Nina Simone

The Philosophy of Simone Weil In the final entry to her London notebooks, Simone Weil writes "Philosophy is exclusively an affair of action and practice. That is why it is so difficult to write about. Difficult in the same way as a treatise on tennis or running, but much more so." (Allen, p. 157) In these next few pages I will try to relay the basic ideas contained in Simone Weil's works. Because of the extensiveness and complexity of her work, I will be using her words exactly, as often as

everyone can read to Giotto giving emotions to his paintings, from Ghiberti and Brunelleschi competing for designing the door of the baptistery to Cosimo founding the Neoplatonic Academy, Renaissance made great progress from 1300s to 1500s. In general, Simone made his Annunciation in 1333, the early developing period of Renaissance; Leonardo’s in 1472, during the climax of Renaissance. If the differences in genres made these two paintings different in their techniques of expression, the different time

While most Renaissance art is easily attributable to the artist that created it, an artist’s work could vary dramatically depending on the city and patron for which the piece was commissioned. The fourteenth century Sienese artist Simone Martini was and example of these easily recognizable artists. Martini was known for his Gothic style that was influenced by northern Europe, but within two of his panel paintings, The Altarpiece of St. Louis of Toulouse and The Annunciation, he exhibited different

In the early Renaissance era Florence and Siena were rivals in many aspects. The Battle of Montaperti was fought between the two in September of 1260. After their triumph over Florence, Siena used the monetary winnings for the building of the Palazzo Pubblico to serve the city in governmental, spiritual and social needs; it was comparable to the basilicas in ancient Rome in this aspect. The Palazzo Pubblico (fig. 1) was also made to compete with Florence’s already constructed Palazzo della Signoria1

The concept of force is discussed extensively in philosopher Simone Weil’s piece The Iliad or the Poem of Force. In the piece, Weil’s defines force as “that x that turns anybody who is subjected to it into a thing. Exercised to the limit, it turns man into a thing in the most literal sense: it makes a corpse out of him” (6). Weil’s wrote this essay in response to the epic poem the Iliad by Homer, which she believes perpetuates the notion of force. Weil’s contends in her respective piece that force

What is feminism? According to the book “The Moral of the Story” by Nina Rosenstand; feminism is defined as the advocacy of women’s rights on the grounds of political, social, and economic equality to men. The feminist movement has been aiming to achieve equality for women for decades. Equity of the genders (regarding rights) and the promoting of ladies ' rights are apparent constructive goals; yet individuals have a tendency to depict women 's liberation utilizing negative terms, and women 's liberation

Fraud, murder, courage, and strong will are all words that can be linked to humanity. These words will often raise questions like, who did it, how they did it, or why. Can it be that the true answer to these questions lies in getting a better understanding of our human nature? Does man act according to his divine plan, or is he taught how to act? In analyzing the works of Hsün Tzu and Jean-Paul Sartre, I will determine which of these two philosophers offers the strongest foundation for living

overwhelming desire for, and expectation of a happy life and the principles of optimism. One primary example of the absurd given in the text is the co-existence of the suffering and joy in life. This view of absurdity is shared with the existentialist Simone de Beauvoir who contends that the suffering in death is a “scandal”. The hostile environment, or constant, harsh circumstances are represented in the text by the oppressive heat of the sun which is ever-present at the side of Meursault’s consciousness

Simone de Beauvoir “The Second Sex’: The Fight against Women’s Oppression Simone Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir simply referred to as Simone de Beauvoir was a French intellectual, writer, political activist, existentialist philosopher, social theorist and feminist born in 1908. Often subscribed to the schools of Existentialism, French Feminism and Western Marxism, she did not regard herself as a philosopher even though she is heralded for her significant influence of feminist theory

brought something different to the table of feminism thus creating a vast amount of theories for the subject. But one feminist that stands out as one of the most outstanding philosophers and writers of feminism, was no other than Simone de Beauvoir. What was so unique about Simone de Beauvoir was her notably diverse approach because instead of identifying herself as a philosopher, she instead identified herself as an author and feminist theorist. Some of her works include but are not limited to, “The Second