Protesilaos
Protesilaos
I am a philosopher living in the mountains of Cyprus at a house I built myself which I affectionately call “the hut.” I spend my free time programming on GNU Emacs, writing essays on a wide range of life issues, and doing infrastructure work around my house. My background is diverse and reflects my intellectual curiosity as well as consistently high work ethic.
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This is an entry from my journal. I always enjoy working at the festival. I have in the past sold bread and related products, but this year I managed a toy store front that also featured κομποσχοίνια (komboschinia). A komboschini is a piece of rope with knots that you typically wear as a bracelet. Komboschinia have...
Writing for Aeon magazine in an essay titled Penchants of the polymaths, Mariam Sabri informs us about four geniuses of the Muslim world. This semester, my students are learning about four polymaths who shaped Islamic science: al-Biruni, Alhazen, Avicenna and al-Khwarizmi. Their circumstances could hardly have been...
In an opinion piece for The Guardian titled How Sweden lost its soul – and stopped being Sweden Martin Gelin comments on Sweden’s shift away from egalitarianism. […] many previously unthinkable far-right ideas are now comfortably embedded in the mainstream of Swedish politics. The past four years have been...
Le mot «nostalgie» est constituer par les mots d’origine Grec «nostos» (νόστος) et «algos» (άλγος). Nostos est l’aspiration de [re-]trouver notre communauté dans l’espace où notre culture est prévalent. Algos est le douleur ou la maladie. Donc on a le mal de n’être pas avec notre peuple dans notre localité. La...
The following is an excerpt from a private exchange. It builds on what I published before: Re: how do you manage your curiosity? (2026-09-05). It can stand on its own, which is why I am publishing it separately. Again, I am doing it without disclosing the identity of my correspondent. The quotes that are two levels...
L’Internet est comme l’océan. Mois j’habite sur une île notionnelle. Il y a des fruits tropicaux et des animaux de toutes façons. Je nage pendant les matins et chaque soirée je vais à l’ouest où je trouve le feu du ciel. Comme les artistes d’impressionnisme je produis des peintures dans l’esprit d’admiration de la...
Writing for The Guardian, Jon Henley notes that Europe’s centre fears nationalist wave after AfD victory but only has itself to blame. Jon explains how AfD’s win in Saxony-Anhalt should not be overstated yet it still is a telltale sign of things to come. The trends are there and they are painting a clear picture....
Eyes familiar in many faces Bishop I am in mouflon forest scion of the beheaded priest who led the rebellion Zenon I became in calm waters and travelling merchant to the further places As teenagers we once met on Balkan battlefields with boyhood aggression that no promise of comfort can contain In being George I did...
J’apprécie l’élégance de l’expression «comme ci, comme ça». C’est facile, plaisant à écouter, un petit peu drôle, et effectif à communiquer les sentiments indéterminés face aux situations compliques; situations qui occurrent quelque fois dans notre vie. Mais, malgré leur utilité, Pierre expliques: “Comme ci comme...
For this entry in the series, I have picked an emotional song titled Coral tear from the solo collection of songmaker Thanos Anestopoulos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOTQ4Lf0e38. Thanos was a member of the band Diafan Krina. Roughly two years ago, I wrote an interpretation of one of their songs:...
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