Confucius not only said interesting things, he sang them and accompanied himself on a kind of zither. The Smithsonian Institution’s Arthur M. Sackler Gallery is opening a show Saturday of musical instruments from Confucius’ time, 2,500 years ago. A collection of his lyrics – unfortunately there are no melodies – is one of the first pieces of Chinese literature handed down through the centuries. [...]
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Sculptor, painter, architect, and poet Michelangelo was the greatest artist in a time of greatness. He lived during the Italian Renaissance, a period known for its creative activity. Civilization made huge strides in science and invention, in literature, and in politics. In art, the age’s great achievement, Michelangelo led all others. A short, wide-shouldered man with [...] [...] The Samurai Series brings together three of the most important books dealing with the Samurai path and philosophy into one volume. It contains: The Book of Five Rings, written by Miyamoto Musashi, a Samurai of legendary renown, is a masterpiece of simple exposition written by a master swordsman, who near the end of his spectacular life, [...] [...] Back in print for the first time in over 40 years, Behold Your Queen! is now available at Amazon in a full size trade paperback edition and on the Kindle platform. It is the ancient days of the Persian Empire. Hadassah was content in her quiet life in the Jewish quarter of the city of Babylon [...] [...] Siddhartha Gautama, the Indian philosopher also known as Buddha Gautama, is believed to have attained Enlightenment sometime in the middle of the 5th century before the Common Era, while meditating under a Bodhi tree. From that time of enlightenment until his death, by which he entered Nirvana, he traveled by foot around the countryside of India, teaching others [...] [...] Gertrude Stein was at heart an artist’s writer. She became well-known to the literary mainstream with “The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas,” and was at her most accessible with her speech and autobiographical writing of her later years. It is with collections such as “Geography and Plays,” however, that Stein showcased the possibilities of the English [...] [...] Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973), was a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court on the issue of abortion. The Court held that a woman’s right to an abortion is determined by the stage of pregnancy, and the state cannot prohibit abortion before viability. After viability, the state cannot prohibit abortion if abortion [...] [...] |
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