In this Issue: The Approach to Al Mu'tasim: Jorge Luis BorgesThey came Two by Two The Sojourn (by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) Samson and DelilahThe Lion of JudaThe Beginning of Rome (by Theodor Mommsen)The Last of the Hebrews: Jeremiah newI shall not be forgotten: Sappho newThe Cosmopolitan (by Theodor Mommsen) The Characters (by Theophrastus) If there is Paradise it must be here: VirgilThe Road to EmmausOnly the Naughty Bits: Petronius ArbiterThe Master's Touch: Cornelius TacitusProclaim the Great Pan is dead: PlutarchA Plea for the MandaeansWhat does it say?Rome and the JewsDesperate for Shortcuts: PlotinusThe Wizard's NieceKeeping the Faith: Quintus Aurelius Symmachus newBishop St. SpyridonAn Age of Magic newThe Worm in Eve's Apple new Mohammed and the Koran (by Edward Gibbon) Not a Smoking Gun, but I wonder!The Innovation of ChildhoodThe Magnificent PeopleBondage of the Will: Martin LutherA Frenchman's Itinerary: Michel de MontaigneWas he for real? DescartesSancho’s Dream: Miguel de Cervantes and his Age newMy Great-Great Grandmother’s LetterA hot Chestnut in the Fly: Laurence SterneAll in the Mind: Immanuel Kant newThe Ape that talkesWhat Goethe couldn't knowInto the Crystal you shall fall: E.T.A. Hoffmann newOn the Manufacture of Ideas while we speak (by Heinrich von Kleist)From the Memoirs of Mr. Schnabelewopski, Esq. (by Heinrich Heine)Lazarus (by Heinrich Heine) • My Kind of Saint: Antonin ChekhovA Catholic Childhood: James JoyceThe Shame: Franz Kafka new A Case of blurred Vision: Gottfried Benn The Elements of Style (by William Strunk) At the PicturesThe TerminalDylan in ElysiumAbout MeBooks I enjoy readingA Simple Matter of MathThe Magic NumberIf E.T. is out there, why doesn’t he visit us?The infinite UniverseWhere does the Lake go, when the Geese fly to Canada?A Directory to the AfterlifeEvoe!
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