Timeline page

2018

9 FebruarySocrates, the law of nature and the value of the examined life
10 JanuaryThe Grimm brothers – Not so much a fairy tale

2017

1 OctoberThe discovery of ‘zero’ and why it matters
20 SeptemberThe first Zionists were socialists
15 MayWittgenstein and the ritual
21 AprilUse of myth in Plato’s Symposium
12 AprilSocrates on death
2 AprilHistorical mysteries and conspiracy theories
20 MarchSocrates, the laws and the power of the state
11 MarchMonty Python, the Life of Brian and the Holy Inquisition
23 FebruaryRaif Badawi’s 1000 Lashes: a book for liberty
19 FebruaryThe invention of Utopia and its self-confutation
10 FebruaryThe founding of Israel
30 JanuaryHomosexuality in the Platonic myth
24 JanuaryReplying to Holocaust deniers
9 JanuaryThe deceitful fascination of daydreaming love

2016

14 DecemberThe origins of Christmas and Santa Claus
7 DecemberWhen Castro asked for a nuclear holocaust
22 NovemberHitler’s willing suicides – the German kamikaze
7 NovemberHow to win any argument
4 NovemberFilming lies and apologia – Mel Gibson’s Braveheart and Apocalypto
4 NovemberThe insidious Anti-Semitism of Mel Gibson and the Bible
22 OctoberVoltaire and the confrontation of religious extremism
14 OctoberDonald Trump and the temptation to destroy
10 OctoberWhy the jihadis of ISIS hate us – in their own words
10 OctoberISIS article – Why we hate you & why we fight you
30 SeptemberA short dictionary of Islam – General notions and terms
9 SeptemberQuintus Cicero and the eternal cynicism of the candidate
3 SeptemberWhat’s the problem Islam has with dogs?
11 AugustSatan of the Quran
4 AugustResponding to apologists for Islam
30 JulyJesus of the Quran
22 JulyAlexander the Great of the Quran
4 JuneCenk Uygur and the Cyprus conflict – 250 words of lies
28 MayOn banning the Muslim veil
20 MayKamikaze – Who they were, why they died
4 MaySpinoza’s Political Treatise – Reason to Power
4 MayThe golden age of the Arabs and its intellectual collapse
24 AprilThe advice of an Akkadian father to his son (2200 BC)
24 AprilReligious censorship – the Salman Rushdie affair
24 AprilNorth Korea’s economic eccentricities
22 AprilBlaming the victims – The Danes against barbarity
9 AprilSocrates against ancestor worship
9 AprilSocrates vs Protagoras – Can virtue be taught?
9 AprilSocrates and the impasse of divine morality
8 AprilSocrates on the opinion of others
8 AprilThe socratic method – examination, the birthing process, irony
8 AprilWhat did the man who knew nothing know?
5 AprilThe 20th century in political posters
3 AprilWhat the placebo effect is and isn’t
2 AprilThe Hebrew-Arabic conflict after the founding of Israel
2 AprilThe impossibility of Wittgenstein’s ethics and a solution by Sam Harris
24 MarchIs education without teachers the future of education?
22 MarchAnimation of ancient Iraq
22 MarchAnimation of ancient Egypt
20 MarchWhy we do science – The necessity of non utilitarianism oriented scientific research
20 MarchThe survivors of Charlie Hebdo feel alone, while the enemy still runs loose
20 MarchCensorship in times of war – A farewell to the truth
19 MarchAnimation of ancient Corinth
19 MarchAnimation of ancient Syracuse
19 MarchAnimation of ancient Parthenon
18 MarchThe religion of the Yazidis and why it is persecuted by ISIS
18 MarchHomosexuality, the church and the Greek Communists
18 MarchJustification of violence in Buddhism
18 MarchThe invention of the World Wide Web
18 MarchAncient democracy today – a rare video interview with Cornelius Castoriadis
18 MarchIsraelis and Palestinians – Hostages to history and religion
18 MarchTwo long lost fairy tales
18 MarchThe two Gandhis – Myths and realities
18 MarchIsocrates – A brief presentation
18 MarchA Syrian speaks to European citizens
18 MarchAnimation of the Parthenon violations through the centuries
18 MarchAnimation of the Knossos Palace
18 MarchAnimation of ancient Rome
18 MarchAnimation of the Santorini volcano history
18 MarchHenry Kissinger’s role in the tragedy of Cyprus
18 MarchNorth Korea – Totalitarianism and the police state
18 MarchNorth Korea’s internal propaganda – Personality cult and purity of race
18 MarchThe myths of Christian persecution
18 MarchHow Stalin and Lysenko bankrupted Soviet science
17 MarchIs Pope Francis really a radical?
17 MarchThe passions of Mother Teresa
17 MarchGeorge Orwell’s list
17 MarchDarwin: Heritage and Misunderstandings – Morality, Irreverence, Eugenics
17 March“Missing link”? What missing link? – The evidence for the theory of evolution
17 MarchFirst you laugh, then you cry – The ambivalence of Michael Moore
17 MarchA Dangerous Method – Homeopathy and its Fallacies
17 MarchThe Illusion of Free Will
16 MarchPolybius – The Athenians are “a ship without a commander”
16 MarchPropaganda in education – A math textbook from North Korea
16 Marchthemes