cultures are the Soi Nhụ culture around 18,000–7000 BC, the Cái Bèo culture 7000–5000 BC and the Hạ Long culture 5,000–3,500 years ago. Hạ Long Bay also marked important events in the history of Vietnam with many artifacts found in Bài Thơ Mout, Đầu Gỗ Cave, Bãi Cháy. 500 years ago, NguyenTrai praised the beauty of Hạ Long Bay in his verse Lộ nhập Vân Đồn, in which he called it "rock wonder in the sky". In 1962, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of North Vietnam listed Hạ Long Bay in the National
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and the escape from Polyphemus’ cave. In this cave, the reader can see many of the elements that make Odysseus into the nuanced protagonist that he is. When Odysseus first enters the cave of Polyphemus, he expects that he and his men will be treated to xenia, the Greek custom of hospitality to guests. However, his men had encouraged him to “let them help themselves to the cheeses and be off” (104). His men were afraid of whatever kind of creature lives alone in a cave in the wilderness. This showed
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Daniel Vicinanzo Plato’s Republic: A Guide to Education The Republic of Plato is a dialogue in which Plato’s teacher Socrates outlines his ideal city. The dialogue first sets out to answer one very important question: what is justice? The story begins with Socrates in the presence of several people, both friends and enemies, to whom he poses the question, ‘What is justice?’ Socrates then goes on to strike down every theory proposed and offers
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to his wife. Book IX of The Odyssey provides an example of Odysseus' bad curiosity as it trapped him and his crew in the cyclops' cave. When Odysseus and his crew reach the island of the cyclops, they discover the cyclops, Polyphemus' cave. Odysseus, curious to see what the beast looks like, waits with his crew in the cave. When
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Explain the concepts of Plato’s forms (25 marks) Plato believed in two worlds, the sensible world and the intelligible world. Within the intelligible world there exists the realm of forms which possesses true knowledge and perfection. The realm of Forms is eternal, unchanging, there are abstracts of a perfect object and organisms (human beings or animals), meaning there is a perfect abstract of a chair in the intelligible world which possess a certain value which cannot be possessed in the sensible
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Monument Park. It is located near the California and Oregon state border. Only 130,000 people go each year, it compares to nearby Yosemite National Park attracts nearly 4 million people annually. Lava Beds National Park has volcanic rock and underground caves that are full of history and geological wonder. The park has over 47,000-acres, tourists will have plenty places to explore. I know you would probably say no because it would cost a lot of money, but that is why you have a lot of fundraisers for the
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I really enjoyed Plato Alegory of the cave amazing piece of art work what a great philosopher for that time period, also movie Matrix great movie directed by Wanch brothers. So questions we can all ask ourselves: Are things we see around us real, are they our reality, and how do we know that for sure, how do we know if we are dreaming or not. These are questions that unfortunately are out of our reach and only time will answer. The Alegory of the cave is a famous story from the Plato Republic
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Paleolithic Art Art has existed with human for longer than we are aware of. Art defines what make us not only just another species, but human. Tracing back to the origin of human art, we refer to Paleolithic art which was in the Late Upper Paleolithic period. Art was originated along with other inventions such as tools and weapons in this period. The Art of the Upper Paleolithic is among the oldest art known (Wikipedia, 2015). It is understood that art during this period has certain characteristics
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Emerging at dusk, the northern long-eared bat comes out to feed. Their diet consists of various insects found in the forest including moths, flies, and beetles. Like most bats, the northern long-eared bat spends the winter hibernating in caves and mines, called hibernacula. During the summer, another trait common among bats, the northern long-eared bat spends its time in the cracks and crevices of dead trees. You will not find this bat in barns as it rarely takes roost in any type of structure
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Age art. They painted their bodies and braided with shells and feathers. Patterns were sewn into clothing with different colors and skins. The Stone Age is notorious for cave art and the how long they lasted. They used a tool called a burin that was similar to the modern pencil, which they used to carve images into walls of the caves of which they lived
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