THE USE AND MIS-USE OF SCIENCE by Cyril GarbettThe history of civilization shows how to choose between making the right and wrong use of the discoveries of science. In a very short period amazing discoveries have been made and applied to practical purposes. There have been more scientific discoveries in our own age than in any previous period of history. They have caused so many changes so quickly that it has been like a revolution. So, people say that they are living in an age of revolution.In fact, Science is a great boon to mankind....
THE USE AND MIS-USE OF SCIENCE NOTES
1.What does the history of civilization show? The history of civilization shows how to choose between making the right and wrong use of the discoveries of science. Man always has to choose between the right and wrong use of science. Man has either used the inventions and discoveries of science or misused them. It shows that in ...
The story of an hour
SUMMARY OF "THE STORY OF AN HOUR"Louise Mallard has heart trouble, so she must be informed carefully about her husband’s death. Her sister, Josephine, tells her the news. Louise’s husband’s friend, Richards, learned about a railroad disaster when he was in the newspaper office and saw Louise’s husband, Brently's name, on the list of those killed. Louise begins sobbing when Josephine tells her of Brently’s death and goes upstairs to be alone in her room.Louise sits down and looks out an open window. She sees trees, smells approaching rain, and hears...
The story of an hour NOTES
1.What is the internal conflict in "The Story of an Hour"? The internal conflict in this text is Louise Mallard's. She learns at the beginning of the story that her husband has been killed in a train accident, and immediately after hearing this, she retires, alone, to her room. There, she begins to notice all the signs of "new spring life." She hears the "countless sparrows twittering," smells the "delicious breath of rain," sees the "tops of trees all excited." It is unexpected that she would be so aware of signs of...
Road Foundation NOTES
1. How do you lay the foundation of the road?or What are the process of road foundation? Before constructing the road, planners must decide and determine the route for the road. After that, the suitability of the soils in the area must be checked and examined. It is done to find out how much earth (soil) will be required to move from the site and what quantities of surfacing or refilling materials will be needed. In other words, site should be excavated and unsuitable soil should be replaced. In order to...
Letter from the Foreign Grave
"Letter from the Foreign Grave " D B GURUNGSummary of the PoemThe poem " Letter from the Foreign Grave" is written by D.B Gurung. It highlights the lamentations of a Gurkha soldier who is killed in foreign land. The speaker in the poem sends his mother massage not to weep for him regretting that he couldn't do anything for her and his motherland. Every year, hundreds of Nepalese young men join in foreign army. Nepalese youth started to join British Army after Anglo-Nepal war from 1814 to 1816....
Letter from the Foreign Grave NOTES
1. What is the central theme of the poem?The poem " Letter from the Foreign Grave" is written by D.B Gurung. It highlights the lamentations of a Gurkha soldier who is killed in foreign land. The speaker in the poem sends his mother massage not to weep for him regretting that he couldn't do anything for her and his motherland. Every year, hundreds of Nepalese young men join in foreign army. Nepalese youth started to join British Army after Anglo-Nepal war from 1814 to 1816. They are famous...
KNOWLEDGE AND WISHDOM
KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM by Bertrand Russell (1872-1970)• A British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, social reformer, socialist and pacifist.• Russell led the British "revolt against idealism" in the early 1900s and is considered one of the founders of analytic philosophy. He was a prominent anti-war activist, championing free trade betweennations and anti-imperialism. Knowing a tomato is a fruit is KNOWLEDGE…. Knowing not to put it in a fruit salad is WISDOM What is the difference between a clever man and a wise man?...
KNOWLEDGE AND WISHDOM NOTES
1. How does knowledge become harmful to us? Knowledge without wisdom can be harmful. It should be combined with the total needs of mankind. Even complete knowledge is not enough. It should be related with certain knowledge of the purpose of life. The study of history can illustrate it. For example Hegel wrote with great...
FREEDOM
FREEDOM by G.B ShawThe text is a broadcast address by G. B. Shaw on 17 June 1935. Here he has challenged the old order, the present order, and that which is still to come. It raised the storm of argument and controversy. George Bernard Shaw, the Irish-born writer, is regarded as the most significant British dramatist since Shakespeare. George Bernard Shaw was gifted with a very broad, insightful and creative mind. He excelled in literature, political thoughts, sociology, philosophy and science. As a novelist and playwright, he stands shoulder...
FREEDOM NOTES
Slavery of man to nature is natural whereas slavery of man to man is unnatural. Both are different. Natural wants are slavery indeed but nature is kind to her slaves. Eating, drinking and sleeping are made pleasant experiences. Building families and societies also is made pleasant. But slavery of man to man is hateful to body and to spirit. In course of time slaves and their masters form their own organizations and enter a civil war known as class war. Karl Marx spent his life proving that slavery of man to man will never stop by itself...
CUSTOM
"Customs" by Clyde KluckhohnSummary of the Text"Customs" is an essay written by Clyde kluckhohn an American anthropologist. He is well known for the studies of the Navaho Indians and for his work on personality and culture. Here, he defines cultures and shows cultural differences by using different examples. Kluckhohn says that people are different not by instincts not by god, not by fate, not by weather but by culture. According to anthropologist, culture is the man made part of the environment. It is the total life way of the people. It...
CUSTOM NOTES
1. What is culture? How does it affect the way we think?In the text, the word "Culture" has two different meanings as given by Kluckhohn. First, he defines it from an anthropologist's point of view. Culture means customs - how things are done. Culture is the total life way of people, the social legacy the individual acquires from his group. Culture can be regarded as that part of the environment that is the creation of man. Second, culture means knowledge, particularly about...
BEAUTY NOTES
A. BEAUTY 1. What Susan Sontag says beauty is?or What is beauty for Susan Sontag?or What kind of beauty does Sontag favor for? Susan Sontag is advocating for the' inward/inner beauty'(character, intellect and vision), which is considered to...
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