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5 hours ago · Interview by NP's editor Zan Boag with Angie Hobbs, Professor of the Public Understanding of Philosophy at the University of Sheffield. Her chief interests are in ancient philosophy and literature, and in ethics and political theory from classical thought to the present; and she has published widely in these areas, including Plato and the Hero.
5 hours ago · Plato and his pupil Aristotle had an enduring effect on Western philosophy. Ancient Athens, an advanced city-state civilisation and progressive society, developed an embryonic model of democracy. Xenophon's (c. 430–354 BC) Oeconomicus (c. 360 BC) is a dialogue principally about household management and agriculture.
5 hours ago · Within limits of delegated authority, the Information Systems Officer may be responsible for the following duties: • Defines and documents an architecture to enable the on-going digital transformation of UN human rights mechanisms and OHCHR more broadly, in consideration of current and strategic needs, technical and functional requirements, and standards of the industry.
5 hours ago · This more complete perspective is yet another way that the philosopher must always be a kind of outsider in any society, although it is less obvious than the other ways. (Leo Strauss, in a 1963 lecture on Plato’s Gorgias, remarks that there is something that we might, in ordinary language, describe as womanish in Socrates, in one sense. For ...
1 day ago · David Coulthard. David Marshall Coulthard MBE (born 27 March 1971) is a British retired racing driver from Scotland, later turned presenter, commentator and journalist. Nicknamed "DC", he competed in 15 seasons of Formula One between 1994 and 2008, taking 13 Grand Prix victories and 62 podium finishes. He was runner-up in the 2001 championship ...
5 hours ago · Within delegated authority, the Programme Officer will be responsible for the following duties: Participates in the development and implementation of assigned cross-sectoral programmes/projects and other cross-cutting, technical cooperation activities within the UNECE region; monitors and analyzes related programme/project development and implementation; reviews relevant documents and reports ...
5 hours ago · The Australian Bureau of Statistics reported Paganism’s numbers down from 16,851 in 2011 to 15,219 (a 10% reduction), with self-identified Wiccans down from 8414 to 6616 (a 21% reduction). The reduction in the number of Druids is 20.9%, precisely paralleling the Wiccan decline (Australian Bureau of Statistics 2018 ).
