This special issue responds to the current discourse on cinema and education from a philosophical point of view. Considering fact that young people worldwide are watching films series via their smartphones or personal computers, we here explore educative aspects this popular activity. Does wide-ranging habit mis-educate next generation? Or does carry potential for ethical-political education, p...

For more than 25 years, ever since I was exposed to Latin in high school and then to Ancient Greek while an undergraduate at Yale, I have been fascinated by language and more particularly by the ancient languages of the wide-ranging group of languages known as the Indo-European family (to which English, French, Spanish, Lithuanian, Russian, Hindi, etc. all belong). This early enthusiasm deepene...

According to the organizers of these “Dialogues,” the legacy of ancient Greek culture may still potentially offer solutions to problems faced by the world today. Something similar happened during the Renaissance period, when the Greek culture was used both as a source of information, and as inspiration for and expression of new ideas. I subscribe to the hope that a dialogue between ancient Gree...

National Endowment for the Humanities and other donors. According to CSC director Werner Kelber, “Professor Handelman was selected as the fourth NEH Distinguished Visiting Scholar in recognition of her notable contribution to integrating Jewish religious thought into the modern humanities and to tracing plausible links between the Rabbinic interpretive tradition and several influential schools ...

When Islam had offered a new perspective both politically and intellectually to the humanity at beginning of 7th century, Muslims have conquered important, antique, cultural centers like Damascus (15 / 636), Aleppo (h.16) Antioch (h.17) in short period time. While was quickly spreading wide geographic area, works which contains knowledge ancient cultures civilizations were translated into Arabi...

The paper scrutinizes a classic passage from Heidegger, in which he argues that Weltanschauung is predominantly Modern concept and there was nothing similar Antiquity. Using comparative method, I try to demonstrate it possible reconstruct kind of genealogy the worldview show clues as its phenomena Hellenic culture philosophy Early thought. Being not just linguistic phenomenon, could be analyzed...