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Protagoras of Abdera: Of All Things Man Is The Measure
Protagoras of Abdera (l.c. 485-415 BCE) is most famous for his claim that "Of all things the measure is Man, of the things that are, that they are, and of the things that are not, that they are not" (DK 80B1) usually rendered simply as "Man...
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The Brave Who Went on the Warpath Alone and Won the Name of the Lone Warrior
The Brave Who Went on the Warpath Alone and Won the Name of the Lone Warrior is a Sioux tale in the tradition of the hero's journey in which a young person overcomes seemingly impossible challenges and is recognized as a great champion and...
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Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor op. 54 (Sviatoslav Richter 1958)
Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor op. 54 (Sviatoslav Richter 1958) Piano Concerto in A minor op. 54 00:00 1. Allegro affettuoso 14:28 2. Intermezzo (Andantino grazioso) 19:41 3. Allegro vivace Sviatoslav...
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Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (French: Declaration des Droits de l’Homme et du Citoyen) is a human rights document adopted in the early stages of the French Revolution (1789-1799). Inspired by Enlightenment Age principles...
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Dmitri Shostakovich
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) was a Russian composer of operas, ballets, concertos, string quartets, and 15 symphonies. Shostakovich was frequently denounced by the repressive Soviet state, but in some periods, he also gained official favour...
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Schubert: Piano Quintet in A Major, D. 667
Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group Schubert: Piano Quintet in A Major, D. 667 "Trout" - IV. Thema - Andantino - Variazioni I-V - Allegretto · Emil Gilels · Amadeus Quartet Schubert: Piano Quintet "The Trout"; String Quartet...
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) was a Russian composer most famous for his symphonies, the ballets Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, and The Nutcracker, and the operas Eugene Onegin and The Queen of Spades. A composer of innovative and...
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A Roman Boy's Rite of Passage
A Roman boy's rite of passage, a ceremony or ritual marking a transitional period in life from childhood to adulthood, was the assuming of the toga virilis, the adult toga. The ceremony usually took place sometime between the boy's 14th and...
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A Teton Ghost Story
A Teton Ghost Story is a tale from the Native American Teton (Tetonwan) of the Oceti Sakowin (People of the Seven Council Fires), better known as the Sioux, on one of the possibilities of the state of the soul after death and how the living...
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Statue of Apollo Playing the Cithara from Miletus
Apollo is rendered as a muscular young man. However, the feminine sensuality displayed here is probably caused by his over-emphasized hips. His robe falls below the waist, exposing the external genitals. The fingers (now lost) of the left...