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Jean Jacques Rousseau, philosophy, ideas

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  Jean Jacques Rousseau ‘Man is born free , but everywhere he is in chains” “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of  foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair , we had everything before us, we had nothing before us…” — A Tale of Two Cities — Charles Dickens. Introduction : Jean Jacques Rousseau, an architect of a new movement in education, is the product of his time. If we want to know Rousseau completely we must take into consideration the age in which he was born. We must have a clear idea of the then French society and life. Traditionalism was deeply rooted in the soil of France. Economically, France was at the point of bankruptcy. About 90% of the total populations were half-fed and half-clad. Absolutism was the key-note of the time. ‘Divine right’ theory was the dominant...

Muhammad Raza Shah Pahlvi,Shah of Iran

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                SHAH OF IRAN   Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (26 October 1919 – 27 July 1980), also known as Mohammad Reza Shah , was the last Shah ( King) of the Imperial State of Iran from 16 September 1941 until his overthrow in the Iranian Revolution on 11 February 1979. He was the second and last monarch of the House of Pahlavi . His dream of what he referred to as a "Great Civilization" in Iran led to a rapid industrial and military modernization, as well as economic and social reforms.   EARLY LIFE : Born in Tehran, to Reza Khan   and his second wife, Tadj ol - Molouk , Mohammad Reza was the eldest son of Reza Khan, who later became the first Shah of the Pahlavi dynasty, and the third of his eleven children. His father, a former Brigadier-General of the Persian Cossack Brigade , was Mazandarani origin. Mohammad Reza described his father in his book Mission for My Country as "...

Ameer Taimur. The Turco-Mongol conqurerer

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  Ameer Taimur. The Turco-Mongol conqurerer Introduction: Taimur, often known as Timur, was a Turko-Mongol conqueror who, in the 14 th century, conquered much of the Muslim-ruled portions of Central Asia and India. Timur founded the Timurid Empire and the Timurid dynasty, which lasted until 1857.Timur translates to “iron.” He was born in 1336 in the Persian city of Shahrisabz, which is now part of modern-day Uzbekistan. Timur became known as Tamerlane.Russian archaeologists discovered two missing fingers on Tamerlane’s right hand during the excavation of his tomb. Timur was the last of the Eurasian Steppe’s great nomadic conquerors, and his kingdom paved the way for the more structured and long-lasting Islamic gunpowder empires of the 16 th and 17 th centuries. Timur was of Turkic and Mongol heritage, and while he was unlikely to be a direct descendent on either side, he did share a common ancestor on his father’s side with Genghis Khan. Some scholars have speculat...

GALILEO GALILEE. A Astronomer, Father of Modern Science

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  GALILEO GALILEE. A Astronomer, Father of Modern Science EARLY LIFE:   Galileo galilee was born on 15 February 1564 in Pisa, Italy. His father name was Vincenzo who was a musician by profession. Galileo also learn to play lute. He was eldest child from seven children. His family was not rich but very noble. His family moved to Florence in 1570 . In 1581 he started studying medicine in university of Pisa but soon he realised that his interest is in maths so he left his degree although his father force him to study medicine but he left without finishing his degree. From 1589 to 1610 , he was the chair of mathematician in the university of Pisa then Padua. Galileo had three children Marina Gamba whom he never married. Two daughters was nun and one son named, Vincenzo Gamba.   EXPERIMENT AND DISCOVERIES: During 1589 to 1610 he performed a important experiment with the help of falling bodies which make a huge contribution in physics . In 1609 he also built his f...

Vladimir Lenin life, carear, ideas,Russian Revolution

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  Vladimir Lenin Introduction: Vladimir Lenin was born in 1870 into a working class family in Ulyanovsk, Russia. The child of Ilya Ulyanov and Maria Alexandrovna Ulyanova, he was the third of six kid in an informed family and would proceed to turn out to be first in quite a while class in secondary school. In any case, it was by and large their instructive foundation that made the family an objective of the public authority; his dad, an overseer of schools, was undermined with exiting the workforce by authorities careful about government funded training. As a teen, Lenin turned out to be politically radicalized after his more seasoned sibling was executed in 1887 for plotting to kill Czar Alexander. Sometime thereafter, 17-year-old Lenin-actually known as Vladimir Ilich Ulyanovwas removed from Kazan Imperial University. After his removal, Lenin submerged himself in revolutionary political writing, including the compositions of German logician and communist Karl Marx, wr...