<p>The Dragon Ball series, broadly speaking, illustrates the interrelations among the individuals whose actions are dictated by the lust for power. And this desire for power manifests itself in the quest for the Dragon Balls, which are said to grant wishes of anyone who has collected all seven of them. The Dragon Ball series, then, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>First making its re-appearance in the 15th century Germany,[1] rhabdomancy remained worthy of attention by scientific communities until the end of the 19th century.[2] Dowsing[3] is an art used to find underground waters and minerals by using a branch of a tree, forked so the dowser holds “one end of the fork in each hand, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>When Leibniz wrote to his friend, Bierling, on July 7th 1711 and asked what Dr. Kaempfer was up to, anxious to read his latest work, he was probably referring to Amoenitates Exoticae of 1712.[1] A German naturalist and physician, Engelbert Kaempfer (1651-1716) traveled Holland, Sweden and Russia amongst other places, and he had been compiling [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The Society of Jesus was founded in 1540 by Ignatius Loyola to propagate and defend the faith and progress of souls in Christian life and doctrine, and such that its charter of the order, Formula of the Institute contained a number of Rules for Thinking with the Church. There, the basic attitude towards the Church [&hellip;]</p>

<p>          Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527) defines virtue as an ability to do whatever one wants and yet get away with anything while maintaining power. If that is the definition of what virtue is, Descartes, I think, is the virtuous philosopher in the 17th century Europe. Descartes faced a number of serious problems with [&hellip;]</p>