The Silk Road’s Best-Kept Secret: The Kingdoms You Never Learned About
While Europe slept through the Dark Ages, Mali and Axum were trading gold, ideas, and power with the East. The Kingdoms You Never Learned About
The Art of Melancholy: Why Sadness Inspired So Many Masterpieces
From Dürer’s Melencolia I to Radiohead’s OK Computer—a dive into the creative power of despair. The Art of Melancholy: Why Sadness Inspired So Many Masterpieces
The Dark Side of the Enlightenment: When Reason Became Tyranny
How the guillotine became the ‘logical’ tool of progress—and why Voltaire might have regretted his optimism. The Dark Side of the Enlightenment: When Reason Became Tyranny
The Forgotten Women of the Renaissance: Erased from History
Sofonisba Anguissola, Lavinia Fontana, and others who rivaled Michelangelo—until men rewrote the story of The Forgotten Women of the Renaissance
The Stoic’s Guide to Surviving a Bad Day in 2024
The Stoic’s Guide to Surviving a Bad Day in 2024, Marcus Aurelius faced plagues and wars—your traffic jam and inbox chaos are no match for these ancient strategies.
Van Gogh’s Missing Ear: The Theories You’ve Never Heard
Was it really Gauguin? A drunken accident? Or something darker? Re-examining the myths behind art history’s most famous self-mutilation.
Nietzsche in the Age of Social Media: Would He Hate or Love It?
The philosopher who warned against herd mentality now has millions of ‘followers.’ A thought experiment on how Nietzsche would navigate the digital age.
The Lost Library of Alexandria: What If It Had Survived?
Imagine a world where Euclid’s lost works and Sappho’s complete poems still existed. How would our science, literature, and philosophy be different today?
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