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Discourse
When I talk about definitions, I think it is important. For me, at least.
A discourse – a conversation, talk. (apart from other meanings).
Origin: Latin dis – in different directions + currere – run.
An example? Oh, my goodness! I often listen to the songs on the www.youtube.com. And how many times I had encountered absolutely insane [...]
My favourite author, Victor Pelevin, has penned a novel “Numbers”. The main character is obsessed with numbers. His secret and favourite number is 34. The evil number is its opposite 43. Of course, you have to read the novel to get the idea and enjoyment.
I love Pelevin’s style. “Dialectics of transitional period from nowhere to [...]
“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality.” (Albert Einstein)
“Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” (Albert Einstein)
“For me, insanity [...]
Making Art of Madness
On Nov. 15, 1934, Virginia Woolf began her rewrite of a novel eventually titled “The Years.” “Lord! Lord!” she noted in her diary, “10 pages a day for 90 days: three months … now, damnably disagreeable, as I see it will be – compacting the vast mass – I am using my [...]
The Turbulent Ups and Downs of Bipolar Disorder
From “Psychology. An Introduction. 8th edition” by Jerome Kagan and Julius Segal (page 488)
When people have recurrent episodes of depression like the one just described, the disorder is called unipolar disorder. But there is another severe affective disorder – known as bipolar disorder, and referred to in the [...]
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