Tag: greek philosophy
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Urban Places Rich in Islam? The Ethos of an Islamic City in the Modern World
Istanbul’s enigmatic name mirrors its versatile history. While today Istanbul’s name is considered etymologically related to the quotidian expression of its well-established Christian population εις την Πόλιν (is tim polis, to the city), folk-etymological accounts of Turkish people attibutes its origin to the phrase Islam bol which means “rich in Islam” (Inalcık 2001). But how…
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Reflections on Dualism in Blade Runner 2049
Is it possible to know what it is like to want to be desired or loved, without a soul? This thought-provoking question is grappled with throughout the film Blade Runner 2049 (Denis Villeneuve, 2017). The protagonist Officer K (Ryan Gosling) is a Nexus-9 replicant who works for the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and secretly…
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The Stumblings of Stoicism
The ancient Greek philosophy of Stoicism has been making headway over the past decade as a new-age movement of sorts.