Harmonia Philosophica

Category: Language

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    Names.

    "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet". This phrase - from William Shakespeare's tragic play Romeo & Juliet - is among the most famous acknowledgements in Western culture of the power of naming to shape human perception. According to the International Union of Geological…

  • The secret of the Dark Flower
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    The secret of the Dark Flower

    The book entitled “The secret of the Golden Flower” is an oriental alchemistic work which gained much reputation after Carl Jung commented on it and interpreted its content through his deep knowledge of the occult, alchemy and psychology. The book is essentially a guide to meditation and it is written in very simple language –…

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    Dyslexia. Understanding speech.

    Neuroscientists have discovered that a basic mechanism underlying sensory perception is deficient in individuals with dyslexia, according to new study. The brain typically adapts rapidly to sensory input, such as the sound of a person's voice or images of faces and objects, as a way to make processing more efficient. But for individuals with dyslexia,…

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    Words…

    Death. Death. Death. Death. Death. Repeat the same word over and over again. Until it loses its meaning. Until the cosmos finds its own.

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    Reading… Believing in parallel lines…

    Neuroscientists at UC Davis have come up with a way to observe brain activity during natural reading. It's the first time researchers have been able to study the brain while reading actual texts, instead of individual words, and it's already helping settle some ideas about just how we read. The team has applied the technology…

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