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Arthur Koestler Darkness At No

Arthur Koestler: ‘Darkness at Noon’ Revolutionary and political ethics ‘Darkness at Noon’ is the second novel of a trilogy, which revolves around the central theme of revolutionary ethics, and of political ethics in general: the problem whether, or to what extent, a noble ...

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Extra-sensory Perception

Just what is parapsychology? This question is often asked and the reply given is very obscure. Parapsychology is often defined as the science of the unexplainable. Extra sensory perception falls into this science and is branched off into different, but specific groups. These groups define extra ...

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The Rise Of Gladiatorial Combat In Rome

Gladiatorial contests (munera gladitoria), hold a central place in our perception of Roman behavior. They were also a big influence on how Romans themselves ordered their lives. Attending the games was one of the practices that went with being a Roman. The Etruscans who introduced this type ...

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Darkness At Noon

Despite its brevity by Arthur Koestler packs an enormous amount of thought provoking dialog and insight into what may go through the mind of someone who is going through an extreme ordeal. One theme which ran throughout the book was Rubashov’s actions that were taken as matters of ...

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Darkness At Noon

Despite its brevity by Arthur Koestler packs an enormous amount of thought provoking dialog and insight into what may go through the mind of someone who is going through an extreme ordeal. One theme which ran throughout the book was Rubashov’s actions that were taken as matters of ...

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Why the First Month?

The Romans has several gods that they prayed to and put their faith into. So why, out of the many, did they pick Janus for the first month of the calendar when Julius Caesar asked Sosigenes to design one? The god that looks forward and backward. The god of two faces. The god of the past and the ...

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O “eu”, o “Outro” e o espelho de Lacan (por exemplo: os provérbios)

O artigo Language use in jokes and dreams, de Marcelo Dascal, discutindo pragmaticamente o uso da linguagem, conclui, a partir do ponto de vista da Gramática Gerativa, de Chomsky, que socialmente esse uso é criativo, i.e., a linguagem é produzida a partir de uma estrutura profunda; já o uso ...

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