κ' ίσως, για να βγάλεις φτερά, φτάνει ν' ακουμπήσεις σ' έναν τοίχο και να σκεφτείς πόσο λίγο θα ζήσεις -έτσι άρχισαν τα πουλιά...Τάσος Λειβαδίτης , 20 Απριλίου 1922 - 30 Οκτωβρίου 1988, Ο διάβολος με το κηροπήγιο (1975), Ποίηση, τ. 2, εκδόσεις Μετρονόμος
“Lili Marleen”, the Story of the Famous WWII Love Song.
"Lili Marleen" is a German love song, first performed by Lale Andersen. It soon became very popular during WWII not only among the Axis troops but among the Allied troops too. Lale Andersen's is my mom's favorite version but many others have sung it too, such as Vera Lynn and Marlene Dietrich. It was written... Continue Reading →
Justice: “What’s the Right Thing to Do?”, Michael Sandel (Episode 03: “Free to Choose” & “Who Owns Me?”)
Part One: "What's the Right Thing to Do?" Individual rights. Should the government have the power to enact laws that: Protect people from themselves, such as seat-belt laws?Impose some people’s moral values on society as a whole? OrRedistribute income from the rich to the poor? (Sandel, explains the libertarian notion that re-distributive taxation is akin... Continue Reading →
Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe of the University of Oxford Was Announced as a Winner of The Nobel Prize in (Physiology or) Medicine 2019…
...alongside William G Kaelin, Jr of Harvard University and Gregg L Semenza of Johns Hopkins University. Professor Ratcliffe is the Director for the Target Discovery Institute within the Nuffield Department of Medicine at Oxford University and Director of Clinical Research at Francis Crick Institute, London. What the three scientists did was to discover the key... Continue Reading →
Note to Self (No 1)…
We have to keep reminding ourselves the obvious… not all people are good, not everyone has good intentions. Sometimes, we get carried away by what seems familiar to us or by a feature of their character that we lack as Jung puts it (e.g. an introvert admires and matches with an extrovert and vice versa).... Continue Reading →
Describe the Defeated Ones…, Paulo Coelho
“Describe the defeated ones,” said a merchant, when he saw that the Copt had finished speaking. And he answered: "The defeated are those who never fail. Defeat means that we lose a particular battle or war. Failure does not allow us to go on fighting. Defeat comes when we fail to get something we very... Continue Reading →
Το Νησί των Συναισθημάτων… Μάνος Χατζιδάκις
"Μια φορά κι έναν καιρό, υπήρχε ένα νησί στο οποίο ζούσαν όλα τα Συναισθήματα. Εκεί ζούσαν η Ευτυχία, η Λύπη, η Γνώση, η Αγάπη και όλα τα άλλα συναισθήματα. Μια μέρα έμαθαν ότι το νησί τους θα βούλιαζε και έτσι όλοι επισκεύασαν τις βάρκες τους και άρχισαν να φεύγουν. Η Αγάπη ήταν η μόνη που... Continue Reading →
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