399 résultats pour "individualistes"

• Learning.

  B1 Acquisition The acquisition phase is the initial learning of the conditioned response—for example, the dog learning to salivate at the sound of the bell. Several factors can affect the speed of conditioning during the acquisition phase. The most important factors are the order and timing of the stimuli. Conditioning occurs most quickly when theconditioned stimulus (the bell) precedes the unconditioned stimulus (the food) by about half a second. Conditioning takes longer and the response is...

• Western Philosophy.

  the popular belief in personal deities, but he failed to explain the way in which the familiar objects of experience could develop out of elements that are totally differentfrom them. Anaxagoras therefore suggested that all things are composed of very small particles, or “seeds,” which exist in infinite variety. To explain the way in whichthese particles combine to form the objects that constitute the familiar world, Anaxagoras developed a theory of cosmic evolution. He maintained that the activ...

• Stock Exchange.

  A Example of a Trade In an example of a trade, an investor wanting to buy 200 shares—also known as two round lots, of 100 shares each—of IBM stock will telephone or e-mail the order to abrokerage firm. This communication is normally made to an individual called a stockbroker. The investor might desire to buy the shares at the market, or current, price.On the other hand, the investor may choose to pay no more than a set amount per share. The brokerage firm then contacts one of its floor brokers...

• Native American Architecture.

  B Relationship to the Universe and Nature A more profound difference between European American and Native American perceptions lay in how human beings saw themselves in relationship to the universe andin what they believed their responsibilities were to the natural world and to each other. Most European Americans saw themselves as separate from creation andadversaries of nature, ever struggling to conquer and subdue nature and force it to yield to their will. Native Americans saw themselves as...

• Genetics - biology.

  construct identical buildings. Just as each contractor would require a full copy of the blueprint to construct a complete building, each new cell needs a complete copy ofan organism’s genetic information to function properly. Organisms use two types of cell division to ensure that DNA is passed down from cell to cell during reproduction. Simple one-celled organisms and other organisms thatreproduce asexually—that is, without the joining of cells from two different organisms—reproduce by a proces...

• Capital Punishment.

  deterrent effect. Capital punishment advocates note that because the death penalty is reserved for the most aggravated murders, the deterrent effect of capitalpunishment on such crimes may not be apparent in data on homicide rates in general. Supporters also urge that the conflicting results of various studies indicate thatthe deterrent effect of the death penalty cannot not be proven or disproven with any certainty. They maintain that in the absence of conclusive proof that the threat ofexecuti...

• Individualisme et morale ?

  1. Texte N.B. Marx critique la Déclaration de 1789. "On distingue les droits de l'homme comme tels des droits du citoyen. Qui est l'homme distinct du citoyen ? Nul autreque le membre de la société bourgeoise. Pourquoi le membre de la société bourgeoise est-il appelé "homme", hommeen soi, pourquoi ses droits sont-ils appelés droits de l'homme? Par quoi expliquons-nous ce fait ? Par la relation del'Etat politique avec la société bourgeoise, par la nature de l'émancipation politique. (...)La liber...

• Child Development.

  developmental scientists have studied how cultural values guide the skills and attitudes that children acquire as they mature, and how brain maturation influences thedevelopment of thinking and feeling. For a more detailed discussion of child development theories, see the Theories of Child Development section of this article. III BASIC QUESTIONS A Nature and Nurture Scholars have long debated the relative importance of nature (hereditary influences) and nurture (environmental influences) i...

• Renaissance I INTRODUCTION Renaissance, series of literary and cultural movements in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries.

  the great writings of ancient Greece and Rome. Intellectuals continued to build on the ideas of the Renaissance during the 18th century Age of Enlightenment, a time when scientific advancements led to a newemphasis on the power of human reason. One of the early Enlightenment thinkers was French philosopher and writer Voltaire. He claimed that the Renaissance was acrucial stage in liberating the mind from the superstition and error that he believed characterized Christian society during the Middl...

• Renaissance .

  the great writings of ancient Greece and Rome. Intellectuals continued to build on the ideas of the Renaissance during the 18th century Age of Enlightenment, a time when scientific advancements led to a newemphasis on the power of human reason. One of the early Enlightenment thinkers was French philosopher and writer Voltaire. He claimed that the Renaissance was acrucial stage in liberating the mind from the superstition and error that he believed characterized Christian society during the Middl...

• Constitution of the United States.

  chief executive should have the power to veto legislation, should be elected by Congress or the people, should be eligible to run for reelection, and should command thearmed forces. Some delegates even hoped for a limited monarchy. Not until September 8, more than three months after the convention started, did the final shape ofthe presidency emerge: a single leader, elected to a four-year term and eligible for reelection, with authority to veto bills enacted by Congress. The president was alsog...

• Constitution of the United States - U.

  chief executive should have the power to veto legislation, should be elected by Congress or the people, should be eligible to run for reelection, and should command thearmed forces. Some delegates even hoped for a limited monarchy. Not until September 8, more than three months after the convention started, did the final shape ofthe presidency emerge: a single leader, elected to a four-year term and eligible for reelection, with authority to veto bills enacted by Congress. The president was alsog...

• International Law.

  merchants), modernized the rights of neutrals during maritime war, and required blockades to be effective. The Declaration of Paris also initiated the practice of allowingnations other than the original signatories to accede (become a party to) to an agreement. In 1864 a conference convened in Geneva, Switzerland, at the invitation of the Swiss government. The conference approved a convention for the proper treatment ofwounded soldiers on the battlefield and the protection of medical personnel;...

• Animal Courtship and Mating - biology.

  activity. These animals frequently copulate in water, and the penis helps transfer sperm before it is carried away by the currents Ostriches and rheas also contain apenis within the cloaca. Virtually all snakes and lizards display yet another variation of internal fertilization. Located in the tail are two penises, called hemepenes, which are covered by spinesand knobs that help lock it into place during mating. The male uses one hemepene at a time for copulation. Male salamanders secrete large...

• Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

  with the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution. The charter specifically notes the need to balance the rights of individuals against the needs of the community, and Canadian laws that impinge on civil liberties arejustified on this ground. The American constitution has no such clause. This leads American courts to interpret individual rights more absolutely and give less protectionto the needs of groups or society at large. For example, Americans have a greater right to express racist...

• Criminal Procedure.

  B State Criminal Procedure A person prosecuted in the courts of a particular state on a charge of violating the criminal laws of that state is subject to state criminal procedure. State criminalprocedure is found in the constitution, statutes, rules, and judicial decisions of that state. Furthermore, portions of the U.S. Constitution are applicable to state criminaldefendants. State constitutions generally guarantee a state criminal defendant most of the same rights that a federal defendant is...

• Immigration.

  1655, only to lose all of their North American colonies to the British in 1664. These early colonies were often quite cosmopolitan, drawing settlers from many nations.When the English seized New Amsterdam, the city was home to perhaps 1500 residents, including Walloons, Huguenots, Swedes, Dutchmen, and African Americans. C The French and Spanish The French and Spanish also established colonies in North America. The Spanish established the oldest permanent European settlement in Saint Augustine,...

• Immigration - U.

  1655, only to lose all of their North American colonies to the British in 1664. These early colonies were often quite cosmopolitan, drawing settlers from many nations.When the English seized New Amsterdam, the city was home to perhaps 1500 residents, including Walloons, Huguenots, Swedes, Dutchmen, and African Americans. C The French and Spanish The French and Spanish also established colonies in North America. The Spanish established the oldest permanent European settlement in Saint Augustine,...

• Le bonheur est-il un problème public ?

  Discussion : Les mots s'entrechoquent à première lecture : que le mot bonheur soit associé au mot problème paraît assez déconcertant. Comment lebonheur peut-il entrer dans une catégorie aussi restrictive que celle des problèmes publics que gère un état par exemple. L'état devraitdonc prendre en charge le bonheur de ses citoyens de la même manière qu'il doit songer à améliorer l'éclairage des rues ou organiser lecalendrier du travail. Proposition de plan : Première partie : Le bonheur collectif S...

• Women's Individual Gymnastics: Olympic Gold Medalists.

• The Summer Games of 1992 - sport.

  In the most ambitious undertaking of all, a stretch of rundown warehouses and abandoned factories beside the long-neglected Mediterranean waterfront wastransformed into a sparkling new district of apartments, shopping areas, and palmetto-lined promenades. During the games, the area served as the Olympic athletes'village, where, for the first time at any games, organizers offered accommodations to competitors and their coaches free of charge. After the games the apartmentswere to be sold to help...

• Heredity - biology.

  allele from the mother and a mutated allele from the father. In both of these cases, the child will be a carrier. The child develops the disease only if he or she receives amutated allele from each parent. When both parents are carriers, there is a 25 percent chance that a child will be disease-free, a 25 percent chance that it will have thedisease, and a 50 percent chance that it will be a carrier. Examples of genetic diseases that follow the dominant-recessive pattern include sickle-cell anemi...

• Buddhism.

  Although never actually denying the existence of the gods, Buddhism denies them any special role. Their lives in heaven are long and pleasurable, but they are in thesame predicament as other creatures, being subject eventually to death and further rebirth in lower states of existence. They are not creators of the universe or incontrol of human destiny, and Buddhism denies the value of prayer and sacrifice to them. Of the possible modes of rebirth, human existence is preferable, because thedeitie...

• Men's Individual Gymnastics: Olympic Gold Medalists.

• Public Education in the United States.

  opportunities for them to break out from whatever social or economic circumstances constrained their development. IV HIGHER EDUCATION During the 20th century participation in higher or postsecondary education in the United States increased as dramatically as it did in American high schools. At thebeginning of the century about 2 percent of Americans from the ages of 18 to 24 were enrolled in a college. There were fewer than 1,000 colleges then, with enrollmenttotaling about 157,000 students. N...

• Existencialismo - filosofia.

  Kierkegaard criticó el sistemático método de filosofía racional defendido por el alemán Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. Recalcó loabsurdo inherente en la vida humana y cuestionó que cualquier filosofía sistemática pudiera aplicarse a la ambigua condición humana.En sus obras, fragmentarias, Kierkegaard explicó que cada individuo debía intentar realizar un examen profundo de su propiaexistencia.Hulton Deutsch Kierkegaard, considerado como el fundador del existencialismo moderno, reaccionó contra el...

• Fiche de voc sur les relations entre individus The individual in

  To riot [raiot] S'insurger Unlawful Ilégal A mass killing Un massacre Bondage L'esclavage A slave Un esclave Apartheid (séparation blancs et noirs jusqu'à l'abolition en 1991) KKK (fondé en 1865 dans le sud, fin en 1928)

• Gambling.

  C Lotteries Lotteries are another form of gambling. In a lottery, tickets are sold for a set amount and a share of the proceeds is returned to the winners, usually through a randomdraw. Most games allow players to pick their own numbers or let a computer randomly pick for them. Lotteries offer a wide variety of games, including weekly drawings,instant “scratch” tickets, daily games, and superlottos with prizes increasing until there is a winner. Large lottery prizes sometimes exceed $100 millio...

• Abortion.

  Intact dilation and extraction, also referred to as a partial birth abortion, consists of partially removing the fetus from the uterus through the vaginal canal, feet first,and using suction to remove the brain and spinal fluid from the skull. The skull is then collapsed to allow complete removal of the fetus from the uterus. III SOCIAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES Abortion has become one of the most widely debated ethical issues of our time. On one side are pro-choice supporters—individuals who favor a...

• Civil Rights Movement in the United States - U.

  The Great Depression of the 1930s increased black protests against discrimination, especially in Northern cities. Blacks protested the refusal of white-owned businessesin all-black neighborhoods to hire black salespersons. Using the slogan “Don't Buy Where You Can't Work,” these campaigns persuaded blacks to boycott thosebusinesses and revealed a new militancy. During the same years, blacks organized school boycotts in Northern cities to protest discriminatory treatment of blackchildren. The bla...

• Basketball.

  rebound. Play continues as the teams score and possession changes. A time-out, when the game is stopped for a certain amount of time, allows coaches to instructplayers or to develop a new game strategy. A Offense Playing offense is perhaps the most prominent part of playing basketball, as it allows players to demonstrate and improve upon individual skills necessary to beingsuccessful. Many of basketball's best players have exceptional talents on offense. Basic offensive skills are passing, ball...

• Peut-on avoir une opinion personnelle ?

  La vérité se définit bien souvent comme la « conformité de l'intellect et du réel. Connaître cette conformité, c'estdonc connaître la vérité. » On peut entendre par là, selon les cas, la conformité de nos paroles avec nos pensées :dire la vérité, ou encore la conformité d'une chose à l'apparence qu'elle nous donne, mais l'on confond bien souventréalité et vérité. En effet, on fait souvent de la vérité une affaire personnelle. Lors d'un procès par exemple, lestémoins jurent de dire " la vérité, t...

• Citations avec intransigeant, adjectif Voilà bien comme le dernier terme de l'individualisme orgueilleux et intransigeant.

• Life - The Best Play Ever (Erving Goffmann)

  ● Nowadays, we observe more and more often that there is a lack of interpersonal communication, such as "face to face". The more we emphasizes the development of modern technology, the more it seems that this type of communication appears to hinder , and more, this affects communication with the individual self. By "individual and social imaginary" as Erving Goffman calls it in the book "Presentation of self in everyday life”, the real individual self (mine or yours) is partially repla...

• A GÊNESE DO CAPITALISMO E CONEXÕES COM O INDIVIDUALISMO

  2 A GÊNESE DO CAPITALISMO E CONEXÕES COM O INDIVIDUALISMO Edson Antunes Quaresma Júnior * RESUMO Entre as referências principais da vida humana , se encontram o capitalismo e o individual ismo . Es tes , por sua vez, são oriund os dos mais diversos contatos das pessoas com escalas sociai s espec íficas, em dimensões de espaço tempo particulares. A realidade se influencia então de um reflexo das introjeções de valores capitalistas...

• 7 grands sujets traités Sujet n° 5 71 Le développement de l'individualisme constitue-t-il une menace grave pour les sociétés occidentales...

  7 grands sujets traités Sujet n° 5 71 Le développement de l'individualisme constitue-t-il une menace grave pour les sociétés occidentales ? ELÉMENTS D'INTRODUCTION a) Situation du sujet dans le temps et dans l'espace ,. Origines lointaines de l'individualisme dans le monde occidental • Renouveau récent à la suite d'un renversement de tendance • Noter éventuellement ici, ou au cours de vos développements, l'échec du collectivisme dans les pays de l'Est. • Dans les sociétés occidentales, au...

• Major League Baseball Records Since 1900.

  * As of 2007 season. . Individual Batting (Single Season). Batting AverageNap Lajoie, 1901 .426 Rogers Hornsby, 1924 .424 George Sisler, 1922 .420 Ty Cobb, 1911 .420 Ty Cobb, 1912 .409 Joe Jackson, 1911 .408 George Sisler, 1920 .407 Ted Williams, 1941 .406 Rogers Hornsby, 1925 .403 Harry Heilmann, 1923 .403 Runs Batted InHack Wilson, 1930 191 Lou Gehrig, 1931 184 Hank Greenberg, 1937 183 Jimmie Foxx, 1938 175 Lou Gehrig, 1927 175 Lou Gehrig, 1930 174 Babe Ruth, 1921 171 Hank Greenberg, 1935...

• Major League Baseball Records Since 1900.

  * As of 2007 season. . Individual Batting (Single Season) Batting AverageNap Lajoie, 1901 .426 Rogers Hornsby, 1924 .424 George Sisler, 1922 .420 Ty Cobb, 1911 .420 Ty Cobb, 1912 .409 Joe Jackson, 1911 .408 George Sisler, 1920 .407 Ted Williams, 1941 .406 Rogers Hornsby, 1925 .403 Harry Heilmann, 1923 .403 Runs Batted InHack Wilson, 1930 191 Lou Gehrig, 1931 184 Hank Greenberg, 1937 183 Jimmie Foxx, 1938 175 Lou Gehrig, 1927 175 Lou Gehrig, 1930 174 Babe Ruth, 1921 171 Hank Greenberg, 1935 1...

• hommes, et non des machines... Il veut fabriquer des révolutionnaires comme Ford fabrique des autos !

  mais, toutdemême, Borodine estlogique : iln’y apas deplace danslecommunisme pourceluiquiveut d’abord… être lui-même, enfin,exister séparé desautres… — Le communisme s’opposeàune conscience individuelle ? — Il exige davantage… L’individualisme estune maladie bourgeoise… — Mais nousavons bienvu,àla Propagande, queGarine araison : abandonner icil’individualisme, c’estse préparer àse faire battre. Ettous ceux quitravaillent avecnous, Russes ounon (exception faite,peut-être, pour Borodine) sontaussi...

• LES CADRES EN FRANCE

  II - La Culture des Cadres On parle souvent d'une culture des cadres qui est mal établie et dont les contours flous empêchent la bonneappréciation, pourtant il existe bien une culture des cadres. Cette culture se caractérise par des institutions, dessymboles mais aussi une éthique commune. A. Les institutions * Depuis le début des années 60, le groupe se reconnaît dans ses institutions :- centres de formation- séminaires- caisses de retraites spécifiques- associations pour l'emploi- f...

• Communism

  access to, resources, but the underlying principle is quite similar. Rather than freeing some or even all people in a society to devote themselves to a higher cause, secular communism is designed to allow everyone to pursue personal fulfilment. It may best be characterized by a slogan adopted by Marx that appears to have been first published on the title page of Cabet's Voyage en Icarie (1840): ‘From each according to his ability, to each according to his need' . In other words, each pers...

• Arthur Miller I INTRODUCTION Arthur Miller American playwright Arthur Miller began writing plays while a student at the University of Michigan.

  devoted his life to the pursuit of “success.” His misguided philosophy has ruined the lives of his wife and two sons. When Loman is too old to travel, he loses his job. In aseries of scenes, brilliantly dramatized by the playwright, Loman relives his experiences. Eventually his mind begins to fail, and he commits suicide. Although Miller generally wrote in a realistic style ( see Realism), much of Death of a Salesman is conveyed expressionistically ( see Expressionism) through Willy Loman’s mi...

• James Joyce I INTRODUCTION James Joyce The works of Irish writer James Joyce are

  Odysseus’s wife, Penelope. The 18 chapters of Ulysses parallel episodes from the Odyssey, but there are crucial differences between the two books. For instance, most interpretations of the Odyssey credit Penelope with fidelity during her husband’s lengthy absence, while Molly Bloom is unfaithful to her husband. As in Portrait, each chapter in Ulysses has a distinct style that reflects both the exterior and interior lives of the characters and their development as individuals. The fina...

• Bill of Rights.

  accused has the right to “confront”—that is, to cross-examine witnesses who testify against him or her at trial. Those accused also have a right to subpoena (compel)supporting witnesses to testify in court and to have a lawyer assist in their legal defense. G Seventh Amendment In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall beotherwise re-examined in any Court of the United Stat...

• Bill of Rights - U.

  accused has the right to “confront”—that is, to cross-examine witnesses who testify against him or her at trial. Those accused also have a right to subpoena (compel)supporting witnesses to testify in court and to have a lawyer assist in their legal defense. G Seventh Amendment In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall beotherwise re-examined in any Court of the United Stat...

• Geographic Exploration.

  The commercial reason for exploration has been a consistent driving force. In 1492 the great navigator Christopher Columbus sailed west across the Atlantic Oceanseeking a new, shorter, and cheaper route to reach the riches of East Asia, and Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama circumnavigated Africa for much the same reason.Yet similar investigations of the profitable eastern trade had already been made by Arab sailors. Arab trading ships were sailing from the Arabian Sea to southeasternAsia probab...

• Geographic Exploration - explorer.

  The commercial reason for exploration has been a consistent driving force. In 1492 the great navigator Christopher Columbus sailed west across the Atlantic Oceanseeking a new, shorter, and cheaper route to reach the riches of East Asia, and Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama circumnavigated Africa for much the same reason.Yet similar investigations of the profitable eastern trade had already been made by Arab sailors. Arab trading ships were sailing from the Arabian Sea to southeasternAsia probab...

• Fascism.

  values as coming before a radical political transformation. Others argue that a radical political transformation will then be followed by a change in values. Fascists claimthat the nation has entered a dangerous age of mediocrity, weakness, and decline. They are convinced that through their timely action they can save the nation fromitself. Fascists may assert the need to take drastic action against a nation's 'inner' enemies. Fascists promise that with their help the national crisis will end an...

• Friedrich Nietzsche par Jean Wahl Professeur à la Sorbonne La vie de Nietzsche est faite de mouvements d'affirmations et de refus devant quelques grandes individualités et devant lui-même.

  par Jean Wahl Professeur à la Sorbonne

• Depuis quelques années, la femme a vu son rôle s'élargir considérablement : les nécessités sociales et économiques, les progrès de l'individualisme l'ont amenée à assumer des tâches qui semblent en dehors de sa mission traditionnelle. Soit dans un développement personnel, soit dans un dialogue imaginaire, vous exposerez la thèse du féminisme ainsi que la thèse contraire. Dites celle que vous préférez ? Peut-on les concilier ?

  r- -5 . .--- Deuxième point : , . a) La thèse fénrintsf.e : Fierté des femmes qui ont montré queU es étaient leurs capacités, ' leur valeur. Elles s-e déVleloppe nt dans tous le s genr es. Elles échappent au joug d·e !'}lomme et peuv · ent .se ~ufflre à eLl e s-mêmes; b ) Thès e conttraire : C'·est 1a mort du foyer; .plus d'enfants , ou le s enf ants a'bandonné s, plus de vie de fam ille. L a f·emme y perd sa vérita:ble souver;ü neté,...