by Beat Schindler | Jan 7, 2025 | Words, You
Charles Darwin, born 215 years ago, died 142 years ago, didn’t believe the most successful lie ever told, according to which the past is in a book. Instead of that he decided to find out what happened in the past by himself. Aged 22 he embarked on a five-year voyage...
by Beat Schindler | Oct 9, 2024 | Words, You
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet”, said William Shakespeare some 430 years ago. Now, 430 years later, so it is with words. A word by any other word is a word. No matter what you call it, if you have aword for it, it’s a word. WORDS You are either...
by Beat Schindler | Oct 9, 2024 | Words, You
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet”, said William Shakespeare some 430 years ago. Now, 430 years later, so it is with words. A word by any other word is a word. No matter what you call it, if you have aword for it, it’s a word. WORDS You are either...
by Beat Schindler | Sep 23, 2024 | Words, You
James Frederick Ferrier (born 216 years ago / died 160 years ago) was a Scottish word-user, writer, lawyer, and university professor. His wife Margaret Anne Wilson wrote under the pseudonym Christopher North. At a time when the word-user population of 1 billion...
by Beat Schindler | Sep 18, 2024 | Words, You
Adonai Ahura Mazda Akal Purakh Allah Amaterasu Amun Apollo Athena Brahman Bunjil Devi Divine El Shaddai Elohim Emperor Father Freyja God Hashem Hera Isis Jade Jehovah Juno Jupiter Kami Krishna Lord Mars Ngai Odin Olodumare Osiris Ra Rama Re Satnam Shiva Spirit Tao...
by Beat Schindler | Sep 10, 2024 | Words, You
According to Wikipedia, Hasan Ibn Al-Haytham (born 1059 years ago / died 1000 years ago), “is sometimes described as the world’s first true scientist.” Whether that’s true I guess is for the scientists after Hasan to decide. TAKEAWAY In the context of what I’m the...
