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Carpe Diem: A Translation of Horace’s 11th Ode
Do not wonder long, Leucone, for no man can know his fate,
Nor what the gods have planned for you or me.
There are no answers...
Science and Salvador Dali
As well known for his otherworldly virtuosity as he was for his unconventional subject matter, the Catalan surrealist Salvador Dali once called himself a fish swimming between the “the cold water of art and the warm water of science.” He was not, as many artists have been before and after him, a scientific dilettante.
Latin Proverbs: A
Abusus non tollit usum
(Sed quod usum habet?)
Abuse does not nullify proper use.
(But does it have a use?)
A potential for abuse should not negate an...
6 Great Pumpkin Beers
It is the season for all things orange and black. In the fall an otherwise unremarkable member of the squash family rises to the...
An Excerpt from Scipio
This is an excerpt from a blank verse drama I started writing many years ago. The speech seems pertinent to the cause of life extension.
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Latin Proverbs: P
Perfer et obdura; dolor hic tibi proderit olim
Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.
This is Ovid’s more prosaic and...
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