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Don’t give me your “apò mēkhanês theós!”
Which means “the god from the machine,” better known and easier to pronounce in the ancient Latin, “deus ex machina,” i.e., the same thing. I mean, the same thing as apò mēkhanes theós. In any case. Greek dramatists came up … Continue reading
Posted in Crime & Punishment, Culture, The Facts of Life, TV commercials
Tagged Camorra, Denzel Washington, deus ex machina, Equalizer 3, Robert McCall, X-Files
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Can we be taught how to epiphanize?
Lately, my epiphanies have been not blah, exactly, but not explosive either. I presume it’s because I’ve become over-informed. Not cynical, no, never cynical. Yet when something happens — a piece of news, usually — I’m not getting those epiphany … Continue reading
Posted in The Facts of Life, The god problem
Tagged Age of Satire, deus ex machina, King James Bible, Mother Nature, New Testament, Old Testament, St John, St Luke, St Mark, St Matthew, the baby Jesus, the Messiah, the three Magi
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Madmen, monsters, gods and hero
Reading Edith Hamilton‘s Mythology is an exercise of one’s horror muscles. In ancient mythology, awful things happen to moderately good people, except there are no purely good people. Greek mythology has plenty of heroes, each one of whom makes a … Continue reading
Posted in Human rights, The Facts of Life, voting and voting rights, War
Tagged ancient Athens, ancient Thebes, Bronze Age, deus ex machina, Edith Hamilton, Greek mythology, MhZ, Netflix, Theseus, Theseus of Athens
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