Silvio Bär23. Jan. 20226 Min.Happy Belated New Year with OdysseusHow 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 Bär18. Aug. 20214 Min.Exhibition Report II: Harmony and Ecstasy in BaselIn his study “Die Geburt der Tragödie aus dem Geiste der Musik” (1872), Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) postulated that ancient Greek...
Silvio Bär12. Juni 20207 Min.A Sad Victory For Anti-IntellectualismWhen 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 Bär3. Mai 20208 Min.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...