Hellenic-Germanic Meditations

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• Icarus Icarus and Daedalus escaped using wings Daedalus constructed from birds' molted feathers, threads from blankets, the leather straps from their sandals, and beeswax. Before escaping, Daedalus warned Icarus not to…

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• Aristotle's sentence as a reaction to Plato's ideas is one of my favorite phrases of his, and it is worth repeating: "These things and many others, have been invented several times over in the course of ages." The reaso…

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• da capo ad nauseam The phrase "da capo ad nauseam" combines two Italian terms: "da capo," meaning "from the beginning," and "ad nauseam," which means "to the point of nausea." Da capo is a musical term indicating that a…

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• Supposing truth is a woman—what then? ~ Friedrich Nietzsche It is a whim to consider the truth as a woman who, according to Nietzsche and Dorant, constantly changes her clothes and garments. When you look at the philoso…

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• It is one of the most magnificent fragments of this book that I want to share with you due to its outstanding references to Greek mythology, music, and, of course, Napoleon. It is worth noting that, to Plato, justice se…

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• Votaries of philosophy as freaks! In one of Plato's dialogues, Adeimantus describes the votaries of philosophy in a very amusing, almost comic way. This opinion of his is quite normal in our days, to see the youths who…

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• What are the forms for? Due to Plato, it is because of the forms that we can organize and regulate the information from the senses. Accordingly, without the forms, all the input data would be like a "heap of book titles…

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• Forms as the rules and frames When discussing forms (which can manifest as ideas, laws, or ideals) in Plato’s stance, we refer to something eternal and everlasting. According to Plato, these forms are not mortal but are…

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• The term"Dantesqualy" The term "Dantesque" refers to something that is infernal or resembles the hellish scenes depicted in Dante Alighieri's "The Divine Comedy." It is often used to describe dark, intense, or infernal…

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• The term"Dantesqualy" The term "Dantesque" refers to something that is infernal or resembles the hellish scenes depicted in Dante Alighieri's "The Divine Comedy." It is often used to describe dark, intense, or infernal…

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