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The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision. – Helen Keller Throughout Sophocles’ Oedipus the King the metaphors of sight and blindness are exercised frequently. It is understood that the references to eyesight correspond to wisdom, knowledge, and truth while, comparably, the indication of blindness is a suggestion of futility….

Some aspects of Aristotle’s theory of slavery Slavery — natural or conventional? Aristole’s theory of slavery is found in Book I, Chapters iii through vii of the Politics. and in Book VII of the Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle raises the question of whether slavery is natural or conventional. He asserts that the former is the case….

B.C early civilizations started in the river valleys of Egypt, Mesopotamia, and India. These civilizations made a big impact on later civilizations. They also made lasting and important contributions to humankind. The first civilization is the Sumarians. (doc 1). The Sumarians lived in Southern Mesopotamia which is the land where the Tigris and Eurphrates rivers…

Everett’s statement ‘European cinema is not a monolith, but a series of expressions of different ways of questioning and portraying itself and the world’ (Everett, 5) demonstrates that the whole European cinema can hardly be defined since not only the gap between Central Europe and Western Europe but also the notable national identities create various…

                        Political thought during the 16th century centered on the concept of the modern state, which replaced the idea of ‘two cities’, which dominated the Medieval Period. In the middle of the 1400s, the Middle Ages focused on the establishment of a modern republic within the Italian city state. However, support for the concept declined…

This essay aims to analyze the reasons for the concentration of industrialization in western Ireland during the 1960s and 1970s. It will explore this topic by examining the postcolonial era from the 1920s to the 1960s, taking into account how rural fundamentalism influenced social and economic policies. Furthermore, it will assess the impact of poverty,…

Both the Pantheon and the Parthenon, regarded as highly influential and advanced designs in their respective periods, have been objects of study for thousands of years. Despite their distinct cultural backgrounds and time periods, these two structures share similarities as well as differences. The architectural designs of both buildings have been replicated and modified in…

Why did the expansion of slavery become the most divisive political issue in the 1840s and 1850s? After the depression of 1837 in the South and the Indian removal, Americans had expanded their territory further in the West by the 1840s. The expansion in the land inspired the expansion of slavery. In the 1840s and…

Dr. Rizal also predicted that the Americans would come, however he predicted that it would be unlikely since “this is contrary to her traditions. ” However, America did this through cunning and not through direct military conflict, and to hell with traditions! Americans had been hypocrites… And i hope they will no longer be. This…

The Hang He River gave birth to a Chinese civilization which was mostly isolated from the other parts of the world. This early Chinese civilization was located far from the Egyptian civilization that formed along the Nile River. Despite the distance, these two civilizations made almost identical advancements that shaped their daily life and cultures,…