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550 BCE
Taoism (Religion)
Also known as Daoism, is a religious or philosophical tradition, often associated with the Daode jing (Tao Te Ching). It focuses on dao as a "way" or "path" but mostly refers to Tao as something that existed "before Heaven and Earth" a primal and chaotic matrix from which all for emerged. -
470 BCE
Italo Roman Neopaganism (Religion)
Is a religion based on the ways of ancient Rome. Roman Beliefs were an intricate system of godly figures that encompass all features of the the earth, and underworld. It is these gods and beliefs that revolved around the roman empire and wherever they invaded. -
431 BCE
Medea (Performing arts)
This play tells the story of the jealousy and revenge of a woman betrayed by her husband. Medea is granted a day before she must leave the city which she she plans to complete her quest for "justice".
Medea has cleared all obstacles to completing her revenge, a plan which grows to include the murder of her own children, the pain their loss will cause her does not outweigh the satisfaction she will feel in making her husband suffer. -
381 BCE
The Republic (Literature)
The Republic is Socratic dialogue written by Plato, concerning justice. In response to Thrasymachus, Glaucon, and adeimantus, Socrates seeks to show that it is always in an individuals interest to be just, rather than unjust. That making one of the most pressing issues regarding the Republic is wether Socrates defends justice successfully or not. -
Oct 14, 1066
Battle of Hastings (History)
A fight between the Norman - French army of William, the Duke of Normandy, and an english army under the Anglo - Saxon King Harold Godwinson, beginning the Norman conquest of England. -
Jan 1, 1514
Sacred and Profane Love (Visual)
Sacred and Profane Love is executed by the artist Titian, its medium is an oil on canvas. This painting was created in 1514. The painting is seemed to have been commissioned by Niccolo Aurelio, a secretary to the venetian council of ten to celebrate his marriage to a young widow, Laura Bagarotto. -
Hamlet (Performing Arts)
Is a famous play based on a tragedy, set in Denmark. Prince Hamlet mourns both his fathers death and his mother, Queen Gertrude remarriage to Claudius. The ghost of Hamlets father appears to him and tell him Claudius has poisoned him. Hamlet swears revenge. -
Nihilism (Religion)
Nihilism is the belief that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated. Nihilism has been regarded as a violent and even terroristic philosophy. It is true that nihilism has been used in support of violence and many early nihilists were violent revolutionaries. -
Epistemology (Philosophy)
The theory of knowledge, especially with regard to its methods, validity, and scope. It is the investigation of what distinguishes justified belief from opinion. Basically it is the explanation of how we think. It is said that it is required in order to be able to determine the true from the false by determining a proper method of evaluation. -
Annabel Lee (Literature)
This is a poem written in first person, and was the last complete poem composed by american author Edgar Allan Poe. It explores the death of a woman (Annabel Lee). In the poem they seemed to have loved each other passionately. The speakers purpose was to accuse those who tried to separate him from his Annabel Lee. -
Cafe Terrace at Night (Visual)
Cafe Terrace at Night was executed by artist Vincent van Gough, set in Arles, France. It is an oil painting, the period is post-imppresionism. It uses contrasting colors and tone, Van Gough has many pieces that involve night scenes, he even quoted "I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day." -
Battle of Moscow (History)
This battle was largely a defensive effort by the Soviets against the Germans to enable them to withdraw from Moscow when the offensive ceased. The defense of Moscow marked the success of soviet resistance against the Axis forces and an operational and tactical failure for Germans.
