https://syrian-rational.com Promoting critical thinking, scientific literacy, and intellectual openness en Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:39:16 GMT https://syrian-rational.com/posts/1870f2df-8f58-4aad-849d-1c4138b1d2b7 https://syrian-rational.com/posts/1870f2df-8f58-4aad-849d-1c4138b1d2b7 EVERYTHING that is moved, Asclepius, is it not moved in something and by something? Asclepius: Most certainly. Hermes: Is there not necessity that that be greater in which it is moved than that moved? Asclepius: There is necessity. Hermes: Stronger therefore the motor 2 than that moved? Asclepi... Louis Ménard History Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:49:41 GMT https://syrian-rational.com/posts/cb7d0ccb-8f73-4933-8503-322d65d339a7 https://syrian-rational.com/posts/cb7d0ccb-8f73-4933-8503-322d65d339a7 [Grasp your spear (and) your mace,] [ ] let your feet [hasten to] me, [let] your legs [hur]ry [to me], [ ] your message and place [ ] [ ] on top of your ... [ la]pis lazuli [ ] [ rai]se up in the midst of [ ] [ ] bind [ he will surely] die; [his life-breath will go out like the wind,] like spittle [... Nicolas Wyatt History Sat, 21 Feb 2026 22:19:45 GMT https://syrian-rational.com/posts/d4ddc2b4-3c39-4fcf-aab7-7a3c95b0eaaa https://syrian-rational.com/posts/d4ddc2b4-3c39-4fcf-aab7-7a3c95b0eaaa Of those who first philosophized, then, most thought that the starting-points of all things were of the material kind only. For that from which all beings come, and from which as a first thing they come to be and into which they pass away in the end, the substance that persists throughout as an und... Aristotle History Sat, 21 Feb 2026 00:14:50 GMT https://syrian-rational.com/posts/b4106d5f-159d-49fe-94c2-805b9f2001cb https://syrian-rational.com/posts/b4106d5f-159d-49fe-94c2-805b9f2001cb All men by nature desire to know. An indication of this is the delight we take in our senses; for even apart from their usefulness they are loved for themselves; and above all others the sense of sight. For not only with a view to action, but even when we are not going to act, we prefer sight to all... Aristotle Philosophy Sun, 15 Feb 2026 20:46:52 GMT