The Color of Political Theory
After last year’s National Academy, we shared Cicero’s View from 100,000 Miles. He will make his more formal appearance at this year’s National Academy in the morning. Found this video on the Hayden Planetarium’s site and it provides all the perspective to think like Cicero. To think big… and small!
stepwinder on That’s a Re-Write stepwinder on Re-writing a bit of Hobbes as Cicero
RT @politicolor: Valedictorian speaks out against school system producing a standardized citizenry. Kids know the truth. http://ow.ly/2n45X
RT @dmlcentral: "Teach by questioning rather than telling" and "Everyone teaching each other" - Great 2-min video by Prof. Eric Mazur http://bit.ly/akNX3G Democracy is not about rights but about powers. Authority is generated from liberty #NEH #NarionalAcademy Tough to talk about revolution if you don't know what the word means. Kuhn meets Hobbes in this short vid. http://ow.ly/2hApP
I can’t believe we have the technology to map areas millions of light years away from us and we’re still using gas to power our cars.
Yeah, I was impressed with how far out the video went! It definitely makes some of the details back on the ground here seem a bit silly.
Achilles’ shield, as crafted by Hephaestus, from THE ILIAD…
The first thing he created was a huge and sturdy shield,
all wonderfully crafted. Around its outer edge,
he fixed a triple rim, glittering in the light,
attaching to it a silver carrying strap.
The shield had five layers. On the outer one,
with his great skill he fashioned many rich designs.
There he hammered out the earth, the heavens, the sea,
the untiring sun, the moon at the full, along with
every constellation which crowns the heavens—
the Pleiades, the Hyades, mighty Orion,
and the Bear, which some people call the Wain,
always circling in the same position, watching Orion,
the only stars that never bathe in Ocean stream.
So, did these representations of order portray strength? I get that it was all there but I want to know to what purpose…. according to Homer.