The World
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| Originally published | 1664 |
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| Authors | René Descartes |
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| ID | 2316121 |
About The World
The World, also called Treatise on the Light, is a book by René Descartes. Written between 1629 and 1633, it contains a nearly complete version of his philosophy, from method, to metaphysics, to physics and biology. Descartes espoused mechanical philosophy, a form of natural philosophy popular in the 17th century.
Sir David Attenborough polar ship has monster iceberg encounter
...At a glanceScience correspondent1 hour agoThe UK s polar ship, RRS Sir David Attenborough, has come face to face with The World s biggest iceberg...
Booking. com users angry at firm's response to hacks
... The company, which is one of the biggest hotel and holiday websites in The World, has not itself been hacked...
Glenys Kinnock: The political spouse who became a force in her own right
... Glenys Kinnock had a wide field of interests, but was especially well-known for her work to alleviate poverty and starvation in Africa and other parts of The World...
How weather apps are trying to be more accurate
...By Suzanne BearneTechnology reporterTravelling The World by bicycle for two years might be too physically challenging for most of us, but Zoe Ashbridge has found a way to make the pedalling a little bit easier...
Beyoncé: Meet the designer who made her sparkle on tour
... " While he s worked for some of The World s biggest artists, he doesn t see them as stars and celebrities...
Hong Kong: Protest leader Agnes Chow jumps bail
... In 2020, she was featured on the, which names 100 influential and inspirational women around The World every year and tells their stories...
Ukraine war: Russia accused of killing unarmed Ukrainian prisoners of war
... In a separate statement on Sunday, Ukraine s military urged The World community to " condemn Russia s actions and bring to justice the military leadership of the aggressor country"...
TikTok influencer Aydan Al-Saad wants to break wage taboos
... HR consultant Aydan travels The World asking people their pay, and says being more open can help with equal pay and motivates people to ask for a raise...
Gelsenkirchen, Germany: a Controversial statue of Lenin erected in the German city of
The Statue was unveiled next to a poster that reads: 'Don't give anti-communism A Chance '
A very left-wing party in Germany erected a controversial statue of The Communist leader Vladimir Lenin .
The small Marxist-Leninist party of Germany (MLPD) installed The Statue in front of their headquarters in the Western City of Gelsenkirchen.
The City Council had tried to stop The Statue , installed and launched an on-line hashtag to say it was "No Place for Lenin".
But the courts blocked their vocation, and the idea went on on Saturday.
Lenin was one of the leaders of the Russian Revolution of 1917 and led the country until his death in 1924, when he became the successor to Josef Stalin. However, he remained a symbol of communism, the domination of The World , both among the Fans and who the Human Rights violations that have taken place under the USSR.
Germany was divided for decades between The West and The Communist East, to The Fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.
In The Debate around Gelsenkirchen statue from Czechoslovakia, which was then, as it is known, in 1957, both sides moved in parallel to the tearing down of monuments associated with slavery, which in anti-racism protests in The World in the last few weeks.
"We Live in a Time In which to reflect many of the countries of The World memorial," said mayor Frank Baranowski in a series of YouTube videos posted by the Council of The City against The Statue .
"It's hard to put up with the fact that a dictator of the 21St Century will be put on a pedestal, and a memorial is made of him. Unfortunately, the courts have decided otherwise, we have to accept it, but not without comment. "
But, MLPD chair, Gabi Fechtner, described The Communist leader as a "a front-of-his-time-thinker of world-historical significance, an early fighter for freedom and democracy," according to the AFP news Agency .
germany, berlin wall, communism
Source of news: bbc.com
