Thursday, 15 November 2012
Thursday, 23 August 2012
Aristotle: thought for the day
Neither in moral nor in mathematical science is the knowledge of first principles reached by logical means: it is virtue, whether natural or acquired by habituation, that enables us to think rightly about the first principle. - Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Bk VII.
Sunday, 12 August 2012
Monday, 6 August 2012
Thursday, 28 June 2012
Ombros Hieros
ομβρος ἱερος - ombros hieros - sacred, or holy, rain. This is from line 1428 of Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus, Oedipus the King. Hence, in English, hieratic, priestly or of priests; hierarchy, a graded priesthood, etc. I don't know if French ombre, shade, & hence English umbrage, umbrella, etc, is derived from ombros or not. Perhaps someone can tell me?
Tuesday, 19 June 2012
The Beara Peninsula in Ireland
These photos were taken on the Beara Peninsula last Sunday. The top one looks down into the valley where the village of Allihies lies, a former copper mining town. The others show the Healy Pass through the mountains.
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