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well, happy to c there are some few book lovers left, such as john and ness... my lonely life feels less alone...
for next meeting, i propose ancient greek meeting with ancient india
1 dionysos travel to india: a must read poem by nonnus of panoplis (b careful! unfortunatly too much violence, like in most greeks' public myths. they mzy have learned non-violence from india)
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionysiaca
2 scepticism, already present in socrate's confession of ignorance, took a strong breathe when inquiring indians' culture and buddhism, starting with pirrho
therefore we may read sextus empiricus: outline of pyrrhonism
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sextus_Empiricus
ok la?
In China's hinterlands, a new life for Myanmar's Rohingya
Posted bysad to read that buddhists are being cruels rather than compassionate.
om mani pe mehung
pro dion isos philosophya?/
Men who killed, butchered giant panda arrested in China
Posted byja, 1900 left is not a genocide... gutt gluck...
China's first 'school of yoga' to be established in Kunming
Posted byyes, for me indian philosophies and cultures are very amazing and strange. i had the biggest cultural shocks and distances in mother india!
good there are more ties and exchanges!
om mari pe meiyou
pro dionisos philosophya?/
Walking in Qujing, or Why my legs didn't work last week
Posted bylolo. the car story is funny, honking at the walkers!
in dali old town when the electric scooters honk me to go faster while the driver does nothing except pollution, i honk back at them.
u should try!
Documentary Under the Dome captivates China
Posted byja, i always wonder why it seems that government responsability is more talkedthan consumer responsbality. who buys the good, creates the infrastructure needed, throw garbage?
in my opinion consumption implies pollution.
the system may also suggests us to consume, nearly like propaganda, for instance trough commercials and capita
lism.
recently i ve been quite worried by ocean water quality in my homeland, basque country. according to surfrider foundation, is a lot due to consumers
here an article which explains every year we throw 13 million tons of plastics into the sea. the little plastic bags, daizi, we dont need
www.lefigaro.fr/[...]