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• LE TEMPS: QCM de philo

  L' homme et le monde 1 35 154. Complétez cette définition du temps : «F orme de l'e xpérience de l'homme dans ses rapports avec le ... 155. De quoi le temps est-il la mesure ? 156. Quel philosophe français du xx· siècle a écrit que le centre même de sa doctrine était« l'in tuition de la durée »? 157. Comment dit-on« temps » en grec ? 158. Se lon Be rgso n, comment s'appel le le vrai temps , celui vécu par la conscience ? 159. Quel philosophe français...

• DROIT, JUSTICE ET DEVOIR - QCM

  La pratique et les fins 1 119 646. Où est-il écrit que «tous les hommes naissent et demeurent libres et égaux en droit »? 647. Quelle est la contrepartie des droits ? 648. Complétez cette citation de saint Augustin : « On ne peut tenir pour loi une loi qui n'est pas ... 649. Complétez cette citation de la Bible : « Il faut rendre à César ce qui est à César et à Dieu ... 650. Quelle grande figure de la politique et de la guerre a écrit qu'« à l...

• L' ESSAI SUR LE GOUVERNEMENT CIVIL DE JOHN LOCKE

  L'ASSA UT CON TRE L'ABSOL UTISME com battit comme capitaine de cavalerie. Locke grandit, élève au collège de Westminster, puis étudiant à Oxford, au milieu de l'extraordinaire fermentation intelle ctuelle, à la fois religie use, philosophique et polit ique, des universités anglaises de l'époque. Plein d'enthousiasme d'abord pour Cromwell et les puritains, il finit par être excédé, comme l'avait été Hobbes, des querelles de sectes. C'est avec soulagement q...

• Mentir, est-ce qu'il y a de plus immoral ?

• AUTRUI: QCM

  L' homme et le mo nde 1 29 121. Dans quel dialogue de Platon apparaît 1' allégorie de la caverne ? 122. Quelle pièce de théâtre de Sartre a pour thème prin­ cipal autrui? 123 . Qu' est-ce qui, pour Bergson, est un mode de con­ naissa nce d'autrui qui relève de l'instinct et non de l'in telligence : l'in tuition, l'inconscient ou la sympath ie? 124. Quel est le concept lancé par Auguste Comte, en opposition à l'égoïsme et do nt la racine est autr ui? 1...

• QCM: LA CONSCIENCE ET L'INCONSCIENT

  L' homme et le mond e 1 11 9. Quel héros dont on a fait un mythe a dit : « Mes act es, je les ai subis et non commis »? 10. Quel philosophe grec aimait à dire : «J e ne sais qu'une chose, c'est que je ne sais rien»? 11. Que signif ie la formule de Descartes : « Cogito, ergo sum »? 12. Qui a dit: «L'homme est pour l'homme l'être suprême »? 13. Qui est le fondateur de la psychanal yse? 14. Mendel a-t-il défini les lois de l'équilibre, de l'hér...

• Demeter - Mythology.

  disguised herself as an old woman, wearing a hood. The king’s wife, Metaneira, welcomed Demeter and asked her to look after her newborn son, Demophon. Demeter nourished the infant on ambrosia (food of the gods) and each night placed him in the fire in order to destroy all that was mortal in him, so that he would grow up like a god. One night, Metaneira spied upon her nurse and saw her place the child in the fire. Metaneira screamed with terror. Demeter was angry at the intrusion. Demete...

• Dickens

• Les droits subjectifs et leurs titulaires

  2Prépas HEC « Ce qu’on appelle liberté , dans le langage politique , c’est le droit de faire des lois , c’est-à- dire d’ enchaîner la liberté . » Auguste Vermorel pénale. Dans certains cas toutefois, le secret ne s’applique pas, il en va ainsi de la correspondance des détenus. En France, les écoutes téléphoniques depuis 1991 doivent faire l’objet soit d’une autorisation écrite et motivée du Premier ministre (écoute administrative) soit d’une autoris...

• Bears.

  American black bears live in Canada, the United States, and northern Mexico. Scientists think there maybe as many as 700,000 black bears in the United States. American black bears eat grasses, berries,acorns, and walnuts. BROWN BEAR Brown bears have fur that is light or dark brown. They also have a big hump on their shoulders. Theirsnout is turned upward. Brown bears live in Asia, Europe, and North America. Grizzly bears are a kind ofbrown bear. Brown bears are among the largest bears. Large mal...

• Williams Breaks .

  the 374-pound tuna he caught on an off day earlier this summer. If he missed .400, it was going to feel like a failed season.” The A's had been reluctant to pitch to Williams all season, walking him 14 times in the previous eight meetings. Philadelphia catcher Frankie Hayes, however, toldWilliams in his first at bat that the team was instructed to pitch right to him. In Williams's first four at bats he ripped three singles and one home run. In the ninth hereached on an error, making him 4-fo...

• LOGIQUE ET MATHÉMATIQUE: QCM de philo

  La connai ssance et la raison 1 73 375. Quel philosophe français a inventé la première machine à calculer ? 376. Comment appelle-t-on le principe selon lequel tout phénomène a une cause ? 377. Les mathématiques sont-elles une science abstraite, expérimentale ou humaine ? 378. Qu' est-ce que Descartes définit dans le Discours de la Mé thode comme «de belles chaînes de raison, toutes simples et faciles »? 379. Quelle notion de philo a pour définitio...

• Commentaire de texte Joseph Proudhon

  Clara Cazet Grp2 2 Ainsi, ce texte met en lumière une idée : Comment Pierre -Joseph Proudhon arrive -t-il avec sa comparaison entre les différentes définition s de l’esclavage et la propriété à démontrer que cette dernière est un acte néfaste dans une société capitaliste ? Dans cette perspective, il convient donc d’envisager comment la définition de l’esclavage par sa comparaison à l’assassinat permet de mettre en lumière une...

• John Elway Leads "The Drive".

  touchdown against a strong defense. Bedlam reigned inside the stadium. In their two previous possessions the Broncos mustered a total of 15 yards. When Elway entered the huddle, however, he cracked a smile. “I couldn't believe it,”Denver receiver Steve Watson told Sports Illustrated. ”He said, ‘If you work hard, good things are going to happen.’ And then he smiled again.” Elway hit running back Sammy Winder for a short gain. After two more short-yardage plays, Elway shifted into high gear....

• Mazeroski's Home Run Wins the Series.

  Capitalizing on a break of their own the Yankees tied the score in the top of the ninth inning. With one run in and one out, smart baserunning by Mantle robbedPittsburgh of a double play and allowed pinch-runner Gil McDougald to score. The bottom of the ninth brought the Forbes faithful to its feet and Mazeroski to the plate. A steady but not spectacular hitter, the 24-year-old West Virginian hadearned more of a reputation for his sparkling fielding. Years later a noted statistician gave Maz...

• Titian.

  Flaying of Marsyas (circa 1570-76, Kroměříž, Czech Republic) and the Nymph and Shepherd (circa 1574, Kunsthistorisches Museum). Here colors are more subdued, but the turbulence of the brushwork, hardly matched again until 20th-century painting, almost submerges the form entirely. These late mythological paintings, whichTitian called poesie (poems), stand among the most formidable statements ever made of the irresistible, elemental powers of nature. These works are paralleled by a sequence...

• Bobby Jones Is First Golfer To Win Grand Slam.

  so much that the dye from the red tees in his pocket bled onto his pants. Jones opened with a 71 that left him one stroke out of the lead. His second-round 73 could have been much worse had it not been for a “Lily Pad Shot” on the par-five ninth hole. Distracted by a crowd movement in the midst of his second shot, Jones topped the ball and sent it toward the pond guarding the green. Instead ofplopping into the water, the ball skidded over the water like a flat stone and landed on the bank. H...

• Oerter Wins Third Gold Medal.

  Few expected Oerter to show up for the qualifying rounds. Nevertheless he did, with several parts of his 6-foot-4-inch, 270-pound body wrapped in tape, packed inice, and numbed with Novocain. After doffing his neck brace, he propelled the discus a miraculous 198 ft 7.5 in (60.5 m) in his first effort, achieving anotherOlympic record. Wrenched with pain, Oerter told a teammate before the start of the final round that his only chance to win was with a strong first throw. His initial effort, ho...

• LES PASSIONS (QCM)

  L' homme et le mond e 1 23 84. Selon les stoïciens, que faut-il faire face aux désirs et aux passions ? 85. Que signifie le latin « pati »,racine du mot passion ? 86 . Quel philosophe grec a écrit que« l'o bjet de l'amour c' est aussi, forcém ent, l'immortalité »? 87. Qui a écrit : «I l faut se garder de deux excès: exclure la raison, n'admettre que la raison »? 88. Quel philosophe chrétien du xvn· siècle a dit : « Il faut n'aimer que Dieu et ne...

• 5, 6, 7, 5, 4, 6!

  new movie? Iwrote, "What's happened?" andshowed itto ayoung businessman watchingthetelevision, hetook asip of his coffee andsaid, "Nooneknows yet,"hiscoffee haunts me,his"yet" haunts me.Istood there, aperson inacrowd, was Iwatching theimages, orwas something morecomplicated happening?Itried tocount thefloors above where the planes hadhit,the fire had toburn upthrough thebuildings, Iknew thatthose people couldn't besaved, andhow many were onthe planes, andhow many wereonthe street, Ithought andth...

• Italy - country.

  C Natural Resources Italy is poor in natural resources. Much of the land is unsuitable for agriculture because of mountainous terrain or unfavorable climate. Italy, moreover, lacks substantialdeposits of basic natural resources such as coal, iron, and petroleum. Natural gas is the country’s most important mineral resource. Other deposits include feldspar andpumice. Many of Italy’s mineral deposits on the islands of Sicily and Sardinia had been heavily depleted by the early 1990s. Italy is rich...

• Plante First Goalie to Wear a Mask.

  rubber shock, which one player described as “the first cousin to shell shock.” Those with advanced cases have been known to skate off the ice during the middle ofchampionship games. Perhaps as a test of Plante's emotional state, Blake requested that he not wear the mask during the regular season. Plante complied, although hedonned the mask for pregame practice sessions. Early in the season, on November 1, the Canadiens took a seven-game unbeaten streak into a match against the New York Range...

• LE DÉSIR: QCM

  L'homme et le mond e 1 21 74. Qui a critiqué les désirs humains Uouir, savoir et commander) en écrivant : «Libido sentiendi, libido sciendi, libido dominandi »? 75 . En 9 lettres, selon Platon, « ... a ceci de terrible que quand on ne sait pas qu'on manque d'une chose, on ne la désire pas » ? 76 . De quel groupe de philosophes grecs Descartes se rapproche-t-il lorsqu'il écrit : «P lutôt changer mes désirs que l'ordre du monde »? REPONSE S 67. ....

• US Beats USSR in Hockey.

  The two sides once again exchanged goals during the first period. Sergei Makarov briefly gave the Soviets a lead when he beat Craig. The goal outraged many in thecrowd who felt that referee Karl Kaisla of Finland missed a holding violation by a USSR player in front of the net. Controversy also played a role in the Americans'game-tying goal at the end of the period. With a few seconds left on the clock, Ken Morrow unleashed an 80-foot slap shot that ricocheted to center Mark Johnson,who deposited...

• THÉORIE ET EXPÉRIENCE : QCM de philo

  70 1 1 000 questions de philo 357. De quel mot le grec « emperia », qui signifie expé­ rience, est-il la racine ? 358. De quoi procède la connaissance humaine selon les empiristes ? 359 . Quel philosophe écossais a beaucoup développé la doctrine empiriste ? 360. Quelle notion de philo a pour synonymes , suivant les circonstances : spécula tion, doctrine, idée, système ? 361. Selon Descartes, que doit-on faire vis-à-vis de toutes nos connaissances :...

• Kidney.

  secretion. An additional function of the kidney is the processing of vitamin D; the kidney converts this vitamin to an active form that stimulates bone development. Several hormones are produced in the kidney. One of these, erythropoietin, influences the production of red blood cells in the bone marrow. When the kidney detectsthat the number of red blood cells in the body is declining, it secretes erythropoietin. This hormone travels in the bloodstream to the bone marrow, stimulating theproducti...

• Midnighters

• American Civil War.

  free state to keep the balance in the Senate. It also provided that slavery would be excluded from the still unorganized part of the Louisiana Territory. A line was drawnfrom Missouri’s southern boundary, at the latitude of 36°30’, and slavery would not be allowed in the territory north of that line,with the exception of Missouri. B Compromise of 1850 Agitation against slavery continued in the North. The South reacted by defending it ever more strongly. The Mexican War, by which the United Stat...

• American Civil War - U.

  free state to keep the balance in the Senate. It also provided that slavery would be excluded from the still unorganized part of the Louisiana Territory. A line was drawnfrom Missouri’s southern boundary, at the latitude of 36°30’, and slavery would not be allowed in the territory north of that line,with the exception of Missouri. B Compromise of 1850 Agitation against slavery continued in the North. The South reacted by defending it ever more strongly. The Mexican War, by which the United Stat...

• Cubism I INTRODUCTION Cubism, movement in modern art, especially in painting, invented by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso and French artist Georges Braque in 1907 and 1908.

  Mont Sainte-Victoire by CézanneFrench artist Paul Cézanne painted Mont Sainte-Victoire, a mountain near his home in Provence in southern France, onmany occasions. Over time, the images he produced became flatter, less realistic, and more abstract. In this late version,painted from 1902 to 1904, patches of color barely indicate the mountain, sky, and foreground, while creating a rhythmicpattern across the painting’s surface. The mountain and sky, both intensely blue, appear almost to merge.Philad...

• France - country.

  In both the Paris and Aquitaine basins, fertile soils derived from limestone and wind-deposited dust, called loess, have supported prosperous agriculture since ancienttimes. Other lowlands in France are scattered and relatively small. They include the Alsace Plain in the east, bordering Germany, the valley of the Rhône River in thesoutheast, and the Languedoc Plain along the Mediterranean coast. A2 Uplands France contains several regions of uplands, the worn down remains of ancient mountain sys...

• Henry VIII I INTRODUCTION Henry VIII (1491-1547), king of England (1509-1547), the image of the Renaissance king as immortalized by German artist Hans Holbein, who painted him hands on hips, legs astride, exuding confidence and power.

  that was completed by 1540. The crown then took possession of all their property, paying small pensions to the approximately 10,000 monks and nuns who weredeprived of their homes. In a reversal of roles, many towns were forced to assist the same people who had once provided charity to the less fortunate. To pay for hiscontinued wars, Henry sold the former monastic lands to nobles and gentry, who thereby gained an interest in the success of Henry’s reformation and becamedependent upon the king. T...

• Henry VIII.

  that was completed by 1540. The crown then took possession of all their property, paying small pensions to the approximately 10,000 monks and nuns who weredeprived of their homes. In a reversal of roles, many towns were forced to assist the same people who had once provided charity to the less fortunate. To pay for hiscontinued wars, Henry sold the former monastic lands to nobles and gentry, who thereby gained an interest in the success of Henry’s reformation and becamedependent upon the king. T...

• Henry VIII .

  that was completed by 1540. The crown then took possession of all their property, paying small pensions to the approximately 10,000 monks and nuns who weredeprived of their homes. In a reversal of roles, many towns were forced to assist the same people who had once provided charity to the less fortunate. To pay for hiscontinued wars, Henry sold the former monastic lands to nobles and gentry, who thereby gained an interest in the success of Henry’s reformation and becamedependent upon the king. T...

• Turkey - country.

  has a general elevation of 900 to 1,500 m (3,000 to 5,000 ft) above sea level. The eastern highlands region is the most mountainous and rugged portion of Turkey; Mount Ararat (Ağrı Da ğı) is the highest peak in the country at 5,165 m (16,945ft). Many Christians and Jews believe it to be the same Mount Ararat mentioned in the Bible as the place where Noah’s ark came to rest. The eastern highlands are thesource for both the Tigris (Dicle) and Euphrates (Fir āt)—two of southwestern Asia’s principal...

• Christopher Columbus I INTRODUCTION Christopher Columbus (1451-1506), Italian-born Spanish navigator who sailed west across the Atlantic Ocean in search of a route to Asia but achieved fame by making landfall in the Americas instead.

  explorers, adventurers, entrepreneurs, merchants, and any others who saw their fortunes tied to the trade winds and ocean currents. Columbus’s brother Bartholomewworked in Lisbon as a mapmaker, and for a time the brothers worked together as draftsmen and book collectors. Later that year, Columbus set sail on a convoy loadedwith goods to be sold in northern Atlantic ports. In 1478 or 1479 Columbus met and married Felipa Perestrello e Moniz, the daughter of a respected, though relatively poor, nob...

• Christopher Columbus.

  explorers, adventurers, entrepreneurs, merchants, and any others who saw their fortunes tied to the trade winds and ocean currents. Columbus’s brother Bartholomewworked in Lisbon as a mapmaker, and for a time the brothers worked together as draftsmen and book collectors. Later that year, Columbus set sail on a convoy loadedwith goods to be sold in northern Atlantic ports. In 1478 or 1479 Columbus met and married Felipa Perestrello e Moniz, the daughter of a respected, though relatively poor, nob...

• Christopher Columbus.

  explorers, adventurers, entrepreneurs, merchants, and any others who saw their fortunes tied to the trade winds and ocean currents. Columbus’s brother Bartholomewworked in Lisbon as a mapmaker, and for a time the brothers worked together as draftsmen and book collectors. Later that year, Columbus set sail on a convoy loadedwith goods to be sold in northern Atlantic ports. In 1478 or 1479 Columbus met and married Felipa Perestrello e Moniz, the daughter of a respected, though relatively poor, nob...

• Christopher Columbus - explorer.

  explorers, adventurers, entrepreneurs, merchants, and any others who saw their fortunes tied to the trade winds and ocean currents. Columbus’s brother Bartholomewworked in Lisbon as a mapmaker, and for a time the brothers worked together as draftsmen and book collectors. Later that year, Columbus set sail on a convoy loadedwith goods to be sold in northern Atlantic ports. In 1478 or 1479 Columbus met and married Felipa Perestrello e Moniz, the daughter of a respected, though relatively poor, nob...

• Warren G.

  In his few campaign speeches, Harding relied mainly on the political effectiveness of bland generalities. Sometimes his statements were deliberately confusing. Forexample, he promised internationally minded voters that he would support an “association of nations,” while at the same time he promised “America first!” toisolationists. In this way he won the support of influential Republicans who believed in the League of Nations as well as those who opposed it. Harding's inoffensive standon the lea...

• The Alchimist

• On the road

• Excerpt from Bleak House - anthology.

  patience, courage, hope; so overthrows the brain and breaks the heart; that there is not an honourable man among its practitioners who would not give—who does notoften give—the warning, 'Suffer any wrong that can be done you, rather than come here!' Who happen to be in the Lord Chancellor's court this murky afternoon besides the Lord Chancellor, the counsel in the cause, two or three counsel who are never inany cause, and the well of solicitors before mentioned? There is the registrar below...

• Honey Bee - biology.

  B Reproduction and Development The queen controls the sex of her offspring. When an egg passes from her ovary to her oviduct, the queen determines whether the egg is fertilized with sperm from thespermatheca. A fertilized egg develops into a female honey bee, either worker or queen, and an unfertilized egg becomes a male honey bee, or drone. The queen lays the eggs that will develop into more queens in specially constructed downward-pointing, peanut-shaped cells, in which the egg adheres to the...

• Wilfrid Laurier.

  The Manitoba schools were the main issue in the 1896 election. Although the Catholic clergy campaigned against him, Laurier argued in Québec that he would obtainbetter terms for the Catholics by negotiating directly with the provincial government of Manitoba. “Hands off Manitoba” was an effective slogan in the other provinces aswell. A second issue was corruption in the Conservative Party, as a series of scandals had rocked the Bowell administration. Israel Tarte, a former Québec conservativewho...

• Wilfrid Laurier - Canadian History.

  The Manitoba schools were the main issue in the 1896 election. Although the Catholic clergy campaigned against him, Laurier argued in Québec that he would obtainbetter terms for the Catholics by negotiating directly with the provincial government of Manitoba. “Hands off Manitoba” was an effective slogan in the other provinces aswell. A second issue was corruption in the Conservative Party, as a series of scandals had rocked the Bowell administration. Israel Tarte, a former Québec conservativewho...

• United States History - U.

  and improved upon the designs of Arab sailing ships and learned to mount cannons on those ships. In the 15th century they began exploring the west coast ofAfrica—bypassing Arab merchants to trade directly for African gold and slaves. They also colonized the Madeira Islands, the Azores, and the Cape Verde Islands andturned them into the first European slave plantations. The European explorers were all looking for an ocean route to Asia. Christopher Columbus sailed for the monarchs of Spain in 149...

• United States History - U.

  and improved upon the designs of Arab sailing ships and learned to mount cannons on those ships. In the 15th century they began exploring the west coast ofAfrica—bypassing Arab merchants to trade directly for African gold and slaves. They also colonized the Madeira Islands, the Azores, and the Cape Verde Islands andturned them into the first European slave plantations. The European explorers were all looking for an ocean route to Asia. Christopher Columbus sailed for the monarchs of Spain in 149...

• Somalia - country.

  A Agriculture Livestock raising is the principal occupation in Somalia. The size of livestock herds began to recover in the mid-1990s after falling during the country’s civil war. Sheepand goats are the most numerous livestock, with smaller numbers of cattle. The principal crops grown are corn, sorghum, sugarcane, cassava, and bananas. B Forestry and Fishing While most wood is cut for fuel, Somalia’s major forestry export products before the 1990s were frankincense and myrrh. Fish is an import...

• From The Scarlet Letter - anthology.

  “Mercy on us, goodwife,” exclaimed a man in the crowd, “is there no virtue in woman, save what springs from a wholesome fear of the gallows? That is the hardestword yet! Hush, now, gossips; for the lock is turning in the prison-door, and here comes Mistress Prynne herself.” The door of the jail being flung open from within, there appeared, in the first place, like a black shadow emerging into the sunshine, the grim and grisly presence ofthe town-beadle, with a sword by his side and his staff...