The Imagination before Science (Final) In Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds, Fontenelle creates a universe that is both interesting and factual, while still holding the beauty and magic that a lot of people during that time period needed to be content with such theories about the universe. In Lucretius work On the Nature of Things, he constructed a world that was logically sound using real world observations and making inferences to how the universe worked. While Fontenelle uses a majority of Lucretius theories and ideas of logic and observations, Fontenelle furthers Lucretius’s work by allowing the absurd, at the time, to be possible and also beautiful.
Lucretius begins On the Nature of Things, by telling the audience exactly what
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This is in contention with the beliefs of his time where the universe was beautiful because there was a sense of mystery and “magic”. That the mystery behind the workings of the universe made it beautiful and if that mystery was destroyed than the universe would lose all magic. Fontanelle contends that the universe is beautiful because it is mechanical. This furthers Fontenelle from Lucretius because in On the Nature of Things Lucretius never challenges the dichotomy of mechanical things cannot be beautiful. Fontenelle states “they want the world on large scale, as a watch is on a small scale, so that everything goes by regular movements based on the organization of its parts” this statement is exactly how Lucretius presents his universe, working according to the order of “parts”. Fontenelle in contrast to Lucretius delves into why he finds the mechanical beautiful “now that I know it’s like a watch; it’s superb that, wonderful as it is, the whole order of nature is based upon such simple things” (Fontenelle 12). In the “First Evening” of Fontenelles work he completely gives reason to believe and hold true to what he is claiming. He gives the reader reason to believe in his work by showing its beauty by expanding the concept of beauty at the time from complicated and shrouded in mystery to simple and mechanical. The exploration of beauty and science is what lacks in the work of Lucretius, because it gives no reason to believe in his
The author of "Simplicity," William Zinsser has discovered that writing frequently deals with clutter. He makes it obvious in his essay that writing "fuzz" and clutter can annoy and weary a reader. Zinsser emphasizes that clutter in writing not only frustrates readers but also obscures the intended message. He argues that simplicity is key to effective communication, as it allows ideas to shine through and resonate with the audience. Zinsser provides examples of how "clutter" or “fuzz” is harmful to both the writer and his audience, as well as a resource for messy writing.
John Swales and James Paul Gee discuss about the samic tipic “Discourse”. In my point of view, their understanding of “Discourse” is similar. However, they explain it in different ways. In John Swales’ essay, he gives six defining charactertics of discourse community.
exhibiting a belief and positivity about science (Shelley, 1). A different form of light inspired Frankenstein to want to learn more, about science, about life, about the world. During his childhood, Frankenstein had seen a thunderstorm and from the lightning came a “stream of fire issue from an old and beautiful oak, so soon the dazzling light vanished. I never beheld anything so utterly destroyed” (Shelley, 22). This marked the beginning of Frankenstein’s love of knowledge.
“The Order of Things” is an article from The New Yorker by Adam Green. The subject is Apollo Robbins, an extremely talented pickpocket. The occasion is a profile and a feature story published a month before the Department of Defense opened a new research and training facility with Robbins as a professor. The article is written for an audience of high level readers who may be interested magic tricks or pickpocketing. His purpose is to entertain the audience with a story of a pickpocket who returns what he steals while informing them on how pickpockets use “nature of human attention” to steal things without the victim knowing.
When using REBT to address Maliya’s problems my goals would be to help her recognize and correct irrational thinking and see how her thinking is connected to her behavior. . In order to accomplish this, I would simply explain the concept of irrational thinking and replacing it with more rational thinking. From this point we would begin to examine some of her flawed thinking. In order to find out what her self-talk is, we would need to examine some current problems that she faces by using trauma focuses cognitive behavior therapy and play therapy. By employing the A-B-C-D-E model of disputing, we would learn about her thoughts and feelings regarding any traumatic events.
Since there is no divine figure that dictates life, there must be some rational explanation as to how matter comes to be. Within his first principle he states, “Nothing can ever be created by divine power out of nothing”. He suggests that all matter exists in the form of atoms, and although these atoms are not visible to the naked eye, they are still present. Unsurprisingly, this idea is radically different than any other concept of being that the Romans previously held. As a result, Lucretius’ writings were likely not well received by the audience.
Jan Švankmajer's 1983 claymation, Moznosti Dialogu (Dimensions of Dialogue) poignantly critiques the flaws in modern human communication and society's self-destructive mannerisms, spurring the audience to reflect upon their own lives. This is evident through symbolism, aesthetic decisions and animation techniques. Švankmajer's first segment of Dimensions of Dialogue, Factual Dialouge, highlights societies mediocracy through narrative structure and graphic aesthetics. This work depicts two humanoid 2D forms through the stop motion technique. Drawing inspiration from 16th century artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo, specifically his Four Seasons series, each form is not made of flesh, rather, they are composed of organic foodstuffs and man-made cooking utensils (Cavaleir, 2017).
Of all the recurring questions of Man, one of the most persistent is the question of our origins. Specifically the question of what, if anything, caused us to exist. It has been argued by generations of minds, all seeking the definitive explanation of our existence. One such mind was that of Rene Descartes, a brilliant philosopher of his time, throughout and beyond ours. His ideas on geometry and metaphysics, among others, remain influential upon the thinkers of today.
Mark Pagel is an Evolutionary biologist, who was born on June 5th, 1954 in Washington. He went to University of Washington for his PhD in Mathematics. After, he finished his PhD on Mathematics that’s when he started having feeling on talking about a variety of subjects through different shows, such as “how language transformed humanity” and “Origin of the Humans Social Mind. “His interests are evolution and the development of languages”. In the article on “How Language Transformed Humanity “that he written.
It is after two paragraphs exploring notions of man’s cosmic connection that Sagan asserts his first claim in the essay, “plainly there is no way back… we are stuck with science” (1). The compassionate tone persists even in assertions, as seen through the use of first person. More compassionate is the gentle acknowledgement of the pseudoscience appeal. “Yes, the world would be a more interesting place if there were UFOs lurking in the deep waters off Bermuda… or if our dreams could, more often than can be explained by chance and our knowledge of the world, accurately foretell the future” (1). This series of sentences ends the introduction.
Modern philosophy developed alongside the Scientific Revolution and both influenced and affected each other. Therefore, many of the great early philosophers were also important scientists, and, unlike Bacon, so was Descartes. Thus even though both these men share points in common, they also have many differences, either in their backgrounds or in their way of thought. We will focus mainly on comparing and contrasting the methods used by both Bacon and
Furthermore, Shelley examines the relation that Frankenstein and his monster have towards relevant motifs of Enlightenment such as science, religion, and humanity. To begin with, the era of Enlightenment was characterized by numerous scientific discoveries in Europe. Advances were made in various scientific fields such as astronomy, physics, and mathematics. They caused large controversies which had a deep impact on people’s thinking about God and religion.
His technics are unsurpassable the light illuminates Mary in her contemplation is stunning. His paintings were so famous and wanted pushed French government to prohibiting his paintings to leave the country. The Magdalena with the smoking flame is art piece was the only art piece of Georges de La Tour work to leave France thanks to Simone Lahaye, a resistance fighter during World War
Homework #16 Provide two linguistic examples of a sociolect that you speak. Remember that sociolects are defined by pronunciation, grammar, or vocabulary. 1) College student mom I use vocabulary which relevant to college (fraternity, entrepreneurship, or major), or I ask questions or converse about topics that relevant to the relationship of son, mom and college, such as, 'did you eat lunch?’ ‘When you come home?’ ‘How was the lab?’
Based on Stuart Hall’s (2006) discussion of Foucault’s theory of discourse, a discourse is generally consisting of a group of statements that together offer a way of talking about a par-ticular knowledge on a certain topic. Many individuals can produce it together, in different institutional settings. The discourse thereby enables the construction of a topic in a specific way which at the same time limits other constructions of the same topic. A discourse is made up not only from one but a multiplicity of statements that all share the same style to talk about the same topic. However, it is not a closed off system, it draws statements from and into other discourses.