Dinesh's photos with the keyword: Image and excerpt

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Queen Luise of Prussia pleads with Napoleon, July 1807

“. . . Charlemagne, Charles the great, today stands for the friendship between France and Germany. That is why always to a true European, now plays the major role in the German public memory of Charlemagne. . . . If I were, in my imagination to place Charlemagne in a particular setting today, I would locate him in the Cathedral of Reims in 1962, where Adenauer and Charles de Gaule celebrated the new brotherhood between the French and the German nations. That was a moment in which Charlemagne, Charles the Great was absolutely present, giving legitimation for both statesmen, in a European way which Transcends national interests. ~ Horst Bredekamp ~ Page 208 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_Bredekamp

John Stuart Mill: “If there are any marks at all of special design in creation, one of the things most evidently designed is that a large proportion of all animals should pass their existence in tormenting and devouring other animals. . . If Nature and Man are both the works of a Being of a perfect goodness, that Being intended Nature as a scheme to be amended, not imitated, by Man.” socialsciences.mcmaster.ca/econ/ugcm/3ll3/mill/utilitarianism.pdf

Thomas Henry Huxley: “The practice of that which is ethically best -- what we call goodness or virtue -- involves a course of conduct which, in all respects, is opposed to that which leads fo success in the cosmic struggle for existence. In place of ruthless self-assertion it demands self-restraint, in place of thrusting aside, or treading down, all competitors, it requires that the individual shall not merely respect but shall help his fellows; its influence is directed, not so much of the survival of the fittest, as to the fitting of as many as possible to survive.”

Carved bowl or goblet in limestone from Nevali Cori, Ca.8000 B.C., height 13.5 cm. The exuberant dancing scene of two humans and a tortoise on the exterior of this vessel is unique. Photography courtesy of Professor Dr. Harald Hauptmann, Euphrates Archive, Hdidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_of_Laussel

. . . We know that they (philosophers) were writing from the heart as well as from the head. Alongside their enormous merits they may have their faults, to be sure: but unsuspected ignorance, prejudice, over-confidence, obscurity -- just to get the list started. But as I hope to have indicated, philosophy is as wide as lie, and in its huge literature are exemplified mot intellectual vices as well as most intellectual virtues. Wishing it were otherwise would be close to wishing that human beings didn’t have minds. ~ Page 118

Frontpiece to the physician Claude-Marie Giraud’s ‘Epistle from the Devil to M. Voltaire. This brief work, chronicling Voltaire’s traffic with Satan, was republished over thirty times between 1760 and the outbreak of the Revolution. Photo courtesy of the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o plato.stanford.edu/entries/voltaire

Recapitulation theory en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recapitulation_theory

An 1851 editorial cartoonist imagines an overcrowded London in the future. th British essyist Thomas Malthus raised the possible dangers of overpopulation; his ideas helped Darwin formulate his ideas of natural selection

Examples of sexual diamorphisms, showing marked difference in the appearance of males and females. Kingdom of Saxony bird of Paradise (Pteridophora alberti), whose males have elaborate head ornaments that are sky blue on one side and brown on the other.

Invasion of the land. An early lobe-finned fish from about 385 million years ago; a land dwelling tetrapod from Greenland, about 365 million years ago; and the transitional form’Tiktaalik roseae,’ from Ellesmere Island, about 375 million years ago. The intermediacy of Tiktaalik’s body form is mirrored by the intermediacy of its limbs, which have a bone structure in between that of the sturdy fins of the lobe-finned fish and the even sturdiest walking mammals: the bone with darkest shading will become our humerus, and the medium- and light-shaded bones will become the radius and ulna, respectively.

I claim we anthropomorphize because guessing that the world is humanlike is a good bet. It is a bet because the world is uncertain , ambiguous, and in need of interpretation. It is a good bet because the most valuable interpretation usually are those that disclose the presence of the whatever is mot important to us. That usually is other humans. ~ Page 3 (intro) There are two standard explanations of anthropomorphism: that it comforts us and that it consists in using our good knowledge of ourselves to account for what we know less well. Although each explanation has some truth, neither is sufficient. Comfort does not explain anthropomorphism well because much anthropomorphism is uncomfortable. Reliance on self-knowledge does not explain it well either, because our knowledge of ourselves is no more reliable than knowledge of what is not ourselves. - Page 6 Anthropomorphism in Philosophy and Science, shows that anthropomorphism occurs even among philosophers and scientists, although they are its most consistent critics. Scientists in particular try to avoid it, but they must make a constant effort. Its cause here appears the same as elsewhere: we strive to understand our world by pursuing important possibilities, and humanlike forms and behaviors are the most important ones we know. ~ Page 7

John Constable (1776-1837) Even as the Industrial Revolution was transforming the land, the beauties of English countryside found their loftiest celebration in the landscapes of John Constable. England’s other great romantic painter. In sharp contrast to that of Turner, his nature was peculiarly harmonious, well maintained, and rich in spiritual values. The first artist of importance of paint outdoors, the bright pure colors of this 1821 masterpiece had a powerful impact on young French painters like Delacroix. (Reproduced by courtesy of the Trustees, The National Gallery, London)

Rural Industry in Action: This French engraving suggests just how many things could be made in the countryside with simple hand tools. These men are making inexpensive but long-lasting wooden shoes, which were widely worn by the poor (University of Illinois0