Iowa: 3.1%. According to our research of Iowa and other state lists there were 2 registered sex offenders living in Aurora, Iowa as of September 06, 2015. The ratio of number of residents in Aurora to the number of sex offenders is 86 to 1.
William G. Sumner, who coined the term ethnocentrism, is famously known as America's first sociology professor. He taught social sciences at the Yale University. It is wondrous, really, how this world is made up of so many different people belonging to different races or ethnicities.
Descartes: A New Approach. The first great philosopher of the modern era was RenÃ© Descartes, whose new approach won him recognition as the progenitor of modern philosophy. Descartes's pursuit of mathematical and scientific truth soon led to a profound rejection of the scholastic tradition in which he had been educated. Much of his work was concerned with the provision of a secure foundation for the advancement of human knowledge through the natural sciences.