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The Beatles Created a Painting While Touring in Japan
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Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had some unexpected (but good) travel, which has made a bit of havoc in my schedule and I am still trying to catch back up. Nevertheless, I wanted to use this week’s fireside to muse a...
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The Jungian Persona: What Are the Masks We Wear?
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Josephine Baker: An American Dancer in the French Resistance
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Plato’s Phaedo: Is The Soul Immortal?
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Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
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the rock of polynesia
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We'd also heard that the school...
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Abstract Expressionist Alfred Leslie Through 7 Paintings
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How (& Why) Is Kaliningrad Part of Russia?
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50 Years of Cyprus Divided
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Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
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Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
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10 Representations of Judith Slaying Holofernes in Painting
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Trench Warfare in World War I: Rot, Rats, Ruin
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Maurice Sendak Illustrates William Blake’s Songs of Innocence
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In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s Songs of Innocence (1789). The booklet’s 275 copies were given to friends of the publisher, The Bodley Head, as Christmas gifts to mark the company’s 80th anniversary. The idea...
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Who Was Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi?
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The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
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Putting Mothers on Death Row
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This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review of the film for Foreign Policy, which you can find here (behind the paywall). I also discussed it with Jason Herbert and Sarah Bond over at Historians at the Movies, which is a...
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How Tall Is Mount Rushmore?
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1968 in America: One of the Most Tumultuous Years in US History?
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What Led to the Assassination of Emperor Caligula?
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of January.
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A History of Gibraltar: The Rock & the Ages
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The Orixás of Candomblé: Who Is Your Tutelary Spirit?
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Istanbul’s Top 7 Historic Gems
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a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
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a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
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The 21st Amendment: The Only Amendment That Repealed Another
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Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid seventeenth century many men wore the ‘Van Dyke’ style of a small, pointy beard and moustaches. By the end of the 1600s, beards were in decline, leaving many men with just moustaches. The...
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And don't say a word about Europe.
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Rationalism Vs. Empiricism 101: Which One is Right?
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Dreams of Space -...
Let's Fly to the Universe (1962)
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012...
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A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012 here:
https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/12/flying-in-space-1961.html
I think it is Czech, but may be a difference Russian language. I got a Russian reprint of this and still find it a very...
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10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War
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Ancient Town Beneath London’s National Gallery Revealed
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What Is Appropriation in Art?
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6 Unsolved Murder Mysteries Involving Historical Figures
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What Was the Importance of Caesarea in Christianity?
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‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
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‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
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Plato on Political Polarization
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What Is Hegel’s Dialectic Method?
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Combinatory Logic, wrote a guide to combinatory logic, using talking...
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One, Two (1965)
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting...
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The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting book about spaceflight. I hope that you find it as charming as I do.
DeCaprio, Annie and David Krieger. Illustrated by Nydorf, Seymour. One, Two. New York: Wonder Books. (24 p.)...
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Fascism vs. Modernism: Clash in Art & Design
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A Wasting Asset?
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Europe turns away from America.
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Andrew Jackson’s Early Life: Lawyer, Slave Trader, & Military Hero
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Top 7 Dutch Golden Age Artists to Know
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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 Tudor War on Libel
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The Tudor War on Libel
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIa: Peak Pike-Phalanx
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This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the triumph of the Roman legions in the third and second century over the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we looked at some of the operational and strategic...
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7 Scottish Inventors & Their Inventions
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How Did Impressionism Get Its Name?
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St. Nick and Saturnalia
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10 Compelling Facts About Abraham Lincoln
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Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
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Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
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Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
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Italian vs. Northern Renaissance Art: What’s the Difference?
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India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
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Who Was Margery Kempe? The Medieval Mystic Who Couldn’t Stop Crying
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A Guide to 6 Natural Wonders of Vietnam
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The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
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...and the Surprising Legacy of Ancient Literature
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What Is the Gift of Tongues in the Bible?
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What Are the Most Difficult Languages to Learn?
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6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
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Why the Organ Split the Church
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Why the Organ Split the Church
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Tribes of Detroit 1968 : New American People On The Cusp Of Change
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The Grand Egyptian Museum Soon Opens for Visitors
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Respect the Spartan Woman!
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How was it for the ancient ladies?
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17 Crazy Facts about the History of Chocolate
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Who Are the Most Important Christian Figures After the Bible?
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The “Good Italian” Myth in Postwar Italy: Dangers of Erasing the Past
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From Anya, Joel and Frida
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Why Is Emperor Caligula’s Reign Notorious?
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Dreams of Space -...
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The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few...
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The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few pages where the Hebrew version "switches" sides. Because this is such a charming book I have loaded the whole thing. As an additional treat I own some of the original illustration...
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5 Important Stories About Thor the Norse God of Thunder
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Isaiah Berlin’s Two Concepts of Liberty: Negative and Positive Liberty
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5 Interesting Aspects of Medieval Mongol Culture
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‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
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Arguing with the Dead
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Fear the worst, hope for the best.
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France’s Long March Against Racism
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France’s Long March Against Racism
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‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
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What Are the Origins of the Word Echo?
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Who Was England’s Black Prince?
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‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
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Historical links between Africa and Armenia (ca. 600-1900)
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The Philosophy of the Oxford Group: Vegetarianism & Animal Rights
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Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
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How Did the Soviet Union Influence the World?
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Aristotle’s Model of Communication: 3 Key Elements of Persuasion
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And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
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Benjamin Franklin: All About His Personal & Private Life
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Classical Wisdom
Greece's Forgotten Legacy
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
a year ago
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
TheCollector
The Met Returns Looted “Golden Boy” Statue to Thailand
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Res Obscura
Res Obscura Newsletter: December, 2019
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I...
over a year ago
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I learned about just this month: the Lithuanian composer and artist Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911). His paintings and music evoke a mysterious feeling that has stuck with...
Open Culture
How A Charlie Brown Christmas, and Its Beloved Soundtrack Album, Almost Never Happened
A Charlie Brown Christmas uses a cast of amateur child voice actors, deals with the theme of...
a week ago
A Charlie Brown Christmas uses a cast of amateur child voice actors, deals with the theme of seasonal depression, and culminates in the recitation of a Bible verse, all to a jazz score. It was not, safe to say, the special that CBS had expected, to say nothing of its sponsor, the...
TheCollector
Against Liberalism: What is Communitarianism?
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TheCollector
Why Is the Symbol of Flowers Associated with Femininity?
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TheCollector
How Did Black Friday Get Its Name?
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TheCollector
History of Hollywood in the 1980s-1990s: Everything You Need to Know
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TheCollector
The 4 Most Controversial Historical Events from the Past 200 Years
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TheCollector
Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks
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What Are the Key Influences That Shaped the French New Wave?
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TheCollector
Is the Q Source the Origin of the Gospels?
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TheCollector
Is Anarchism a Bad Idea? 3 Main Objections
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a year ago
Flashbak
A Shagtastic Tour of Swinging Britain in 1967
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of...
8 months ago
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of Swinging Britain capsule from 1967. Shot on 35mm film and backed by the lilting holiday camp music, a narrator these videos are not a little kitsch. In Swinging Britain we take an...
Dreams of Space -...
The Conquest of Space (1962?)
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a...
a year ago
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a couple of things I had not seen before. The Conquest of Space is a 1962 (?) Australian stamp album. It is intended for children to collect paper stamps they get in Nestle chocolate...
Trying to Understand...
L'Étrange défaite: Réalité et réalisme
Another of my essays in French.
3 weeks ago
Another of my essays in French.
Classical Wisdom
Emotions: Better Out or In?
Can Catharsis Help... or Harm?
7 months ago
Can Catharsis Help... or Harm?
TheCollector
Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital?
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a year ago
Wrong Side of...
Progressive realism and Perfidious Albion
Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
a month ago
Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
Flashbak
At Home With Candy, Andy and the Bearandas, A Terrifying Children’s Comic From 1966
In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical...
7 months ago
In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical English village called Riverale, going about the place in their rainbow-striped Mini. For a year, their everyday lives were documented in 154 comic books ( ‘the comic full of fun...
TheCollector
Once Overlooked Painting From Botticelli’s Studio Rediscovered
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Should You Believe in Something Just Because It’s Logical?
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TheCollector
Fenrir: Who Was the Norse Wolf Destined to Kill Odin?
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TheCollector
What Was Jim Crow?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
5 Women in Philosophy of Science You Should Know
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TheCollector
Who Was Frantz Fanon?
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Classical Wisdom
Events Schedule
*Time Correction for Wednesday
11 months ago
*Time Correction for Wednesday
Trying to Understand...
No End Of A Lesson.
If we can only learn it.
3 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IIIc: Ten Tribunes, Two Censors and Twenty-Six Guys
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb)...
a year ago
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Last time we looked at the top of the Roman political career in the republic,...
Flashbak
New York City In Kodachrome – Color Photos Found In A Trashcan From the 1950s and 1960s
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he...
a year ago
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he tells us, “I lived in Manhattan in the 1980s when Ed Koch was mayor, before decamping to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I remain to this day.At that time you could find many...
TheCollector
Alexander Hamilton: From Orphan to Founding Father
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TheCollector
10 Palazzos (Palaces) in Venice You Must Visit
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
What Government Governs Best?
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
a year ago
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Love Ourselves?
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
10 months ago
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
TheCollector
Who Were the United States Indian Scouts?
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TheCollector
History of the Berlin Wall: From Its Construction to Its Destruction
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
a year ago
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
TheCollector
Benedict Arnold: The Epitome of Betrayal
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of the Hudson’s Bay Company?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Does Descartes Believe God Is Essential to Knowledge?
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Ancient World’s Greatest War
2 months ago
The Ancient World’s Greatest War
TheCollector
How the Celtic Britons Used the River Thames
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9 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 4, 2023
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done...
a year ago
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done and some syllabi written before the semester begins in earnest later this week. Also before we dive in I want to note that it appears that Patreon has been having some trouble...
TheCollector
Sutton Hoo: Inside an Early English Ship Burial
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10 months ago
Flashbak
Highlights of Colour Theory: Illustrating The Mysteries of Light In Colour Whels, Tables, Charts And...
Wavelengths of light between 400 and 700 nanometers on the electromagnetic spectrum (EM) are known...
6 months ago
Wavelengths of light between 400 and 700 nanometers on the electromagnetic spectrum (EM) are known as visible light, or light that can be processed and seen by the human eye. It’s a little fraction of all the EM radiation around us. There are many other parts of the EM spectrum...
TheCollector
Who is Adrian Piper? The Most Important Conceptual Artist of Our Time
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TheCollector
Artists Expressed Concerns on Banning TikTok in the U.S.
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9 months ago
TheCollector
11th-Century Coins Found by Metal Detectors Valued at $5.6M
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2 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Socrates Influence His Contemporaries?
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Changing Seasons
4 months ago
History Today Feed
How Iran Won the West
How Iran Won the West
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
a month ago
How Iran Won the West
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
TheCollector
Were They Really World Wars? WWI & WWII Outside of Europe
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TheCollector
5 Most Hated Famous Artists
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TheCollector
How Nazi Propaganda Appropriated the Vikings
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TheCollector
Serop Simonian Art Dealer Arrested by German Polica
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a year ago
TheCollector
Why Does Nietzsche Reject Morality?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Silver Shields: Alexander the Great’s Legendary Elite Troops
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a week ago
TheCollector
What Are the Iconographic Elements of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Freak Shows: The Truth Behind Beauty and the Beast
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a year ago
Overcoming Bias
Drift Poll Winner: Rational Culture
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re...
2 months ago
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re their likelihood and desirability. (I later added influence.) Here are best fit priorities (relative to 100 max), sorted by priority sum:
TheCollector
10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
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8 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Who You Are Vs. What You Control
If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other...
2 months ago
If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other things being equal, the best plan is to let as few things into your identity as possible.
TheCollector
A Greek Hoplite’s Day in Ancient Greece: A Spear of Greece
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a year ago
TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Anys Reimann, Contemporary Artist
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Jormungandr: Get to Know the Midgard Serpent
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
a year ago
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
TheCollector
What Were the Most Controversial Suffragette Protests?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Monet Haystack Painting Could Fetch $30 Million at Auction Next Month
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8 months ago
African History...
A complete history of Madagascar and the island kingdom of Merina.
State and society on Africa's largest island.
a year ago
State and society on Africa's largest island.
Global Inequality...
Powerful, but within the orbit of the empire
A review of Clinton Fernandes’ “Subimperial power“
12 months ago
A review of Clinton Fernandes’ “Subimperial power“
TheCollector
Here’s What to Know About the History of Lake Como’s World-Famous Villa
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a month ago
History Today Feed
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
2 months ago
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
African History...
When Africa discovered Europe
*my article for New Lines Magazine
a year ago
*my article for New Lines Magazine
TheCollector
Sotheby’s Sells Monet’s Water Lilies For $65.5 Million
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TheCollector
Secret Renaissance Passageway Reopens in Florence
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TheCollector
A History of Italy in 13 Monuments
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TheCollector
Colonial Mexican Art: 4 Key Formats and Themes
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The Infancy Gospel of Thomas & the Childhood of Jesus Christ
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TheCollector
What Was the Third Council of Constantinople?
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TheCollector
George Herbert Mead on the Birth & Evolution of the Self
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TheCollector
The Battle of Oriskany: A Civil War in New York
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Ockham’s Razor?
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TheCollector
What is Appalachian Culture?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Edmund Dulac’s American Weekly Covers – 1924-1951
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration,...
6 months ago
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration, roughly from 1875-1925, writes Albert Seligman. His luxurious Gift Books of the early 20th century were covered in vellum and issued in signed limited editions with tipped-in color...
TheCollector
Sotheby’s and Christie’s: A Comparison of the Biggest Auction Houses
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The Evolution of Socialism and Its Influence in the US
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2 months ago
TheCollector
First Nations of the Canadian Subarctic: A Brief History
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2 months ago
African History...
The complete history of Brava (ca. 1000-1900): a Swahili enclave in southern Somalia
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once...
9 months ago
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once bustling cosmopolitan enclave whose influence features prominently in the history of the East African coast. Located more than 500 km north of the Swahili heartland, Brava retained a...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, July 12, 2024
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for this week, but it has been a bit stubborn and I do not want to derail my book writing/revising schedule in order to push it out before it is ready. So that will almost certainly...
TheCollector
Jackie Wang’s Carceral Capitalism: Is Capitalism Compulsory?
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Does Epistemology Address Memory as a Source of Knowledge?
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TheCollector
7 Ways in Which Ancient Egypt Influenced Greece
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TheCollector
What Are the Most Important Symbols in Alice in Wonderland?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
They Say They Want Rearmament ....
We-ell, you know ....
a year ago
Hidden History
The Great Horse Flu Epidemic of 1872
An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire...
2 weeks ago
An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire country. By the 1870s, the once-rural agrarian United States was beginning to emerge as an industrial power. The Civil War had spurred the rapid development of industry such as iron...
Flashbak
Trees are Sanctuaries: Wandering – Notes and Sketches by Hermann Hesse, 1920
“For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers” – Herman Hesse, Wandering: Notes and...
2 months ago
“For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers” – Herman Hesse, Wandering: Notes and Sketches Hermann Hesse (July 2, 1877–August 9, 1962) speaks of the search for truth and that sense of escaping into the natural world in this 1920 collection of his pros,...
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Chickamauga?
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10 months ago
Flashbak
Stock Car Racing in 1972
In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in...
a month ago
In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in Seekonk, Massachusetts and Thompson, Connecticut. In 1972, women only raced each other, hair was grown out crewcuts slicked and draped, and TV-led big business had yet to move in....
TheCollector
Sotheby’s to Auction Its First Robot-Made Artwork
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Peckham Banksy Art Removed by Two Men
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
3 weeks ago
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
Wrong Side of...
The chilling dawn of multiracial fascism
WOKE DOOD: WAT NOU?
a month ago
Overcoming Bias
Beware Policy Abstraction
The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly...
a month ago
The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly confirm that the issues focused on there were biased in two key ways.
TheCollector
What Was the Siege of Jerusalem?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Was George Washington Nearly Killed During the American Revolution?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Amun: The Egyptian God of Creation & King of the Gods
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Celebrate MLK with 'Agape'
How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
11 months ago
How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
4 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of August.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added new pages: Sointula, Johnstone Strait anchorages, and Central coast anchorages. Updated existing pages: added Yuculta and Dent rapids with...
TheCollector
What Was the Mandate of Heaven in Imperial China?
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