In On the Shortness of Life, Seneca reminds us that life is not truly short, but often wasted. The secret to a long life lies not in the number of years, but in the ability to live with wisdom, fullness, and awareness of time.
Introduction In the vast universe of expressions that have spanned the centuries, there are not many that have the power to resonate with the same intensity as “Mens sana in…
Introduction Understanding our past is a key aspect of moving forward confidently into the future. The lessons of history serve as a compass to guide us through the complexities and…
Intro A theological/philosophical question that many thinkers and scholars have in common is, “Who really are we?” And “who we used to be?” For a mind that seeks spiritual elevation,…
Anyone, at least once, has questioned what would be the purpose of our life on Earth and why we were created. The problem is that many, recognizing the complexity of…
Studying the past of certain cultures that have now disappeared can concretely help us in the present. It is enough to be able to follow the chain of events that…
Introduction Scientists believe that only 40% of happiness is a genetic factor, while the other 60% depends on ourselves and how we decide to manage our lives. Sedentariness, irregular lifestyle,…
Introduction It’s not bad at all to feel misunderstood. Pythagoras was misunderstood, Socrates, Moses, Jesus, Mohammed, Copernicus, Galileo, many great men and women who changed history possessed such a great…
Epicurus (341–270 b.C.) was an ancient Greek philosopher and sage who founded a highly influential school of philosophy now called Epicureanism. Epicurus’ Epistle to Menoeceus (also called Letter on happiness)…
The Tratturo Regio Pescasseroli-Candela was a drovers’ road used by shepherds to move large flocks of sheep to southern Italy (transhumance). mostly hilly and mountainous routes of the Apennines up…
The Abbey of the Dormition is an abbey and the name of a Benedictine community in Jerusalem on Mt. Zion just outside the walls of the Old City near the…
The Golden Gate, is the only eastern gate of the Temple Mount and one of only two that used to offer access into the city from that side. It has…
The Western Wall, Wailing Wall or Kotel (Hebrew: הַכֹּתֶל הַמַּעֲרָבִי, translit.: HaKotel HaMa’aravi; Ashkenazic pronunciation: HaKosel HaMa’arovi; Arabic: حائط البراق, translit.: Ḥā’iṭ al-Burāq, translat.: the Buraq Wall, or Arabic: المبكى…
Antioch on the Orontes (/ˈæntiˌɒk/; also Syrian Antioch) was an ancient Greco-Roman city on the eastern side of the Orontes River. Its ruins lie near the modern city of Antakya,…
The Egnatia Road (Greek: Ἐγνατία Ὁδός) also called the Via Egnatia was a road constructed by the Romans in the 2nd century BC. It crossed the Roman provinces of Illyricum,…
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