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I agree, any connection between the Egyptian "foot" hieroglyph and the lower case "b" seems irrelevant, but it seems that the Phoenician letter bet looks kind of like the Egyptian …

I believe the letter “b” it traces back to the hieroglyph for “foot”, not the one for a “house.” See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B_(hieroglyph) It even looks like a foot, which i…

Thank you for pointing me to the Catherine Project–it looks very interesting to me.

What do you mean by _enjoy_ here? Do you restrict that word to immediate and accessible pleasures, like eating, or do you think it applies to more drawn-out events, like developing…

It seems like passive consumption, be it of books or tiktok, is unlikely to improve someone very much. You may learn some new facts but I doubt you’ll be able to revise any of your…

I've wondered about the "no TV" stance too. I used to push back against it, but I believe there's something to it. Here's my current reasoning: First of all, TV and movies have the…

I've been searching for a community to discuss philosophical and literary classics. I live in NYC, and have tried to find an in-person group. It's been tough to find, especially wh…

I enjoyed reading everybody's comments. I've been in a long conversation with a friend about the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā---a Buddhist text that argues that nothing _inherently exists_…

You are right that the 60% of restaurants that will fail are likely the ones that were on the edge anyway, however, this is a different distinction. I think the more important dist…

I'm also a New York resident, and my wife is a nurse practitioner who worked during COVID. "how many restaurants is one life worth?" It would take quite a few restaurants. However,…

It has been a few years since I read some of Spengler's "Decline of the West". As I recall, he believed that history had a certain determinism to it; it had universal laws like the…

> Did the Ancient Greek person really read these as fervently as a modern religious person reads their holy book? I doubt they viewed Homer like religious people view their sacred …

I'm not sure I understand what you are asking if anyone actually likes reading the Iliad. I can't speak for others, but I enjoyed it thoroughly. It vividly paints the horror and th…

Thanks! I've read most of this collection of Greek Lyric fragments: https://books.google.com/books/about/Greek_Lyric.html?id=-aY... If I recall, there are only a handful of fragmen…

The introduction to the Robert Fagles' translation of the Iliad has a fascinating, and more up-to-date, essay about the authorship of the Iliad and the Odyssey---the so called "Hom…

I studied engineering in undergrad, and have only become interested in "classics" for the past couple of years. Homer is great. I've only read Fagles' translation, but plan on Pope…

> Epic very specifically defined the "market" as iOS devices. That is true, but I think it is debatable whether that is a reasonable way to define "market". It would be as if a ven…

I like small simple websites like these. I especially appreciate knowing about thin.npr.com I don't think completely text websites have to look bad. E.g., my personal website looks…