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The Art of Fear: What Is Italian Giallo?
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7 Ancient Greek Temples You Should Know
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History of Tanks: From Renaissance Sketches to the Modern Battlefield
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Trying to Understand...
Macron is Safe for the Moment
But the future worries me.
a year ago
But the future worries me.
Hundred Rabbits
a home for pino
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd...
over a year ago
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd arrive at our destination on time. There was 126nm between us and Shima Yacht harbor, a distance we needed to do in part at night. This wasn't ideal. We knew that. Many people...
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What Is the Origin and Significance of Columbus Day?
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The Devastating Dust Bowl of the Great Depression
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5 Key Takeaways from Susan Sontag’s Famous Essay On Style
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5 Female Heroes of World War II
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Was Minoan Crete a Matriarchal Society?
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Who Won the Battle of Fredericksburg?
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What’s the Best Time to See Mount Fuji?
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Res Obscura
Post-postal
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
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What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
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Hecate vs. Persephone: What’s the Difference?
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September 1, 1939: The Invasion of Poland
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“I Have a Dream”: The Life of Martin Luther King Jr.
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New Alphonse Mucha Museum to Open in Prague
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Here Are the 3 Etruscan Kings of Rome (and Lars Porsenna)
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Dreams of Space -...
Out of This World (1953)
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of...
a year ago
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of this World was one of my favorite "discoveries" when I first started collecting these books. It is a massive 160 pages of games, jokes, riddles, and space facts. I last blogged about...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The End of the World?
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Flashbak
New York City In Color – Garry Winogrand’s Street Shots
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry...
9 months ago
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry Winogrand: Winogrand Color we look at some of the New York-born photographer’s 45,000 early colour street photographs in 1950s and 1960s America. In 1970 and Winogrand visited the...
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The 5 Most Beautiful Buildings in Valencia
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The Birth of Ovid
The Birth of Ovid
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Sun, 03/24/2024 - 00:00
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The Birth of Ovid
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Trying to Understand...
The Rise of Extractive Politics
It's about having small expectations.
a year ago
It's about having small expectations.
TheCollector
Who Am I, Really? A Philosophical Quest for Self-Discovery
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What Makes a Piece of Art a Masterpiece?
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It's War, Josep, But Not As We Know It
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
over a year ago
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
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10 Things You Should Know About Henri Cartier-Bresson
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10 Must-Visit Historic Small Towns in the Adirondacks
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Battle of Chaeronea: Philip II vs. Athens and Thebes
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Omega: The Last Days of the World – Camille Flammarion’s Visions of A Dying Planet (1883)
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical...
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‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical prediction on every tongue; it would have made fewer victims, for already, from some unknown cause, the death-rate was increasing. At every instant one felt the electric shock of a...
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The Mystery of Agnes Martin in 7 Facts
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What Did Averroes Ask Ibn Arabi?
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5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
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Get to Know Alma Mahler: Composer, Muse, and Scandalous Woman
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The First Italo-Ethiopian War: When the Colonizers Lost
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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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Fri, 06/21/2024 - 08:00
Classical Wisdom
Do You Need Children to Care About the Future?
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
4 months ago
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
TheCollector
What’s So Special About The Thinker by Auguste Rodin?
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Where is the Tomb of Alexander the Great?
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5 Interesting Aspects of Medieval Mongol Culture
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Does Free Will Exist?
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Anglo-Afghan Wars: How Afghanistan Became the Graveyard of Empires
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8 Fashion Trends of the Roaring Twenties
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What Can You Do When You Don't Have A Culture?
Not that much, actually.
4 months ago
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6 Incredible Roman Sites in Spain
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Overcoming Bias
Beware Value Dashboards
Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering...
2 months ago
Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering to direct their motions, and c) a driver to manage both.
TheCollector
7 Outrageous Cases of Art Vandalism That May Shock You
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Dreams of Space -...
Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars (1960)
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A....
a year ago
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A. Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston. (55 p.) 1960.
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7 Lost Books of the Christian Bible: What Were They About?
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Francis Bacon Portrait of George Dyer to Sell at Sotheby’s
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Should you be Skeptical of Ads? Pyrrhonian Skepticism and Consumerism
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History Today Feed
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
Rome’s Greatest Defeat? Hannibal’s Victory at Cannae
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French & Belgian Occupation of the Ruhr: A Postwar Reparations Crisis
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Romania in WWII: An Important Part of the Eastern Front
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What Does It Take to Become a US President?
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‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
11 months ago
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Skeptics?
Is it good to question everything?
8 months ago
Is it good to question everything?
TheCollector
What Was Aristotle’s Opinion on Metaphysics?
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Trying to Understand...
Understanding What's Happening in France.
The kinetic phase may come next.
a year ago
The kinetic phase may come next.
Dreams of Space -...
Telstar: Communication Break-through by Satellite (1962)
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current...
a year ago
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current (at the time) and wonderful event in global communication. We has lost track of how satellites have changed our lives and made the earth a smaller place. It is a little dull in...
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Rat Collection by Banksy Comes Up for Auction
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What Is the History of the Guitar?
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American Dream Revisited: Affluence & Turbulence in 1950s America
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10 Incredible Examples of European Symbolist Art
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The Thirteenth Amendment: Abolishing Slavery in the USA
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“The Whole World Is Watching”: The 1968 Chicago Riots at the DNC
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World’s Oldest Egyptian Museum Unveils New Galleries
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7 Works by Margaret Keane You Should Know
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Isaiah Berlin’s Two Concepts of Liberty: Negative and Positive Liberty
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Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
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‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
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‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
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10 Films for Photography Enthusiasts
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What Is Transcendentalism?
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Res Obscura
Experiencing scientific revolutions: the 1660s and the 2020s
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Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
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Four Common(ly misunderstood) Latin Proverbs
Factoids From the Ancient World
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Factoids From the Ancient World
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7 Dickensian Locations: In the Footsteps of Charles Dickens
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What Are Buddhism’s 4 Main Schools of Thought?
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6 Demons in Tibetan Buddhism
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Giants in the Bible and Other Writings: From Genesis to Mythology
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Flashbak
Armand Henrion: The Artist Who Always Painted Himself As A Clown
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist...
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Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist movement, worked in France and became a French citizen. And he liked to paint self-portraits – hundreds of them – in which he is dressed as a clown (more Pierrot than Bozo). Pierrot...
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Working in Ancient Egypt: 5 Interesting Professions
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The Paradox of Fiction: Is it Irrational to be Moved by Fiction?
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6 Inventions to Thank the Aztec, Maya, & Inca For
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Battle of the Persian Gate: An Achaemenid Thermopylae, 330 BCE
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How Did the Protestant Reformation Influence European Art?
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How Did Nils Bohlin Change the Auto Industry? (Inventor of the Three-Point Seatbelt)
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Civil Rights & Social Change: The Fight for Equality in US Elections
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Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
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Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
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50 Years of Cyprus Divided
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
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50 Years of Cyprus Divided
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
TheCollector
The Fowler Museum in L.A. Returns Seven Valuables to Ghana
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7 Historical Places to Visit in Somerset
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Catholicism: The 10 Most Unusual Patron Saints
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Roman Military Ranks: From Legionary to General
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8 Works of Paul Klee You Should Know
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Hungary in WWII: A Lesser Axis Power
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Trying to Understand...
War Is Complicated.
And not just the fighting bit.
a year ago
And not just the fighting bit.
TheCollector
15 Surprising Facts about Adolf Hitler, The World’s Most Hated Man
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Who Was Vernon Lee?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVc: Perseus
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa,...
8 months ago
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb) look at the how the Roman military system and its manipular legion were able to defeat the Hellenistic military system and its Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and...
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
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Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:32
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Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:32
Patterns in Humanity
Immigrant assimilation in Denmark
A brief overview of the school performance of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants in Denmark
7 months ago
A brief overview of the school performance of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants in Denmark
Flashbak
Vanity Fair’s Bifurcated Girls: The Article That Introduced America To Girlie Magazines, 1903
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of...
7 months ago
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of Vanity Fair magazine. That’s not the glossy publication we know today, rather the a short-lived pulp magazine published by the Commonwealth Publishing Company of New York City...
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Augusto Pinochet’s Brutal Rule: A Look Inside His Regime
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The Life of Lu Xun: Writing on China at a Crossroads
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Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor?
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Battle of Gaugamela (331 BCE): Alexander’s Achaemenid Armageddon
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The Great Game: British Empire vs. Tsarist Russia in Afghanistan
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The Secret SS Mission to Tibet You’ve Never Heard Of
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‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/30/2024 -...
10 months ago
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/30/2024 - 10:13
Trying to Understand...
Don't Confuse Me With Facts.
They know what they think.
a year ago
They know what they think.
TheCollector
Neanderthal Nonsense: Debunking Myths About Our Ancient Cousins
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6 months ago
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How Did the Assyrians Shape the Ancient Near East?
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12 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the Intellectual history of Africa
the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
10 months ago
the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
TheCollector
A Brief History of the Aboriginal Lands Right Movement
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Phoolan Devi, Bandit Queen of India
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
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 November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
GrimGrains, added a quick grilled cheese recipe.
Noodle,...
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Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed
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Who Were the Successors of Constantine the Great?
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a year ago
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The Election That Caused the Boer War
The Election That Caused the Boer War
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
6 months ago
The Election That Caused the Boer War
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
History Today Feed
US President or American Caesar?
US President or American Caesar?
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/26/2024 - 08:00
2 months ago
US President or American Caesar?
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/26/2024 - 08:00
History Today Feed
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 01:00
10 months ago
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 01:00
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of the Mind
a year ago
TheCollector
Northanger Abbey: Jane Austen’s Gothic Parody
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How Can Stoicism Help Overcome Adversity?
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Beyond Stoicism
New Event: January 7th, 2025
6 days ago
New Event: January 7th, 2025
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The Prado Museum Shows Paintings in Different Light
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Who Was Osama bin Laden?
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