A lot of cultures in the world have had “Seven Wise Men” who supposedly taught the early people, there, basic lessons upon which they built civilizations. The Greeks were no different and, as with many members of the other cultures, they argued about whose names should appear on the list. Of the all the different suggestions made, four names seem pretty universal, so I’ll stick […]
The Wellspring
Years ago, even before I went to college, I stumbled upon the notion of cultural “hearths.” The term refers to the places where a particular idea – such as a religion, or idea, or type of art, or some sort of technology – originated. From that “hearth,” the religion or idea or art or whatever spread to other areas, adopted more or less successfully by […]