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Proverbs

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 09:31:35 +0100

Here I would like to collect some proverbs. Feel free to submit your favorites ...

The Call of Cthulhu

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:19:26 +0100

The Call of Cthulhu was written by H. P. Lovecraft in Summer 1926 and was published in "Weird Tales" (February 1928, Vol. 11, No. 2, p. 159-78, 287)

The language of numbers

Sat, 08 Oct 2011 14:27:51 +0200

Here we would like to develop a language out of known numbers. Feel free to add some ...

World bottle project

Sat, 03 Sep 2011 21:36:23 +0200

First ideas on their way ...

The butterfly

Mon, 16 May 2011 19:46:12 +0200

Hans Christian Andersen's short story: "The Butterfly" (1863)

Hertensteiner Programm

Fri, 13 May 2011 13:03:59 +0200

Die zwölf Thesen des Hertensteiner Programmes wurden am 21. September 1946 in Hertenstein in der Schweiz auf einer Konferenz europäischer Föderalisten verabschiedet. Dies führte nach zwei weiteren Konferenzen in Luxemburg und Basel zur Gründung der Union Europäischer Föderalisten (UEF) bzw. Europa-Union im Dezember 1946 in Paris. Ich halte das Hertensteiner Programm immer noch für eines der besten politischen Konzepte der letzten Hundert Jahre.

The allegory of the cave

Tue, 26 Apr 2011 21:57:35 +0200

Here's a little story (part of Book VII) from Plato's most famous book, "The Republic". Socrates is talking to a young follower of his named Glaucon, and is telling him this fable to illustrate what it's like to be a philosopher - a lover of wisdom.

Murphy's law

Sun, 17 Apr 2011 12:21:51 +0200

Murphy's law is typically stated as: "Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong". And here you will find Murphy's lesser known laws ...

Animal Farm

Thu, 14 Apr 2011 17:09:54 +0200

Animal Farm: A Fairy Story by George Orwell (1944) First published by Secker & Warburg (London) on 17 August 1945.

Anonymous

Sun, 06 Mar 2011 11:42:32 +0100

Here I collect quotes for which I don't know the author yet ... e.g. "Write a wise saying and your name will live forever." (Anonymous)