286--287 Eternal Sicily in the Modern Age
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"Everything must change for everything to remain the same" - this is how Tomasi di Lampedusa describes life in Sicily in his novel The Leopard.  ..read more
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270–271 Karl Polanyi and capitalism
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282–283 International relations - theories and approaches
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Realism, liberalism, Marxism, Neo-Marxism, and Constructivism are the major approaches to international relations ..read more
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280–281 Gnostics and the Bible
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If Christianity is about Christ, why is the Old Testament included in the Bible ..read more
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278–279 Leviathan of Thomas Hobbes
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Thomas Hobbes founded a theory of modern state, as he looked for a way to stop religious wars that afflicted Europe and England, in particular, in the 16th and 17th centuries. He based his theory on the fear of death that is common for most people.  ..read more
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276–277 Nikolai Fedorov – resurrection and cosmos
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He slept on the chest and was wearing poor clothes – Nikolai Fedorov was an unassuming librarian and a mentor of Tsiolkovsky, a father of astronautics, as well as Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, big writers.    ..read more
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274–275 Blaise Pascal – the last believer
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Blaise Pascal (1623– 1662) believed that we are great when we are aware of our insignificance ..read more
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272–273 Are there philosophers in Russia?
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In the 19th century, two names stand out when we think of philosophy in Russia – Alexander Herzen and Konstantin Leontiev. While Herzen was the father of Russian socialism, Leontiev was a conservative whose writings can explain how the idea of the decaying West came into being in Russia ..read more
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268-269 Did the Black Death delay the Renaissance?
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Where did the catastrophe of the 14 century come from? Was the Renaissance delayed ..read more
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266–267 Herodotus – the father of history
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In  his treatise of 9 books, Herodotus described many peoples, countries, and events of the 5th century BC. He titled his work "History", which gave the name to a scholarly discipline.   ..read more
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