Meditations (Annotated: The Emperor and the Stoic Sage: Philosophical Themes)
(The First Book, pp 20-26), by Marcus Aurelius Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations stands as one of the most profound expressions of Stoic philosophy, composed privately by a Roman emperor seeking moral clarity amid war, plague, and political duty. Written in Greek … Read More
The new (liberal) eugenics
Despite the Nazi horrors, in 1953 the new eugenics was founded, when Watson and Crick postulated the double helix of DNA as the basis of chemical heredity. In 1961, scientists have deciphered the genetic code of DNA, laying the groundwork … Read More
Eugenics
The main concern of the first eugenists, such as Karl Pearson and Walter Weldon of University College London , were the perceived intelligence factors considered to be correlated with the social class. In his speech “Darwinism, Medical Progress and Eugenics”, … Read More