Word: greeks
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Jones Professor of Classical Greek Literature Gregory Nagy, who teaches Literature and Arts C-14: "The Concept of the Hero in Greek Civilization," also known as "Heroes for Zeros," says the term "gut" reflects a "strictly materialistic and cynical way of thinking about something that is much more important...
Contrary to popular belief, speculation that we are not alone in the universe is as old as philosophy itself. The essential steps in the reasoning were based on the atomic theory of the ancient Greek philosopher Democritus. First, the laws of nature are universal. Second, there is nothing special or privileged about Earth. Finally, if something is possible, nature tends to make it happen...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: A flurry of high-level calls from Clinton Administration officials brought Greece and Turkey back from the brink of war over a pile of rocks in the eastern Aegean Sea late Tuesday. The Turkish military was prepared to attack the disputed ten-acre island on which seven Greek coast guardsmen had raised the Greek flag. "If the United States hadn't intervened, the Turks would have seized the island," said Assistant Secretary of State Richard Holbrooke, who brokered the Bosnian peace last fall and negotiated the terms of this withdrawal in a flurry of late night phone calls...
Following the masters' remarks, Gregory Nagy, Jones professor of classical Greek literature, made brief remarks...
Nagy, who first met Piedrahita where, he taught him in Literature and Arts C-14: "The Concept of the Hero in Greek Civilization," said he dined last fall with Piedrahita and his friend Mary J. Hahn '97 at a faculty dinner in Winthrop House...