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...
Paul of TarsusSaul of Tarsus, a.k.a. Paul the Apostle, Paul of Tarsus [?-65 c.e.] was a Hellenistic Jew and student of Gamaliel the Elder who served as enforcer for the Pharisaic Sanhedrin against the apostate Christian sect following the crucifixion of Jesus. Around 33 c.e. he experienced a dramatic...
Atheism is generating quite a lot of attention these days. Prominent atheists are getting the word out about their views in increasing numbers and generating lots of public debate on the proper place of religion in governments and societies in the modern world. And now more than ever, atheists...
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...
Two missing Mexican police officers bodies were found Monday morning at 3:15 a.m. The bodies were found in pieces and stuffed in black bags in Chilpancingo, in the southern Mexico state of Guerrero. Members of the notorious Mexican drug cartel are prime suspects in the case. One of the bodies...
Julius Caesar is one of Rome’s greatest leaders but is considered the most intelligent and highly respected dictator of Rome. He was born in an elite family and had the privilege to study and be educated and given training. He rule Rome from 49 BCE to 44 BCE during which he transformed Rome from...
Jimmy Buffett, Dragonfly Boatworks, and crew try to save the Gulf Of Mexico one boat of the time. Mark Castlow, a Vero Beach, Florida boatbuilder and owner of Dragonfly Boatworks, recently appeared on CNN's AC360 with host Anderson Cooper to discuss his attempts at rescuing wildlife in the...
Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it” - William Pitt the Elder, British Prime Minister from 1766 to 1778. Our nations’ leaders are supposed to be paragons of virtue and strength, ever striving to better the populace’s lot in life and aid their country’s economic,...
Sinai peninsula is the target of a terrorist threat per Israel's "urgent" warning issued Tuesday. Israel urgently implored its citizens to leave Egypt immediately after having received "concrete evidence of an expected terrorist attempt to kidnap Israelis in Sinai." The official statement from...
Pirates! They weren’t all Johnny Depp-swaying, dainty and witty denizens of the sea. Here’s a list of the fifteen bloodiest, unluckiest or simply most fashionably dressed.
