Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Afraid of Technology?
Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
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Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
TheCollector
Évora: History & 10 Must-See Sites
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TheCollector
Winnie Mandela: Mother of the Nation?
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History Today Feed
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
11 months ago
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
TheCollector
7 Important Baroque Paintings You Should Know
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TheCollector
Caravaggio: The Scandalous Crimes of a Baroque Artist
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TheCollector
Coach Rusty’s Art Goes Interactive With Top Tier Authentics
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIa: How a Legion Fights
This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second...
10 months ago
This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander and the Roman legions. Last time, we looked at the Hellenistic army as a complete system, incorporating...
A Collection of...
Continues the Hiatus, 2024
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue...
2 months ago
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue through October. I am making good progress on my writing, but still need to keep focusing. I am currently, I believe, on track for us to go back to normally scheduled posts in...
TheCollector
The Horrors of “Rubber Fever” in the Amazon Rainforest
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIb: Pyrrhus
This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
9 months ago
This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the performance of the Roman army and its legions in the third and second century BC against the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we sought to assess some of...
Flashbak
48 Hours In The Life of Andy Warhol, 1981
In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a...
a week ago
In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a portfolio of ten screenprints featuring fictional characters: The Star (Greta Garbo in her titular role in the 1931 film Mata Hari), Uncle Sam, The Witch (Margaret Hamilton, star of the...
TheCollector
Phoolan Devi, Bandit Queen of India
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Flashbak
Painting The Celestial Afterglow after Krakatoa, 1888
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying...
5 months ago
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying on the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Indonesian province of Lampung, Krakatoa was hit by a series of four massive eruptions – the equivalent to 200...
TheCollector
Slavoj Zizek on the 2 Types of Violence
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Beneath the Waves...
a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Afterlife of the Roman Republic
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate...
a month ago
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate poll (we’ll also do the winner, “The Problem with Sci-Fi Body armor” before year’s end, worry not), the “Afterlife of the Roman Republic,” which is to say a look at the continued...
TheCollector
Hans Jonas on Responsibility in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
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TheCollector
What Is Thatcherism?
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Trying to Understand...
The Past Is Another Country.
A book review from the future.
5 months ago
A book review from the future.
TheCollector
How Did Henri Matisse Evolve as an Artist?
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TheCollector
6 Appalachian Folk Stories That Will Keep You Up at Night
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TheCollector
What Are the Characteristics of Italian Renaissance Art?
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How Saint Helena and the True Cross Changed an Empire
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Plovdiv: Europe’s Oldest Continuously Inhabited City
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History Today Feed
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
6 months ago
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
The First Punic War: A Clash of Cultures
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Dreams of Space -...
Bozo and His Rocket Ship -Capitol Record-Reader (1947)
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called...
9 months ago
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called "records," there were children's record-readers. My mom had some of these from here childhood so I actually read some of them. You would put a stack of records on (this one had 4...
TheCollector
5 Female Hispanic Artists That You Should Know About
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TheCollector
7 Famous Dutch Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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TheCollector
‘A Priori’ and ‘A Posteriori’ Knowledge: What Are They?
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Flashbak
Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And Vinyl Covers
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
3 months ago
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
TheCollector
What Is Alice in Wonderland Syndrome?
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TheCollector
Rembrandt Used Arsenic to Paint “The Night Watch”
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Flashbak
The Art of Arranging Flowers: A 1960s Guide for Achieving Harmony Through Art and Nature
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of...
2 months ago
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of ikebana. The practice, which roughly translates to “making flowers come alive”, “the way of flowers” or the less poetic “flowers kept alive” uses flora to create specific human...
TheCollector
When Did World War II Start and End?
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TheCollector
George Washington’s The Revolutionary War Letter on Sale
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August
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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented a way to shift multiple tiles at once, and...
Flashbak
Shopping The Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen Flea Market in 1990
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand...
5 months ago
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand goods market, in Paris, France. Peter Marshall was staying in Noisy-le-Grand in the city’s eastern suburbs when he mooched to the market. Taken on walks around the area and...
Hidden History
The Ancient Egyptian Game of Mehen
Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But...
a month ago
Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But recent study has completely changed the way we think about this game. History In 1861, French archaeologists Auguste Mariette and Jacques de Morgan found a tomb at Saqqara that was...
Flashbak
Cruising New York City With Video Blogger Nelson Sullivan In The 1980s
“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos...
10 months ago
“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos that, even more than the Warhol diaries, trenchantly capture the party years in all their gleeful decadent fun.” – Michael Musto on New York City video blogger (vlogging) Nelson...
Trying to Understand...
L'Étrange défaite: Réalité et réalisme
Another of my essays in French.
a week ago
Another of my essays in French.
TheCollector
How Did the Seasons Get Their Names?
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TheCollector
British Museum to Digitalize Its Collection
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TheCollector
A Colossal Ramses II Statue Pieces Uncovered
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TheCollector
The Liberation of Paris in World War II: Did the City Burn?
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TheCollector
An Art Lovers Guide to Outdoor Exhibitions in Japan
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Trying to Understand...
One Way Or Another ....
We're going to get you.
a year ago
TheCollector
Giorgio Agamben’s Notes on Dante’s Divine Comedy
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TheCollector
Top 5 Places to See the Northern Lights
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TheCollector
Who Were the Landsknechts?
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of New Orleans (US Civil War)?
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TheCollector
What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
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TheCollector
What is Objectivism? Ayn Rand’s Philosophy
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Classical Wisdom
A Book 100 Years in the Making
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader,
3 weeks ago
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader,
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in the US Where You’ll Travel Back in Time
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African History...
Reversing the Sail: a brief note on African travelers in the western Indian Ocean
The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
11 months ago
The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
Flashbak
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine...
6 months ago
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine was presented in the tone of an educational reference book. The drug was illegal – still is, of course – and publishing a book on it is risky. But it an effort to produce the...
TheCollector
What Are Three Theories of Animal Ethics?
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TheCollector
What Can Psychoanalysis Tell Us About Hamlet?
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TheCollector
A Brief History of Blackface (& Its Legacy)
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History Today Feed
The Vienna Secession is Founded
The Vienna Secession is Founded
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
8 months ago
The Vienna Secession is Founded
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Olympics Special
4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Reality Would Like A Word.
Paging Tom and Daisy Buchanan
a year ago
Paging Tom and Daisy Buchanan
TheCollector
How Accurate Were the Fight Scenes in Gladiator?
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African History...
Life and works of Africa's most famous Woman scholar: Nana Asmau (1793-1864)
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
7 months ago
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
TheCollector
10 Most Historic Cities to Visit Around the World
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TheCollector
Discover Norman Rockwell’s America (& His Legacy)
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TheCollector
Parmigianino Altarpiece Back On View After 10-Year Conservation
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African History...
The complete history of Kano (999-1903)
journal of African cities chapter 9
a year ago
journal of African cities chapter 9
Classical Wisdom
On the Obscenity of Ovid
& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
3 months ago
& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
Flashbak
Stanley Kubrick’s Photos of Chicago (Volume 2), 1949
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot...
6 months ago
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot pictures for a story documenting people’s life in the city of Chicago. You can see Volume 1 of his photos here. The series of photographs was accompanied by an essay from the Chicago...
History Today Feed
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
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Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Dress Codes?
Are standards elevating or elitist?
a year ago
Are standards elevating or elitist?
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...
TheCollector
10 Facts About the Surreal Life of Antonio López de Santa Anna
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TheCollector
How Does Epistemology Address Memory as a Source of Knowledge?
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TheCollector
The Sand Creek Massacre: A Horrific Tale of Betrayal & Greed
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TheCollector
7 Famous Cubist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks
6 months ago
TheCollector
Which Archeological Finds Support the Bible?
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TheCollector
How Did Socrates Influence His Contemporaries?
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TheCollector
Was David Gulpilil Australia’s Most Important Actor?
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Classical Wisdom
Aristotle's Poetics
The Science of Art
6 months ago
African History...
The intellectual history of East Africa (ca. 900-1950 CE): from the Swahili coast to Buganda to...
The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions...
3 weeks ago
The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions of Ethiopia, West Africa, and Sudan, where a large corpus of extant manuscripts have been collected from the old scholarly centers of Timbuktu, Djenne, Gondar, and Harar.
TheCollector
What Is Intuition & Can You Trust It?
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Classical Wisdom
Do you need to be Good to be a Good leader?
is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
a year ago
is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
TheCollector
What Was the Halley Comet Panic of 1910?
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TheCollector
What Was the Salon des Refusés?
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TheCollector
The “New” Norman Rockwell Turns Toward Civil Rights
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TheCollector
Alexander’s Destruction of Thebes in 335 BCE (Battle & Aftermath)
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TheCollector
The Rise & Fall of Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Tale of Two Cities
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Trying to Understand...
Ukraine In NATO Would Be A Disaster ...
But not necessarily for the reasons you think.
a year ago
But not necessarily for the reasons you think.
TheCollector
How Tall Is Mount Rushmore?
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Flashbak
William Blake, The Great Red Dragon Paintings
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads....
10 months ago
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth” — Revelations 12:3-4, King James Bible The Red Dragon Paintings are four watercolours by...
TheCollector
Spice Wars: The European Fight for the Spice Trade
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TheCollector
The Great Depression in Europe: Here’s What Happened
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
a year ago
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
TheCollector
The Greek Mythology Behind Famous Constellations
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Classical Wisdom
The Ancient World's Greatest Disaster
And Most Mysterious...
2 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Importance of Caesarea in Christianity?
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Flashbak
The Beautiful Ludlow Typography Specimen Books c. 1958
Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th...
3 weeks ago
Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th Century writing templates typography and calligraphy turn visual language into something beautiful. Beginning in the early 20th Century, the Ludlow Typograph Company (1906 to late...
TheCollector
4 Key Non-Aligned States During the Cold War
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TheCollector
French New Wave: Here’s What You Need to Know
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TheCollector
Fascists vs. Communists: Spanish Civil War’s Outside Influences
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TheCollector
Indiana University’s Plan for Selling Art to Fund Dorm Renovations
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TheCollector
The Holodomor, Ukraine’s Great Famine
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History Today Feed
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/21/2024 - 08:00
6 months ago
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/21/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
The DAM Rejects Return Request from Native Alaskan Tribes
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TheCollector
How Did Paper Money Develop in the Premodern World?
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Trying to Understand...
The Evils Of Professionalism
In politics, anyway.
6 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Magic Motion Martian Book (1964)
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a...
a year ago
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a little lenticular piece inside each page so if you moved your head the image would move. Not very exciting but it did make for a fun story.
Miller, Albert G. Designed by Paul...
TheCollector
What Are the Scientific Roots of Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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History Today Feed
Death of a Samurai Legend
Death of a Samurai Legend
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
6 months ago
Death of a Samurai Legend
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
TheCollector
How Did Guy Fawkes Influence Shakespeare?
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Who Is the Archangel Gabriel?
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TheCollector
What Is Traditional Lakota Art of the Great Plains?
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Classical Wisdom
The Cyclops
A Misunderstood Monster?
a year ago
TheCollector
5 Quotes from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations Explained
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The KGB After Stalin
The KGB After Stalin
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
a year ago
The KGB After Stalin
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
TheCollector
A Day in the Life of a Roman Gladiator
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Flashbak
A Day At New York City’s Off-Track Betting in 1982
In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000...
a month ago
In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000 employees lost their jobs. And another part of old New York went the way of the Automat and the Times Square peep show. The New York State Legislature enacted its first off-track betting...
TheCollector
The Prado Museum Shows Paintings in Different Light
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TheCollector
Here Are Alfred Hitchcock’s 20 Greatest Films
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TheCollector
9 Unskippable Memorials in Washington DC
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History Today Feed
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
6 months ago
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
Patterns in Humanity
Genes and social stratification
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
8 months ago
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
Hundred Rabbits
Working offgrid efficiently
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the...
over a year ago
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the limits of our space, and at first, it was difficult to create new things, as we had to make time to learn how to solve underlying problems. Our boat was not just an office, it was...
Classical Wisdom
St. Nicholas
The Saint behind Santa
2 days ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Belmont?
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TheCollector
When the Portuguese Met the Chinese: Rediscover the “Age of Discovery”
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TheCollector
5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
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Res Obscura
Why did clothing become boring?
An investigation into when, how, and why everyone started dressing the same — and what it was like...
2 weeks ago
An investigation into when, how, and why everyone started dressing the same — and what it was like when they didn't
TheCollector
Was Alexandre Dumas Black?
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TheCollector
Gustave Moreau: The Man Who Defined the Symbolist Movement
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TheCollector
4 Nazi Massacres in Italy (and Their Memory)
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TheCollector
Battle of Kursk: The Largest Tank Battle in History
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TheCollector
The 3 Partitions of Poland (& Lithuania): Polarized Peoples
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What Makes Jean-Luc Godard An Iconic Film Director?
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Rastafarianism: Religion or Philosophy?
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TheCollector
What Is the (Delicious) History of Pizza?
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Classical Wisdom
Euripides
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
a year ago
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
TheCollector
How Did the Opium Wars Impact China?
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TheCollector
Kalimantan: Indonesia’s Hidden Gem for Animal Lovers
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TheCollector
10 Amazing Facts About Elvis Presley
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TheCollector
Which President Was the Only One to Resign from Office?
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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
A Green-Hued Banksy Mural in North London
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Wrong Side of...
Why we need an insufferable liberal elite
The Great Migration to Bluesky
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The Great Migration to Bluesky
TheCollector
The Louvre Seeks Donations to Buy Chardin’s Strawberries Work
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Who Are the Major Prophets in the Bible?
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5 of Hildegard of Bingen’s Most Notable Works
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Theodore Roosevelt: Life & Accomplishments of this American President
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TheCollector
5 (or More?) of Jack the Ripper’s Victims
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African History...
a brief note on Africa's Scientific Manuscripts
plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
a year ago
plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
TheCollector
Who Were the Axis Powers?
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TheCollector
Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE): Alexander’s Conquest Begins
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TheCollector
The Church Under the Tang Dynasty: A Forgotten Outpost of Christianity
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TheCollector
Quechua: A Dead Language? Not at All
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TheCollector
How Did the Tudors Celebrate Christmas?
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Trying to Understand...
Peter Pan goes to Ukraine
Some people never grow up.
over a year ago
Some people never grow up.
Res Obscura
Role-playing with AI will be a powerful tool for writers and educators
Or, how well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
a year ago
Or, how well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
TheCollector
What Did Christopher Columbus Discover?
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TheCollector
6 Facts You Didn’t Know About the Salem Witch Trials
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TheCollector
Why Is Edward Hopper Cinema’s Favorite Painter?
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Res Obscura
Simulating History with Multimodal AI: an Update
Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history....
a year ago
Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history. But how to use it?
TheCollector
Carl Schmitt: The Most Influential Nazi Philosopher?
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TheCollector
How Did the Guggenheim Museum Emerge as an Iconic Art Institution?
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TheCollector
Who Are the Young British Artists? An Overview of the Movement
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Levina Teerlinc: A Woman Artist of the Tudor Court
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Flashbak
Street Walker: Dynamic America In The 1970s
“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” –...
2 months ago
“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” – Meryl Meisler Before cameras became ubiquitous and the billions of instantly sharable and instantly forgettable pictures formed the backdrop to our more insular digital lives,...
TheCollector
The Met Reveals Design for New Modern and Contemporary Wing
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What Was the Pilgrimage of Grace?
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Peter Singer’s Famine, Affluence, and Morality: Is Charity Good?
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TheCollector
7 Rules For Collecting Paintings
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TheCollector
Monet Haystack Painting Could Fetch $30 Million at Auction Next Month
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TheCollector
England’s Museum Collections Missing More Than 1,700 Objects
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TheCollector
Place of Gold: The Complex Story of Johannesburg
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Astrology in Ancient Rome: A Brief Overview
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Was Spinoza an Atheist? The Theological-Political Treatise
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TheCollector
Who Was Gertrude Stein? More Than a Poet & Collector
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Flashbak
British Artist Finds An Incredible Album Of Found Photos
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge...
a month ago
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge came upon this album of pictures. “I find images that resonate with me and then with that I try to bring their characters to life in my work,” she tells us. “I bought the slides on...
TheCollector
6 Greek Gods & Their Role in Homer’s Odyssey
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TheCollector
Hitler in Politics: From the Nazi Party to the Reichstag
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Trying to Understand...
A Short Service Announcement.
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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.
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How Were Plato and Aristotle Interpreted During the Renaissance?
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a year ago
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Did Nietzsche Hate Christianity?
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a year ago
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Climate Vandal Painted Words in Red Next to a Civil War Exhibit
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a year ago
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What Was the Beatles’ First Hit?
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a year ago
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Stolen Rubens Returns to Germany After 80 Years
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6 months ago
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Can We Choose NOT to Be Harmed?
How can we train Resilience?
a year ago
How can we train Resilience?
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Women Portraitists of the Renaissance: A League of Their Own
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5 months ago
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War in Dreamland
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
5 months ago
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
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Who Were the Toughest Women in the Old West?
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2 months ago
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Merging East and West: Who Was Alan Watts?
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4 weeks ago
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Continental vs Analytic Philosophy: Definitions & Differences
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3 months ago
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“Protector of the Indians”: Who Was Fray Bartolome de las Casas?
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11 months ago
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What’s the Creation Myth in Norse Mythology?
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a month ago
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Banksy Confirms More London Animals—And Their Meaning
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4 months ago
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Found Vintage Photobooth Pictures
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,”...
4 months ago
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,” says vintage photography collector Robert E. Jackson. “If you see or own an amazing photobooth, you can pretty much figure it used to be part of a 4-pose strip. The individual...
weird medieval guys
Why medieval artists drew ancient Romans in medieval clothes
Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
a year ago
Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
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September 1, 1939: The Invasion of Poland
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9 months ago
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What Is the Gender Philosophy of Judith Butler?
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3 months ago
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6 Must-See National Trust Properties in the UK
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3 months ago
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The Anne of Cleves Louvre Portrait Got a Makeover
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8 months ago
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Why James Bond Gave Up His Lady’s Gun For A Walther PPK
Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in...
8 months ago
Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in over a dozen books on the subject, including A Guide to Gun Collecting (1961), Guns Through the Ages (also 1961) and The British Over and Under Shotgun. In 1956 Boothoyd had read...
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A History Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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5 months ago
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Repatriation Efforts Across Europe and the US
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10 months ago
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What Is Russian Futurism?
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9 months ago
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Are We All Actors? Erving Goffman’s Analysis of Social Interactions
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Philosophy for Children
a year ago
Ancient Philosophy for Children
Dreams of Space -...
Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space with Terry (1952)
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a...
a year ago
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a nice gift box with a space quiz. It is a little bit of an odd astronomy book. The illustration are very beautiful and if you notice each planet has smaller people in the picture to...
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What Are the Principal Sources of Emperor Caligula’s Reign?
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9 months ago
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The Furies
Vengeance or Justice?
3 months ago
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Hampshire
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6 months ago
African History...
a brief note on European and African perspectives in travel literature
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
10 months ago
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
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The Orixás of Candomblé: Who Is Your Tutelary Spirit?
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6 months ago
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Archaeologists Find Ptolemaic Temple Pylon in Egypt
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3 weeks ago
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The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
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5 months ago
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Edie Sedgwick: Who Was Andy Warhol’s Protégé Starlet?
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a year ago
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The Trevi Fountain: Inside the History of Rome’s Iconic Tourist Site
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6 months ago
African History...
Empire building and Government in the Yorubaland: a history of Oyo (1600-1836)
Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
over a year ago
Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
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The Spartan Revolution: The Unlikely Revival of Hellenistic Sparta
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5 months ago
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What is Deus Ex Machina in Film?
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8 months ago
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When Was D-Day?
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a year ago
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5 Features of Qing Dynasty Art
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9 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
donsol, ported our Famicom(6502) code to Varvara(uxn).
uxn,...
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Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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8 months ago
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The Secret Life of Queen Victoria You Didn’t Know
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8 months ago
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From Freed Son to Literary Legend: Who Was Horace?
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8 months ago
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Hacker Group Takes Credit for Christie’s Cyberattack
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6 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Philosophy of Liberty – On Liberalism
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s...
5 months ago
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s post to talk about the United States or more correctly this week about the political philosophy the United States was founded on: liberalism. Now an immediate clarification is...
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Capitalist Countries vs. Socialist Countries, Explained
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a year ago
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6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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6 months ago
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Who Are the Most Famous Sorceresses of Greek Mythology?
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a year ago
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The Treaty of Versailles: An Overview of Its Contents & Effects
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10 months ago
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American Photographs: A Journey Down The Blue Highways, 1970s
You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In...
2 months ago
You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In the desert you can remember your name ‘Cause there ain’t no one for to give you no pain – America, A Horse With No Name We don’t know where British … Continue reading "American...
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How Did Sappho’s Love Life Influence Her Poetry?
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11 months ago
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How Did Philosophy Help Develop Artificial Intelligence?
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a year ago
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The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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8 months ago
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Once Upon a Time in Brick Lane: 1970s East London Before Gentrification
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and...
6 months ago
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and brew beer, the place has been sanctuary to immigrants for centuries and is now home to a large Bangladeshi community. In the 17th century, French Huguenots arrived and brought with...
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Why Is Blues Music More Than a Genre?
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2 months ago
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Artemisia Gentileschi Lost Painting in The U.K.’s Royal Collection
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a year ago
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Jansenism: The 17th Century Heresy That Divided the Church
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9 months ago
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L’Anse aux Meadows: The Viking Settlement of North America
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4 months ago
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6 Assassinations That Changed History
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7 months ago
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Logos vs Chaos: The Book of Genesis vs Other Ancient Creation Myths
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3 months ago
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Aristotle vs. Walter Benjamin on the Philosophy of Translation
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a year ago
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Who Won? The Competition Between Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo
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10 months ago
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What Is a Medieval Morality Play?
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7 months ago
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Venice’s Nordic Pavilion Receives a Massive Chinese Dragon
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10 months ago
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Who Was Oswald Mosley?
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a month ago
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Who Was Jerome of Stridon?
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9 months ago
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Bernhard Leitner’s Soundcube, 1969 – The Art of Seeing Sound And Hearing With Your Whole Body
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a...
9 months ago
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a defined space and its effects on the human body. The Soundcube, a “sound-space object”, is a room of 64 loudspeakers in which the sound becomes a form of architecture. For Leitner,...
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It’s Complicated: Edward VIII & Wallis Simpson’s Scandalous Romance
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The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
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a year ago
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10 Strange Old Currencies Throughout Time
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Food & Diet in Ancient Egypt: An Interview with Dr. Sarah Doherty
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5 months ago
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Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’?
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5 months ago
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The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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a year ago
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Egon Schiele Works Seized From U.S. Museums
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a year ago
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Animals Behaving Horribly On Vintage Christmas Cards
The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards...
a year ago
The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards produced during the Victorian era. There are dead birds, massive insects being tortured by small children and any number of humanised animals eating each other, eating people and...
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The Brezhnev Era: Stagnation in the USSR
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11 months ago
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Ukiyo-e Prints of Beautiful Women: What Are Bijin-ga?
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5 months ago
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7 Key Beliefs and Practices From Hasidic Judaism
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6 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
A Journey to the Moon: A science fiction poem for children (1954)
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary...
a year ago
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary trip to the Moon. It is highly illustrated and worth a look if you have not seen it. It was colored in places in crayon by a child but that sort of adds to the charm of someone who...
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L’Ornement Polychrome by Albert Racinet – A Gorgeous Book Of World Art (1869–73)
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative...
5 months ago
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative arts from antiquity to the late nineteenth century and represents the work of cultures all over the world. He published a second series which included later works, too. Raninet...
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7 Famous Works by Henri Rousseau
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10 months ago
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Yayoi Kusama Unveils New Public Sculpture in London
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4 months ago
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The Hidden Meaning of Plato’s Cave Allegory
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a week ago
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What Makes Alberto Giacometti’s Sculptures So Special?
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a year ago
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Is the Earth Flat? The Bizarre Belief That Refuses to Die
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8 months ago
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Augusto Pinochet’s Brutal Rule: A Look Inside His Regime
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2 months ago
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Tiberius: The Reluctant Emperor of Rome
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4 days ago
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Who Won the Battle of Chancellorsville?
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11 months ago
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George Lindemann Family Returned Looted Items to Cambodia
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a year ago
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The Violent Race Riots of the Red Summer of 1919
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a year ago
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Egyptian Sun-god: Who Is Ra?
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a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
When few do great harm
Power laws in criminal behavior
a year ago
Power laws in criminal behavior
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How Does Nan Goldin’s Work Challenge Conventional Photography?
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
That's The Truth?
In politics, well, it depends.
a year ago
In politics, well, it depends.
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Lower Manhattan in 1973
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May...
6 months ago
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May 1973 in as part of the newly created Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which partnered with professional photographers to take pictures of America. The project collected more...
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Alive! The Incredible Story of Hugh Glass
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8 months ago
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Cute and Sickly Sweet – 24 Vintage Snapshots That Invite a Reaction
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach,...
9 months ago
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach, California, in the mid 1930s makes for a cute photograph. Walter Chandoha’s 1955 picture of his daughter Paula with a kitten in 1955 is also cute. Angie Cook’s school photo from 1978 when...
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How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
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Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
3 months ago
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
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Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
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Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Shipwreck Discovered Near Canada
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What makes a good friend?
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
a year ago
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
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Dethroning Perception: Who Was Maurice Merleau-Ponty?
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7 months ago
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Hitler’s Health Issues & Medical Ailments: 8 Facts
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10 months ago
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
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Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
10 months ago
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
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Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
Classical Wisdom
Do We NEED to Hear Opinions We Don’t Like?
I Dare You...
5 months ago
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What Was the Most Notorious Trial of the 20th Century? 4 Possible Contenders
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5 months ago
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Richard Teschner And His Magical World of Puppets And Dreams
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte...
7 months ago
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops), is best known for his puppetry, especially that inspired by Wayang (“shadow”), the classical Javanese puppet drama that uses the shadows thrown by puppets...
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Interview with Dr. Mark Solms on Freud & Surrealism
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5 months ago
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Exploring Soviet Brutalism Through 9 Iconic Buildings
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9 months ago
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What Can You Expect to See at the Spring Temple Buddha?
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Hombres Del Espacio (1960)
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't....
a year ago
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't. This is the story of the exploration of space and has to be seen! It might have been assembled from stills from a Spanish film (I don't recognize it so feel free to tell me). But...
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Newell Convers Wyeth Painting: From $4 to $191,000
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
China And Russia Walk Into A Room.
And don't say a word about Europe.
6 months ago
And don't say a word about Europe.
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6 of the Largest Cities in the Modern World
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5 months ago
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