Rare Old Photos of Japan

Looking back through time photographs help us see the old world anew. Old photos of Japan aid in building the legendary mystique of the land of the Rising Sun. This post is dedicated specifically to old photos of Japan from the late Meiji Era…

Best Humanities Memes Vol. 2

With great memes comes great responsibility to share them. We have taken this message to heart and spent countless hours exploring the deepest corners of the web, cataloguing intriguing memes from coast to coast-sea to shinging sea- to bring you the very best humanities…

Best Humanities Memes Vol. I

HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY, AND just plain FUNNY The Best Humanities Memes … probably not the first thing you thought you would come across when you awoke this morning. Internet memes have become an ambient part of our daily lives. From cats doing silly things to…

A Mountain of Bison Skulls

Imagine if you will, bison Skulls piled as high as a two story building. And in your mind a never endly supply of enormous beasts filling stomachs and helping fuel the modern world. For a time bison and bison skulls and bones did both….

Epictetus:Feeling Foolish

Learning new skills can be tough. It’s a roller coaster of emotions. The highs that come with reaching the smaller goals along the way are often countered by the lows of the countless defeats between them. It is during one of these periods of…

Marcus Aurelius: The Captain of your own ship

Howdy and welcome back to The Plutarch Project Podcast. this is episode 3 of our short form podcasts, “resonare illustrationis”-or echoes of illumination a brief illuminating look at a piece of literature, history, or philosophy to fill the gaps between our longer form podcasts….

Mariya Vasilyevna Oktyabrskaya

If you enjoy this content please consider giving us a tip!  The scent of diesel and the thunderous cacophony of warfare enshrouded the battlefield near Leningrad in January of 1944. The Leningrad-Novgorod offensive had begun and the fire of cannons, small arms, and mortars…

Artist of the day #1 Eugene von Guerard

Johann Joseph Eugene von Guérard We begin our artist of the day posts with Johann Joseph Eugene von Guérard (17 November 1811 – 17 April 1901). What a long name, right? Don’t worry he is more commonly referenced as Eugene von Guerard. He is most…

Emerson and the Wave

Emerson and the Wave Transcript Emerson and the Wave: Howdy and welcome back to The Plutarch Project Podcast. this is episode 2 of our short form podcasts, “resonare illustrationis”-or echoes of illumination a brief illuminating look at a piece of literature, history, or philosophy…

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