Category Archives: Daemon

We Are Not So Ancient

Posted on April 3, 2012 by PlatoHagel

Elizabeth Gilbert on nurturing creativity Elizabeth Gilbert muses on the impossible things we expect from artists and geniuses — and shares the radical idea that, instead of the rare person “being” a genius, all of us “have” a genius. It’s … Continue reading →

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On the Question of a Daemon

Posted on March 25, 2012 by PlatoHagel

( Arthur Koestler on Creativity )  You’ve seen it before? Perhaps you found it scrawled in goat’s blood on the walls of an abysmal abbey, written in the crabbed hand of one who purported to teach the whole of the … Continue reading →

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Intuition

Posted on March 23, 2012 by PlatoHagel

Like Truth…..how is it one could have found any use of such an subjective tool while recognizing something inherent in the process of discovery? Your thoughts? Here’s two quotes for consideration. Intuition and Logic in Mathematics by Henri Poincaré On … Continue reading →

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Oligarchy- A Historical Look from Plato’s Dialogues

Posted on August 30, 2009 by PlatoHagel

Backreaction: A little less conversation, a little more science please An Oligarchy (Greek Ὀλιγαρχία, Oligarkhía) is a form of government in which power effectively rests with a small elite segment of society distinguished by royal, wealth, intellectual, family, military or … Continue reading →

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Understanding our Angels and Daemons

Posted on May 30, 2009 by PlatoHagel

So, every “story line” is about a Journey? IN Angel and Demons, we follow the story of Professor Robert Langdon. The Vatican summons Professor Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) and Vittoria Vetra (Ayelet Zurer) from CERN to help them solve the … Continue reading →

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