Renaissance Philosophy. The Renaissance, that is, the period that extends roughly from the middle of the fourteenth century to the beginning of the seventeen century, was a time of intense, all-encompassing, and, in many ways, distinctive philosophical activity.
In charts and statistics a drink is normally defined as: 1  One 12 oz. 2  One shot of 80 Proof liquor or. 3  One 4-5 oz glass of wine.
They mixed a spoonful of whiskey with a pinch of gunpowder. When a lighted match was dropped into the mixture, it ignited with an audible âproofâ! This micro fireworks would happen only if the alcohol content was 50 percent or more by volume. Today proof is defined as twice the alcohol content by volume. Whiskey with 50 percent alcohol is 100-proof whiskey. There are better ways of determining alcohol content by volume these days, but they are not as much fun as the old-fashioned way. Sober Days ran in the Palm Springs daily newspaper, the Desert Sun, for several years in the 1990s-2000s.