this papers studies sharif razi's literary character especially the characteristics of his ghazals. his hijaziyat, which are representative of his ghazal writing style, are his best poems and his gateway into poetry. hijaziyat, especially 'maymiyyah', reflects his great genius, for it displays all the beautiful features of ghazal. in razi's ghazals one can clearly see the do...

? ho is remembered chiefly for the disasters of the Franco-German war and 0r his capture by the Germans at Sedan. Inevitably he has suffered by comj^rison with his famous uncle, the great Napoleon Bonaparte, and he has jj?1* dismissed as a weak and irresolute man of small capacity, and even sj!611 ^ubbed Napoleon the Little. To live in the shadow of genius is no easy Ration for any man, and Lou...

abstract. in the 18th century, the term ‘wit’ was held to be almost equal to the term ‘spirit’, and its notion, being applied both in music and in literature, was one of the most fundamental themes in poetry in the age of enlightenment. the meaning of the word changed during the time, however, its importance lasted until the romantic era. at that period, the term ‘wit’ was defined as ‘intellige...

There is no doubt about the magnitude of Charles Darwin’s contributions to science. There has, however, been a long-running debate about how brilliant he was. His kind of intelligence was clearly different from that of the great physicists who are deemed geniuses. Here, the nature of Darwin’s intelligence is examined in the light of Darwin’s actual style of working. Surprisingly, the world of l...

questions. He claims to offer more convincing explanations of extraordinary achievements than the usual fall-back option of attributing whatever it is that we may term "genius" to some mysterious, magical, undefined "special innate gift". Howe thus adds his contribution to the nature versus nurture debate. Can people be born geniuses? The simple answer, in Howe's account, is no. The whole work ...

human history has been witness to the emergence of great men and women who illustrated the sufferings and wishes of mankind. they have bravely put in hard effort to resist long-standing and reactionary traditions of their own society and to fight oppressors, and at the same time, the comfort-seeking opportunists have endeavored to derail their efforts and to project a tarnished image of these c...

The private labors of the retired scholar, however, were not interrujjted during this gloomy period, although he was left destitute of all public encouragement. The Berlin Academy of Science, founded by Leibnitz, led the way to great discoveries in the mathematical and natural sciences. Literary societies and associations were everywhere formed, and the Germans began to m-.ike the purity and el...