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Plato's Allegory of the Cave is what many believe to be the foundation of Western Philosophy. It addresses what is visible and invisible, seen and observed versus intuited and imagined, and what is public versus private and just versus unjust. It also concerns the meaning and importance of education, the state of the soul, the conflict between truth and beauty, animal urges versus higher aspirations, knowledge versus ignorance, and on and on.

Dive into the enchanting world of South American Jungle Tales, where the intricate relationships between people and the vibrant creatures of Misiones come to life. Set against the lush backdrop of a Uruguayan jungle along the Upper Parana River, these stories transport you to a realm where animals embody human traits, revealing profound truths about our connection to nature. Through Quirogas masterful storytelling, discover how humanity can either exploit the environment to its peril or choose to coexist harmoniously within it. - Summary by James K. White

In the summer of 2022, Lee Berger lost 50 pounds in order to wriggle though impossibly small openings in the Rising Star cave complex in South Africa—spaces where his team has been unearthing the remains of Homo naledi, a proto-human likely to have coexisted with Homo sapiens some 250,000 years ago. Lead researcher Berger had never made his way into the dark, cramped, dangerous underground spaces where many of the naledi fossils had been found. Now he was ready to do so. Once inside the cave, Berger made shocking new discoveries that expand our understanding of this early hominid.

Schultz States: "Camping one time with Black Elk, he told me this tale of the Dreadful River Cave. I never attempted to enter the cave, but how many, many times I have paused at the foot of its falls, watching...." Adopted Blackfeet tribe member James Willard Schultz relates the surprising story as told to him by Chief Black Elk. Schultz was one of the last of the old frontiersmen and Indian fighters... He joined a tribe of Blackfeet Indians and for years roamed with them over the buffalo-covered plains.

PODCAST SUBIDO CADA 15 DÍAS. EL VIERNES. 30 MINUTOS DURACIÓN. CAVE CANEM es un programa de divulgación de la Antigua Roma. Hecho con rigor histórico, pero también con sentido del humor. CAVE CANEM está muy cuidado en su realización. Con colaboradores de nivel (profesores de historia, periodistas, escritores…) y entrevistados que saben muy bien qué es la Antigua Roma y qué significa. También acercamos CAVE CANEM a guías turísticos contrastados o tiendas en línea… Personajes populares nos dicen qué les ha impactado más del mundo romano. Todas las músicas y “jingles” han ...

New York Times bestselling author Mark Synnott has climbed with Alex Honnold. He’s scaled Mount Everest. He's pioneered big-wall first ascents, including the north-west face of the mile-high Great Trango Tower, and skied monster first descents. But in 2022, he realized there was a dream he’d...

The Hermit's Cave was a syndicated radio horror series. The syndication was done via scripts, so that stations could broadcast the program with their own casts.[1]The program began in September 1937[2] and continued into the mid-1940s on WJR AM in Detroit, Michigan. In 1942, WJR's broadcasts of the show were recorded and broadcast a week later on WBBM in Chicago, Illinois. By 1943, transcriptions of the WJR version of the program were also being broadcast in eight additional cities. KMPC AM in Los Angeles, California, broadcast it from 1940 to 1944, with William Conrad as ...