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2 hours ago · Hiberno-English [a] or Irish English (IrE), [5] also formerly sometimes called Anglo-Irish, [6] is the set of dialects of English native to the island of Ireland. [7] In both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland , English is the dominant first language in everyday use and, alongside the Irish language , one of two co-official languages (with Ulster Scots , in Northern Ireland, being ...
1 day ago · Michelangelo was born on 6 March 1475 in Caprese, known today as Caprese Michelangelo, a small town situated in Valtiberina, [10] near Arezzo, Tuscany. [11] For several generations, his family had been small-scale bankers in Florence; but the bank failed, and his father, Ludovico di Leonardo Buonarroti Simoni, briefly took a government post in Caprese, where Michelangelo was born. [3]
1 day ago · Language, music, and mathematics courses and language assessment. Duolingo, Inc., [b] is an American educational technology company that produces learning apps and provides language certification. Duolingo offers courses on music, [5] math, [6] and 43 languages, [7] ranging from English, French, and Spanish to less commonly studied languages ...
1 day ago · John Stuart Mill (20 May 1806 – 7 May 1873) [1] was an English philosopher, political economist, politician and civil servant.One of the most influential thinkers in the history of liberalism, he contributed widely to social theory, political theory, and political economy.
1 day ago · John Milton (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) was an English poet, polemicist, and civil servant. His 1667 epic poem Paradise Lost, written in blank verse and including twelve books, was written in a time of immense religious flux and political upheaval. It addressed the fall of man, including the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen ...
1 day ago · The term spirit means "animating or vital principle in man and animals". [web 1] It is derived from the Old French espirit, which comes from the Latin word spiritus (soul, ghost, courage, vigor, breath) and is related to spirare (to breathe). In the Vulgate, the Latin word spiritus is used to translate the Greek pneuma and Hebrew ruach. [web 1]
1 day ago · The term "postmodern" was first used in 1870 by the artist John Watkins Chapman, who described "a Postmodern style of painting" as a departure from French Impressionism. [ 21 ] [ 25 ] Similarly, the first citation given by the Oxford English Dictionary is dated to 1916, describing Gus Mager as "one of the few 'post' modern painters whose style is convincing".
