Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Spc Drummond, Casey Vigilance Essay Feb 2015 1028 words The price of freedom is eternal vigilance. (Quote- Desmond Tutu) Vigilance is defined as the action or state of being alert and watchful. It is concerned both with what is and what will be. Thus it is important to be Vigilant in the army for many reasons. Not the least of which being it could keep you and your buddies alive despite the world’s best attempts to make you otherwise. But it means more than just staying awake and alert at guard

Satire is my element. Every conversation I partake in feels my scathing and dry tone penetrate the ranks. So when presented with this assignment, I could not help but smile. I actualize the quote by German satirist Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, “The finest satire is that in which ridicule is combined with so little malice and so much conviction that it even rouses laughter in those who are hit”, especially in regards to my list “Everything It Takes to Get Accepted”. Unsurprisingly, I hold infinite

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg once said “I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is that they must change if they are to get better.” This is exactly what Giles Corey, John Proctor and Reverend Hale were trying to do, bring change so things would get better. In Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible, a group of girls began to accuse every honorable person in town of witchcraft. The witchcraft trials went so far as to hang nineteen innocent people, all because the girls said

In color theory Tobias Mayer was a big influence on Lambert. Tobias Mayer’s color triangle was first published in 1775. The physicist Georg Christoph Lichtenberg published the color triangle in an edition called “Opera Inedita”. This was a suggestion of Johann Heinrich Lambert, who had used the Mayer triangle three years previously. A colortriangle operates with the three basiccolors cinnibar, massicot

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg once said “I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is that they must change if they are to get better.” Injustices can be explained as something that is not to everybody’s benefit, or simply something this is unfair. Going into this class, I did not know much about social justice or cities in general. After being in it for a short 3 weeks, I have learned a lot of new material and am excited to learn more. I believe that social justice

Hamlet 's Soliloquy - To be, or not to be Hamlet 's "To be, or not to be" soliloquy is arguably the most famous soliloquy in the history of the theatre. Even today, 400 years after it was written, most people are vaguely familiar with the soliloquy even though they may not know the play. What gives these 34 lines such universal appeal and recognition? What about Hamlet 's introspection has prompted scholars and theatregoers alike to ask questions about their own existence over the centuries?