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Sculpture from Greece and Egypt

body" (Metropolitan Museum of Art: Greek and Roman Art). This particular statue is 9 and 5/8 inches high and is made from bronz...

Perception, Language, Cognition and Consciousness in Classic Indian Philosophy

modification, which dispels ignorance" (Mohanty, 2001). When we cognize we abate ignorance....

Musical Instruments and Acoustics

the location of excitation of the string (String Properties). For example, if the violin is bowed close to the bridge (sul pontice...

New Classical Economic Theory

individuals or firms expectations/forecast of a particular economic variable is rational, as long as the individual or firm makes ...

Tragedy That is Not Tragic in 'Night Mother'

forty and has epilepsy. However, the source of Jessies psychic pain is not her condition, but rather the fact that she has never ...

Oedipus the King by Sophocles and Family Dysfunction

content of his disturbing dreams to Jocasta, her response was, What should a man fear? Its all chance, / chance rules our lives. ...

A Challenging Learning Experience

no positive reinforcement for me and an aversion to the machine developed. Positive reinforcement refers to when an event or stim...

Decision Making Models

of their own limited abilities or because of the conditions that exist in the organization (Lahti, 2003). Other assumptions includ...

Historical Causation Does Not Necessarily Apply to Classical Historiography

we will find one single causal factor underlying all of history. Munro makes the same argument: while there are a great many theo...

Classical Theorists, Modern Warfare, and the 20th/21st Century

in populations, the increase in the complexity of players in any given war, and the evolution of humanity overall. In all honesty ...

Book Review: "Understanding Leadership" By Gayle C. Avery

culture, processes and changing systems. Averys (2004) attempt to define leadership in its broadest terms can readily be interpre...

Classical, Celtic, Norse and Chinese Mythologies

One of the of the fundamental reasons for the success of the Romans was their ability to adopted the best components of the cultur...

Exploring Textual Sources of “The Arabian Nights”

It appears to be based in part on Arabic, Persian and Indian folklore, and as a "unified collection, dates back at least one thous...

Classical civilizations

classes of citizens, permitted behaviors within marriage and so on. Ancient Egyptian civilization also demonstrated a soci...

Operant and Classical Conditioning and Addiction

dog; the dog naturally salivated with anticipation for his food. After a while, the dog would salivate when he heard the bell whet...

Leading Multigenerational Workforce

leadership with different patterns of behavior linked together and called leadership styles. For of the styles that emerged were: ...

Dance Music in Musical History

This research paper briefly describes the dance music within the Renaissance, Baroque and Classical periods. Two pages in length, ...

Odysseus and Models of Heroism

In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at heroism. Odysseus is put forth as an example of both modern and classical ideals of ...

Metaphysics by Aristotle

In seven pages Aristotle's theories regarding metaphysics as described in his text are examined in terms of the ways one is chall...

Classical Influences on Modern Architecture

In five pages this paper examines the classical influences upon modern architects with such works as La Tourette Monastery by Le C...

Making Decisions

alternative is selected and a plan is written to implement. With the classical model, a good decision would be one that is made f...

Classical Conditioning - An Overview

would ring a bell every time he did so, alerting the dogs that dinner was imminent. He also noticed that whenever he presented the...

Formal Decision Making Processes

friend and I in particular had what we viewed as a stellar business idea. It had been suggested to us that we might prefer to stri...

Classical Bureaucracy and the Effects of Organizational Change

In nine pages this report discusses organizational structure and design in a consideration of change and how the classical bureauc...

Is There a Population Problem?

This research paper discusses the positions espoused by classical economists Adam Smith, Thomas Malthus and David Ricardo pertaini...

An Analysis of The Epic Poem, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

noble role in society, and reflects his attributes and responsibilities. First, there is the pearl, symbolic of natural perfectio...

Tragic Characteristics of Oedipus the King

others, or more intelligent than others. In short, there must be some element which somehow sets him above the average man, but ye...

God's Existence Cosmological Argument

be a less sure guide than revelation; however, Aquinas did believe it possible to reach certain truths without the aid of revelati...

1 Sculpture from Each of the Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic Periods

form" (Kerr). In addition, it was presumably used at the entrance to the burial site of a youth who belonged to a wealthy family. ...

Similarities and Contrasts Between Socrates, Buddha, and Confucius

being proper, of conforming to contemporary uses and customs. These rules extend to practically every aspect of our lives. There...