No student takesseriously the seventeenth-century notion that states arose out of a “socialcontract” among individuals or between the people and a ruler. Probably moststates (i.e., societies politically organized) took...
“Racial” antipathieshave some roots in ethnic origin, but they are also generated, perhapspredominantly, by differences of acquired culture—of language, dress, habits,morals, or religion. There is no cure for such a...
全片以亚瑟的姐姐摩根的一生为线索,通过不同代表性的人物为枝蔓展开,而影片的内涵也隐藏在人的身上。薇薇安,湖泊女神,阿瓦隆最高女祭司。在我看来,她对神母却有着病态的尊崇,为达目的不择手段,甚至可以说六亲不认,代表着一种对宗教的盲目崇拜。她妄图通过控制皇室维护阿瓦隆的地位,却适得其反,神母逐渐被遗忘。...
The Largest Religions in The World When we are talking about religions then a wave oft houghts like beliefs, view about the whole world in humanity, system of the followed religion culture and spirituality comes in our mind. In accordance with the Guinness Book of World Records, Islam is the...
A comparison of the R2 values indicated that a third order polynomial distribution was most consistent with the changes in the data curve. R2 values represent model fit and are important indicators of the goodness of fit of a linear equation, reflecting the ability of the regression model to ...
the pound. This bounty, which, like most others, was granted only for a limited time, was continued by several prolongations, but was reduced to 4d. the pound. It was allowed to expire with the end of the session of parliament which followed the 25th March 1781. The third bounty of...
“Round and round he went,”said Gabriel,“and the old gentleman, who was a very pompous old gentleman, was highly indignant.‘Go on, sir!What do you mean, sir?Johnny!Johnny!Most extraordinary conduct!Can't understand the horse!” The peal of laughter which followed Gabriel's imitation ...
Mahatma Gandhi and His Legacy Even after many arrests, imprisonments, and injustice to him and his followers,Mahatma Gandhiremained steadfast in his belief of nonviolence. His nonviolent campaigns he called“Satyagraha”(which means “truth and firmness”) is still one of the most followed principle...
“Make visible what, without you, might never be seen,” said Robert Bresson, who made films unlike any other. As one critic put it, “Bresson’s films are not merely the most lucid; they are, in essence, lucidity itself.”[iii]Perhaps only the saints attain “lucidity itself,” but ...
I have just returned to New York,where I had the pleasure of taking Annie Pavelka , the living “Antonia” in my book My Antonia, and six of her children to the first screening of A Lost Lady. I have the good fortune to ...