Running head: GREEK PHILOSOPHY Greek Philosophy Cherese Howard HUM 100 November 03, 2009 Felix Figueroa Greek Philosophy Greek Philosophy is a great civilization that is very much still a part of our culture and everyday living of today. These great men discovered things that were too advance for their life time. Without them, society of today will not have geometry, logic or natural sciences. The term philosophy is Greek in origin meaning “love of wisdom.” (Owens, 2003) Pythagoras
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Ancient Greek architecture is featured by two main orders, namely the Doric and the Ionic. Greeks effectively applied these architectural styles in constructing buildings, theatres and temples. The Doric style was predominantly applied in mainland Greece with a further spread to the Greek settlements in Italy. The Ionic style was applied in Ionia and the Aegean islands. At that, the Doric style was more austere and formal, whereas the Ionic was more decorative and relaxed. The styles are mostly reflected
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GREEK ARCHITECTURE THE DORIC ORDER: * In their original Greek version, Doric columns stood directly on the flat pavement (the stylobate) of a temple without a base; their vertical shafts were fluted with 20 parallel concave grooves; and they were topped by a smooth capital that flared from the column to meet a square abacus at the intersection with the horizontal beam (entablature) that they carried. The Parthenon has the Doric design columns. * Pronounced features of both Greek and Roman
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Option Greeks 1. Delta Definition: Delta measures the sensitivity of the option price to the change in the price of the underlying asset. * Delta is the amount an option price is expected to move based on a 1 unit change in the underlying asset (assuming no changes in other variables). * In other words delta is approximation of the chance of an option expiring in the money as delta of calls and puts are closely related for same Strike price (Put–Call Parity) and depending on Theta
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October 2009, when the newly elected Greek government revised the estimate of the government budget deficit for 2009 from 6.7% of Gross Domestic Product to 12.7% of GDP. In April 2010, Eurostat, the European Union statistical agency, estimated Greece’s deficit to be even higher, at 13.6% of GDP. Investors have become increasingly nervous about Greece’s ability to repay its increasing debt obligations, estimated at €54 billion for 2010. On April 23, 2010, the Greek government requested financial assistance
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Egyptian and Aegean Art Ancient Egyptian art and ancient Aegean art both existed in different historical time periods, thus lending to the very distinct differences in styles. Ancient Egyptian art began its creation in 3000 B.C. and having reached its highest level in painting and sculpture by 300 A.D. { }. Egyptian art was highly symbolic and stylized in contrast to the more naturalistic Aegean art. Historically, Egyptian art evolved over several different periods such as the Predynastic, Old Kingdom
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In this paper, I will be comparing two vases: Harvester’s Vase, and Geometric Krater. These two pieces, while fundamentally similar, are quite different. These two vases show the differences between civilizations, art styles, day to day life, and importance. They also show the similarities and shared art techniques and traits that were passed through generations and cultures. Even though the vases are different, they have a shared emphasis/main idea of people. Harvester’s Vase is from Hagia Triada
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In the early official and private portrait of the Etruscan- Roman tradition, the achievement of sculpture from the identity of the ideal Republican demonstrated motivation behind the virtus, veristic, and gravitas qualities. The Etruscan Roman portrait sculpture of the “Patrician Carrying Portrait Busts of Two Ancestors” is a life size marble statue that was dated to the period of the Emperor Augustus somewhere at the end of the 1st century BCE or the beginning of the 1st century CE, reflecting the
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Within the small set-aside continent of Regno, every generation offers four individuals who can use and master the power of one of the four elements: Fire, Earth, Air, and Water. There was once the element of Lightning, the rarest there was, but after the genocide of the Central Kingdom in the year 115, brought on by King Alfonce Eriq and his queen, Margarete, of the Central Kingdom, Lightning has been outlawed and has never appeared in the blood of any man in Regno. The four elements are
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The young navarch Callicratidas had 140 triremes with Conan only having 70 triremes but Athens were building reinforcements to better their strength. Although Conan had used his time wisely between clashes to get his fleet into top condition, having “prepared them for battle as no previous general had done”, he was still badly outnumbered. Callicratidas came after Conan, with 170 ships, Conan fled towards Mytilene but the Peloponnesians caught him at the harbour and took 30 Athenian triremes. Callicratidas
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