Эпидемии «чумы» фигурируют в наиболее знаковых литературных произведениях античности: «Илиаде» Гомера, «Царе Эдипе» Софокла и «Энеиде» Вергилия. И действительно, болезни сыграли решающую роль в изменении баланса сил в Средиземноморье, Северной Африке и на Ближнем Востоке.

Luis Borges, the Argentine writer, is renowned for his complex and thought-provoking works that often delve into philosophical themes. While Borges himself was not a philosopher in the traditional sense, his writings frequently explore philosophical concepts, particularly those related to metaphysics, reality, and the nature of time and identity. Borges’ philosophy cannot be pinned down to a single set of beliefs or principles.

Preface On January 21, 1924, the outstanding revolutionary and thinker Vladimir Ilyich Lenin died. The centenary of his death is a memorable date, since capitalism, which Lenin fought all his conscious life, although close to its fall, must still be finished off with our hands.

In Mircea Eliade’s thought, religion is seen as a universal and fundamental aspect of human existence, characterized by the experience of the sacred and the profane. Eliade believed that religion originates from an irreducible experience of the sacred, which is common to most human beings. This experience seeks outward cultural expression in myths and rituals.