It is the developing human being in every human being, and what a teacher does is not put anything in,...
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I believe ‹positive peace› has two principles. One is ‹equality› or more precisely cooperation with mutual and equal benefit. Please...
The atmosphere in the room was uncomfortable and charged with tension. People weren’t looking at each other, but were watching each other. There was suspicion and caution in the air. Or also: The mood was exuberant. The atmosphere was warm and open. People smiled and waved to each other. Everyone...
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Blackbirds, tits, and finches do not argue about the way they sing. They simply sing and chirp the beauty’s tones....
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Utopia was the daughter of love and freedom. She was a beautiful child, gentle and strong at the same time....
Midway through a four-week lesson period in a 10th grade trigonometry class, two questions for the assembled students: What grade would you give yourself for your oral participation? Are you putting in an effort right now or are you slacking off?» Everyone comments and I note the self-assessment. A week...
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What can philosophy do about uncertainty? This is what two journalists of the ‹NZZ›[note]‹Is our society falling apart?›, interview of...
Our tour group had booked an auditorium in the hotel in Luxor, Egypt. We were there on time, but an...
Do you know Beethoven’s «Immortal Beloved»? Beethoven dedicated all his music from a certain point in time to an «immortal lover». To this day people are divided as to who she may have been, and the way in which people are pondering about it says everything about this power of...
500,000 people have looked at Caroline Kube’s fingers showing how to crochet a potholder with a waffle pattern. These half-million...
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According to Friedrich Glasl, the escalation in the event of conflict goes downwards, because «the path of escalation leads with...
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