Each of the fingers has a name formed from its position, its size or function. So This the strongest is called thumb, index the second, middle the third, fourth ring and pinky the fifth and smaller.
Cyclopean, colossal, Herculean, gigantic, titanic, pharaonic, monstrous, huge, great work, work of Roman
The man before “sapiens” was “faber”, “man doing (at first crude stone tools), who builds, who produces, who manufactures …”. So we took on earth many thousands of years doing construction generally of adequate proportions to forces and limited capacity of man.
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The uchronía is an utopia in time and it is applied to something when, knowing that it did not exist, we suppose to exist.
A very ancient modern fantastic creatures
The action of the film Avatar, written and directed by James Cameron and released in 2009, is developed on Pandora, moon of the planet Polyphemus. Pandora and Polyphemus are two well known characters from Greek mythology
“There is no beauty without a regular proportion”. (Plato, Timaeus 87c)
To be exact the phrase of Plato says: “Everything that is good is beauty, and beauty is not without relations or regular proportions.” Also in Philebus 64c he says: “The measure (metron) and proportion (Symmetria) performed everywhere beauty and perfection “
Some notes on the “Magi” , the three Wise Men
One of the most deeply rooted festivals in folk and Christian religious life is the “Adoration of the Three Kings other Three Wise Men”. In this event they come together many elements of different religious and cultural backgrounds. We can recall the religious ferment of the Roman Empire, precisely time when Jesus was born, flattering all syncretism. Christian religion have incorporated many elements of Eastern religions of Chaldea, Mesopotamia, Persia, Asia Minor, Egypt, Judea and especially of Greco-Roman and philosophical thought. In all these syncretic religions astral component, highly developed among the Chaldeans in Mesopotamia, is very important.
Mithra, god of the sun, was born on December 25, day of the winter solstice
On the night of 24 to 25 December it is celebrated in the West the birth of Christ. But it was not always so and today it is not in the whole Christian world; until the fourth century it was celebrated on January 6 and it continues so in the east, among the Orthodox.
A room with mirrors
I think that Horace is the best Latin poet. I know that there will be someone who questions me and tell me that he is Virgil. Well, epic and lyric are two different genres of poetry.
They are names of lovers
Ever since man invented a system to let recorded his thoughts, ie, the writing, he used all useful supports he found at your fingertips: clay, stone, bronze, lead, cloth, ivory, animal skin or parchment and even human skin (tattoos for example), papyrus, paper, glass, the latest plasma technology and what future holds.
Philosophy provides great services to human life (Cicero, Tusculan Disputations V, 2)
The General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), established as World Philosophy Day the third Thursday of November. We just celebrated it therefore last Thursday. Unfortunately few people have learned of it.