Abstract Since late antiquity, a connection was made between Jews and the psychological state of despondency based, in part, on link melancholy Saturn, further association Hebrew name that planet, Shabbetai, Sabbath. The melancholic predisposition has had important anthropological, cosmological, theological repercussions. In this essay, I focus various perspectives melancholia thinkers as diver...

This is a film review of Hidden Figures (2016), directed by Theodore Melfi.

1. Impetus Inspiration is often the result of an interaction between the outside world and the composer's inner experience. It may be unexpected and ephemeral, but it can also be the result of a gradual growth, one that reveals itself progressively or by twists and turns. The source of inspiration may lie in sensory phenomena (looking at an object, a landscape, a work of art, hearing sound or m...