by Lucille Turner | Jul 14, 2017 | History and Fiction
READ PARTS I AND II HERE Of all the thinkers, mathematicians, geometers and physicians among the Ancient Greek line-up of astonishing mortal men, among the most famous is Pythagoras. As a cultural export, his mathematical theories have outlived him by well over two...
by Lucille Turner | Jul 5, 2017 | Philosophy
There was once a city called Miletus, which flourished in the sixth century BC. One of its citizens was a man called Thales, a businessman with a head for philosophy. Thales could be called one of the first true Greek scientists because he made a very simple claim,...
by Lucille Turner | Sep 21, 2016 | Art
Following a lengthy report from the Vatican Theological Commission in 2006, Pope Benedict abolished the first circle of hell, known as purgatory. Unbaptised infants would no longer be trapped in limbo. More recently Pope Francis, a fine and profoundly spiritual man,...
