History lover

Dinner with The Sophists

Plato, Socrates and Aristotle are probably the most famous of the Ancient Greek philosophers, and for good reasons. Plato’s Republic has been shown to be the inspiration to a full range of modern political theories, from Communism to Fascism, and even is responsible for the basis of Freudian theory. Aristotle’s work was thought to be so reliable that it was not until the 19th Century that anyone bothered to count the number of legs on a fly (there are six) More

The Sad Story of Vincent.

Vincent van Gogh had a pretty tough time of things throughout his short existence. He spent a lot of his life in poverty and he suffered from terrible problems with mental illness. The only way that he could afford his paints and other materials was with money from his brother, Theo. But Vincent fought against all of these difficulties by exorcising his frustrations through his work.

He would paint just about anything; his chair, his tobacco, his pipe, his boots. More