The higher good that leads us upward
We do not define the higher good; it defines us.
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12, 2019
12
08, 2019
Advanced Robotics find Renaissance shipwreck (Sten Hankewitz, Estonian World)
How a robotics team located a Renaissance ship in nearly perfect condition.
6
08, 2019
“Engineering before engineers” (Alex Abrams, Wake Forest University)
Appreciating the historical roots of engineering in Renaissance ingenuity.
11
06, 2019
Engineering beauty in the Renaissance (Claudio Bozza and Iacopo Gori, Corriere della sera)
How scientific and artistic ingenuity fused to create the dome on the cathedral of Florence.
28
11, 2018
The usefulness of literature and philosophy
A Renaissance conception of the usefulness and value of the humanities, for humanity.
16
10, 2018
On true wealth
How artists can see the merit of what is invisible.
30
09, 2018
Building Knowledge in the Humanities
From a talk on the humanities and Renaissance humanism presented at Syracuse University, April 2018
5
09, 2018
Dreams, yesterday and today
How dreams have affected our reasoning and reality, then and now.
17
04, 2018
Building Knowledge in the Renaissance: Humanist Constructs and Conversations
How did Renaissance humanities build knowledge in ways that still have meaning today? An upcoming talk and discussion at Syracuse University.
12
12, 2017
Rivers of time and change, outside and within
Change over time leads to thoughts of our accepted certainties.