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Plato
A Good Man Has Nothing to Fear, Even When Faced With Death
It’s 399 B.C. Having been judged and condemned to death, Socrates, the ancient Greek philosopher, reflects on his predicament. Rather than bemoan his fate, he relishes an opportunity for discourse, ...
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Music expresses the quintessence of life and its events. It is precisely this universality that gives music the ...
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Raphael’s Masterpiece Is Restored
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The mysterious metal spoken of in ancient Greece, said to glimmer with a reddish light in Atlantis, may ...
February 19, 2015
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September 5, 2014
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Do Inanimate Objects Have Thoughts and Feelings?
Scientists and philosophers have long debated what level of consciousness, if any, animals and plants have. Some philosophers ...
August 5, 2014
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We take pills and potions for everything from a bad back to depression. Why shouldn’t we adopt the ...
May 31, 2014
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Socrates saw the decline of Greek society, but instead of indulging, he cultivated his soul through virtue.
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