What era is the last Judgement? The Last Judgment fresco on the west wall was painted by Michelangelo for Pope Paul III in the period from 1534 to 1541. These two gigantic frescoes are among the greatest achievements of Western painting. Why are the bodies of the damned in the Last Judgment tympanum? Why are […]
What do Marx and Descartes believe?
What do Marx and Descartes believe? Karl Marx was communism’s most famous intellectual advocate. Rene Descartes was a famous French mathematician, scientist and philosopher. Descartes tells Marx that the material world only exists in the imagination. Can money give you happiness? Money is unlikely to buy happiness, but it may help you achieve happiness to […]
What does Russell mean by a citizen of the universe?
Who formulated uniform laws for all citizens within its territory in France?
Who formulated uniform laws for all citizens within its territory in France? Steps Taken by French Revolutionaries : (i) A centralised administrative system was put in place and it formulated uniform laws for all citizens within its territory. (ii) Internal customs, duties and dues were abolished and a uniform system of weights and measures was […]
How old is Hecate?
How old is Hecate? The earliest definitive record of Hecate’s worship dates to the 6th century B.C.E., in the form of a small terracotta statue of a seated goddess, identified as Hekate in its inscription. Who is known as Greek physician? Hippocrates, (born c. 460 bce, island of Cos, Greece—died c. 375 bce, Larissa, Thessaly), […]
What is deterministic analysis?
What is deterministic analysis? Deterministic Analysis, which aims to demonstrate that a facility is tolerant to identified faults/hazards that are within the “design basis”, thereby defining the limits of safe operation Probabilistic Analysis, which aims to provide a realistic estimate of the risk presented by the facility What is probabilistic data? Probabilistic data, like its […]
What are some challenges we face?
What are some challenges we face? Top 10 Personal Challenges Run a marathon. Many people regularly put running a marathon in their list of things to do before they die, so why not make this the year that you actually do it? Take on a charity challenge. Exercise your brain. Surprise yourself. Volunteer yourself. Get […]
What does the Bible say about Capernaum?
What does the Bible say about Capernaum? Capernaum in the New Testament Matthew 4:13 tells us that Jesus left Nazareth and went to live in Capernaum after meeting temptation in the wilderness. Here he met James, John, Peter, Andrew all fishermen and Matthew a tax collector, five of his future disciples. Did Jesus preach in […]
Why are Indians called Indians?
Why are Indians called Indians? The word Indian came to be used because Christopher Columbus repeatedly expressed the mistaken belief that he had reached the shores of South Asia. Convinced he was correct, Columbus fostered the use of the term Indios (originally, “person from the Indus valley”) to refer to the peoples of the so-called […]