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Homer Odyssey Books 17-24 Study Guide Questions
Homer Odyssey Study Guide Questions – Discussion #3 Books 17-24: Revenge 17-20 Odysseus and Telemachus return to the palace in imminent danger 1. Book 17 – Omens As Odysseus first sets eyes on his own palace after 20 years, what are the ways that … Continue reading
Sean Carroll’s Darwin150 webcast is *tonight* at 8pm ET
Professor Sean Carroll’s third lecture in the Darwin150 campaign still has a few webcast spots left. This will be one of this great scientist’s best talks – a multi-media extravaganza supporting his great insights and writings. It all begins at 8p… Continue reading
Darwin 2009: Origin Chapters 3 & 4 3 November 2009 Audio recording
We had a great call tonight discussing Chapters 3 & 4 of Origin of Species! Here’s the audio recording for the 3 November conference call -if you were unable to make the conversation (or just want to enjoy it again!) please download the mp3 here: … Continue reading
Homer-1 November 2009 Books 9-16 audio recording
Here is the audio recording for the Homer-1 books 9-16 call on November 2, 2009. Listen online or download the mp3 file on your pod and listen to it as a podcast. Continue reading
Homer and Darwin reading groups this week
Tonight we have two sections of Homer meeting by phone to discuss this month’s reading of The Odyssey – Books 9 – 16. Tomorrow night, Tuesday, the Darwin reading group is meeting to talk about chapters 3 and 4 in the Origin of Species. And the Ari… Continue reading
Help!
Creationists continue to mount attacks on our Darwin150 campaign and we need your help. How can you help? 1. Join our Facebook page (250,000+ members) Join our Darwin150 group on Facebook and get as many friends, colleagues, faculty, students, chu… Continue reading
Seeing the Troubled Queen
Jeff Doyle at the Open Museum attended the Boston Slow Art last weekend and just published a piece about his experience – including a video of his experience looking at Jackson Pollock’s “The Troubled Queen.” Ezra Pound, Jackson Pollock and Madonn… Continue reading
Slow Art Boston – amazing
Michelle May, Payal Kripalani and the other artists at eInvite, who hosted Slow Art Boston and Slow Art Worcester this last weekend, described their Slow Art experience today on their corporate design blog (and posted many photos).Slow Art was pre… Continue reading
Dawkins “Greatest Show on Earth”
New York Academy of Sciences, partner to Darwin150 and the Reading Odyssey, is hosting Richard Dawkins tonight in New York talking about his latest book, “The Greatest Show on Earth.” This book is squarely about evolution – and few write as well a… Continue reading
The Virtue of Wild Things
There was an op-ed in the New York Times yesterday from David Brooks that re-examines the classical notions of character against a modern notion. The philosopher’s notion of character according to Brooks is one that’s ingrained (see myth and Homer… Continue reading →
21. October 2009 by Arrian
Categories: Aristotle, Commentary | Tags: Aristotle, great books, maurice sendak, philosophy, Plato, psychology, virtue, where the wild things are | Comments Off on The Virtue of Wild Things