Essays on Culture

Pericles, a successful Athenian orator, general, and statesman once said, “What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others. ” These words are especially relevant when considering the legacy of Ancient Greece. Ancient...

Through King Lear’s carefully articulated metaphor, he states that the rich are able to break the “lance of justice” just by being rich and powerful, whereas those armed in rags (alluding to the poor), are easily pierced by “a pigmy’s straw” because “through tatter’d clothes...

Private property has always been a coveted acquisition of wealth throughout the west’s history. Private property, in the realm of philosophical thought, can trace its roots back to Plato and Aristotle. These two philosophers both acknowledged the right of citizens to own private property, but...

Western civilization is a term that has been discussed by scholars and historians for decades to establish its real meaning. Western civilization is a universal term that refers to several European heritage cultures that share conventional cultural norms, values, philosophical functions, ideas, and old beliefs....

Wealth is an “abundance of valuable possessions or money. ” Poverty is the manner in which culture continuously dehumanizes people and condemns them to unlivable circumstances while calling them ‘poor’. Those in society assume that the process that produces poverty is normal and therefore fair....

The concept of wealth can have varying meanings for different people, perspective on life has a big impact on how people see wealth and what it brings. When talking about wealth, we are usually referring to having an abundance of money, or the concept of...

When kids receive their first football it is a memory they never forget. The memories of passing the ball and learning to throw the perfect spiral for the first time stick with many people forever. While football as a sport is iconic, the ball itself...