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Marcus Aurelius VS Diogenes
Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
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Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
History Today Feed
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
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Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:07
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The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:07
TheCollector
Prometheus: The Titan Who Defied Zeus and Created Humanity
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The History of Esperanto: A Modern Lingua Franca?
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Are We All Actors? Erving Goffman’s Analysis of Social Interactions
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Do You Believe in Magic?
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
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Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
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Valhalla & the Other Afterlives in Norse Mythology
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What Pets Did the Ancient Romans Have?
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Who Was Elena/Eleno de Céspedes?
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6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Know
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Res Obscura
Why drug history?
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
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Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
TheCollector
Hitler’s Inner Circle: The 7 Most Powerful Figures in the Third Reich
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Is My Life Just a Cosmic Accident? Finding Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
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What Is a Banana Republic?
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7 Facts You Need to Know About Brutalism
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Lives of Exiles
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TheCollector
Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition: What is an Active Life?
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What Is the Shadow According to Carl Jung?
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Colombian President in Search for a Long-Lost Treasure
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What Is the History of Hipster Culture?
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British Museum Receives Its Most Valuable Gift Ever
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History Today Feed
Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/23/2024 - 10:07
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Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/23/2024 - 10:07
Overcoming Bias
Futarchy Futurism
I have often taken on the role of econ futurist, analyzing the social consequences of particular...
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I have often taken on the role of econ futurist, analyzing the social consequences of particular future techs.
TheCollector
10 Incredible Examples of European Symbolist Art
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TheCollector
Why Is Edward Hopper Cinema’s Favorite Painter?
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Be More Naked?
Is modesty too modern?
a year ago
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Ancient Olympics
History of the Games
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The First Biographers
...and the Surprising Legacy of Ancient Literature
a year ago
...and the Surprising Legacy of Ancient Literature
TheCollector
How Did Bebop Influence Jazz?
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What Was the Chaco War?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
How do we know what’s True? How can we decipher what is real among lies?
“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
11 months ago
“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
TheCollector
Which Archeological Finds Support the Bible?
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The Two Slayings of Holofernes: Artemisia vs. Caravaggio
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TheCollector
Philopoemen: The Last Great General of Ancient Greece
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9 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over 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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented the export of .theme files, and theme...
Trying to Understand...
Papa To The Rescue.
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
3 months ago
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
TheCollector
Expressionism: 12 Iconic Paintings & Their Artists
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
j.hoare
Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
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Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
j.hoare
Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
TheCollector
Art Basel Miami Beach Faces Protests
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KAWS: 11 Things You Should Know
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How Fritz the Cat Deconstructed 1960s America
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Alfred the Great and the Most Important Battle in English History
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Alicia Keys Art Show at The Brooklyn Museum
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The Louvre Could Move Mona Lisa To Underground Chamber
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6 Lesser-Known Strange Ancient Olympic Sports
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How Did Henry VIII Find a Bride through Portraits?
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First Nations of the Canadian Subarctic: A Brief History
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Trying to Understand...
NATO's Phantom Armies.
And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
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And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
Classical Wisdom
Herodotus Versus Thucydides?
Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
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Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
Flashbak
The Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll from 19th Century Japan
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from...
5 months ago
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from Japan. It’s a subject we’ve visited before with the Yokai Horrors from the 18th Century Bakemono Zukushi Scroll. Thought to originate in the mid 1800s, the artist behind the Kaikidan...
TheCollector
How Did the Guggenheim Museum Emerge as an Iconic Art Institution?
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Who Was George Hodel?
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French Culture Minister Calls For Climate Activism Penalties
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Who’s Who of the Kennedys: 9 Notable Members
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11 months ago
Global Inequality...
On general futility of political discussions with people
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people...
a year ago
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people and have concluded that these discussions are, almost entirely, futile in making people either see things differently, or acknowledge that others may see things differently, or...
TheCollector
The Hatfield-McCoy Rivalry of Appalachia: What Started the Feud?
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Johnny Cash: A Bio of Country Ballads & Boisterous Song
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TheCollector
Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India
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2 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Judy Space Puzzles (1970s)
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time...
a month ago
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time to bring them back.
These were classroom puzzles (although they were probably owned by kids at home too). They were mostly for Kindergarten-2nd grade kids and were "educational" as...
TheCollector
Les Soixante-Huitards: The French Student Demonstrations of May 1968
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Who Was Henri Cartier Bresson?
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Who Were the Ancient Israelites? A Brief History
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What Was the Beatles’ First Hit?
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Angels in the Bible: Ambassadors From Another World?
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The Louvre Seeks Donations to Buy Chardin’s Strawberries Work
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Walter Benjamin: What are the Connections Between Language and Theology?
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Who Is the Archangel Michael? Analyzing an Angel
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Classical Wisdom
Does Marcus Matter?
Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
12 months ago
Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
TheCollector
Roman Goddess: Who Is Pomona?
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a year ago
African History...
The intellectual history of Ethiopia and Eritrea: Ge'ez manuscripts and scholars (ca. 200-1900CE)
The unique manuscript collections of Ethiopia and Eritrea written in the Ge'ez script are arguably...
a week ago
The unique manuscript collections of Ethiopia and Eritrea written in the Ge'ez script are arguably the best-known works of literature produced in pre-colonial Africa.
TheCollector
Aristotle’s Model of Communication: 3 Key Elements of Persuasion
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Olympics Special
4 months ago
Flashbak
Before Banksy: London Graffiti in the 1980s
It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the...
a year ago
It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the right people. Most of of it got washed off walls or knocked down as the buildings it decorated made way for flats. Most of it wasn’t all that good. And because London graffiti was a...
TheCollector
The Treaty of Versailles: An Overview of Its Contents & Effects
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
The Tudor War on Libel
The Tudor War on Libel
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
a month ago
The Tudor War on Libel
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
TheCollector
The Battle of Grunwald: A Gamechanger for Eastern Europe
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Everything You Need To Know About Hecate (Maiden, Mother, Crone)
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TheCollector
How Did Muscovy Become Russia?
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Open Culture
The Ingenious Engineering of Leonardo da Vinci’s Self-Supporting Bridge, Explained
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self...
5 days ago
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self Supporting Bridge.” That sounds like a typical example of YouTube hyperbole, though on first glance, it isn’t at all obvious how the fragile-looking structure can stay up, much less...
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Rembrandt Used Arsenic to Paint “The Night Watch”
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Who Were the Landsknechts?
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Andrew & Rachel Jackson: A Scandalous Marriage & the 1828 Election
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 1, 2023
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of...
a year ago
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of town. We’ll be back to our regular schedule next week, with the next big topic I want to tackle being what a shield wall is and how it actually functions on a … Continue reading Gap...
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Latest Pompeii Discovery is a Rare Blue Room
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TheCollector
Is The Digital Era Truly Destroying Art?
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Trying to Understand...
A Short Service Announcement.
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be...
a year ago
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be interested. The essays themselves will continue to be entirely free, and I don’t have plans to produce subscriber-only material. I’ve also set up a Buy Me a Coffee cup.
TheCollector
Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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Wise Men & Witches: Magic in the Bible
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TheCollector
Who Was Susan Sontag?
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a year ago
Res Obscura
LLM-based educational games will be a big deal
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that...
7 months ago
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that might look like.
TheCollector
7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye
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9 months ago
Open Culture
Watch The Insects’ Christmas from 1913: A Stop Motion Film Starring a Cast of Dead Bugs
Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from...
5 days ago
Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from your holiday schedule to spend time celebrating The Insects’ Christmas, above. In addition to offering brief respite from the chaos of consumerism and modern expectations, this...
TheCollector
Understanding Henri Cartier-Bresson Through 7 Photographs
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Alexander Nevsky: Savior of the Kievan Rus’?
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The Kitchen Debate: Khrushchev vs. Nixon
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The Second Battle of El Alamein: How Was Rommel Defeated?
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Great Zimbabwe: Center of a Mysterious African Civilization
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
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Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
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4 Greek Myths That Inspired Cinema
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Is There More to Life Than This? Beyond the Material World
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11 Shocking Facts About the Black Dahlia Case
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Classical Wisdom
Dionysus
The God of Wine!
2 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
leleuvia
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We...
over a year ago
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We found a place like this, Leleuvia, an island in the Lomaitivi archipelago in Fiji.
This island went through many hands over the years, it now belongs to a resort that too bears the...
TheCollector
Highway Dig Uncovers Prehistoric Monument in Czech Republic
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Gods Vs Titans
...and the Origins of the Universe
a year ago
...and the Origins of the Universe
TheCollector
How Did Lucas Cranach the Elder Support the Protestant Reformation?
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TheCollector
Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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TheCollector
St. Petersburg: A History of the City Built on Bones
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TheCollector
Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Myths and Metamorphoses
6 months ago
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How Did Belgium Become a Country?
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6 months ago
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