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The City: The Roman and Greek Cities
History & The Arts

The City: The Roman and Greek Cities

...writes, "Rome I venerate, in one is my cradle in the other my curule chair" - the curule chair being a symbol of Ausonius’ status. If cities conveyed Roman culture into Europe then we might expect this event to have left an enduring legacy in European culture. Given the coincidence between the sites of ancient and modern urbanism, might continuity of occupation not...
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Cynicism: Philosophy for dogs?
History & The Arts

Cynicism: Philosophy for dogs?

...writings by Antisthenes or Diogenes survive, so we have to rely on later writers to get a flavour of what they dished up to their victims – abusive, witty and nonchalantly insolent by turns. Their targets included philosophers, musicians, athletes, playboys, politicians and kings. It’s reported that Diogenes was once visited by Alexander the Great, who found Diogenes...
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Impossible Peace 2: Where have all the leaders gone?
OpenLearn Ireland

Impossible Peace 2: Where have all the leaders gone?

...writing on the wall of ‘not a bullet - not an ounce’, and who with colleagues made significant progress in taking many guns out of Irish politics. George Mitchell, Nancy Soderberg, Martha Pope and the arms inspectors Martti Ahtisaari and Cyril Ramaphosa are others who come to mind. We learned from South Africa and the Basque Country and they learned from us....
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Irish Gothic story competition winners
OpenLearn Ireland

Irish Gothic story competition winners

...write a great gothic short story? Read the judges' reports and winning entries from our Irish Gothic competition...We are pleased to announce the winners of the Irish Gothic story competition. Thank you to everyone who submitted their stories. We were blown away by the sheer quality and range of pieces, which explored themes as varied as haunted houses, ghostly train...
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Outdoor spaces for tiny humans
Education & Development

Outdoor spaces for tiny humans

...writing of Friedrich Froebel (1782–1852) who believed that this period of childhood has particular significance; the senses, through which the child experiences the world, require that ‘the surroundings… should be pure and clear – pure air, clear light, clear space’ (1826, p. 15). On the Froebel Trust website, there is a section dedicated to children and nature...
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Reading evidence
Society, Politics & Law

Reading evidence

...writing tell us about how identities are formed? How much control did he have in shaping his work-based identity? Does his account suggest that there is greater uncertainty about work identities in the late 1990s? Discussion John's account suggests that paid work, especially in work like coal mining, is a very important dimension of identity. Miners lived in a community...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Why are people superstitious?
History & The Arts

Why are people superstitious?

...writes, ‘no one would be in the grip of superstition’. [Excommunicated Spinoza, 1907 painting by Samuel Hirszenberg] Excommunicated Spinoza, 1907 painting by Samuel Hirszenberg. But rarely if ever is that the case. Instead, we inevitably encounter adversity and disappointment in pursuing what we want. Then we ‘vacillate wretchedly between hope and fear’, making us...
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57 genders (and none for me?) - Part One
Society, Politics & Law

57 genders (and none for me?) - Part One

...writes about sex, gender and relationships, what with the coinciding of LGBT history month and Valentine’s Day. This year, however, I thought I could rest up a bit on February 14, given that I said everything I wanted to say about the celebration of romantic love last Valentine. I was wrong. Facebook chose February 14 2014 to do one of the most exciting things that has...
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