Biological life form bending space-time on a blue planet where Ken Griffey Jr. had the prettiest swing of all time.
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"Anthropos" (= human) is an interesting word. Here we have to recall Socrates from the work of Plato's Cratylus.
(Human= ) ἄνθρωπος < ἀναθρῶν ἃ ὄπωπε = the one who looks up at / carefully observes / re-examines what he has seen, that is, the one who attentively observes and examines with great care whatever he has seen.
In contrast to the other animals, Socrates tells us that man observes with great attention (ἀναθρεῖ) and reflects upon / reasons about (λογίζεται) those things which he has seen.
"And he both observes closely (ἀναθρεῖ) and reasons about (λογίζεται) that which he has seen (ὄπωπεν). From this, then, alone among the beasts is man rightly named 'ἄνθρωπος', because he observes closely (ἀναθρῶν) what he has seen (ἃ ὄπωπε)."
Man makes use of his intellect (νόησις), which is the divine part of his soul, and thus he is classified among rational beings (ἔλλογα ὄντα) and distinguished from the rest of the animals.
ἀναθρῶ = I observe with great care / attention, I re-examine / review carefully, I study diligently.
ὄπωπα = I have seen (perfect tense of the verb ὁράω / ὤ - to see).
This etymology comes from Plato's Cratylus (399c).
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The Milky Way as seen from @Space_Station, with stars as points, rising sun, and cities as golden streaks below.
Taken with Nikon Z9, Sigma 14mm f1.4 lens, 15 seconds, f1.4, ISO 6400, with homemade orbital sidereal drive to compensate for orbital pitch rate (4 degrees/min)
Chris Morales retweeted
Imagine you're a petri dish of human brain cells playing DOOM
And suddenly you come up against this guy
Ethically speaking, what do you do?
Chris Morales retweeted
One of my favorite human traits is when someone sees the moon and immediately feels the need to tell someone else to go look at it.
Chris Morales retweeted
Dear @RepLuna,
What are you talking about and why are we not consulting our own physics and math people about something that “defies physics”?
It’s like refusing to consult farmers about crops or pilots about aircraft or avoiding native speakers about a text in another tongue.
Chris Morales retweeted
In Constantine (2005), the Devil was originally meant to wear leather and look like a metalhead. Peter Stormare showed up in a white suit with tar dripping from his limbs. One of the best creative decisions ever.
Chris Morales retweeted
In honor of Ozzy Osbourne I will be wandering around my house tonight hollering my wife's name
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Khris Middleton, thank you for everything xitter.gq/BucksMuse/status/17846…
