Beauty was believed to afford at least some glimpse of a transcendental existence. This goes far to explain the humanist cult of beauty and makes plain that humanism was, above everything else, fundamentally an aesthetic movement. Human experience, man himself, tended to become the practical measure of all things.
Serpentine is the âbrand nameâ for a group of polymorphous rocks within the serpentine group; these rocks are sometimes called serpentinite. Polymorphous means that the rocks have the same chemical compound with the molecules arranged differently.
A serpentine belt drives vital engine components such as the water pump, alternator, power-steering pump and air-conditioning compressor. The belt, named serpentine because it winds through the front of the engine in a snake-like manner, replaces the system of multiple belts that was common on older vehicles.