“There is a cave – a cave of wonders.” – you might have recognized this quote as something that the villain Jafar tells Aladdin. While this may be true in Aladdin, the reality is far greater. There is a hidden world, filled with wonders. This hidden world shimmers at the veil of the physical reality. […]
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Time marches on. So the saying goes as we desperately try to keep up, balancing our books, kids, chores, homes, communities, and everything else this modern life throws at us. When it comes to my game of Christmas catch up this year, I am forced to reevaluate my personal expectations. My specific struggle is related
Christmas is coming and with it is college application finalizations. Most college applications are probably submitted by now, but then come of the post application requirements. The official transcripts need to be sent, letters of recommendation, scholarship applications, and a host of other documents that serve to give a college a clear understanding of who
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The mathematical arts, also called the quadrivium and liberal arts of quantity or number, are arithmetic, geometry, harmony, and astronomy. Nicomachus tells us that arithmetic comes first, since “…the others logically presuppose it.” And “The universe seems to have been created using numbers. It is fitting, therefore, that numbers are harmoniously fitted together.” So understanding
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The first three liberal arts focus on language and literature. We spend the vast majority of our years learning to read, write, and speak. Then come with the quadrivium. The mathematical arts as it were, arithmetic, geometry, harmony, and astronomy. Nicomachus tells us that the last three arts, geometry, harmony, and astronomy flow out of
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