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MOONLIGHT SONATA (excerpt)

A spring evening. A large room in an old house. A woman of a certain age, dressed in black, is speaking to a young...

27 February, 2021

To such bondage for the human mind and imagination I prefer even our avowed slavery (YOURCENAR MARGUERITE)

In the form of a letter, the first "Hellenist" Roman emperor Hadrian writes, shortly before his death, to his adopted son Marcus Aurelius,...

26 February, 2021

Arsinoe II of Egypt – The sad way of corruption and weakening

Arsinoë II (Koinē Greek: Ἀρσινόη, 316 BC – unknown date between July 270 and 260 BC) was a Ptolemaic queen and co-regent of...

25 February, 2021

Eureka

"Eureka" comes from the Ancient Greek word εὕρηκα heúrēka, meaning "I have found (it)", which is the first person singular perfect indicative active...

24 February, 2021

THE ODYSSEY excerpt 10

So we stood there, trading heartsick stories, deep in grief, as the tears streamed down our faces. But now there came the ghosts of Peleus’...

23 February, 2021

But deep down you are still Japanese (OSHO)

People have invented a thousand and one ways to escape from themselves. And they have to invent them because they have created an...

22 February, 2021

INTRODUCTION TO GENOMICS – THE PAST, THE PRESENT, THE FUTURE (SPEAKER Barry Schuler)

What's happening in genomics, and how this revolution is about to change everything we know about the world, life, ourselves, and how we...

21 February, 2021

Are we free to be who we really are? The answer is no. (DON MIGUEL RUIZ)

Are we free to be who we really are? The answer is no, we are not free. True freedom has to do with...

20 February, 2021

Be less smart than you really are and let the smartest brag(ROBERT GREENE)

The Chinese have phrase "Masquerading as a swine to kill the tiger." This refers to an ancient hunting technique in which the hunter...

19 February, 2021

Who are you? (JORGE BUCAY)

One day, Sinclair got up, as he always did, at seven o’clock in the morning. Like he did each day, he shuffled to...

18 February, 2021