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Philosophy
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1 day ago

Nietzsche, the Madman, and Modernity's Void

Scientific advances displaced Aristotelian authority, culminating in Newton’s laws and gravity, while Nietzsche later framed overcoming nihilism as essential for cultural rebirth.
Philosophy
fromOpen Culture
1 month ago

"The Most Intelligent Photo Ever Taken": The 1927 Solvay Council Conference, Featuring Einstein, Bohr, Curie, Heisenberg, Schrodinger & More

The late 19th and early 20th centuries marked the beginning of the quantum revolution in physics, challenging existing scientific understanding.
fromPsychology Today
7 months ago

A Brief History of Human Migration

Just over 500 years ago, on 3 August of 1492, Christopher Columbus, the admiral from Genoa underwritten by Ferdinand II and Isabella I of Spain, set off on the first of 4 trips across the Atlantic. He sailed from Iberia to the Caribbean, then on to the South and Central American mainlands. Colonies were founded by Columbus and his younger brother Bartholomew; waves of colonists followed in their wake.
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