No man can fully grasp how far and how fast we have come, but condense, if you will, the 50 thousand years of man's recorded history in a time span of but a half-century. Stated in these terms, we know very little about the first 40 years, except at the end of them advanced ma...
And I think that linkage, which is in the figure of Fanon, is just such an incredibly important pivot in the history of letters, as it were, where we tended to have a world in which, you know, you imagine Kant has never left Konigsburg and he has come up with a universal theory of...
【9】(First and foremost, being free in ancient Rome meant being a citizen and not a slave. It meant being free of the arbitrary will of a master or the domination of any man. The Romans thought that such a state of freedom was possible only under the rule o...
which is casted into shadow at times.Every ordinary beauty will lose her beauty as time goes on,however,the beauty of the speaker's beloved will remain what it is,since she
Will you be completely in charge of your own life and able to express yourself in new and exciting ways? What new responsibilities will this freedom bring? Here, three young people tell us what turning 18 means, or mea...
It was the Dover road that lay, on a Friday night late in November, before the first of the persons with whom this history has business. The Dover road lay, as to him, beyond the Dover mail, as it lumbered up Shooter's Hill. He walked up hill in the mire by the side of the ...
1967 The Problem of Slavery in Western Culture David Brion Davis 1968 Rousseau and Revolution: A History of Civilization in France, England, and Germany from 1756 and in the Remainder of Europe from 1715 to 1789 Will and Ariel Durant 1969 The Armies of the Night: History as a Novel, th...
One of the best Steam games when it comes to strategy, Crusader Kings 3 lets you loose across the medieval world, allowing you to make history your personal playground. In a Crusader Kings 3 playthrough, you'll take on the role of a historical noble, or make up a new one for yourself...
What will matter is not how many people you knew,but how many will feel a lasting loss when you're gone. What will matter is how long you will be remembered,by whom and for what. Living a life that matters doesn't happen by accident. It's not a matter of circumstance but of choic...
Just don't go down to the river. My mother speaking sharply as my father and I head out the back door for our Sunday ride in the Ford. She will stay home fixing dinner, roast pork, a brittle-skinned chicken, some meal demanding her afternoon. We go on adventures.This would have been...