Mundus Volubilis

Join a philosopher’s journey in Mundus Volubilis, a flowing universe surging between the inner and the outer.

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A genius with the answers to the financial crisis? Or the Borat of philosophy? The cultural theorist talks about love, sex and why nothing is ever what it appears to be

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Spoiler: It's not very often (and that's a good thing).

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Some people who have to be responsible for their siblings or parents as children grow up to be compulsive caretakers.

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Astrology pages of UK astrologer, Deborah Houlding. Featuring astrological services, articles, tips and tools for beginners, lunar cyles and planetary details. Features Deborah Houlding's Horary Astrology Course and details of workshops, seminars and events.

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Carlo Ginzburg, 80 years old, is one of the most outstanding historians of the last fifty years. His book The Cheese and the Worms (1976), translated into more than twenty languages, is considered a manifesto of Italian microhistory. By closely examining the story of a miller from Friuli sentenced to death by the Inquisition, he showed how an exceptional case can reveal something essential about the cultures and societies of the past. A prolific author who has tackled the history of persecutions, heresies, and the marginalized of modern times (The Night Battles, Ecstasies), art history (The Enigma of Piero), philosophy and literature (No Island is an Island), he is the guest of honour at the ‘Rendez-vous de l’histoire’, which runs until Sunday. An opportunity to look back together with him on his journey, his work and his commitments.

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Resisting short-term temptations can lead to long-term regret.

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An Electional chart is the Birth Chart for whatever event you choose...a wedding or business opening or...Therefore it should reflect and benefit the event and is the primary chart you deal with. Your natal chart, or that of your client, is secondary in importance. You should look for favorable aspects between the Electional chart and the natal chart only after you have fulfilled as many of the electional rules as possible.

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Philosopher Philip Goff answers questions about “panpsychism”

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Successful marriages are defined not by improvement, but by avoiding decline.

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A person born with their Ascendant ruler in essential dignity is privileged, they are born privileged in certain respects and get the best of what the sign in which that planet is has to offer. Throughout their lives they will always be in surroundings which are congenial to them, this is all that essential dignity really signifies. People who are happy with life because everything that they want comes to them at the right time, or that they are simply without real need are the essentially dignified people. Does it signify that they are strong, in a physical capacity or in character? To me it would be good reason for complacency if not laziness, which would eventually lead to weakness.

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Stretching keeps the muscles flexible, strong, and healthy, which is needed to maintain a range of motion in the joints. Without it, the muscles shorten and become tight. Then, when muscles are called on for activity, they are weak and unable to exte...

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"The tongue can only distinguish the four basic tastes: bitter, sweet, salty, sour. Smell detects flavour and nuance, so they lose all significant sense of taste. About 17% become clinically depressed - they become oversensitive about having body odour, frightened of going out." And those are just the obvious things. As Jacob also notes: "You lose lots of subliminal information and links with the emotional centres of the brain. Smells are inextricably linked with memories and form the backdrop to your sensory experience.

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If Iceland were to have a national slogan, it would be ‘þetta reddast’, which roughly translates to the idea that everything will work out all right in the end.

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That protein count is nothing to sneeze at.

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The current cultural discourse encourages us to consider friendship as an investment, a stock we might dump when it tanks.

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Bernadette Brady presents her case that the stellar myths and stories are still deeply involved in humanity's relationship with the sky and earth.

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Oscar Wilde, the famed Irish essayist and playwright, had a gift, among other things, for counterintuitive aphorisms. In “The Soul…