“The best way to find oneself is by getting lost in serving others.” Mahatma Gandhi Fridtjof Nansen (1861 – 1930) Scientist, explorer, diplomat, and peacemaker. He became famous for his polar expeditions but is also remembered for his humanitarian work. After World War I, Nansen tirelessly helped refugees scattered throughout Europe and Eurasia. During the … Read more
Fridtjof Nansen is one of the heroes of recent European history. He lived in the second half of the 19th and first half of the 20th century, during a time of political turmoil and wars, and in a period of recovery from their consequences. He was a scientist, explorer, diplomat, and peacemaker. He considered himself … Read more
On the occasion of the 2400th anniversary of his birth… Three years after the founding of the Academy, when Plato was forty-three years old, Aristotle, the most distinguished student of Plato and a philosopher scientist, was born in Stagira on the Halkidiki peninsula in 384 BC. He arrived in Athens as an eighteen-year-old and joined … Read more
