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Happy Belated New Year with Odysseus
How long after New Year’s Day can you continue wishing people a Happy New Year? I was not aware of the fact that there even existed...
Silvio Bär
23. Jan. 20226 Min. Lesezeit


Exhibition Report II: Harmony and Ecstasy in Basel
In his study “Die Geburt der Tragödie aus dem Geiste der Musik” (1872), Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) postulated that ancient Greek...
Silvio Bär
18. Aug. 20214 Min. Lesezeit


A Sad Victory For Anti-Intellectualism
When I moved from Switzerland (my home country) to Norway in July 2014 in order to take up a position as a Professor of Classics at the...
Silvio Bär
12. Juni 20207 Min. Lesezeit


Reviewing the Classics II: Walter Burkert, “Homo Necans”
Man is a killer. This simple, but decisive insight constituted the starting point of a book which was published in 1972 and which was...
Silvio Bär
3. Mai 20208 Min. Lesezeit
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