171 résultats pour "height"
- Emily Brontë: Wuthering Heights (Sprache & Litteratur).
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Diving (sport).
water that creates a larger, more noticeable splash after the diver’s body displaces water under the surface. To minimize this upjet, top-level divers make a quickswimming motion by releasing their hands and collapsing their arms as they submerge. Instead of a large splash, the surface of the water appears to boil as the airbubbles rise from the diver’s entry. For feetfirst entries, which are rare in top-level competitions, divers place their legs and feet together while pointing their toes down...
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Weather.
hours, and the snow can be much deeper in places where the wind piles it up in drifts. Extraordinarily deep snows sometimes accumulate on the upwind side ofmountain slopes during severe winter storms or on the downwind shores of large lakes during outbreaks of polar air. VI WIND Wind is the horizontal movement of air. It is named for the direction from which it comes—for example, a north wind comes from the north. In most places near theground, the wind speed averages from 8 to 24 km/h (from 5...
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Meteorology.
to find the corresponding relative humidity and dew-point temperature. III SPECIAL METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS Meteorologists have developed several sophisticated instruments that measure multiple physical characteristics of the air simultaneously and at more than one location.The most important of these special instruments are radiosondes, Doppler radar, and weather satellites. A Radiosonde A radiosonde measures air temperature, air pressure, and humidity from the earth’s surface up to an alt...
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Israel (country) - country.
harbor in the northern part of the country, and Ashdod, an artificial deepwater port to the south, serve as the main seaports on the Mediterranean. The port of Elat onthe Gulf of Aqaba provides Israel’s only access to the Red Sea, making it extremely important to the country’s shipping interests. D Natural Resources Although much of Israel’s desert regions contain poor soils, the northern Negev, the coastal plains, and the interior valleys provide patches of productive soils. Anestimated 18 per...
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Gothic Art and Architecture
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Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris
Notre Dame Cathedral, in Paris, was begun in 1163 and completed for the most part in 1250.
and by external arches, called flying buttresses. Consequently, the thick walls of Romanesque architecture could be largely replaced by thinner walls with glass windows,and the interiors could reach unprecedented heights. A revolution in building techniques thus occurred. With the Gothic vault, a ground plan could take on a variety of shapes. The general plan of the cathedrals, however, consisting of a long three-aisled nave interceptedby a transept and followed by a shorter choir and sanctuary,...
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Space Exploration - astronomy.
to produce 250,000 newtons (56,000 lb) of thrust. The Germans launched thousands of V-2s carrying explosives against targets in Britain and The Netherlands. Whilethey did not prove to be an effective weapon, V-2s did become the first human-made objects to reach altitudes above 80 km (50 mi)—the height at which outer spaceis considered to begin—before falling back to Earth. The V-2 inaugurated the era of modern rocketry. A2 Early Artificial Satellites During the years following World War II, the...
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Glacier.
covered. In spring the snow cover begins to melt in the lower reaches, exposing the ice surface. As temperatures increase, the melting moves up the glacier. Thesnowline is the highest position the melting reaches during the year. Firn is old granular snow. The firn limit may not exactly coincide with the annual snowline since insome years rapid melting leaves behind firn patches below the snowline. Some glaciers exhibit features called ice streams and icefalls. Ice streams are valley glaciers th...
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Tree - biology.
The major parts of a tree are its roots, trunk, leaves, flowers, and seeds. These components play vital roles in a tree’s growth, development, and reproduction. A Roots Trees are held in place by anchoring organs called roots. In addition to anchoring the tree, roots also absorb water and minerals through tiny structures called roothairs. From the roots the water and mineral nutrients are carried upward through the wood cells to the leaves. Although the internal structure of most kinds of roots...
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Race - biology.
distributed as a cline, generally varying along a north-south line. Skin color is lightest in northern Europeans, especially in those who live around the Baltic Sea, andbecomes gradually darker as one moves toward southern Europe, the Mediterranean, the Middle East, and into northern Africa and northern subtropical Africa. Skin isdarkest in people who live in the tropical regions of Africa. The lack of clear-cut discontinuities makes any racial boundary based on skin color totally arbitrary. Sim...
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Arab-Israeli Conflict.
the Suez Canal and in 1951 blockaded the Strait of Tiran (Israel’s access to the Red Sea), which Israel regarded as an act of war. In June 1956 Egypt nationalized theSuez Canal, which had been jointly owned by Britain and France. In late October, Israel invaded the Gaza Strip and Sinai Peninsula, defeating Egyptian forces there.Britain and France attacked Egypt a few days later. Although the fighting was brief and Israel eventually withdrew from the Sinai and Gaza, the conflict furtherexacerbate...
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Arab-Israeli Conflict - History.
the Suez Canal and in 1951 blockaded the Strait of Tiran (Israel’s access to the Red Sea), which Israel regarded as an act of war. In June 1956 Egypt nationalized theSuez Canal, which had been jointly owned by Britain and France. In late October, Israel invaded the Gaza Strip and Sinai Peninsula, defeating Egyptian forces there.Britain and France attacked Egypt a few days later. Although the fighting was brief and Israel eventually withdrew from the Sinai and Gaza, the conflict furtherexacerbate...
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Nanotechnology.
ever-finer method of reducing material to the nanoscale size. Instead, nanostructures would be assembled atom by atom and molecule by molecule, from the atomiclevel up, just as occurs in nature. However, assembly at this scale has its own challenges. In school, children learn about some of these challenges when they study the random Brownian motion seen in particles suspended in liquids such as water. Theparticles themselves are not moving. Rather, the water molecules that surround the particles...
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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...
- Patsy Cline Patsy Cline (1932-63), American country music singer, who died in an airplane crash in 1963 at the height of her fame.
- Greta Garbo Greta Garbo (1905-1990), Swedish-American motion-picture actor, noted for her beauty and her reticence, who became a virtual recluse while still at the height of her popularity.
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War of 1812 - History.
the thorough training they received in handling guns was far ahead of contemporary British standards. As hostilities loomed, Congress authorized a regular army of 35,000 men, but when the United States officially declared war in June 1812, the actual land force was lessthan 10,000 and nearly half of these soldiers were raw recruits. The existing troops were also widely scattered in small garrisons. The government planned tosupplement this regular force with 50,000 volunteers and 100,000 militiam...
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War of 1812 - U.
the thorough training they received in handling guns was far ahead of contemporary British standards. As hostilities loomed, Congress authorized a regular army of 35,000 men, but when the United States officially declared war in June 1812, the actual land force was lessthan 10,000 and nearly half of these soldiers were raw recruits. The existing troops were also widely scattered in small garrisons. The government planned tosupplement this regular force with 50,000 volunteers and 100,000 militiam...
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Native Americans of Middle and South America.
A line that snakes across central Mexico near the Tropic of Cancer forms the northern boundary of Mesoamerica; north of this line rainfall sharply declines and theclimate is much drier. The ancient civilizations of Mesoamerica all arose and developed in the area between this line and the Guatemalan highlands far to the south. Richvolcanic soils are found throughout much of the region. A2 People and Languages Mesoamerica was a great melting pot, home to many peoples and interrelated cultures. In...
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India - country.
delta in the north, are intensely farmed. B Rivers and Lakes The rivers of India can be divided into three groups: the great Himalayan rivers of the north, the westward-flowing rivers of central India, and the eastward-flowingrivers of the Deccan Plateau and the rest of peninsular India. Only small portions of India’s rivers are navigable because of silting and the wide seasonal variation inwater flow (due to the monsoon climate). Water transport is thus of little importance in India. Barrages,...
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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...
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Giraffe - biology.
One of the most striking elements of giraffe behavior is the duel between males fighting for mating privileges. Giraffe duels are among the most extraordinary in theanimal kingdom. They start when two males approach each other and begin to rub and intertwine their necks. This behavior—known as necking—allows the opponentsto assess each other’s size and strength. Often, necking alone is enough to establish seniority. If not, the rivals begin to exchange blows with their heads. Each giraffebraces...
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Aztec Empire.
tribute to the empire in agricultural products, which were used to finance public projects. All able-bodied men owed military service to the empire. Citizens could also bedrafted to work on public lands or build temples, dikes, aqueducts, and roads. Although Aztec society had strict classes, a person’s status could change based on his or her contribution to society. Commoners could improve their rank, especially byperforming well in battle, and become prosperous landowners. Young people of some...
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Aztec Empire - USA History.
tribute to the empire in agricultural products, which were used to finance public projects. All able-bodied men owed military service to the empire. Citizens could also bedrafted to work on public lands or build temples, dikes, aqueducts, and roads. Although Aztec society had strict classes, a person’s status could change based on his or her contribution to society. Commoners could improve their rank, especially byperforming well in battle, and become prosperous landowners. Young people of some...
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Native American Architecture
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Native American Architecture, traditional architecture of the peoples of who lived in North America before Europeans arrived.
Mound Builders who resided in the area.John Elk III/Bruce Coleman, Inc. Another mound building culture, named Hopewell, also appears to have originated in Ohio but expanded west to Iowa, Kansas, and Oklahoma, south to Louisiana,Mississippi, and Alabama, east to Georgia and the Appalachian Mountains, and north to Wisconsin, Michigan, and lower Ontario in Canada. The Hopewell culture lastedfrom about 200 BC to 400 AD. Hopewell people built large, linear mounds to create enclosures in geometrical...
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Aztec Empire - history.
and Tlacopan. In 1428 the triple alliance defeated the Tepaneca. Under the Mexica ruler Itzcoatl, his successor Montezuma I, and the Texcocan ruler Netzahualcóyotl, thethree states waged a series of conquests. They eventually established an empire that extended from central Mexico to the Guatemalan border and included many differentstates and ethnic groups, who were forced to pay tribute to the alliance. Tenochtitlán became the dominant power within the alliance. IV AZTEC CIVILIZATION Aztec soc...
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From Bulfinch's Mythology: Druids - anthology.
Besides these two great annual festivals, the Druids were in the habit of observing the full moon, and especially the sixth day of the moon. On the latter they soughtthe Mistletoe, which grew on their favourite oaks, and to which, as well as to the oak itself, they ascribed a peculiar virtue and sacredness. The discovery of it was anoccasion of rejoicing and solemn worship. 'They call it,' says [1st-century Roman encyclopedist] Pliny [the Elder], 'by a word in their language, which means 'heal-a...
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Machine
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Machine, simple device that affects the force, or effort, needed to do a certain amount of work.
to decrease the amount of force needed to do work or to change the direction of the force. The wheel and axle and some levers can also be used to increase the speedof performance of a task, but doing so always increases the amount of force needed. A Inclined Plane NutsNuts are pieces of metal with a hole in the middle. They are screwed on the end of a bolt as a fastening. Nuts come invarying shapes, depending on their intended use.© Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Ramps and staircas...
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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...
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Washington, D.
structures built according to L’Enfant’s plan. During the War of 1812, British troops set fire to the White House, destroying its interior. President James Madison and hisfamily lived in the Octagon while the White House was being rebuilt. South of the Federal Triangle is the Mall, a narrow park stretching roughly 1.6 km (1 mi) from the Capitol to the Washington Monument. Although the Mall officially endsat 14th Street, landscaped greenery extends to the Potomac. The Washington Monument, whose m...
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Mesoamerica.
for cooking. In other regions, the earliest ceramics are more sophisticated technically and aesthetically. At around 1800 BC in the Pacific coastal region of Soconusco (in what is now southeastern Chiapas State, Mexico), the earliest pottery was very complex both in forms and decoration. It seems to have had a social function and beenused primarily for ritual feasting. III MAJOR CIVILIZATIONS Over a period of 3000 years, beginning in about 1500 BC, a number of important cultures emerged in M...
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Moon - astronomy.
B Volcanic Features Maria, domes, rilles, and a few craters display indisputable characteristics of volcanic origin. Maria are plains of dark-colored rock that cover approximately 40 percent ofthe Moon's visible hemisphere. The maria formed when molten rock erupted onto the surface and solidified between 3.16 billion and 3.96 billion years ago. This rockresembles terrestrial basalt, a volcanic rock type widely distributed on Earth, but the rock that formed the maria has a higher iron content an...
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Le carnaval de rio de janeiro
HDA Brésil - 80 rues interdites à la circulation environ - Entre 95% et 98% des hôtels occupés - 69 millions de préservatifs distribués par le ministère de la santé - 170 tonnes d’ordures ramassées Histoire Le carnaval de Rio trouve ses origines dans l’ « entrudo » qui était une journée de liberté accordée aux esclaves lors du solstice d’été. Ils passaient la journée à parcourir les rues en s’arrosant d’eau, de boue, de farine. Au XIX la...
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Fiche de lecture cursive « Art » de Yasmina Reza
Les personnages : Marc, "l'adepte du bon vieux temps" Il est ingénieur dans l'aéronautique. La quarantaine. Il sort avec Paula. Il connaît Serge depuis 15 ans.Serge le présente (lignes 50 à 56): "Mon ami Marc, qui est un garçon intelligent, garçon que j'estime depuis longtemps, belle situation, ingénieur dans l'aéronautique, fait partie de ces intellectuels, nouveaux, qui, non contents d'être ennemis de la modernité en tirent une vanité incompréhensible. Il y a depuis peu, ch...
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Bougainville Voyage Autour Du Monde
manifestent le respect de l’altérité : la curiosité éprouvée à l’égard du monde rencontré n’exclut pas d’en apercevoir les différences ; l’incertitude domine le voyageur, au contraire des Parisiens décrits par Montesquieu. La description de ce monde nouveau gagne de fait en authenticité : le lecteur partage la découverte de Bougainville en éprouvant, par la modalisation, ses moments d’incertitude. 3 Un tableau completOn remarquera enfin l’exhaustivité de l’évocation : dans son Voyage a...
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Texte de Nietzsche : Considérations inactuelle III …
En effet, la phrase de Nietzsche stipulant : « Mais comment nous retrouver nous -m ême s ? Comment l’homme peut -il se connaitre ? C’est une chose obscure et voil ée. » ; il évoque ici le probl ème du solipsisme qui est l’attitude du sujet qui pense que sa conscience, le monde ext érieur n’est que des repr ésentations. Cela ressemble à l’époch é ph énom énologique qui est le fait de suspendre le jugement au dessus des ph énom ènes du...
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Mouvement ou changement (kinesis) et Repos (stasis)
complète du devenir , et distincts de toutes les autres formes de changement puisqu’ils sont les seuls à ne pas être du mouvement. 12) En effet, l’accroissement et le dé croissement, la translation (ou mouvement local) et l’altération désignent un mouvement dans lequel le sujet sensible (hupokeimenon en grec ou substrat) , tout en demeurant le même, change dans ses propres qualités . 13) Par contre, génération et corrupt ion désign...
- Explication de texte - Philosophie Texte de Nietzsche : Considérations inactuelle III …
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Mouvement ou changement et Repos
complète du devenir , et distincts de toutes les autres formes de changement puisqu’ils sont les seuls à ne pas être du mouvement. 12) En effet, l’accroissement et le dé croissement, la translation (ou mouvement local) et l’altération désignent un mouvement dans lequel le sujet sensible (hupokeimenon en grec ou substrat) , tout en demeurant le même, change dans ses propres qualités . 13) Par contre, génération et corrupt ion désign...
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fiche de lecture les villes invisibles
ville, c’est Venise. D’ailleurs, il le dit implicitement à travers le personnage de Polo, à la page 111 : « Pour distinguer les qualités des autres, je dois partir d’une première ville qui reste implicite. Pour moi, c’est Venise. » 5- Ce livre est difficile à comprendre, d’une part par son langage soutenu, et parfois l’auteur nous embrouille avec des phrases telles que « L’œil ne voit pas des choses mais des figures de choses qui signifient d’autre choses ». néanmoins, le perso...
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Boule de Suif - Maupassant (résumé)
Le lendemain les passagers sont près a partir et on pensé cette fois à préparer un petit paginer de provisions pour le reste du voyage sauf Boule de Suif qui du coup n'a pas eu le temps.Ils montent tous dans la diligence sens dire un mot à Boule de Suif, arrive l’heure du repas, les voyageurs mangent leur repas mais personne ne partagera son repas avec Boule de Suif qui elle l'avait fait pour eux, elle n'a le droit qu'a des regards de travers et du mépris alors que c'est grâce à...
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Rousseau et le désir - La Nouvelle Héloïse
Explication du texte de Rousseau La nouvelle Héloïse A travers cet extrait, Rousseau aborde le rapport entre le désir et le bonheur. On croit communément qu’il est nécessaire de satisfaire ses désirs pour être heureux. Cependant, dans ce texte, le philosophe genevois affirme paradoxalement que le bonheur réside dans le fait de désirer et non dans l’assouvissement des désirs. Il souligne l’importance de l’imagination d...
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Analyse "De l'amitié", Montaigne
désigner l’ineffable. La négation avec les “je ne sais” ( noter la récurrence ), “je sens que cela ne peut s’exprimer” - incapacité de la parole et de l’écrit à rendre compte, “ de ce j’en puis dire” : formulation pour marquer une forme de limite éprouvée, de tentative non aboutie, “ je ne sais quelle quintessence”. Fait naître un “ au-delà de tout mon discours” > incapacité, impossibilité du Dire. L’impossibilité de dire une amitié fusionnelle d’exception se martèle par l’impuis...
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La cellule
2 Organisation dans les organismes pluricellulaires Les organismes pluricellulaires sont composés de nombreuses cellules. Dans ces organismes, les cellules de même type s’assemblent pour créer un tissu, c’est -à-dire un ensemble de cellules qui se ressemblent. - La peau - Les os - Le foie Ils sont des tissus très différents composés de nombreuses cellules presque identiques. Les tissus Chaque cellule du corps humain à l’exception des cellules reprod...
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ARISTOTE ET LE POLITIQUE
Donc « la cité a pour fin le souverain bien », elle est l’instance la plus élevée mais elle englobe également le tout; forme hiérarchique et extensive. L’homme pour atteindre sa plénitude va avoir cette tendance naturelle à vivre dans une cité. Aristote affirme alors que « L’homme est par nature un animal politique ». Pour atteindre son essence, il ne peut s’épanouir que dans une cité qui a les fins les plus élevées. Donc même si la cité n’est pas une organisation originelle,...
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Gargantua de François Rabelais : analyse chapitre par chapitre
étaient donc de ces couleurs et de très grande taille. Chapitre 8 : Des couleurs et livrée de GargantuaRabelais explique les couleurs de Gargantua, le blanc étant signe de joie, plaisir, délices et réjouissance et le bleu, les choses célestes. Rabelais poursuit en parlant de la signification des couleurs. Chapitre 9 : De ce qu'est signifié par les coleurs blanc et bleu Rabelais justifie les associations du blanc et de la joie par des exemples précis et fait de même pour le bleu. Chapit...
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Charlotte, David Foenkinos
sa fille. Il est très attaché à sa patrie, car il refuse de la quitter alors qu’il sait que les juifs commencent à être persécutés en Allemagne. Albert a été déporté pendant une courte période de temps, mais cela l’a quand même affaibli physiquement et moralement.Paula Lindberg, la belle-mère de Charlotte, est une célèbre cantatrice, juive pratiquante. Elle est très généreuse, elle propose même à Charlotte de visiter les loges de ses concerts. Malheureusement, elle sera réduite a...
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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...
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Descartes, le cogito et l'Alcibiade de Platon.
La réponse, selon Socrate, ne fait au cun doute : on ne peut s’occuper des affaires des autres si l’on ne sait d’abord s’occuper des affaires qui sont à soi -même. Et l’on ne peut s’occuper des affaires qui sont à soi -même si l’on ne se connaît pas soi -même.Comme le préconise la cél èbre inscrip tion sur le fronton du temple de Delphes, le jeune homme doit donc, avant toute chose, apprendre à se connaître lui -męme. Or, la connaissance de soi -même est rare et précieuse. Une tell...
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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...