March 14, 2017

It was Sophocles who first said, “No one loves the messenger who brings bad news.” Regardless of his news, safe passage was expected. Diplomatic immunity has been the standard throughout history. Even the cruel warlord Genghis Khan strictly upheld it. Diplomacy wasn’t without its risks though, for the messenger could be sent back dead as […]

Philosophy is a quest with no end. Thales’ quest was to grasp the cause or first principle behind all that exists. Parmenides said all that exists is ever-changing, while Heraclitus believed all is fixed, never-changing. Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle continued the quest, and new philosophers arose who pursued it elsewhere. Yet, even after twenty-five hundred