English Diary 2026
Socrates left no writings and pursued philosophy through dialogue and relentless questioning. He regarded the recognition of one's own ignorance as a form of wisdom, connected virtue with knowledge, and placed the care of the soul above wealth or reputation. Condemned to death in 399 BC for impiety and corrupting the young, he refused to renounce his principles. His enduring legacy is the conviction that human beings should constantly scrutinize their beliefs and lead an examined life. 0909 Michael Hoskin's The History of Astronomy traces the evolution of Western astronomy from prehistoric observations of the sky to the emergence of astrophysics in the mid nineteenth century. Prehistoric societies observed the recurrent movements of the Sun, Moon, and stars and connected them with agriculture, calendars, and religious rituals. The Babylonians accumulated meticulous astronomical records and developed arithmetical methods for predicting planetary motion. The Greeks, by contras...