Socrates bemoaned the lax ethics of Athenian youth. The Confucians lamented the lack of filial piety in ancient China. The… READ MORE
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Damnatio memoriae Damnation of the memory. Winston Smith: Does Big Brother exist? O’Brien: Of course he exists. Winston Smith: Does… READ MORE
I walked for many miles before coming upon a mountain on the outskirts of the desert. At its base, sitting… READ MORE
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Cacoethes carpendi The habit of finding fault A mania for finding fault We have all met someone who constantly feels… READ MORE
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Bene legere saecla vincere One who reads well masters the ages. The word saecla should look familiar to anyone who has looked… READ MORE
As well known for his otherworldly virtuosity as he was for his unconventional subject matter, the Catalan surrealist Salvador Dali… READ MORE
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Wassily Kandinsky was a Russian painter and visual theorist who generally considered the first abstract artist in the modern sense. Du Spirituel… READ MORE
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The video is here. There are, of course, minor discrepancies between the script and the video (e.g I chose to… READ MORE
Man and His Symbols is a compilation of essays by Jung and others on the interpretation of dreams, behavior and… READ MORE
It is the season for all things orange and black. In the fall an otherwise unremarkable member of the squash… READ MORE
“People ask me what I do in the winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.”
~ Rogers Hornsby
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