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ThyBlackMan.com) The Revolution of 1776 took place during the height of the Enlightenment, the era when Western Science was being formed. the leading
European thinkers at the time, all mathematicians, saw themselves as the Enlightened Ones, illuminated by newly found knowledge. They saw the precision and “rationality” of Mathematics as the one and only language of Science, the quest to unlock the secrets of the universe. “Illuminati” is Latin for “the Enlightened Ones.” Hence, it is the generic term for these Enlightenment thinkers, but there was also a specific group, a secret society, with this moniker.
Science’s quest is but the extension of each individual’s hunger to understand the enigma of existence. And there is another all-consuming riddle. Who is running things? What forces, and which individuals, are behind the stage upon which politics is played? Many of our young people today believe that in the daily torrent of imagery the media exposes them to, t
The week in classical: Live from London Christmas; Louis Andriessen premiere – review Fiona Maddocks
Amid the blizzard of images crazing our senses this year, one stood out last week: an elite choral ensemble from Oakwood, Alabama – the Aeolians – singing their hearts out to a riotous
Star Wars-meets-gospel version of Joy to the World, all wearing masks. They encapsulated at once the struggle and determination of musicians to perform. They made us think afresh, in sickness or health, what it is to fill our lungs with air. As each singer from this Seventh-day Adventist university choir drew breath, the fabric of their masks inhaled and exhaled with them, muffling their rich sound. They weren’t deterred. Nothing could quench their pleasure at singing.
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