TimaeusBy Plato Written 360 B.C.E Translated by Benjamin Jowett Persons of the Dialogue-SOCRATES- CRITIAS- TIMAEUS- HERMOCRATES Socrates. One, two, three; but where, my dear Timaeus, is the fourth of those who were yesterday my guests and are to be my entertainers to-day? Timaeus. He...
The MeditationsBy Marcus Aurelius Written 167 A.C.E.Translated by George Long Book One From my grandfather Verus I learned good morals and the government of my temper. From the reputation and remembrance of my father, modesty and a manly character. From my mother, piety and beneficence, and...
Aesop's FablesBy Aesop Translated by George Fyler Townsend The Wolf and the Lamb Wolf, meeting with a Lamb astray from the fold, resolved not to lay violent hands on him, but to find some plea to justify to the Lamb the Wolf's right to eat him. He thus addressed him: "Sirrah, last year you...
Taking vitamin supplements are beneficial to your overall health. However, nutrition experts will tell you that the health benefits of vitamin supplements never equal the benefits of nutrients acquired from their natural food sources. It would stand to reason then that the same could be true of...
Political Correctness: the Oxford American Dictionary defines it as "the avoidance... of forms of expression or action that are perceived to exclude, marginalize, or insult groups of people." Okay, we can get behind that. But what does it actually mean in reality?
These U.S. corporations, if they were individual human beings, would be locked up for life. Instead, they continue raking in the big bucks. Human rights abuses, murder, war, eco disasters, and animal exploitation keep these evil companies raking in the green. Prepare to be disgusted.
The human liver is a vital and necessary organ for survival. The liver is responsible for a variety of far ranging functions including: metabolism, protein synthesis, biochemical production, hormone production, glycogen storage, digestion, and detoxification. The liver produces bile from a...
Pain is any unpleasant feeling perceived by the brain and sensorysystem. Pain is often the body's warning signal and response to injury, illness, or psychosomatic cause. Pain can be a burden and overshadow every aspect of a person's conscious and unconscious life if not properly managed. Pain...
There are a number of diseases, infections, viruses, and medical conditions that come with some surprising - if occasionally dubious - side benefits.
15. LHC The chances of the Large Hadron Collider actually producing a miniature black hole—or anything life threatening for that matter—are so small as to be minute. Like, crazy minute. As in, will probably never happen so minute. And even if the LHC does start producing tiny little baby black...
