Timaeus

During the time of the urban renewal project of the Haussmannisation in Paris, Caillebotte painted Paris Street; Rainy Day (Fig. 1). Depicting little to no amount of communication and physical contact between the various figures walking through the intersection, this significantly unique painting provides a sense of isolation and detachment. Caillebotte utilises several techniques in order to construct a powerful two-point perspective in his painting. By determining where the lines of the objects

The Republic Plato was born around the year 428 BCE into an established Athenian household with a history of political connections -- including distant relations to both Solon and Pisistratus. Plato's parents were Ariston and Perictone, his older brothers were Adeimantus and Glaucon, and his younger sister was Potone. In keeping with his family heritage, Plato was destined for the political life. But the Peloponnesian War, which began a couple of years before he was born and continued until

Aquinas on the relation between the body and soul In Summa theologiae Ia, q. 75, Aquinas combines both Platonic and Aristotelian notions of the soul in responding to a question on the unity of the human soul and the body. He supports Aristotelianism in describing a human being as composed of both matter and form. Here he suggests that a human being has both the soul, which is the essence of human existence and matter, which is the actualization of the human existence. However, when it comes to

Ancient Greek Astronomy Since the first Egyptian farmers discovered the annual reappearance of Sirius just before dawn a few days before the yearly rising of the Nile, ancient civilizations around the Mediterranean have sought to explain the movements of the heavens as a sort of calendar to help guide them conduct earthly activities. Counting phases of the moon or observing the annual variations of day length could, after many years' collection of observations, serve as vital indicators for planting

itself has a long history through civilizations. An ancient Egyptian document identifies hysteria, with the cause as “spontaneous uterus movement within the female body” (Tasca et al.). The Greeks, too, apparently ascribed to this view - in Plato 's Timaeus, the titlular character sees the uterus as “a living creature [...] which [...] travels around the body blocking passages, obstructing breathing, and causing disease" (S. Gilman et al. 25). Hippocrates, in the fifth century BCE, was the first to use

The label "Gnostic gospel" was used for the revelation dialogues between Jesus and his disciples, which form a prominent group of Gnostic writings. Titles of the form "gospel according to ..." became attached to the canonical Gospels in order to distinguish another writing in a collection; this was a development in the mid to late second century. In addition, when copying collections of writings, scribes had to assign titles to individual Gnostic works. Based on how rarely "gospel" appears as a title

‘Husband and wife may exchange roles but never escape the tyranny of roles themselves. Theatrical narratives appear to promote the very ideology of difference they expose as arbitrary.’ (B. Freedman) In both tragedy and comedy, conflict between male and female characters can often be found at the crux of the theatrical narrative. In plays that present on-stage opposition between men and women, it can be perceived that a typical set narrative structure is followed: the actions performed by male

Preparing for the Ultimate Trial "On their arrival the souls had to go straight before Lachesis. And an interpreter….took from the lap of Lachesis a number of lots and patterns of life and…proclaimed: "This is the word of Lachesis maiden daughter of Necessity. Souls of a day, here you must begin another round of mortal life whose end is death"…Then (he) set before them….different patterns of life , far more in number than the souls who were to choose them…" Plato, The Republic, Part 11/Book

Biography of Raphael "While we may term other works paintings, those of Raphael are living things; the flesh palpitates, the breath comes and goes, every organ lives, life pulsates everywhere." -- Vasari Raphael was born Raffaello Santi or Raffaello Sanzio in Urbino on April 6, 1483, and received his early training in art from his father, the painter Giovanni Santi. In 1499 he went to Perugia, in Umbria, and became a student and assistant of the painter Perugino. Raphael imitated his master

Alchemy began in Hellenistic Egypt particularly in Alexandria. Alexandria was founded in 332 B.C, and quickly became the heartbeat of Hellenistic cosmopolitanism. The Art itself had both exoteric and esoteric purposes, which were centered on the transmutation of base metals into silver and gold. Exoterically speaking it took the form of crafting matter into items of value. However, as a natural development the material means and ends of the Art were often intermixed with the immaterial world