains copious themes and ideas relevant to classical political theory. One of the most abundant motifs is happiness and how it impacts humans of all stages. As seen in this book, happiness is not always clear cut; therefore, the ability of humans to achieve this marvel of completeness is often disputed. While virtue and honor are acceptable candidates for this vague idea, happiness must be the good. We only strive for these attributes in order to make ourselves happy;…

time of Augustus, urging a purification of the Jewish religion that would free Israel and establish the kingdom of God on earth. He urged a moral code based on love, charity, and humility, and he asked the faithful to follow his lessons, abandoning worldly concern (International). Religion was highly regarded by the Romans and the up and coming reform of Christianity was not accepted within the tight knit empire. The immigration of this religion inwards toward the empire was seen as a threat and…

which would be the most viable option on a global scale. A centralised command economy is “An economy in which production, investment, prices, and incomes are determined centrally by the state”, this is a system that was supported by the German philosopher & economist Karl Marx, this is essentially a form of communism. On the other extreme is the free market economy, also known as a capitalist system of production, where there is intervention from external sources, this form of control was…

William W. Jacobs displays his existentialist nature through themes of freedom, responsibility, and death. In “The Monkey’s Paw,” Jacobs demonstrates these themes progressively through his characters and their actions after a cursed talisman eradicates all limitations. Arash Farzaneh defines existentialism as the measurement of humankind’s “responsibility when facing a universe devoid of laws.” Fundamentally unbound by religious conviction, humankind is required to take responsibility for their…

On July 4, 1776 the Declaration of Independence became one of the founding documents of the United States of America. Addressed to King George III, the king of Great Britain it explains the grievances of the American colonies and that they were leaving the British Empire. The preamble of this great document reads, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and…

Nussbaum’s idea of the faculty of conscience. The faculty of conscience is a faculty in which people search for meaning in life. Through the vulnerability premise, Nussbaum shows us that in giving equal respect to the conscience, we must tailor our worldly conditions, to protect our freedom of belief and expression. In other words, one’s search for the meaning of life is respected. This idea is similar to Hobbes account of humanity as an intact faculty of conscience is important for satisfying…

different languages were spoken in Britain, for example Celtic, Old English, Latina and a certain dialect of French called Anglo-Norman. During the medieval period the language of the upper class was French, which meant that French was the language of worldly education and literature in Britain. The language of the Church, however, was Latin, so a big part of learning also took place in Latin. An international figure of the medieval period was king Arthur, about whom stories were written in…

Sir Francis Bacon, Viscount St. Alban, was a very respected and prominent scholar from the Renaissance, was the designer of the scientific method that is still taught today, and was “a worldly courtier, a talented writer, a learned jurist, and a brilliant philosopher” (Shapiro, Contested Will). He had a vast range of literary and scientific achievements, and pursued basically everything except for playwrighting and poetry. If he had also compiled the one of the most distinguished…