by Benard Makaa | Dec 24, 2017 | Philosophy, Psychology
Memento mori is Latin for “Remember death.” The phrase is believed to originate from an ancient Roman tradition in which a servant would be tasked with standing behind a victorious general as he paraded through town. As the general basked in the glory of the cheering...
by Benard Makaa | Dec 21, 2017 | Culture, Philosophy, Psychology
I have always been researching on Nikola Tesla, read almost all biographies on him and the latest book I read “Empires of light” brought more illumination on him. You can check here 2017 List of the best books I’ve read so far. My 5th year undergraduate project...
by Benard Makaa | Dec 21, 2017 | Culture, Philosophy, Psychology
Engineer, physicist, and futurist Nikola Tesla (July 10, 1856–January 7, 1943) is among the most radical rule-breakers of science and is regarded by many as the greatest inventor in human history. His groundbreaking work paved the way for wireless communication and...
by Benard Makaa | Jul 19, 2017 | Philosophy, Psychology
This post is literally lifted from the work of Derek Sivers, who has taken time to distill wisdom and insights from books, experience and research into directives. All credit goes to him. He was a circus clown, a musician, and made a company which he sold for $22...
by Benard Makaa | Jul 10, 2017 | Letters, Philosophy
This a series of some of Seneca’s Moral Letter to his Friend, Lucilius. While reading the letter in which you were lamenting the death of the philosopher Metronaxas if he might have, and indeed ought to have, lived longer, I missed the spirit of fairness which abounds...
by Benard Makaa | Jul 10, 2017 | Letters, Philosophy
This a series of some of Seneca’s Moral Letter to his Friend, Lucilius. If you are in good health and if you think yourself worthy of becoming at last your own master, I am glad. For the credit will be mine, if I can drag you from the floods in which you are being...
