ἀνθρώποισι πᾶσι μέτεστι γινώσκειν ἑωυτοὺς καὶ σωφρονεῖν.
Ctesibius Of Alexandria, Ctesibius also spelled Ktesibios, (flourished c. 270 BC), Greek physicist and inventor, the first great figure of the ancient engineering tradition of Alexandria, Egypt. Continue reading “Keyboard instruments invented during the 3rd Century B.C. – Ctesibius of Alexandria”
The developmental period from adolescence to adulthood is accompanied by a greater vulnerability to addictions — including alcohol use disorders — than is seen in other periods of life.
Continue reading “Drinking during adolescence can alter brain cell nerve growth”
by Fr. Stephen Freeman
I recall the excitement that I felt every year as a child and as a teenager as the signs of summer’s end came. Looming ahead was the beginning of a new school year. It never felt like a return to what I had known the year before, but as an opportunity for something new. In my teen years, the secret something new that felt exciting was a “new” me. Of course, that guy never appeared. Continue reading “Be True to Yourself”
Στο παρόν άρθρο παρουσιάζονται κάποια πρωτότυπα πορίσματα-διαπιστώσεις, οι οποίες προέκυψαν από την προσωπική μας μελέτη, και αφορούν στον Όμηρο και το έργο του. Continue reading “Τι σημαίνει ‘Όμηρος’ και πώς πρέπει να μελετάται το έργο του”
Στο άρθρο αυτό παραθέτουμε και αναλύουμε δύο ρήσεις του Δημοκρίτου περί ‘φιλονικίας’ και ‘φιλίας’. Continue reading “Φιλονικία, Φιλία, Ταπείνωση, Αγάπη και Ομοφροσύνη – Δημόκριτος”
Hugh Pickens writes:
“Pastabagel writes that the actual scientific answers to the questions of the origins of the universe, the evolution of man, and the fundamental nature of the cosmos involve things like wave equations and quantum electrodynamics and molecular biology that very few non-scientists can ever hope to understand and that if we are honest with ourselves, we must admit that we accept the incredibly complex scientific phenomena in physics, astronomy, and biology through the process of belief, not through reason.
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