The Bard in the Bible. Here is a mystery for Shakespeare fans and inquisitive youngsters who know what the King James Version of the Bible is. Most of…
Category: Philosophy
Friedrich W. Nietzsche
With a name tricky both to spell and to pronounce, this German philosopher was born in 1844, son of a sheep herder in Saxony. He was brought up…
The importance of Burgos and the Spanish Democracy
Burgos is one of the principal cities in Spain, it has a large population, a famous cathedral, biting arctic winds that freeze one to the marrow and, at…
Guess who said (or wrote) these things?
Give us your answers in the form of a Comment “I must have a drink of breakfast.” “Somebody left the cork out of my lunch!” “She’s all…
Burke, politician, essayist & long-lasting influence
Edmund Burke was born in Dublin in 1729. Educated in this city, it was not long before he quit ‘the bogs of Ireland’ and moved to London, where…
Western Philosophy
There can be found marked differences between westernized philosophy and the Indian, Chinese, Arabic and African versions. These speculate more about the nature of the world, human existence,…
Quotable quotes from Winston Churchill (1864-1965, edited)
He is one of those orators of whom it was well said, ‘Before they get up, they do not know what they are going to say; when they…
That Special Relationship
This is a favourite (or favorite term) used mainly by British social commentators and diplomats to describe what they like to see as special Anglo-American relations. The term…
Appeasement
A bit of a dirty word since 1938 but it shouldn’t be. There is enough appeasement going on now over the disgusting situation in Syria to fill the…