“Most of the evil in this world is done by people with good intentions.” “Half the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don’t mean to do harm; but the harm does not interest them. Or they do not see it, or they justify it… Read More T.S. Eliot & Evil
Non monsieur je n’ai pas vingt ans Non Monsieur, je n’ai pas vingt ansVingt ans, c’est l’âge durCe n’est pas le meilleur des tempsJe sais, je l’ai vécuJ’ai dansé sur quelques volcansTroué quelques souliersAvec mes rêves et mes tourmentsJ’ai fait mes oreillersEt je dis encore aujourd’hui :Je suis comme je suis Oui, je me souviens… Read More Addio, Juliette Gréco, neanch’io ho più vent’anni
On 19 September 1981, a Saturday like today, Simon & Garfunkel held a benefit concert on the Great Lawn in Central Park, New York City. The duo performed in front of more than 500,000 people and their show consisted of 21 songs: the 17th was “The Boxer”. After that, they thanked the audience and left… Read More The Concert in Central Park
Would the boy you were be proud of the man you are? If you don’t know where you’re going, you will probably end up somewhere else. Laurence J. Peter (16 September 1919 –1990) the Canadian educator and author who coined the term ‘hierarchiology’ as the social science concerned with the basic principles of hierarchically organised… Read More Goals
Today’s Google Doodle celebrates the Canadian athlete and humanitarian Terry Fox. Terrance Stanley Fox (1958 -1981), after losing his right leg owing to bone cancer, ran 3,339 miles to raise money for research. He started on 12 April 1980, when he dipped his artificial leg into the Atlantic at Cape Spear, and ran close to… Read More The Marathon of Hope
Singer, songwriter Barry Eugene Carter, better known by his stage name Barry White, was born on 12 September 1944 in Galveston, Texas. His successful career spanned five decades, and made him a star of the disco era.He died of kidney failure caused by hypertension in 2003, aged 58. One of his most romantic songs was:… Read More Barry White
“The most important scientific revolutions all include, as their only common feature, the dethronement of human arrogance from one pedestal after another of previous convictions about our centrality in the cosmos” “Each of the major sciences has contributed an essential ingredient in our long retreat from an initial belief in our own cosmic importance. Astronomy… Read More Stephen Jay Gould and Evolutionary Progress
Today marks the birth anniversary of Freddie Mercury, the Queen singer, who was only 45 when he died in 1991. He would be 73 today. “The Show Must Go On” Empty spaces, what are we living for?Abandoned places, I guess we know the score, on and onDoes anybody know what we are looking for?Another hero,… Read More Freddie Mercury’s Birthday
Mary Renault (1905-1983) was born on this day, 4 September.She was an English-South African writer, best known for her historical novels set in ancient Greece. The rightness of a thing isn’t determined by the amount of courage it takes. In hatred as in love, we grow like the thing we brood upon. What we loathe,… Read More Mary Renault
“Devo insegnare ai curiosi” Philippe Daverio famoso critico d’arte ed eccezionale divulgatore è scomparso questa notte (2 settembre 2020). Sapeva narrare la storia dell’arte con colta ironia, un racconto pieno di magia che non era mai pedante ma faceva emergere il bello in ogni minimo particolare. Personaggio eccentrico – indimenticabili i suoi papillon – non aveva… Read More Je dois apprendre aux curieux (1)
