Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
Summary “Five Dips of Orange” by Doyle
To Sherlock Holmes, the young man John Openshaw appeals for help. John’s father invented extra strong tires for bicycles and a well-off person retired to rest. His brother Elias emigrated to America, bought a plantation in Florida, fought during the civil war on the side of the southerners, and then returned with decent capital to…
Composition on the theme “Wild animals”
There are two varieties of animals known to us: domestic and wild. While pets live near people, wild animals can be seen in the bosom of the wild. Their habitats include forests, jungles, deserts, mountains, etc. Some of my favorite wild animals are bears, tigers and elephants. In my opinion, modern society is not good…
Conquest and loss of Italy. Friedrich I of Barbarossa. Frederick II
Northern and Middle Italy for visibility was part of the Holy Roman Empire. She showed obedience to the emperor only when he sent his troops there. In general, it had to be conquered from time to time. The emperors did not spare any forces or means, because they were eager to reign over the Christian…
Meeting with the writer
Kharkov is a large industrial and cultural center of Ukraine. I am happy that I live in this city, where there are many museums, theaters, where many interesting people live: scientists, writers, artists. Recently, Kharkov poet Yury Ivanovich Stadnichenko visited our class. This poet’s friendship with the students of our school has been going on…
Summary of “Belogrudok” Astafyev
A small village in three houses, Zuyaty, stands between two lakes. Behind the village – a steep slope, overgrown with a thick forest of spruce and fir, mixed with elder and raspberry. Here, without fear of people, live different animals and birds. She dwells in dense forest and marten with a white breast. A few…
“The name of the Rose” Eco in brief
In the hands of the future translator and publisher of “Notes of Father Adson from Melk” fall in Prague in 1968. The title page of the French book of the middle of the last century means that it is a translation from the Latin text of the XVII century, allegedly reproducing, in turn, the manuscript,…
“The Heart of a Dog” Bulgakov in brief
The action takes place in Moscow in the winter of 1924-25. Professor Philip Philipovich Preobrazhensky discovered a method of rejuvenating the body by transplanting the glands of internal secretion of animals. In his seven-room apartment in a large house on Prechistenka he conducts patients’ reception. In the house there is a “condensation”: in the apartments…
Summary Decameron J. Boccaccio
J. Boccaccio Decameron The first day of the Decameron, “In the sequel, after the author reports on what occasion they gathered and what they talked about, the persons who would act further spoke, the people gathered on the day of Pampinae’s rule talk about what everyone likes more” In 1348, Florence ” visited the pernicious…
Summary The liberated Prometheus
PS Shelley The Prometheus Released The romantic utopian drama Shelley is written in a white pentameter. The action begins in the Caucasus Mountains, where in the gorge among the ice-covered rocks Tomet Prometheus languishes in chains. At the feet of his oceanides Pantey and Jonah sympathetically listen to his reproaches, addressed to the supreme god,…
Summary “The Alpine Ballad” Bykova
At night there was a bombing, and in the morning five prisoners of war found an unexploded bomb in a dilapidated factory shop. It was a chance. Replacing the damaged fuse, the prisoners cast lots – who will strike at the striker. To die out was the consumptive gaftling (captive), but he no longer had…
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