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Falling in and out of slumber wrapped in a warm blanket whilst laying on the sofa on a cold lazy #Sunday morning.

<strong>Not Doubting Thomas: the Aquinas Revival</strong>

"_Cajetan, Bañez and other thinkers make Aquinas a central figure of Counter-Reformation thought; we focus on their theories about analogy and the soul._"

https://www.historyofphilosophy.net/aquinas-revival

#Audio #Podcast #Philosophy #Language #Religion @philosophy

#Image attribution: Claus Grünstäudl w18, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Page URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elegant_steel_microphone_(Unsplash).jpg

<strong>Revealed: how Church of England’s ties to chattel slavery went to top of hierarchy</strong>

"An archbishop of Canterbury in the 18th century approved payments for the purchase of enslaved people for two sugar plantations in Barbados, documents seen by the Observer have revealed.

Thomas Secker agreed to reimburse a payment for £1,093 for the purchase of enslaved people on the Codrington Plantations, as well as hiring enslaved people from a third party."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/25/revealed-how-church-of-englands-ties-to-chattel-slavery-went-to-top-of-hierarchy

#History #Histodon #Histodons #Slavery #Church #Religion #Christianity #Anglicanism #Barbados #Caribbean #WestIndies @histodon @histodons @religion

I wonder if this current #heatwave in #Mexico has anything to do with #climatechange?

<strong>10 weird things about English</strong>

"In this video, I run through 10 aspects of English that make it bizarre in comparison with other languages. These include its "meaningless do", dreadful spellings, odd use of tenses, missing pronouns and the strange array of sounds in English."

#Video length: twenty one minutes and thirty seven seconds.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lhxxiqqlQY

#English #Language #Languages #Linguistics @linguistics

<strong>Hebrew wasn’t spoken for 2,000 years. Here’s how it was revived.</strong>

"_In the 19th century, most Jews in Europe were still second-class citizens when a new movement emerged that looked to Hebrew as a way to inspire hope through the Jewish people’s glorious past, Reuveny says. Hebrew revivalists wanted to expand the language beyond the abstract concepts in the Bible—they wanted to use it to talk about modern events, politics, philosophy, and medicine._"

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/hebrew-wasnt-spoken-for-2000-years-heres-how-it-was-revived

#Ancient #History #Hebrew #Language #Histodon #Histodons @histodon @histodons

<strong>Believe in the delusion all you want; but, do not expect me to prove or disprove your delusion.</strong>

#Saying

<strong>How To Read ANY book in Just 7 Days</strong>

"_In this video I show you how to read any book in just one week. I then go on to give you some of my best reading tips to helped you stay focused and actually accomplish your reading goals._"

#Video length: nine minutes and forty seven seconds.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_brZLPDqC1M

#Read #Reading #Book #Books #Ebook #Ebooks #Bookstodon #Tip #Tips @bookstodon

<strong>Why Scientific Fraud Is Suddenly Everywhere</strong>

"_When you say there aren’t enough jobs, it’s because we’re training so many Ph.D.’s and convincing them all that the only way to remain a scientist is to stay in academia. It’s not, and that hasn’t been true for a long time._"

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/why-scientific-fraud-is-suddenly-everywhere.html

#Academia #Academic #Academics #PhD #Research #Science #STEM #Fraud @science