March 21, World Poetry Day

Let’s make the world a better place.

What do You Think? The most influential books ever written (according to me)

 (the library of Melk Abbey)

Add yours if you like…

I. The Jewish Bible, by Various Authors

II. The Iliad, by Homer

III. The Odyssey, by Homer

IV. Corpus Aristotelicum, by Aristotle

V. The Republic, by Plato

VI. Analectus, by Confucius

VII. The Aeneid, by Virgil

VIII. The New Testament, by Various Authors

IX. The Quran, by Various Authors

X. The Guide for the Perplexed, by Maimonides

XI. Summa Theologica, by Thomas Aquinas

XII. Divine Comedy, by Dante Alighieri

XIII. Institues of Christian Religion, by John Calvin

XIV. Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World System, by Galileo

XV. Principia Mathematica, by Isaac Newton

XVI. The New Science, by Giambattista Vico

XVII. Encyclopedie, by Denis Diderot

XVIII. The wealth of Nations, by Adam Smith

XIX. Phenomenology of Mind, by G.W.F. Hegel

XX. On War, by Carl Von Clausevitz

XXI. Communist Manifesto, by Karl Marx and F. Engels

XX. The Origin of the Species, by Charles Darwin

XXI. Experiment on Plant Hybridization, by Gregor Mendel

XXII. War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy

XXIII. The Interpretation of Dreams, by Sigmund Freud

XXIV. Relativity, by Albert Einstein

XXV. I and Thou, by Martin Buber

XXVI. If This Is a Man, by Primo Levi

January 27,1945-2015. Keeping the Memory alive.

Let’s not forget. Not now, not ever.

 

A Decalogue for Peace (II)

 (Edward Hicks, The Peaceable Kingdom 1826)

1. Say you are sorry
2. Put yourself at the periphery
3. Be courageous
4. Trust. Even if it hurts
5. Be loyal
6. Take a chance
7. Understand who is different
8. Don’t judge
9. Show your hands
10. Again. Talk about Peace

A Decalogue for Peace

1. Listen
2. Accept diversity
3. Learn
4. Learn how to laugh about yourself
5. Give
6. Be the last to leave
7. Break bread
8. Be kind
9. Be strong
10. Talk about peace

Our Real Purpose

What part of this we don’t understand?