Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
How do the rights and responsibilities relate
International documents give children and adults many rights, but people are not allowed to do much. Realizing their rights, a person can not act contrary to the interests of others or restrict their rights. Rights entail responsibilities. For example: – Every child has the right to education, but has the responsibility – to go to…
Biography of Jack London
Jack London is an American writer. Jack was born January 12, 1876 in San Francisco. A new surname in the biography of Jack London was obtained when the kid was not yet a year old – his mother married John London. The difficult financial position, as well as the foundations of the country, prompted Jack…
Summary King Lear William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare King Lear Location – Britain. The time of action is the 11th century. The powerful King Lear, feeling the approach of old age, decides to shift the burden of power on the shoulders of three daughters: Goneril, Regan and Cordelia, sharing their kingdom between them. The king wants to hear from his daughters…
What does it mean to be merciful?
A person has many virtues: kindness, generosity, sympathy, the ability to compassion and love, and many others. And they are all based on man’s love for man. And there is still a spiritual quality, like charity. And it is also aimed at proving that the Latin winged expression “Man to man is a wolf” is…
“Pretty Pictures” by S. de Beauvoir in Brief Contents
Laurence, a beautiful young woman, at first glance has everything you need for happiness: a loving husband, two daughters, an interesting job, wealth, parents, friends. But Lorana, not looking at all this well-being, does not feel happy. She notices emptiness, worthlessness of secular conversations about everything and about anything, sees all the falsity of the…
“Horace” J. Sand in the summary
The action takes place immediately after the establishment of the July Monarchy. Nineteen-year-old Opac Dumont, the son of a small provincial official, after receiving the title of bachelor, arrives in Paris. Parents deny themselves everything in order to provide the son with decent content and give him the opportunity to get into people. Opac goes…
“Transformation” Kafka in brief
The incident that happened with Gregor Zamzoi is described, perhaps, in one phrase of the story. One morning, waking up after a restless sleep, the hero suddenly discovered that he had turned into a huge terrible insect… Actually, after this incredible transformation, nothing special is happening anymore. Behavior of actors is prosaic, everyday and extremely…
An essay on nature
Nature gives enough to satisfy natural needs. Seneca Nature has created everything around us, her strength knows no bounds. Not many people think about it, but we exist due to nature, because it was she who gave us everything for life. On the ground, we grew food, made trees from trees. Mother Nature has given…
Biography of Edward Burne-Jones
Sir Edward Burne-Jones – English artist, designer, was born in Birmingham. Bern-Jones enrolled in Exeter College, Oxford. There he met William Morris, who became his lifelong friend. Edward left college to study painting in London with Rossetti. Early works of Bern-Jones show the influence on the artist of the Rossetti style, which was later replaced…
White Bim Black Ear
Sentimental story of a dog devoted to the owner, suddenly in trouble. Scottish Setter Bim, endowed with a white color, does not meet the standard of the breed, lives in an apartment with his owner, a single pensioner Ivan Ivanych. Ivan Ivanovich, a former journalist and now a philosophical hunter, loves his dog, and systematically…
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