Arts & Humanities - 10 December 2006

Herakleitos wrote "war is the king and father of all". Did societies and institutions of any sort developed or evolved in response to the stimulus of war. Could one argue that the positive effects of war outweighed the negative effects, or not?

2006-12-10 09:44:47 · 3 answers · asked by Monica 1 in Philosophy

i am currently read the National Geographic and curious about the race of Filipinos in the Philippines, any ideas? Thanks and Godbless!

2006-12-10 09:41:34 · 2 answers · asked by Nie 3 in Genealogy

I am looking into taking photos of my paintings so to reproduce them as Giclee prints on canvas. Is the best way to go to buy a top spec digital camera, learn how to do a bit of lighting and do it myself? Or should I just hunt down a photograher who specialises into taking photos of paintings? I need the Giclee prints to be top spec and the majority of them are going to be pretty big just as the originals, going from 20" x 20" upwards. Thanks for your help.

2006-12-10 09:41:21 · 5 answers · asked by biglove 1 in Painting

I'm wondering this because I'm doing a paper on Rober E. Lee and on a website it said

"His [Robert E. Lee's] father had been a calvary officer during the American Revolution, and had been a close friend of George Washington."

and I was wondering if I could say it was irionic that his father had been friends with Geroge Washington and had fought for the confederacy.

2006-12-10 09:36:58 · 9 answers · asked by Katie E 2 in History

I'm looking for a books or books that provide a good introduction to contemporary philosophy (20th century) Something that would cover major figures like Heidegger and Wittgenstein without getting overly technical. Any recommendations?

2006-12-10 09:36:48 · 5 answers · asked by Underground Man 6 in Philosophy

Dona Anna county

2006-12-10 09:35:34 · 3 answers · asked by nanrich.70@verizon.net 1 in Genealogy

Regards to Philosophy

2006-12-10 09:34:46 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Philosophy

I am really struggling with my philosophy class. Can someone help answer these questions or help me to start thinking on how to answer them? I have a lot more that I need help on, so please help if you can.Thanks.

>How, according to Roderick Chisholm, can people be free? Cite two potential problems for Chisholm’s account. Are there adequate responses to these objections?
>Imagine the following situation. In a given society, if everyone follows a set of rules, S, a very small minority of people must work in mines to supply energy to the majority. The conditions of these workers are horrible, and nothing can be done to make them better—short of permitting them not to work in the mines. They are, by any account, very badly off. But everyone else does very well—overall, people lead very good lives. Indeed, overall, people could not do better than follow this set of rules. Would the rule-utilitarian hold that these people should follow S? How about the contractualist? Why or why not?

2006-12-10 09:34:21 · 3 answers · asked by Ashley 2 in Philosophy

and why?

2006-12-10 09:34:11 · 5 answers · asked by sofia 3 in History

I've been researching on vampires and still don't know whether or not they exist. Has anyone ever really seen one? Just to let you know, i haven't been drinking...just really want to know. Any information would be very mush appreciated.

2006-12-10 09:32:42 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Arts & Humanities

Chaos, Keep It Coming!
By Heather Ryphemi Stregay

Can you imagine how life would be
If there were no entropy?
Or, making matters even worse,
The law of entropy were reversed?
Books would get straighter on their shelves,
And children's rooms would clean themselves!
And every rock or stick or tree
Would form a crystal, perfectly.
There'd be no anarchy or war
For everyone would know the score.
Every thing and every face
Would have its certain time and place.
Replacing every beach would pass
An endless stretch of flawless glass.
The sea would be the brightest blue,
And every day the sky would too.
How beautiful would be our world
If order did command it.
If all were straight and never curled:
Perhaps we should demand it.
You'd think a world sans entropy
Would be a lovely place to be.
I said this recently myself,
As all my books fell off their shelf.
Yet pondering this ordered bliss,
I noticed things that I would miss,
Like rolling waves upon the sea,
Or sugar for my morning tea:
The sugar won't dissolve, it's true,
That ant-entropy holds like glue.
And after that, I saw with grief,
There'd be no fractaled maple leaf:
No beauty in the summer wood,
Should chaos disappear for good.
What a bore, to know each day
Would turn out in the same old way.
If entropy would disappear
There'd be no fortune, fate or luck
And even after many years,
Vegas wouldn't make a buck.

2006-12-10 09:28:28 · 11 answers · asked by pelican 2 in Philosophy

2006-12-10 09:23:57 · 10 answers · asked by Amelia Katherine 2 in Books & Authors

http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808626786/photo/stills

These photo stills from the movie show the type of effect I would like to make.

2006-12-10 09:20:35 · 2 answers · asked by Jael 3 in Photography

i've found that having dreams/wishes/etc hurts if you can't realize them or if they are just not given to you as gifts of God/the Higher Intelligence/YouNameIt

how can I learn to do this efficiently

thanx

2006-12-10 09:18:49 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Philosophy

2006-12-10 09:16:29 · 5 answers · asked by emmanuel l 1 in History

2006-12-10 09:14:14 · 3 answers · asked by Bluebeard 1 in Other - Arts & Humanities

what were the leading events and policies of the Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, and Bush Administrations, and what were the leading events of the Clinton administration?

2006-12-10 09:14:03 · 1 answers · asked by Dumm Dumm Digga Digga 1 in History

2006-12-10 09:12:56 · 14 answers · asked by jaunty_mellifluous 3 in Philosophy

i have this clay and i made one figure out of it (I only make faces out of it) and i made a middle aged guy who was smokinga ciggerete, can you give me any features or objects i can add to the next face i make? if so what r they?

2006-12-10 09:10:33 · 4 answers · asked by IcanHelpyou:) 3 in Sculpture

2006-12-10 09:10:25 · 3 answers · asked by BalletFan 1 in Dancing

2006-12-10 09:10:02 · 3 answers · asked by nick r 2 in Books & Authors

& you feel no pain

have you ever had to do this or have you embraced this line of reasoning

isn't this something that Buddhism teaches

but can it really make you happier - where do your deepest dreams/hopes/wishes go afterwards

thanx

2006-12-10 09:09:18 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Philosophy

only for slow dancing

2006-12-10 09:07:42 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dancing

2006-12-10 09:05:49 · 4 answers · asked by Anwar h 1 in History

2006-12-10 09:04:39 · 3 answers · asked by Anwar h 1 in History

2006-12-10 09:04:04 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in History

2006-12-10 09:03:37 · 1 answers · asked by Jaki 1 in Books & Authors

I need to know this right now, because I'm working on a book report.

2006-12-10 09:03:30 · 2 answers · asked by Rawr! 1 in Books & Authors

2006-12-10 09:01:07 · 2 answers · asked by julia h 1 in Theater & Acting

2006-12-10 08:57:45 · 4 answers · asked by Califguard16 2 in Painting