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  • 399 BCE: Socrates


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    It might have been May 19, 399 BCE* — and if not, we’re in the neighborhood — that the original gadfly** philosopher Socrates obeyed a death sentence from his native Athens and quaffed a cup of deadly hemlock . It’s one of the most famous executions in history, and arguably one of the most consequential . ...
    5 days ago

  • As Below So Above


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    What is man? What makes man what he is? What exactly does As Above So Below mean, and how does it relate to the former questions? The Celtic Rebel, rested from a nice long vacation was back this past Sunday to address the above questions. That’s the show below [ downloadable ]: ...
    1 week ago

  • "HOW MANY THINGS I DONT NEED!"... "QUANTAS COISAS EU NÃO PRECISO!"...


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    Socrates (c. 469–399 BC) was a classical Greek Athenian philosopher. One of the best known sayings of Socrates is "I only know that I know nothing".   Knowing the frugality of Socrates way of life, a friend was surprised to discover the philosopher studying with rapt attention some flashy wares on ...
    1 week ago

  • BABIES and the ‘Cost of Inaction’


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    I, Healthyheartbeatz, a grown man of 25, have a soft spot for children in need. Me with all of my bravado and manliness, me with all of my outspokenness and inclination to argue, and YES I still cringe every time I see a helpless child in need on TV or displayed in an advertisement. That may have [...] The post ...
    1 week ago

  • QNYC Event Highlight: Kite Flight


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    Image Source: Socrates Sculpture ParkHistorians believe that Chinese military experts invented the first kite between 770 BC and 221 BC in Shandong province. Called a “Muyan,” this large wooden aircraft was used to deliver urgent messages and spy on enemy positions. Then in the 13th century, Italian explorer Marco ...
    2 weeks ago

  • Count no man happy until he is dead


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    When I was a beginning Greek student, I translated something, I believe in Plato, about the man who led the happiest life. What was this parable? I think that it went this way: one of Socrates interlocutors asked him, who in your opinion was the happiest man who had ever lived? Socrates answered that it was a ...
    2 weeks ago

  • Read an Excerpt From Paul Levinson’s Time Travel Novel, UNBURNING ALEXANDRIA


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    Unburning Alexandria  is the sequel to The Plot to Save Socrates by Paul Levinson, now available from JoSara MeDia , first in eBook then in print. Here is what the book is about: Mid-twenty-first century time traveler Sierra Waters, fresh from her mission to save Socrates from the hemlock, is determined to ...
    2 weeks ago

  • Eat Your Pizza, or, The Beginnings of a Dialogue with My Two-Year Old and Four-Year-Old About Macroeconomic Stability, by Art Carden


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    This is a teaser for a forthcoming post. The scene: Chuck E. Cheeses in Vestavia Hills, Alabama, where my two-year-old and my four-year-old are nibbling like birds on slices of the large pepperoni pizza we ordered. This was not what I expected. Economist: Children, eat your pizza. If you dont, we will have to save ...
    2 weeks ago

  • Kick Back


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    Dont sweat the small stuff... and its all small stuff. - Richard Carlson Beware the barrenness of a busy life - Socrates There is more to life than increasing its speed. - Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi He who sows hurry reaps indigestion. - Robert Louis Stevenson The time to relax is when you dont have time for it. - ...
    2 weeks ago

  • Examined Life


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    Scripture Psalms 26:2 “Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; Try my mind and my heart.” Observation In this verse, David prostrates himself before the Lord and opens his heart and his mind to be examined by the Lord. David understands that his life is safe in the hands of Almighty God, the only True and ...
    3 weeks ago

  • Amy Guttman said what?


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    Amy Guttman (president of the University of Pennsylvania) on Charlie Rose (April 25th) regarding online education: We have to acknowledge there are skeptics out there and I like to give the example of the skeptic who said, you know, “this new invention is, umm, to be mistrusted, uh, because it gives the ...
    4 weeks ago

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