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Nikos Skalkottas

Nikos Skalkottas (Greek: Nίκος Σκαλκώτας; 21 March 1904 – 19 September 1949) was a Greek composer of 20th-century classical music. A member of...

30 August, 2018

The Monkey and the Dolphin

A sailor, bound on a long voyage, took with him a Monkey to amuse him while on shipboard. As he sailed off the...

28 August, 2018

But the Wise Perceive Things about to Happen

“For the gods perceive future things, ordinary people things in the present, but the wise perceive things about to happen.” Philostratos, Life of Apollonios of Tyana,...

27 August, 2018

Happiness lies deep within us

Happiness lies deep within us, in the very core of our being. Happiness does not exist in any external object, but only in us, who...

20 August, 2018

Skepticism

Skepticism or scepticism (see spelling differences) is generally any questioning attitude or doubt towards one or more items of putative knowledge or belief....

18 August, 2018

The Eagle and the Arrow

An Eagle was soaring through the air when suddenly it heard the whizz of an Arrow, and felt itself wounded to death. Slowly it fluttered...

10 August, 2018

This too will pass

A king asked his wise men in the court, “I am making a very beautiful ring for myself. I have one of the...

08 August, 2018

Epicurean paradox

The "Epicurean paradox" is a version of the problem of evil. Lactantius attributes this trilemma to Epicurus in De Ira Dei: God, he says,...

07 August, 2018

The Age of Enlightenment

European politics, philosophy, science and communications were radically reoriented during the course of the “long 18th century” (1685-1815) as part of a movement...

04 August, 2018

Hubris

Hubris (=“ύβρις) was a basic understanding of the worldview of the ancient Greeks.When someone, overestimating the abilities and power (physical, but mainly political,...

24 July, 2018