Pierre Bonnard (French: [bɔnaʁ]; 3 October 1867 — 23 January 1947) was a French painter and printmaker, as well as a founding member of the Post-Impressionist group of avant-garde painters Les Nabis. Bonnard preferred to work from memory, using drawings as a reference, and his paintings are often characterized by…
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So Plato is called an “idealist” philosopher, as opposed to a “physicalist” who thinks that the real world is all we get and that there are no special ideal forms out there. , Studied Western philosophy. Then Sufism. Realism when used in reference to mathematical realism and Plato is that…
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Plato did not have children, and it is assumed based on textual evidence that he never married. He did have a number of siblings, however: three brothers, Glaucon, Antiphon, and Adeimantus of Collytus, and one sister, Potone. Why did Plato not marry? In Plato’s days there was no prejudice against…
Definition. Paul was a follower of Jesus Christ who famously converted to Christianity on the road to Damascus after persecuting the very followers of the community that he joined. However, as we will see, Paul is better described as one of the founders of the religion rather than a convert…
Plies was born Algernod Lanier Washington in Fort Myers, Florida and grew up in the East Dunbar area of Fort Myers. While at Fort Myers Senior High School, he played receiver and defensive back in its football team, was crowned Homecoming King, and was named the “Best Dressed” student of…
Oedipus Rex is a about role of fate in human life and the king Oedipus is the protagonist, who is victimized by his fate. Oedipus was fixed from birth to someday marry his mother and to murder his father and it was unconditional and inevitably. Oedipus uses his free will…
Othello’s achievement is not so much that he survived this unpromising life, but that he survived it in such a spectacularly successful manner, ending up one of the most powerful men in the Venetian defense forces. Othello’s achievement is not so much that he survived this unpromising life, but that…
There really was a gladiator named Oenomaus who was one of the leaders in Spartacus’ slave army but he was not black. He was a Gaul. From Wikipedia: Oenomaus was a Gallic gladiator, who escaped from the gladiatorial school of Lentulus Batiatus in Capua. What race was Spartacus? The Greek…