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We had a great call last night discussing Chapters 6 & 14 of Origin of Species! Unfortunately, I forgot to start the recording at the beginning, of the chat, so I’ve attached a copy of my notes from the call and the partial recording (we pick up d… Continue reading
Homer-1 Audio Recording December 7 2009 Books 17-24
Here’s the audio recording for the Homer-1 Books 17-24 call. Listen online or download the mp3 file and listen to it as a podcast on your ipod. Continue reading
Homer-2 December 2009 Books 17-24 audio recording
Here’s the audio for our conference call on December 7, 2009 to discuss the final books of Homer’s “Odyssey.” A very enjoyable discussion, and a great way to wrap up an enjoyable read. Thanks to all of you! -Pat Continue reading
Aristotle Poetics and Rhetoric podcast
Here’s the podcast from our final Aristotle reading group for the 2009 session. We discussed Rhetoric, Poetics and the year of reading Aristotle. Here’s the podcat in mp3 format to download: It was a wonderful year – joyous and difficult. Phil Continue reading
Video: Aristotle’s Poetics Explained
Really looking forward to the final Aristotle call tomorrow night, especially the discussion around Poetics. If any of you are still fuzzy on the concepts Aristotle lays down in the Poetics, here is an illuminating video clip. Continue reading
Next and final conference call for Homer
Hope your Thanksgiving was bountiful and that your reading has been enjoyable. I just want to remind you about our upcoming final conference call for Homer’s Odyssey next week: Monday Dec 7, @8pm EST. Please look over our Study Guide Questions whi… Continue reading
Sean Carroll podcast from Darwin150 lecture
As a gift for the 150th anniversary of Darwin’s publication of Origin, we now have the podcast from the wonderful talk Sean Carroll gave this fall as part of the Darwin150 campaign. Download the mp3 audio file here. – right click to download the f… Continue reading
Thankful for Darwin
On this 150th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s publication of “Origin of Species”, I’m thankful for his multi-decade effort to understand one of the greatest questions of human history: where do we come from?When I asked Stanford biologist Robert S… Continue reading
Happy Origin Anniversary!
Hello Origin readers,Happy Origin Day! I don’t know about you, but I’m really enjoying all the celebration about Darwin, Wallace and Origin of Species. Here are a few newspaper articles I’ve been enjoying this morning: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/… Continue reading
The Underworld and Justice in Homer
Hi Andre, I had a question not directly related to the Odyssey story, but when I was reading over the glossary of names in the back of the book, I came upon Rhadamanthus who was granted eternal life in the Elysian fields because he was a fair king… Continue reading →
04. December 2009 by Arrian
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