Unfair to Aristotle

Criticism from Homer to Aristotle

CRITICISM as an instinctive reaction to the performance of poetry is as old as song,” writes George Kennedy in beginning theCambridge History of Literary Criticism, and Kenneth Dover reminds readers of the Frogs that “in pre-literate cultures the composition of songs is a process in which discussion and criticism, often passionate, play an important part—and inevitably so, because aesthetic rea...

Lawrence's book review unfair to Hoffmann

common ancestor lacked a bacterial protein that would be recognizable as a member of the mitochondrial porin protein family, but had a protein translocase that served to import proteins across the outer mitochondrial membrane. We propose that this protein translocase was of bacterial origin, and had an amino-terminal domain with features common to POTRA domains. In the 'endosymbiont model', ATO...

Time Column Unfair to Veterans Secretary

The VA Secretary occupies probably the most thankless job in Washington. On the one hand the Secretary is expected to seamlessly provide the plethora of benefits and services a grateful nation offers veterans who have sacrificed body and mind in military service, and to those who need transition services. On the other, the Secretary must strictly obey all laws and follow all Administration poli...

Medicare payment to psychiatric facilities : unfair

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ESSAY Osmogenetics: Aristotle to Arabidopsis

The historical beginning of understanding the importance of water to life started with the Ionic Philosophers (from the Ionic Sea), who began to think that physiology (referring to nature, from the ancient Greek physis 1⁄4 nature; logos 1⁄4 talk) could explain life better than theology (referring to god, from the ancient Greek theos 1⁄4 god; logos 1⁄4 talk). Among these, Talete (624–547 BC) is ...