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79Fountainhead Essay - Howard Roark and Integrity
Howard is the protagonist of Ayn Rand's novel The Fountainhead. He is an uncompromising architect whose rhetoric and artistic behavior is clearly inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright. In the book, he serves as a champion for Ayn Rand's life philosophy...
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72Minotauros the Minotaur Part III: Modernization and Immortality
The last part of a three-part series of essays that overview several aspects of Minotauros. This part covers the ways Minotauros has been modernized and made immortal.
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70'Immortals' Movie Review...
A Review of The Movie, Immortals... Those who read this blog on a fairly regular basis know that I love the movies and often used their respective dialogues when apt to further flesh out the given themes of the blogs; however, I seldom go anymore...
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75A - Z of Mythological Creatures (Just 'C')
Zeus Hey guys, I’m back with another collection of awesome mythological creatures, exclusive only to the letter C. I hope you’ve enjoyed ‘A’ and ‘B’ so far. If you haven’t seen those, check the link below. Okay, so I’m really...
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80Theseus is given Shakespeare's voice in A Midsummer Nights Dream
The original speech given by Theseus, opening the first scene of act five in A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, lacks key lines that link the speech to themes existing in Shakespeare's 26th...
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79Every Organ Tells a Story #3: A History of Anatomical Terms
The current anatomical terminology has undergone a long and tortuous journey. In his paper, ‘The strange histories of anatomical terms’ Charles Singer describes how the commonplace English terms such as neck, leg, breast, liver, bladder all come from Indo-European origins with a Teutonic backdrop.
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75Minotauros the Minotaur Part II: Iconography
A continued discussion about Minotauros from Greek mythology. The sole focus is the different depictions of Minotauros over time, individually, his battle with Theseus, and in the labyrinth.
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72Top 10 Best things to see in Athens, Greece
I didn't get to spend much time in Athens, but it certainly did whet my appetite to go back someday. I did get to see some of the things below, but if you should ever get the chance to go, do try to stop at some of these places. :) 1.) The...
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84Greek Heroes
The Greek mythology is full of heroic tales and legends. The Ancient Greek heroes have inspired generations and their stories are still narrated and followed. Although the Greek mythology has an ample amount of heroic characters, ten of the...
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69Six of the Best Thought Experiments of All Time
"The ship wherein Theseus and the youth of Athens returned [from Crete] had thirty oars, and was preserved by the Athenians down even to the time of Demetrius Phalereus, for they took away the old planks as...
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