Little ideas and quotes of wisdom: thinkArete
Arete in its basic sense, means goodness, excellence, or virtue of any kind. In its earliest appearance in Greek, this notion of excellence was bound up with the notion of the fulfillment of purpose or function; the act of living up to one's full potential.
This weekend I saw the movies Cosmic Collisions and Black Holes at the Planetarium in the National Air and Space Museum. Both are highly recommended, the visualizations of entering a black hole, based on Einstein's equations, were beautiful. One fact that stuck out in my head was that we are one of 100 billion stars in the Milky Way, which is one of 100 billion galaxies in the universe.
Art Beat with Stephanie Kaye is a daily one-minute update on arts and culture events in the DC region on the DC npr station.
Stardate Online: Daily stargazing tips. "The Milky Way arcs high overhead on August evenings."
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