The brain continues to put up a fight even as neurodegenerative diseases like dementia damage certain areas and functions. In fact, recent findings in a Baycrest-University of Arizona study suggest that one method the brain uses to counter these diseases is the reassigning of tasks to different regions. Continue reading “Brain combats dementia by shifting resources”
Egyptian, Greek, Phoenician and Hebrew Origins of Cherokee?
Here we partially present the corresponding publication by Donald N. Yates:
ABSTRACT
A sample of 52 individuals who purchased mitochondrial DNA testing to determine their female lineage was assembled after the fact from the customer files of DNA Consultants. All claim matrilineal descent from a Native American woman, usually named as Cherokee. The main criterion for inclusion in the study is that test subjects must have obtained results not placing them in the standard Native American haplogroups A, B, C or D. Hence the use of the word “anomalous” in the title of a paper prepared by chief investigator Donald N. Yates, “Anomalous Mitochondrial DNA Lineages in the Cherokee.”
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Η ελληνική παιδεία και ο πολιτισμός στο “Βυζάντιο” (Ανατολική Ρωμαϊκή Αυτοκρατορία ή Ρωμανία)
ἀρχιμ. Κύριλλου Κεφαλόπουλου
Στὴ βυζαντινὴ παιδεία ἡ Ἐκκλησία κατεῖχε σημαντικὸ ρόλο. Τὰ πρῶτα γράμματα τὰ μικρὰ παιδιὰ τὰ μάθαιναν σὲ σχολεῖα ποὺ διατηροῦσε ἡ Ἐκκλησία (ἀνάγνωση, γραφή, γραμματική, ψαλμούς, μουσική, ἱερὰ ἱστορία). Μετὰ τὴ βασικὴ αὐτὴ ἐκπαίδευση ἀκολουθοῦσε ἡ γενικὴ ἐγκύκλιος παιδεία, ὅπου τὰ μεγαλύτερα παιδιὰ διδάσκονταν γραμματική, ρητορική, ποιητική, ἱστορία, φιλοσοφία καὶ μαθηματικά. Ἀπὸ τοὺς ἀρχαίους συγγραφεῖς διδάσκονταν Ὅμηρο, Ἡσίοδο, Πίνδαρο, κείμενα τοῦ Δημοσθένους, τοῦ Λυσίου, βασικὲς φιλοσοφικὲς ἀρχὲς τοῦ Πλάτωνος καὶ τοῦ Ἀριστοτέλους, παράλληλα μὲ κείμενα ἀπὸ τὴν Ἁγία Γραφὴ (Ψαλτήριο, Παροιμίαι Σολομῶντος κ.ἄ.) καὶ τοὺς Πατέρες. Continue reading “Η ελληνική παιδεία και ο πολιτισμός στο “Βυζάντιο” (Ανατολική Ρωμαϊκή Αυτοκρατορία ή Ρωμανία)”
The True Science of God
by Fr. Stephen Freeman
I had occasion this week to stand in a group of scientists. I was burying one of their own. The city I live in is a “science city,” the location of one of the primary national labs in the US. I have lived here for over 25 years. I have gotten to know many scientists. When they are at their best (and science at its best), wonder forms a large part of their world. To do research is not something you do because you know the answers, but because you don’t. Something is being sought. Continue reading “The True Science of God”
Live, beyond the limits!
Most people – especially the young – do not care for mediocre situations, but rather the extreme and exceptional ones. We usually live a mediocre life, one that generates routine, which is why we seek something that deviates from the narrow limits of our daily lives: maybe just a few moments – or perhaps even a whole lifetime – beyond the limits! Continue reading “Live, beyond the limits!”
Σοφός και Σοφία κατά τον Επίκτητο
Στο παρόν άρθρο παραθέτουμε ένα απόσπασμα από τον Στωικό Φιλόσοφο Επίκτητο περί σοφίας και σοφού ανθρώπου. Continue reading “Σοφός και Σοφία κατά τον Επίκτητο”
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