quote:This lecture focuses on the impact and fading attention paid to one of the most influential thinkers in Western civilization. The first part of an eight part series presented by Wesley Cecil PhD. at Peninsula College. A review of the life and influence of Roman philosopher Cicero.
quote:On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, the Lebanese Armenian Heritage Club at AUB organized a lecture, entitled "One Hundred Years and a Day", delivered by Robert Fisk. The lecture was held on March 27, 2015, in the Issam Fares Auditorium at AUB.
.quote:In case people are wondering: this is a radio broadcast of the 1988 Massey Lectures for the CBC (Canadian Broadcast Corporation). Every year since 1961, The Massey Lectures has invited a noted scholar or writer to give a series of 5 lectures on an important topic of contemporary concern over the course of a week
Politieke situatie en orientatie.quote:Forty years ago, two choices made history. Australia chose China over Taiwan and China chose the United States over the Soviet Union. Both led to happy results for the two countries that decided to make their great leaps. China faces new choices today. In the context of the rapid changes in China since 1972, Professor Gungwu Wang uses a quote from Yu Yongding as his text: "China must choose between higher growth and faster structural adjustment. It cannot have both at the same time." Professor Wang discusses China's cultural growth and political adjustment, and argues that it can have both at the same time.
Die ga ik eens kijken. Ben het vaak eens met Noam Chomsky.quote:
Chomsky is een filosoof. Zijn bijdrage aan de taalwetenschap is ook vooral filosofisch van karakter. Hetzelfde geldt voor zijn bijdrage aan de politieke discussie, die is vooral ethisch.quote:Op woensdag 11 november 2015 16:24 schreef Pietverdriet het volgende:
Chomsky, een taalwetenschapper die het over economie heeft, dat is alsof een theoloog het over biologie heeft.
quote:Kabir was a 15th century mystic poet of north India who defied the boundaries between Hindu and Muslim. He had a Muslim name and upbringing, but his poetry repeatedly invokes the widely revered Hindu name for God – Ram. Who is Kabir’s Ram? This film journeys through song and poem into the politics of religion, and finds myriad answers on both sides of the hostile border between India and Pakistan.
quote:Ram
Rama, one of the most widely worshipped Hindu deities, the embodiment of chivalry and virtue. Although there are three Ramas mentioned in Indian tradition--Parashurama, Balarama, and Ramachandra--the name is specifically associated with Ramachandra, the seventh incarnation (avatar) of Vishnu. His story is told briefly in the Mahabharata ("Great Epic of the Bharata Dynasty") and at great length in the Ramayana ("Rama's Journey").
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