Anaximander of Miletus and His Philosophy on the Origin of All Things Anaximander of Miletus was a Pre-Socratic philosopher who belonged to the Milesian school. As indicated by its name, this school of thought was based in the city of Miletus on the western coast of Anatolia, modern day Turkey. Anaximander is one of the three prominent figures in this philosophical school, the other two being Thales and Anaximenes, the former commonly thought to have been Anaximander’s teacher, whilst the latter, his student. It has been pointed out that these three early philosophers held quite distinct views on most subjects, and that their grouping is based on geographical convenience rather than on shared opinions. Anaximander is thought to have been born in 610 BC. “And Apollodorus, in his Chronicles, states, that in the second year of the fifty-eighth Olympiad, he (Anaximander) was sixty-four years old.” In other words, in the year 546 BC, Anaximander was 64 years old. Anaximander’s Creations Very little is known about Anaximander’s life. By Wu Mingren
Space Telescope Live The Drolatic Dreams of Pantagruel (1565) "The great familiarity I had with the late François Rabelais," Breton writes in the preface, "has moved and even compelled me to bring to light the last of his work, the drolatic dreams of the very excellent and wonderful Patagruel". Despite the claims (echoed too in the book's subtitle), the book's wonderful images are very unlikely to be the work of Rabelais himself — the attribution probably a clever marketing ploy by Breton. Indeed, that this attribution to Rabelais is a ruse might also explain the unusual lack of text beyond the preface, the intimidating task of imitating the comic master's distinctive literary style perhaps one step too far for Breton. "The great familiarity I had with the late François Rabelais," Breton writes in the preface, "has moved and even compelled me to bring to light the last of his work, the drolatic dreams of the very excellent and wonderful Patagruel".
Venn diagram Example[edit] Sets A (creatures with two legs) and B (creatures that can fly) Humans and penguins are bipedal, and so are then in the orange circle, but since they cannot fly they appear in the left part of the orange circle, where it does not overlap with the blue circle. Mosquitoes have six legs, and fly, so the point for mosquitoes is in the part of the blue circle that does not overlap with the orange one. Creatures that are not two-legged and cannot fly (for example, whales and spiders) would all be represented by points outside both circles. History[edit] Venn diagrams were introduced in 1880 by John Venn (1834–1923) in a paper entitled On the Diagrammatic and Mechanical Representation of Propositions and Reasonings in the "Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science", about the different ways to represent propositions by diagrams.[1][2] The use of these types of diagrams in formal logic, according to Ruskey and M. In the 20th century, Venn diagrams were further developed. A.
The Universal Library by Kurd Lasswitz | Mithila Review Translated from the German by Erik Born Publication Note As far as we are aware, the source for this translation is in the public domain, since the text was originally published in Germany in 1904 and the author passed away in 1910. Translator’s Preface Kurd Lasswitz’s short story “Die Universalbibliothek” is a historical work of speculative fiction about the desirability of creating a universal library, which would contain not only everything already written in the past but also anything possibly written in the future. At first glance, “Die Universalbibliothek” may appear to offer little more than an elementary lesson in arithmetic with the main character, a mathematics professor, serving as a thinly veiled stand-in for the author.[2] Admittedly, the calculations involved in the story will not dazzle any mathematicians, and the somewhat predictable dialogue, rigid characterizations, and almost non-existent plot will hardly overwhelm the literati. “That’s certainly true, Mrs. “What?” [1].
How Ancient Greek Statues Really Looked: Research Reveals their Bold, Bright Colors and Patterns "Did they have color in the past?" This question, one often hears, ranks among the darndest things said by kids, or at least kids who have learned a little about history, but not the history of photography. But even the kids who get seriously swept up in stories and images of the past might hold on to the misconception, given how thoroughly time has monochromatized the artifacts of previous civilizations. As much as such precocious youngsters have always learned from trips to the museum to see, for instance, ancient Greek statues, they haven't come away with an accurate impression of how they really looked in their day. Recent research has begun to change that. "To us, classical antiquity means white marble," writes Smithsonian magazine's Matthew Gurewitsch. In the years since the discovery of ancient Greek statues' original colors, the reactions of us moderns have, shall we say, varied. (via i09) Related Content: Watch Art on Ancient Greek Vases Come to Life with 21st Century Animation
30 anecdotes artistiques insolites pour briller à l'apéro L’été est de retour ! Les apéros, les barbecues et autres pique-niques au bord de l’eau sont les bienvenus. Pour frimer en maillot, sur le sable, en famille ou entre amis, Beaux Arts a sélectionné pour vous 30 anecdotes à picorer. Le surnom intime de Toulouse-Lautrec, un film d’horreur inspiré par Magritte, le rapport entre le Centre Pompidou et Nike, du cerveau de momies extrait par le nez… À vous de jouer ! 1. Le saviez-vous ? 2. Pablo Picasso a peint quelque 60 000 œuvres au cours de sa vie, soit deux par jour en moyenne. 3. Au MoMA de New York en 1961, « Le Bateau » de Henri Matisse a été exposé pendant 47 jours… à l’envers ! 4. Les trois femmes dans Femmes au jardin de Claude Monet (1866) ont toutes le même visage… Celui de Camille, épouse de l’impressionniste. 5. Charles Baudelaire a demandé à Gustave Courbet d’effacer son ex-maîtresse, Jeanne Duval, tout à droite de sa toile L’Atelier du peintre (1855) où il figure lisant un livre. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18.
The Absinthe Encyclopedia by David Nathan-Maister – Absinthes.com – The definitive guide to the history of absinthe. ~ A Guide to the Lost World of Absinthe and La Fée Verte ~ Introduction Absinthe… the Green Fairy… La Fée Verte… no other drink has the same romantic history – the French Impressionists….Toulouse Lautrec, Degas, Manet, Van Gogh….Paris in the Belle Époque… the cafés of Montmartre… the muse of writers from Verlaine and Rimbaud to Joyce and Hemingway. Of course, there’s a darker side to absinthe as well – no other drink has ever roused the same degree of passionate condemnation, and no other drink has ever been banned outright in the way absinthe was in the years leading up to 1915. read more The Rise of the Green Fairy Distillation This chapter gives an account of the making of absinthe, based on actual distillations at the historic Emile Pernot distillery in Pontarlier. The Absinthe Ritual The Effects of Absinthe At the very heart of the absinthe legend is the idea that it provides a noticeably different quality of intoxication. About thujone Absinthe in America The War on Absinthe Renaissance
Pour éviter les procès pour plagiat dans la musique, un algorithme met 68 milliards de mélodies dans le domaine public Robin Thicke et Pharrell Williams condamnés pour avoir plagié Marvin Gaye, Radiohead accusant Lana Del Rey d’avoir copié le titre Creep avec son Get Free, Chris (ex-Christine and the Queens) accusée d’avoir copié un logiciel dans son titre Damn, dis-moi… Les accusations de plagiat et les procès qui s’ensuivent sont l’une des plaies de l’industrie musicale. Le phénomène ne date pas d’hier et personne ne semble y échapper. Alors Damien Riehl, avocat spécialiste du droit d’auteur, musicien et développeur à ses heures, et son compère Noah Rubin ont créé un algorithme pour générer… toutes les mélodies possibles, avant de les protéger par des droits d’auteur, rapportent le site américain Vice. Pas pour avoir l’opportunité de poursuivre des musiciens en justice, bien au contraire. Dans une présentation TedxTalk, Damien Riehl explique que la musique, finalement, ce ne sont que des mathématiques. Explorer toutes les combinaisons mélodiques possibles Pas de risque de poursuite pour plagiat
Where Words are Stored: The Brain's Meaning Map Listening to speech is so easy for most of us that it is difficult to grasp the neural complexity involved. Previous studies have revealed several brain regions, collectively called the semantic system, that process meaning. Yet such studies have typically focused on specific distinctions, such as abstract versus concrete words, or found discrete areas responsive to groups of related words, such as tools or food. Now a team of neuroscientists in Jack Gallant's laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley, led by Alexander Huth, has generated a comprehensive “atlas” of where different meanings are represented in the human brain. The researchers played two hours of stories from the Moth Radio Hour, a public broadcast show, to seven participants while recording their brain activity in a functional MRI scanner. The maps cover much of the cortex, the outermost brain regions controlling higher cognitive functions, extending beyond areas traditionally thought of as language centers.
Histoire de l'art : ces mots pointus qu'il faut connaître C’est toujours le bon moment pour se cultiver et se divertir ! De capriccio à chryséléphantin, en passant par des expressions telles que « vénus anadyomène », ces termes de spécialistes ne se contentent pas de nommer des techniques ou des styles. D’origine italienne, grecque, allemande… Les mots de l’art enrichissent notre compréhension des contextes culturels, et de leurs évolutions, des innovations techniques et des concepts philosophiques qui accompagnent les créations artistiques. 1. Anadyomène C’est une représentation de Vénus émergeant de la mer, inspirée par la mythologie grecque et souvent associée à des thèmes de renaissance et de beauté divine. 2. Ce mot allemand signifie « œuvre d’art totale ». 3. Tiens un éléphant dans le ciel ? 4. Avez-vous vu ce personnage à contrapposto ? 5. Au XVIIIe siècle, les peintres italiens faisaient beaucoup de « caprices ». 6. Avez-vous vu le crâne au premier plan des Ambassadeurs de Hans Holbein (1533) ? 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Une figure repoussoir ?
Conway's Life Glossary Back to Main Life Page Alan Hensel has taken the trouble of compiling an extensive glossary, which he has included as an ascii text file in his Life pattern archive. This glossary is extracted here for your convenience. Technical revisions suggested by Achim Flammenkamp and Al Hensel were added to this version on 7-Nov-95. In-line images of patterns have now been added to this glossary. This glossary was compiled by Al Hensel, with indispensable help from John Conway, Dean Hickerson, David Bell, Bill Gosper, Bob Wainwright, Noam Elkies, Nathan Thompson, Harold McIntosh, and Dan Hoey. (p5) A for All (p6) acorn agar - any pattern that can periodically tile the Life universe, either as a still life or as an oscillator. aircraft carrier (p1) airforce (p7) ants (p5 wick) aVerage b-heptomino b-heptomino shuttle, p46 shuttle, twin bees shuttle (p46) B track - a type of Life object in which one or more b-heptominos are perturbed by oscillators so as to travel in a loop. bakery - 4 loaves: (p2) barge beacon beehive