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René Descartes, a French philosopher, mathematician and physicist, is dubbed "the father of modern philosophy", and many of the Western philosophical treatises that came after him are reflections of his theses, which are still taught today, especially a book that is still the standard text for most faculties of philosophy . Wikipedia
Date and place of birth: March 31, 1596, Descartes, France
Date and place of death: February 11, 1650, Stockholm, Sweden
Influence: Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Thomas Alak
What was Hoover's initial reaction to the stock market crash of 1929?
He urged them to work together to find solutions to the nation's economic woes and to act in ways that would not make a bad situation worse. For example, he asked
employers not to cut wages or lay off workers, and he asked labor leaders not to demand higher wages or go on strike. He also created a special organization to help private charities
generate contributions for the poor.
The world map of Ptolemy is not the most accurate representation of the world. This map only contains three continents on it, Europe, Asia, and Africa. While Europe is mapped almost entirely, big portion of Asia is lacking, and only the northern half of Africa is incorporated into this map. The reason for this is that the knowledge of the world at that time was very limited, so Ptolemy mapped only the places that were known until then. It has to be noted though that the map is relatively accurate when it comes to shapes and distances of the places that are mapped, so it is quite an achievement for the period in which it was made.
First off it wasn't just the 300 Spartans it was around 7 to 8 thousand strong army of allied Greek city states that battled at Thermopylae for about 7 to 8 days inflicting heavy physical and moral damage on the Persians however in the end King Leonidas ordered a full retreat because a local had betrayed them and told the Persians of a mountain pass that they could use to flank the Greeks, however King Leonidas and his rear guard of around 300 Spartans, 700 Thespians and 400 Thebans as well as an odd assortment of other troops stayed to halt the advance. In the end King Leonidas and his rear guard were slaughtered but they did buy enough time for the rest of the forces to fully retreat and King Leonidas death galvanized the rest of Sparta to rally with the other Greek city states to defeat the Persians.
