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1 day ago · Life Childhood: 1928–1945 Chomsky was born on December 7, 1928, in the East Oak Lane neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His parents, William Chomsky and Elsie Simonofsky, were Jewish immigrants. William had fled the Russian Empire in 1913 to escape conscription and worked in Baltimore sweatshops and Hebrew elementary schools before attending university. After moving to Philadelphia ...
8 hours ago · Reciprocity in Greek religious thought comes in the first book of the Iliad when Agamemnon, king of the Greek forces at Troy, refuses to accept ransom from Chryses, priest of Sminthean Apollo, in exchange for the priest’s daughter, Chryses prays to Apollo and reminds the god of his service to him as his ritual agent asking him to shoot the ...
8 hours ago · King Lear, George Frederick Bensell. King Lear is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare.It is loosely based on the mythological Leir of Britain.King Lear, in preparation for his old age, divides his power and land between his daughters Goneril and Regan, who pay homage to gain favour, feigning love.
1 day ago · The term "pathological altruism" was popularised by the book Pathological Altruism. Examples include depression and burnout seen in healthcare professionals, an unhealthy focus on others to the detriment of one's own needs, hoarding of animals, and ineffective philanthropic and social programs that ultimately worsen the situations they are ...
8 hours ago · In July 2012, Todd McFarlane's original cover art for The Amazing Spider-Man No. 328 sold for a bid of $657,250, making it the most expensive American comic book art ever sold at auction. 1990s. With a civilian life as a married man, the Spider-Man of the 1990s was different from the superhero of the previous three decades.
1 day ago · The cat (Felis catus), commonly referred to as the domestic cat or house cat, is a small domesticated carnivorous mammal. It is the only domesticated species of the family Felidae.
1 day ago · A common theme in art beginning in the sixteenth century was the depiction of Bacchus and Ceres caring for a representation of love – often Venus, Cupid, or Amore. This tradition derived from a quotation by the Roman comedian Terence (c. 195/185 – c. 159 BC) which became a popular proverb in the Early Modern period : Sine Cerere et Baccho ...
