The Greek word λόγος or logos is a word with various meanings. It is often translated into English as "Word" but can also mean thought, speech, reason, principle, standard, or logic among other things. It has varied use in the fields of philosophy, analytical psychology, rhetoric and religion. Logos - Use in ancient philosophy. In ancient philosophy, Logos was used by Heraclitus, one of the more eminent Pre-Socratic Greek philosophers, to describe human knowledge and the inherent order in ...

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• Logos - Use in Christianity
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Rhetoric (from Greek ρήτωρ, rhêtôr, "orator") is one of the three original liberal arts or trivium (the other members are dialectic and grammar) in Western culture. In ancient and medieval times, grammar concerned itself with correct language use through the study and criticism of literary models, dialectic concerned itself with the testing and invention of new knowledge through a process of question and answer, and rhetoric concerned itself with persuasion in public and political settings such as assemblies and c ...

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• Rhetoric - History
• Rhetoric - Introduction
• Rhetoric - Ancient Greece
• Rhetoric - Roman rhetoricians
• Rhetoric - Rhetoric from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment
• Rhetoric - Modern developments
• Rhetoric - Current state of rhetorical study
• Rhetoric - Rhetorical remedies

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A tragedy may be defined loosely as any work of fiction in which the protagonist suffers a fall in his or her fortunes, and ends in a worse state than that in which they began. Works as diverse as Oedipus Rex, Hamlet, Hedda Gabler and Scarface may thus be classified as tragedies. Throughout much of Western thought, however, tragedy has been defined in more precise terms, following the precepts set out by Aristotle: it is a form of drama characterized by seriousness and dignity, usually involving a co ...

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• Tragedy - Origin of Western tragedy
• Tragedy - Theories of tragedy
• Tragedy - Greek tragedy
• Tragedy - Renaissance and 17th century tragedy
• Tragedy - English Renaissance Tragedy
• Tragedy - French Tragedy in the 16th and 17th centuries
• Tragedy - Modern tragedy
• Tragedy - Tragedy in film

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William Erwin Eisner (borrn March 3, 1917, Brooklyn, New York City; died January 3, 2005, Lauderdale Lakes, Florida) was an acclaimed American comics writer, artist and entrepreneur. He is considered one of the most important contributors to the development of the medium and is known for the cartooning studio he founded; for his highly influential series The Spirit; for his use of comics as an instructional medium; for his leading role in establishing the graphic novel as a form of literature with his book A Contract with God and Other Tenement Stories; and for his educational work about the medium as exempli ...

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• Will Eisner - Eisner & Iger
• Will Eisner - The Spirit
• Will Eisner - Ebony White in perspective
• Will Eisner - American Visuals Corporation
• Will Eisner - Graphic novels
• Will Eisner - Academic work
• Will Eisner - Awards
• Will Eisner - Death
• Will Eisner - Books
• Will Eisner - Footnotes

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Johnny Vegas - Early performances. His career took off when he won the Festival Critics' Award at the 1997 Edinburgh Festival, and was the first newcomer to be nominated for the Perrier Award. His early shows The Johnny Vegas Gameshow and The Johnny Vegas Show contained elements such as Butlins style sing-a-longs, onstage pottery, verbal abuse of the audience, actual drunkenness and generated charges of sexism. Audience members report great variation in the quality of the shows, the talent for ad-libbing seeming to desert him on occasion to be replaced by ...

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Johnny Vegas, Johnny Vegas - Early life, Johnny Vegas - Life before fame, Johnny Vegas - Fame, Johnny Vegas - Early performances, Johnny Vegas - Major projects, Johnny Vegas - Appearances, Johnny Vegas - Ceramics, Johnny Vegas - Personal life

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The archaic period of art from the 9th century to the 6th century BCE saw the first developments of Greek statuary. Kouros (male nudes) and kore (female nudes) were developed along the lines of the Egyptian style in terms of rigidity, but the movement and the freestanding nude are Archaic innovations. A distinctive feature on nearly every Archaic-era statue is the Archaic smile. Examples of archaic era works are the La Delicatta kore, the Attican Kouros, a ...

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Greek statue, Greek statue - Archaic Period, Greek statue - Classical, Greek statue - Early Classical, Greek statue - Headline text, Greek statue - Headline text, Greek statue - Headline text, Greek statue - High and Late Classical, Greek statue - Hellenistic

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Written in a simple, moving, and straightforward style in the form of a diary, the book combines irenic prayers urging the forgiveness of Charles's executioners with a justification of royalism and the King's political and military program that led to the Civil War. It is by no means certain that Charles wrote the book. After the Restoration, John Gauden, bishop of Worcester, claimed to have written it. Scholars continue to disagree about the merits of this claim, though assuming that Gauden wrote it, he had access to Charles's papers ...

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Eikon Basilike, Eikon Basilike - Contents and authorship, Eikon Basilike - Its famous frontispiece, Eikon Basilike - King Charles venerated by the Church of England, Eikon Basilike - Quotation

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The experimental nature of the Concerto pathétique gives it a truly outstanding and almost chameleon-like appearance in the Liszt oeuvre. It is evident from the composer’s various attempts at finding an appropriate title such as Grand solo, Grand Concert, Morceau de Concert, Concerto sans Orchestre, etc. that this work for Liszt meant an experiment with new forms. The fact that the solo version has largely been ignored in favor of the later two-piano recast version has obscured the importance of the earl ...

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Concerto pathetique, Concerto pathetique - History and Significance, Concerto pathetique - Genesis of the Four-Movement-in-One Form, Concerto pathetique - Concert Piece or Concerto?, Concerto pathetique - Pathétique: Pathetic or Pathos?

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In one of the first chapters of the Agricola Tacitus said that he wished to speak about the years of Domitian, of Nerva, and of Trajan. In the Historiae the project has been modified: in the introduction, Tacitus says that he will deal with the age of Nerva and Trajan at a later time. Instead, he will cover the period that started with the civil wars of the Year of Four Emperors and ended with the despotism of the Flavians. Only the first four books and 26 chapters of the fifth book have survived, covering the year 69 and the f ...

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Histories Tacitus, Histories Tacitus - Subject matter, Histories Tacitus - Ideology, Histories Tacitus - Style

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Will Eisner - Early life and career. The son of Jewish immigrants — his father a former painter, marginally successful entrepreneur, and one-time manufacturer in Manhattan's Seventh Avenue garment district — Eisner attended De Witt Clinton High School. There he drew for the school newspaper (The Clintonian), literary magazine (The Magpie) and yearbook, and did stage design, leading him to consider doing that kind of work for theater. Upon graduation, he studied under Canadian artist George Brand ...

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Will Eisner, Will Eisner - Biography, Will Eisner - Early life and career, Will Eisner - Eisner & Iger, Will Eisner - The Spirit, Will Eisner - Ebony White in perspective, Will Eisner - American Visuals Corporation, Will Eisner - Graphic novels, Will Eisner - Academic work, Will Eisner - Awards, Will Eisner - Death, Will Eisner - Books, Will Eisner - Footnotes

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Ethos is how well the speaker convinces the audience that he or she is qualified to speak on the particular subject. It can be done in many ways: By being a notable figure in the field in question, such as a college professor or an executive of a company who's business is that of the subject. By having a vested interest in a matter, such as being related to the person in question. By showing impressive logos that shows the audience the speaker is kno ...

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Modes of persuasion, Modes of persuasion - Ethos, Modes of persuasion - Pathos, Modes of persuasion - Logos

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The mythical figure known as Herakles to the Greeks and Hercules to the Romans is an example of a hero possessed of enormous strength and a divine lineage, but possessed with the fatal flaw of uncontrollable anger. In a fit of rage, he kills his wife and children, he becomes the servant of King Eurysthenis and then must undertake twelve labors (extremely difficult feats) in a decade long quest to redeem himself. His struggles made Hercules the embodiment of an idea the Greeks called pathos, the experience of virtuous struggle and suffering which wo ...

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Tragic hero, Tragic hero - Classical tragic hero, Tragic hero - The modern tragic hero, Tragic hero - Competing precepts of the tragic hero

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Jane's claim to the throne was through her mother, Lady Frances Brandon, who was the daughter of Mary Tudor (a daughter of King Henry VII of England) and her second husband, Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk. Frances was still living but renounced her claim to the throne in favour of her daughter. According to the notion of male primogeniture, the Suffolks (Brandons and later Greys) were the junior branch of the heirs of Henry VII. The 1544 Act of Succession restored both Mary and Elizabeth to the line of succession even though nei ...

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Lady Jane Grey, Lady Jane Grey - Early life and education, Lady Jane Grey - Claim to the Throne, Lady Jane Grey - Accession, Lady Jane Grey - Deposal, Lady Jane Grey - Execution, Lady Jane Grey - Lady Jane Grey in culture, Lady Jane Grey - Bibliography

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French literature of the 17th century - Les Amours and Les histoires tragiques. In France, the period following the Wars of Religion saw the appearance of a new form of narrative fiction – that some critics have since termed the "sentimental novel" – which very quickly became a literary sensation thanks to the enthusiasm of a reading public searching for delight after so many years of conflict. These relatively short (and often realistic) novels of love (or "amours" as they are frequently called in the ...

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French literature of the 17th century, French literature of the 17th century - Society and literature in 17th century France, French literature of the 17th century - Les ruelles and Les précieuses, French literature of the 17th century - Aristocratic codes, French literature of the 17th century - Classicism, French literature of the 17th century - Prose fiction, French literature of the 17th century - Les Amours and Les histoires tragiques, French literature of the 17th century - The Baroque adventure novel, French literature of the 17th century - Baroque comic fiction, French literature of the 17th century - The Nouvelle classique, French literature of the 17th century - Other novelistic forms after 1660, French literature of the 17th century - Poetry, French literature of the 17th century - Theater, French literature of the 17th century - Theaters and theatrical companies, French literature of the 17th century - Baroque theater, French literature of the 17th century - Theater under Louis XIV, French literature of the 17th century - Other genres

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Oroonoko is now the most studied of Aphra Behn's novels, but it was not immediately successful in her own lifetime. It sold well, but the only adaptation for the stage by Thomas Southerne (see below) made the story as popular as it became. Soon after her death, the novel began to be read again, and from that time onward the factual claims made by the novel's narrator, and the factuality of the whole plot of the novel, have been accepted and questioned with greater and lesser credulity. Because Mrs. Behn was not available to correct or ...

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Oroonoko, Oroonoko - Plot, Oroonoko - Biographical and historical background, Oroonoko - Fact and fiction in the narrator, Oroonoko - Models for Oroonoko, Oroonoko - Slavery and Behn's attitudes, Oroonoko - Historical significance, Oroonoko - Literary significance, Oroonoko - Adaptation

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Running through this novel are a great variety of themes. The theme of love is explored all throughout the novel. We see the initial love between Pelagia and Mandras, which burns out as a result of the war, and the change it prompts in both of them. We come to realise that this was a relationship based on lust rather than love. Corelli and Pelagia's love is the central focus of the novel, developing slowly. The endurance of this love despite the physical degradation of both characters makes us feel a much deeper sense of love than at the beg ...

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Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Captain Corelli's Mandolin - Themes, Captain Corelli's Mandolin - Criticism, Captain Corelli's Mandolin - In film

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In Christianity, it is often suggested that the prologue of the Gospel of John calls Jesus the Logos (usually translated as "the Word" in English bibles such as the KJV) and played a central role in establishing the doctrine of Jesus' divinity and the Trinity. (See Christology.) The opening verse reads: "In the beginning was the Logos, and the Logos was with God, and the Logos was God". Some scholars of the Bible have suggested that John made creative use of double meaning in the word "Logos" to communicate to bot ...

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Logos, Logos - Use in ancient philosophy, Logos - Use in rhetoric, Logos - Use in Christianity, Logos - Similar concepts

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The series begins in 1990 when scientist Roger Newton, his wife Elaine, and his brilliant fellow scientist Simon Wright leave planet earth to do research in an isolated laboratory on the moon. Simon's body is old and diseased and Roger enables him to continue doing research by transplanting his healthy brain into an artificial floating case. Working together, the two scientists manage to create an intelligent robot called Grag, and a synthetic man, or android, with shape-shifting abilities called Otho. Unfortunately, the criminal scientist Victor Kas ...

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Captain Future, Captain Future - Plot synopsis, Captain Future - Stories

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Rhetoric - Introduction. The scholarly literature on the 2500-year history and theory of rhetoric in Western culture is far too voluminous to be listed at the end of this entry. Useful reference works include George Kennedy's Classical Rhetoric and its Christian and Secular Tradition from Ancient to Modern Times, Thomas O. Sloane, ed., Encyclopedia of Rhetoric (Oxford University Press, 2001); Heinrich Lausberg, Handbook of Literary Rhetoric: A Foundation for Literary Study (1960; 2nd ed. 1973; Engli ...

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Rhetoric, Rhetoric - History, Rhetoric - Introduction, Rhetoric - Ancient Greece, Rhetoric - Roman rhetoricians, Rhetoric - Rhetoric from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment, Rhetoric - Modern developments, Rhetoric - Current state of rhetorical study, Rhetoric - Related theory, Rhetoric - Examples of Rhetoric, Rhetoric - Miscellaneous', Rhetoric - Rhetorical remedies

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His father, Léon Halévy (1802–1883), was a clever and versatile writer, who tried almost every branch of literature—prose and verse, vaudeville, drama, history—without, however, achieving decisive success in any. His uncle, JF Fromental E Halévy, was for many years associated with the opéra; hence the double and early connection of Ludovic Halévy with the Parisian stage. At the age of six, he might have been seen playing in that Foyer de la danse with which he was to make his readers so familiar, and, when a boy of twelve, ...

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Ludovic Halévy, Ludovic Halévy - Biography

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