… the first true model of an historian. He reports the facts without judging them, but he omits none of the circumstances proper to make us judge them for ourselves. He puts all he recounts before the reader’s eyes. Far from putting himself between…

… by Thucydides, of the statements made by the Athenians and the Melian in their pre-war discussions. The behaviors of the Athenians, during these talks, are inconsistent with the overall ideals of civic virtue expressed by Pericles in his ‘Funeral…

… African-American lawyer who fought for our civil rights. He is a hero to African Americans and may be an outlaw to others. He was born July 2, 1908 in Baltimore Maryland. His parents are William and Norma Marshall. In 1909 when Thurgood was a baby…

… July 2, 1908, in Baltimore, Maryland. Thurgood was the grandson of a slave. His father, William Marshall, instilled in him from youth an appreciation for the United States Constitution, and the rule of law. His father became Chief Steward of the…

… in cryptic forms, and Friedrich Nietzsche was no exception. His aphorisms, by their very definition, condense a powerful message into a terse, perhaps oversimplified phrase. His parables, on the other hand, veil his thoughts in narratives and force…

… Ten years ago it was a game for doctors, lawyers, and the rich people of our country. This all changed dramatically in 1996 when a twenty year old African-American stepped up to the tee box. Eldrick “Tiger” Woods has opened up the game to America’s…

… part of a mass effort by the American, British, French, Soviet, Chinese, and Dutch to eliminate Imperial Japan from China. This American group became the hope for a battered China and a nightmare for the Japanese air force in just six months. Credited…

… 1960s, the civil right movement was at its peak. At this time, blacks were mistreated and discriminated against and because of that, the Negroes were searching for a leader who can change the status of blacks. What is a leader? A leader is, according…

… with such things as you have." Covetousness, or greed, is known as one of the seven deadly sins. Thomas Aquinas, a famous theologian, says of covetousness: "it is a sin directly against one's neighbor, since one man cannot over-abound in external…

… of change in both Europe and America. Some of the biggest changes, however, happened in the minds of many and in the writings of many philosophers. These included some of the beliefs of David Hume, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Immanuel Kant, and Francois…