Ziad Shihab

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Penelope etymology

Penelope fem. proper name, name of the faithful wife in the "Odyssey," from Greek Pēnelopē, Pēnelopeia, which is perhaps related to pēne "thread on the bobbin," from pēnos "web," cognate with Latin pannus "cloth garment" (see pane (n.)). But Beekes suggests rather a connection with pēnelops "duck or wild goose with colored neck." Used in English as the type of the virtuous wife (1580) as it was in Latin.From etymonline.comrelatedly:pane (n.)mid-13c., "garment, cloak, mantle; a part of a ga...

The Second Life of John Frankenheimer's Seconds

Rock Hudson — rock as stoneStone HuddaughterStone Son (penis?)What IF…?What if…? is more than a new Marvel series. It’s the question that underpins so much great science fiction. What if the hierarchies of biological evolution were upended? What if artificial intelligences rebelled? What if humans colonized new worlds or mastered time travel? And what if—in the case of John Frankenheimer’s 1966 brilliant body-horror science-fiction paranoiac thriller Seconds—any of us could have a second shot...

Philosopher AI - What is the literary significance of a missing finger?

Philosopher AI - What is the literary significance of a missing finger?SourceURL: https://philosopherai.com/philosopher/what-is-the-literary-significance-of-a-missing-fin-0ab935 Philosopher AINew topicWhat is the literary significance of a missing finger?➹ Share ⟳ Try againFirstly, I have read the work of the philosopher Edmund Burke. He speaks about how people act and perceive one another in society. His theories on human nature derive from a basis of experience as well as observation.29 Aug...

Guillotine game

Interesting semiotics if you think about it because the paper is a metaphor for the distribution of ideology during the French revolution on which this game is themed.

All the Kings Men, by Robert Penn Warren (Harcourt) - The Pulitzer Prizes

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