ἀνθρώποισι πᾶσι μέτεστι γινώσκειν ἑωυτοὺς καὶ σωφρονεῖν.
by Panayiotis Christou
During the fourth century A.D. there appeared within the Church a strong movement of withdrawal from organized society to the desert, a movement which grew ever larger during the subsequent period. Continue reading “The monastic life in the eastern Orthodox Church – The origin of the monastic life”
by George Valsamis
The issue of the origins of organised monasticism has caused much talk. Continue reading “Origins of the Western Monasticism in the 4th and 5th c. A.D.”
The most common PD treatment today is based on enhancing the activity of the nigro-striatal pathway in the brain with dopamine-modulating therapies, thereby increasing striatal dopamine levels and improving motor impairment associated with the disease. Continue reading “The promise of stem cell technologies for treating Parkinson’s disease”
Princeton researchers have demonstrated a new way of making controllable “quantum wires” in the presence of a magnetic field, according to a study published in Nature. Continue reading “Controllable electron flow in quantum wires”
The sea known as the Pontus is very nearly twenty-two thousand stades in circumference and has two mouths exactly opposite each other, one communicating with the Propontis and the other with the Palus Maeotis, which itself has a circumference of eight thousand stades. Continue reading “Polybius’ description of Pontus and Byzantium”
In this post we present and analyze nine quotes from the ancient Greek Philosopher Cleobulus, one of the so-called ‘seven sages’. Continue reading “‘Life tips’ by Cleobulus from Lindos”
