Saint Thomas Aquinas: Philosophy, Theology, and Existence
Work of Saint Thomas Aquinas
The Summa Theologica reflects the problems of his time and maintains a balance between a philosophy that does not contradict the faith from Aristotelian categories and includes medieval Augustinian ideas.
The Structure of Being
Aquinas accepts the Aristotelian structure and causes stress upon two things: a widely used measure, the composition of power. He adds an original way, the distinction between essence and existence.
The composition of essence and existence: The real
Read MoreEnvironmental Damage: Societal vs. Personal Impact
Understanding the Core Message
The common theme of the two texts is the damage we are inflicting upon our environment. The first text is a webpage version of a brochure produced by an Australian NGO concerned about the future well-being of mankind. The second is an extract from the webpage of an American political cartoonist that includes a three-frame cartoon.
Deeper Analysis
Audience, Purpose, and Context
- Audience: Text 1 targets a specific audience, primarily those already engaged with environmental
Journalistic Subgenres: Informative, Opinion, and Hybrid Texts
Characteristics of Journalistic Subgenres
Informative Genres
Informative texts convey factual information of interest to the readers to whom they are addressed. Therefore, personal opinions and value judgments should be excluded.
Key Informative Subgenres
A) The News
News objectively presents current and interesting events. The reaction of a news story usually involves certain key aspects of an event: who did it, what happened, where it occurred, how it happened, and why. A news story can be divided
Read MoreAnimal Behavior, Environmental Issues, and Social Trends Analysis
MODELO 2004: A Relative Difference
Key Points:
- Chimpanzee rights are being considered.
- Chimpanzee populations have drastically declined.
Vocabulary: connection (link), part of the skeleton which encloses the brain (skull), jump ahead (leap), apparently (seemingly)
Grammar:
- If you don’t ask him a question, he won’t speak to you.
- She told me that I had to do it at once.
- The exercise is too difficult for us to do.
- The crime is being investigated by the police.
SEPTIEMBRE 2004: What’s it Like to Be a Dog?
Key
Read MoreSpanish Golden Age: Culture, Politics, and Society Under the Habsburgs
The Golden Age of Spanish Culture
Cultural Splendor: The Golden Age: During the sixteenth century, Spanish culture was of outstanding quality and wealth. In the seventeenth century, it became even more relevant, marking the Golden Age of Spanish culture, especially in Art and Literature. This period is traditionally known as the Golden Age. Literature continued the brilliant production of the previous century, with authors like Miguel de Cervantes and his masterpiece Don Quixote de La Mancha, as
Read MoreStatistical Analysis: Variables, Data, and Inference
Variables and Study Groups
- Categorical variables
- Quantitative variables
- Explanatory variable
- Response variable
Study Groups –> Population
–> sample
Sampling and Data Collection
Sample:
- Statistical Inference
- Sampling Bias
- Random Sample
- Association vs. Causation
- Confounding Variables
Collecting Data:
- Experiment
- Observational Study
- Randomized Experiment
- Control Group
- Placebo
- Blind Experiment
- Double-Blind Experiment
- Randomized Comparative Experiment
- Matched Pairs
Describing
Read MoreHalf-Husky: Themes, Summary, and Analysis
Themes in Half-Husky
- Vanessa’s Loyalty to Her Father: She felt obligated to be loyal to her father, having disappointed her mother by not attending the parade.
- Passing of Time and Generational Gaps: Ewen’s death created a communication barrier between him and his daughter, highlighting the impact of time on intergenerational understanding.
- The Absence of Real Life: The story explores the unreality of life due to restrictive circumstances, contrasting Vanessa’s father’s mundane life with his paradoxical
Baroque Architecture and Sculpture: Bernini’s Influence
Baroque Architecture and its Makers
The Baroque architecture begins with the breaking of the classical balance. It is manifested in:
- Materials: Stone, marble.
- Building elements: Columns following orders with entablatures, or giant proportions. Renaissance shafts are replaced by spiral columns, curved entablatures, waving façades, semicircular arches, barrel vaults, groin vaults, and hemispherical domes on outer shells.
- Decorative elements: Designs based on curves, plants, leather, and curtains. Decorative
Post-War Economic Recovery: Bretton Woods to Oil Crisis
Post-War Economic Planning
The end of the gold standard caused economic challenges:
- Foreign exchange controls and bilateral trade led to a decline in trade.
- The need to restore an international payments system.
- The Atlantic Charter of 1941 outlined goals such as no territorial expansion, self-determination, reduced trade restrictions, and global cooperation.
- In 1942, the Mutual Aid Agreement was drafted as a war aid program.
Following this, many countries met in Bretton Woods in 1944 to sign agreements.
Read MoreSexual vs Asexual Reproduction: Genetic Diversity
There are two types of reproduction: sexual and asexual. In sexual reproduction, descendants are genetically different. For example, humans reproduce through the union of gametes. Individual differences are the norm in sexual reproduction because special haploid cells, the sexual reproductive cells (meiospores and gametes), are formed by meiosis. Meiosis is the division of cells. In asexual reproduction, descendants are genetically identical. For example, roses reproduce through cuttings, where
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