A Bit of History Let’s turn our gaze back; let’s go back about thirty-two centuries. In a part of Asia Minor, present-day Turkey, there was a great city that we will later recognize as Troy. In this great city lived brave people who were attacked by others, equally brave people. There was a battle, conflict, … Read more
Some say that there has always been violence, we just didn’t talk about it as much. Now we have become more humane and less tolerant of violent behavior, so we talk about it more. Others say that there has never been as much violence as there is today. The fact is that violence has existed … Read more
Francis Bacon – On Death People fear death like children fear the dark, and just as stories amplify this innate fear in children, they do the same in adults. Indeed, contemplating death as punishment for sins and as a transition to another world is sacred and devout; but to fear death as a natural inevitability … Read more
