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Why Did the Oracle of Delphi Call Socrates the Wisest Man?
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The Stranger by Albert Camus: The Life of an Absurd Man
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The Mystical Drawings of William Thomas Horton (1864-1919)
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Battle at Chosin Reservoir: Turning Point in the Korean War
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A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012 here:
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Did Marcel Duchamp Plagiarize His Most Famous Work?
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Is Ancient Greece Really the Cradle of Western Civilization?
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If you want to understand the history of music videos, you must consider a lot of things that are not obviously music videos. The Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star,” the first selection of MTV’s inaugural broadcast, must surely count as a music video — but then, it was...
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What Was the Italian Risorgimento?
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10 Things an Art Lover Should Do in Paris
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Strange And Terrible: Hunter S. Thompson And The Hell’s Angels (1965)
In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain...
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In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain a loser At break of day I say goodnight When I lie down I have a great fear Of falling. – Ballade du concours de Blois by François Villon … Continue reading "Strange And...
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The Early Years of Jesus
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Leonora Carrington Painting Set to Quadruple Auction Record
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A History Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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Miyako Festivals Of Kyoto, Japan – Illustrations From A 1920s Album of Silk Paintings
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s...
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These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s showing all different festivals held in Kyoto, Japan. Miyako (‘capital’) is an archaic name for Kyoto, which was the capital of Japan from 794 AD to 1868 AD. The pictures playson...
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How Did Carl Jung’s Dream Birth “Man and His Symbols”?
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A $25 Brooch Turns Out to Be a Rare Victorian Treasure
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How Does Epistemology Address Memory as a Source of Knowledge?
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A History Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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Winged Victory
Art of the Hellenistic Period
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Art of the Hellenistic Period
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Riddle Me This: Question Marks In Vintage Photographs
The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no...
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The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no matches. How did they manage to smoke?” Robin: “They threw one cigarette overboard and the boat became a cigarette lighter.” – The Question asked in Batman, 1966 The question mark...
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The Brutal Murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket: Blood on the Flagstones
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What Is Thatcherism?
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What Are Emblemata in Art and Literature?
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How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
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Fri, 06/21/2024 - 08:00
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How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
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The Great Flood
...and the Noah of Ancient Greece
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...and the Noah of Ancient Greece
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Marcus Aurelius VS Diogenes
Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
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Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
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“All Part of Nature”: Radclyffe Hall’s Life
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Why Was Prohibition Repealed?
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‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
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Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
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‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
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A Brief History of Guacamole (And It’s Not What You’d Expect!)
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Lucian Freud Nude to Make $20 Million Auction Debut
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Wrong Side of...
Who speaks of the Armenians?
Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
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Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
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Music of the Squares David Ramsay Hay and the Reinvention of Pythagorean Aesthetics
Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it...
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Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it possible not only to analyse such visual wonders as the Parthenon in terms of music theory, but also to identify their corresponding musical harmonies and melodies, writes Carmel...
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Secrets of the Scythians
11 months ago
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How Did Japan Get Involved in World War II?
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Two Colonizers in South Africa: The British vs. The Dutch
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Charles Darwin: 5 Key Facts About His Life and Work
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The Rise of Francisco Franco & the Effects of the Spanish Civil War
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People of the Twentieth Century: the Ideal German, the Nazi and the Persecuted Jew
“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the...
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“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the times.” – August Sander, creator of Menschen des 20 Jahrhunderts (People of The 20th Century) What you see above is a picture of Arnold Katz and Benjamin (Benno) Katz being...
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8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism
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Dreams of Space -...
Some Day I'll Be an Aerospace Engineer (1967)
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the...
a year ago
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the space race but they did have a clear plan laid out for creating the engineers they might need. The school library was usually full of these career books to inspire academic...
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Hunter S Thompson Sets Fire To His Christmas Tree (1990)
“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller...
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“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller before the writer torched his Christmas Tree In January 1990, Sam Allis was on assignment for TIME magazine at writer Hunter S. Thompson’s (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) home...
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The colonial myth of 'Sub-Saharan Africa' in medieval Islamic geography: the view from Egypt and...
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Do Genetic Studies Refute the Etruscans’ Anatolian Origin?
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What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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Trying to Understand...
Round Two? There Is No Round Two.
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
a year ago
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
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10 Unique Pigments That You Have Never Heard Of
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Luc Tuymans Mural Exhibition to Open Wednesday at Louvre
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Sufism: Mystical Islam in Africa
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6 American Film Noirs Influenced by German Expressionism
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How the Celtic Britons Used the River Thames
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Discover the Klondike Gold Rush: Frozen Riches
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The Major Battle of the American Revolution That Never Happened
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Dreams of Space -...
I See The Earth! (1968)
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It...
over a year ago
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It included exploring and farming the ocean, monorails, huge cities and space exploration. The illustration in the margins are small but I rather enjoyed the space flight...
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What Can We Learn from Genre Paintings of the Northern Renaissance?
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France’s Long March Against Racism
France’s Long March Against Racism
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France’s Long March Against Racism
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Who Were the Most Famous Symbolists?
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10 Must-Read Magical Realist Novels
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Francis Bacon Portrait of George Dyer to Sell at Sotheby’s
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Overcoming Bias
Culture Drift Predicts Decadence
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
3 months ago
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
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Is Free Will an Illusion? If So, That’s Okay
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The Musée d’Orsay Held An Immersive Van Gogh Show
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Jacksonville Confederate Monument Removed
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Who’s in the Tomb?
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
8 months ago
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
Trying to Understand...
The Obligatory End-of-Year Essay.
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
a year ago
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
Classical Wisdom
Should We Be More Naked?
Is modesty too modern?
a year ago
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The Fall of Singapore: The Largest Defeat in British Military History
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Heriot Bay, Ballet Bay Octopus Islands, and...
African History...
Guns and Spears: a military history of the Zulu kingdom.
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems...
a year ago
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems into two broad categories —the relatively modern armies along the Atlantic coast which used firearms, versus the 'traditional' armies in the interior that fought with arrows and...
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Sequoyah: The Man Who Created the Cherokee Written Language
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Who Was J. Edgar Hoover?
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10 Banned Literary Classics You Might Not Know
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The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
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The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
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African History...
When Africa discovered Europe
*my article for New Lines Magazine
a year ago
*my article for New Lines Magazine
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Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
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Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
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What to do with Columbus?
Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
2 months ago
Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
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Has the Christian Bible Been Corrupted?
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What Is Platonic Love in Simple Words?
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‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
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‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
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Nietzsche’s Crusade Against the Philosophers
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Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
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Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
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Ancient Greek Astronomy
Ursa Major
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Why Did Lord Byron Die in Greece?
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Art Philanthropy in the US Depends on Prestige
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Queen Elizabeth II: Who was Elizabeth Windsor?
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How Did Alexander Become ‘the Great’?
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Weekend Roundup
Roman Empire Podcasts
a year ago
Res Obscura
Kikkuli!
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
a year ago
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
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What Is Philippians About?
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weird medieval guys
Do you have less free time than a medieval peasant?
A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
a year ago
A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
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6 Most Common Ethical Dilemmas of the 21st Century
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How Napoleon Redefined French Artillery During the Napoleonic Wars
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When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
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When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
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Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
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The Mystery of Agnes Martin in 7 Facts
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Cinco de Mayo: 5 Facts About the Mexican Celebration
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A Collection of...
Michael Taylor on The Development of the M1 Garand and its Implications
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an...
a year ago
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an interesting argument about the longterm impact of the M1 Garand, the US army’s extremely successful World War II and Korean era battle rifle, introduced in 1936. A fantastically...
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Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part II: Government Without States
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly,...
6 months ago
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples raised armies to fight the Romans (and others) in the third through first centuries BC. Last time, we looked at the subsistence basis of these societies...
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Jean And Rose – A Paris Photo Love Story From 1929
In 1929, Jean, 20, was living on rue Clairault, Paris. He worked at a brokerage house on rue de la...
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In 1929, Jean, 20, was living on rue Clairault, Paris. He worked at a brokerage house on rue de la Grange Batelière. On December 11, Jean met Rose, 18, at the city’s Saint-Lazare metro station. She lived in the 15th arrondissement, and took classes in hairdressing at the École...
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Which Biblical Scriptures Present Gratitude at Thanksgiving?
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A Fabulous Collection of Antique Espresso Coffee Machines
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the...
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“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the oldest antiques market in Italy,” says collector Enrico Maltoni. His interest in antique espresso coffee makers became a labour of love means. He’s written extensively on the subject...
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How Can We Love Ourselves?
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
10 months ago
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
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The Tragic Life of Kermit Roosevelt & the Burden of Legacy
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A Collection of...
Referenda ad Senatum: November 1, 2024: Ancient Weapons, Lost Works and Roman Spooky-Stuff!
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a...
2 months ago
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a few times before, this week I am breaking the hiatus by taking a chance to answer a few shorter questions posed by my patrons over at Patreon who are the Patres et Matres...
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Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew: Sexist or Subversive?
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What Was the Salon des Refusés?
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Egypt Luxury Retreat Offers Guests to Search for Cleopatra’s Tomb
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Happy Easter! What Are the Origins of Easter?
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Harry Houdini’s Death: Was It Really by Sucker Punch?
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8 Famous Impressionist Paintings You Should Know
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Dust And Decadence In Weimar Berlin: Gustav Wunderwald’s Paintings Of Another City
Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav...
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Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav Wunderwald (1 January 1882 – 24 June 1945) liked to look at the other side of life in Germany’s biggest city. He avoided the decadence and any obvious comment and conspicuous...
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Immoral Art: Hume’s “Rough Heroes” Problem
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King Charles XIV John (Bernadotte): Marshal of France, King of Sweden
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The Apocrypha: Were Books Left Out of the Protestant Bible?
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Luck and Cheating in Roman Gambling: The Die is Cast
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The Rise of Fascism in Italy & The Two “Black Years”
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George Cassiday: Who Was the Man in the Green Hat?
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What Is the Good Friday Agreement?
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The World Turned Upside Down : Bizarro Illustrations From An 18th Century Chapbook
The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon...
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The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon Uncommon Subjects is Illustrated with Twelve Curious Cuts Truly Adapted to Each Story. The witty woodcuts show various role reversals. A cow becomes a butcher and the butcher his meat. A...
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When Did the Soviet Union Declare War on Japan?
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Ancient Remains of Two More Victims Discovered at Pompeii
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The pyramids of ancient Nubia and Meroe: death on the Nile and the mortuary architecture of Kush
a complete history of an African monument
a year ago
a complete history of an African monument
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Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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11th-Century Coins Found by Metal Detectors Valued at $5.6M
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Is Fear Driving Contemporary Politics? Hobbes’ Leviathan Revisited
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Why Are There Only Four Gospels?
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How Did Socrates Shape Classical Greek Philosophy?
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The ERR: How the Nazis Plundered France’s Priceless Art
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“I Have a Dream”: The Life of Martin Luther King Jr.
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Psychology & Spirituality: Exploring the Intersection With Carl Jung’s Analytical Psychology
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Naturalism, Realism, and Impressionism: Three Movements Explained
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African History...
The radical philosophy of the Hatata: a 17th century treatise by the Ethiopian thinker Zara Yacob
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
8 months ago
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
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Who Won the Battle of Antietam?
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Unveiling Romeo and Juliet: A Guide to Shakespeare’s Timeless Tragedy
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How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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When Did World War II Start and End?
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Caspar David Friedrich Sketchbook to Remain in Germany?
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