Essays Tagged: "Scholastic"

Aristotle vs. Darwin

losopher of biology, wrote that Darwin's ideas were a rebellion against thought in the Aristotelian-scholastic way (Ayala, 4). In order to understand how Darwinism can be considered a revolt against A ...

(9 pages) 444 6 4.6 Jun/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics

Choosing the Foundation for Education: Debate in Schooling Comparision of Public vs. Private schooling.

lightly. Research should play a major role in the choice of schooling. Factors such as environment, scholastic opportunities, and guidance provided by the school, and curriculum should all be taken in ...

(5 pages) 331 1 4.8 Apr/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

What is an education, an expanded definition including a dictionary def.

ife; by extension, similar instruction or training obtained in adult age. Also, the whole course of scholastic instruction which a person has received. Often with limiting words denoting the nature of ...

(4 pages) 255 0 4.8 Feb/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Content Analysis on Locke's An Essay on Concerning Human Understanding

lishment of solutions for dilemma on knowledge, and gave us a theory that merely different from the scholastic. He also explained how difficult it is for us to extract from philosophy on being while a ... cult it is for us to extract from philosophy on being while appealing with well-known principles in Scholasticism. As Berkeley, and Hume lessened being to just subjective phenomenon, both philosophers ...

(8 pages) 237 0 4.5 Dec/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy

Race and Intelligence - Are different races more intelligent than others?

and Copland write "Asian Americans on average place a greater value than other groups on education, scholastic diligence, and achievement. IQ is also correlated with socioeconomic status, which in the ...

(3 pages) 120 1 3.0 Jan/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

The History of Globalization

:These two events made the World especialy the Europe a much more positivist place rather then the scholastic way of thinking of the Middle Ages .This situation replaced the power of religions , chur ...

(2 pages) 120 0 4.3 Feb/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > International Organizations & Conflicts

Napoleon And The Enlightenment

t Europe during the eighteenth century. Although the period is significant for scientific and other scholastic advancements, it is most important because it allowed for the opening of great minds--suc ... ough the upper classes mainly benefited from them, scholarships were provided for youths who showed scholastic promise. (Of course this, once again, excludes girls--who by the way are good for nothing ...

(5 pages) 83 0 1.7 Mar/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Miep Gies and the Diary of Anne Frank: A Light in The Dark

that "permanent remorse about failing to do your human duty...can be worse than losing your life" (Scholastic 1). Anne Frank, along with the rest of her family and four others hid in the Secret Annex ... r, she did keep it because she felt that Anne would be coming back, and wanted to return it to her (Scholastic 9). The diary was stowed safely in her desk for a year, and only removed it to give it to ...

(4 pages) 68 1 4.4 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

"Advanced Micro Devices-A Leader in the Industry"

a computer before. Computers have become very important in everyday life, not only for business and scholastic reasons, but also for social reasons. Since September eleventh of 2001 the technology ind ...

(5 pages) 125 1 3.3 Apr/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Self Assessment of the steps.

rsonal development and how impactful these stages were. According to Thomas Hoerr, a writer for the Scholastic Parent & Child publication, "You can begin to see a preference for particular styles ... nd other forums to further my 'group skill-set'.Works CitedHoerr, Thomas. "Multiple Intelligences." Scholastic Parent & Child Feb/Mar 2002: 2Hutchinson, Linda "Effective Teaching." BMJ: British Me ...

(4 pages) 216 0 5.0 May/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Military Life's Impact

us active to keep our minds off of his absence and developed us into the high achieving yet humble, scholastic yet colorful, students we are today. Military life, on the whole, has had the greatest im ...

(2 pages) 53 0 4.2 Feb/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Military & International Conflicts & Security

An Examination of Thomas Hobbes' Moral Philosophy with an Emphasis on the Escape from the State of Nature.

gion has few equals. It was at once the birth of political science, an indictment of the prevailing scholastic tradition, and a groundbreaking piece of moral thinking. Despite the grand scale of the w ...

(4 pages) 75 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy

Fidel Castro

to let him go to school. At first, Castro attended local public school but later, after his scholastic talents were recognized, he was tutored and enrolled in Santiago de Cuba's La Salle Schoo ...

(3 pages) 35 0 3.0 Sep/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > Central & Southamerican History

"Athletes get special privileges." satire

st compete in games, matches, or fights for nearly two hours at a time in some cases. Starting at a scholastic level, athletes need to be pampered by society and be treated better than others because ...

(7 pages) 55 0 3.0 Apr/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays

"Romeo and Juliet"

pre-eminent. Yet, instead of unity of action, I should greatly prefer the more appropriate, though scholastic and uncouth, words homogeneity, proportionateness, and totality of interest,--expressions ...

(11 pages) 24 0 3.0 Feb/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Romeo & Juliet

Humanism in Renaissance Literature

sical world ( Latin and Greek classics ).Two opposed movements appeared during the Renaissance were Scholastic which adopted beliefs of ancient writers to support the corrupted church, and the Humanis ...

(4 pages) 59 0 0.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Examination of Title IX flaws

o discover what, or who he could outrun. Clearly times have changed, drastically.Government funded, scholastic institutions have long since adopted sports as their "healthy" pastime. Besides, what cou ...

(2 pages) 63 2 2.6 Dec/2006

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues

Erwin Panofsky's Gothic Architecture and Scholasticism

Erwin Panofsky's Gothic Architecture and Scholasticism presents a compelling connection between the architectural styles of Gothic Cathedrals ... ling connection between the architectural styles of Gothic Cathedrals and the order and form of the Scholastic school of thought. Focusing on the "100 mile zone around Paris" during the years between ... cusing on the "100 mile zone around Paris" during the years between 1130-40 and 1270 where and when Scholasticism was the dominate theory of education and Gothic architecture began to take a stronghol ...

(4 pages) 28 0 3.0 Apr/2007

Subjects: Art Essays > Design Arts