Highlights the gods’ association with knowledge and superior power in this body of literature. Argues that for humans, (heroic) wisdom entails a capacity to understand one’s “allotted share” and to maintain a life of balance. Find this resource: Rutherford, R. B. “The Philosophy of the...
Athena was the ancient Greek goddess of wisdom and good counsel, war, the defence of towns, heroic endeavour, weaving, pottery and various other crafts. She was depicted as a stately woman armed with a shield and spear, and wearing a long robe, crested h
Jr. will come to Washington to talk about his father and the family's experience in the aftermath of one of the most controversial books ever published. In his lecture and workshop he will present information never before revealed to the public. The story of Col. Philip...
The heroic effort to prevent it can be sometimes an interference. Interference which is ignorant of the viral nature may also stimulate it.” ..As I understand this, the viral entity interacts with the human entity. Covid19 is one among many flu viruses which flow through the human system ...
and texts such as2 Maccabeestalk about how horrible the provocations were from Antiochus IV and how important it is to keep Jewish customs. However, it was actually written in Greek and has stories that wouldn’t feel out of place next to the Iliad. The “heroic” virtues in the Greek wor...
Gandhi is one of those heroic icons who cannot be ignored. Whether you believe in his ideas or not, you cannot deny that he tried to live according to his beliefs. More important was that he lived to help others have a better life. Everything Gandhi did paid evidence to his ideology th...
Yet I learned important things from each of them, and these epiphanies built on each other into a staunch belief that the tiniest members of creation are as precious and intelligent as the largest and most obviously heroic. Caring for these little pets through their lifetime and at the moment...
In the midst of this tragedy, I’m sharing a heartwarming story of a heroic woman who rescued forty one pets from the wildfires. Dr. Annie Harvilicz, a veterinarian, bravely risked her life to help rescue dogs, cats, and a rabbit from the path of the Pacific Palisades fire as their ...
”Malignant dissociative contagion is a dialectical system. Its field is characterized by heightened awareness and vigilance, vociferous claims to truth and knowledge, exhortations to communal awakening and action, and by heroic acts in which those who perform them feel acutely awake and alive” (...
Taleb also discusses the phenomenon of being in the right place at the right time and how it can be impossible to replicate advantages gained by chance. “Heroes are heroes because they are heroic in behavior, not because they won or lost.” Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Fooled by Randomness Fooled...