Catalan Literature: From the 16th to the 20th Century
Catalan Literature: 16th to 20th Century
16th Century: Decline
- Causes: Spanish nobility and remoteness of the court, the ‘DOR’ literature of the Spanish century.
- Consequences:
- Valencian revolt
- War of the Reapers
- Treaty of the Pyrenees
The printing press favored Castilian. Humanism: the measure of all things.
- Poetry Authors: Peter Seraph (Barcelona), John Timoneda (Barcelona), Christopher Despig (Valencia)
17th Century: Baroque Influence
Copy of Spanish Baroque literature.
- Poetry Authors: Rector Vallfogona
Commercial Companies: Structure, Elements, and Characteristics
The Personality of Commercial Companies
Commercial society, the most appropriate way to organize companies, can be understood as the legal and business structure. A commercial society, like any body, has its own personality and can exercise rights and obligations. It is a legal entity, acting through one or more individuals who represent it.
The trading company has its own capacity to act through a representative, equity that is not liable for the debts of individual partners. The debts stick to the
Read MoreUnderstanding Thought: Mental Processes and Problem Solving
The Nature of Thought and Intelligence
This section explores the contents of mental processes and how our minds solve problems and make decisions.
The Contents of Thought
Our thinking relies on mental representations. Perception, mental projection, and memory allow us to store information for later use.
Before proceeding, we must distinguish between types of mental representations. Cognitivist psychologists and philosophers identify two basic types: analog and symbolic representations. Analog representations
Read MoreDescartes: Father of Modern Philosophy and Rationalism
Life of René Descartes
Life: Father of modern philosophy, initiator of rationalism. Born in 1596 into a family of minor nobility, the son of Joachim Descartes, counselor of the parliament of Rennes. Descartes was educated by his grandmother until 1606, when he entered the Jesuit school, despite a weak state of health. He studied grammar, Latin, Greek, logic, physics, metaphysics, and mathematics, but criticized scholastic matters and methods. He moved to Paris and began case studies for his bachelor’
Read MoreUnderstanding Democracy: Principles, History, and Participation
Democracy: Principles and Organization
Democracy is a system of political organization where power resides with the people, collectively decided. To regulate the coexistence of societies, it’s necessary to adopt an organized set of principles, rules, or standards, which we call the system of political organization. Democracy also implies a form of coexistence, extending to all fields of social life, and ensures various forms of participation and institutions open to the public.
History of Democracy
In
Read MoreUnderstanding Compound Sentences, Hyponymy, and Catalan Literature
Understanding Compound Sentences
A compound sentence is a sentence that has two or more verbs in a personal way, and many structures as the constituent verbs. Different sentence structures that form a compound sentence are known as propositions.
Linking Propositions
Propositions can be linked in the following ways:
- Punctuation, usually a comma, or a colon.
- A connector that can be a conjunction, an adverb, or a relative pronoun.
Types of Linking
- Juxtaposition: Propositions are at the same level, bound by
Don Quixote: Prologues and Early Chapters
Prologue 1: A Mockery of Pedantry
Cervantes begins by describing his initial struggles in writing the prologue. He explains that he started writing the book in prison and, while preparing the foreword, found himself repeatedly stuck. A friend visits Cervantes and points out that the book lacks endorsements from famous figures, a common practice at the time. The friend suggests that, given Cervantes’s age and limited publications, his book might be perceived as inferior. Cervantes, pretending to be
Irregular Verbs in English: A Comprehensive List
Here’s a categorized list of common irregular verbs in English, grouped for easier learning:
Group 1
- Be – Was/Were – Been – Ser/Estar
- Do – Did – Done – Hacer
- Have – Had – Had – Haber, Tener
- Come – Came – Come – Venir
- Get – Got – Got – Conseguir
- Go – Went – Gone – Ir
- Make – Made – Made – Hacer
- Say – Said – Said – Decir
- Tell – Told – Told – Decir
Group 2
- Hear – Heard – Heard – Oír
- See – Saw – Seen – Ver
- Smell – Smelt – Smelt – Oler
Group 3
- Bet – Bet – Bet – Apostar
- Burst – Burst – Burst – Estallar
- Cost – Cost – Cost
Descartes’ Philosophy: Self, God, and the Mind-Body Dualism
Descartes focused on a unitary conception of reason, aiming for complete knowledge (philosophy) to be used correctly and to achieve true and useful knowledge. Mathematics served as the model for knowledge (objective, necessary, universal, and obvious). He specified two acts of knowing: intuition (where doubt is impossible) and deduction (where reason discovers connections between simple ideas grasped by intuition).
The Cartesian Method
The Cartesian method, based on mathematics, represents the structure
Read MorePC Hardware Installation and Configuration
1. What is a function of the adapter cards that are installed in a computer?
To provide functionality for external components to be connected to the computer.
2. Which two connections should be provided to a floppy disk drive during installation? (Choose two.)
- A floppy data cable to connect the FDD to the motherboard.
- A cable from the power supply to the Berg power connector on the FDD.
3. When building a computer, which two components are normally installed in 3.5-inch drive bays? (Choose two.)
- Hard