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Walking papers illusion5/5/2023 The map in question comes from the Almagetsum novum. In the 17th century, Giovanni Battista Riccioli and Francesco Maria Grimaldi drew a map of the Moon and gave many craters the names they still have today." ( source). ![]() In addition he also drew 'Moon Maps' of what he believed the surface geography of the Moon to be." ( source) The page includes various images of his drawings. In 16, Thomas Harriot made a number of drawings of his telescopic observations of the Moon. If you just want to see the pictures, go ( here). It contains the results of Galileo's early observations of the Moon, the stars, and the moons of Jupiter." ( source) You can download and English translation ( here). "It was the first scientific treatise based on observations made through a telescope. ![]() In 1610 Galileo published Sidereus Nuncius (Latin for "sidereal messenger"). Apollo 12 and 14 are more or less in wading in it. The Sea of Tranquility is the dark mass on the left-hand side of the map. First and foremost, you simply must look at Google Moon. Moon Maps "I saw a moon-map once there's a sea I remember called Tranquility." (pg 55). In case you don't want to read it all, the answer is no. There's a paper exploring whether or not dogs bite people more often when the moon is full ( here). It doesn't look like the UCSC library has the paper, so unless you want to buy it, I don't imagine we'll be reading it anytime soon. You can read the abstract for the paper ( here). They suggest ways in which this hypothesis might be tested." ( source) With the introduction of electric light, this effect would have gone away, as light would be available every night, explaining the negative results of modern studies. put forward the interesting hypothesis that the phase of the moon may in the past have had an effect on bipolar patients by providing light during nights which would otherwise have been dark, and affecting susceptible patients through the well-known route of sleep deprivation. I was wondering if the full moon as hany effects on moods?" Also,"In a 1999 paper, Raison et al. Once the full moon has past (about three days after), he is back to being controlled. Lest we think ourseleves to be more advanced or modern than those silly people of the past who ignorantly thought the moon could change a person's mood, ( here) is a page that attemps to answer the question: "My 7-year-old son is bipolar and has ADHD.during the time of the full moon it's like he is a totally different child and sometimes is out of control. Lunatics and the MoonThere's a pretty thin article on the different ideas regarding the moon's influence on people ( here). For more info on the Biblical version, go ( here). ![]() The comparison includes the texts of both parables, as well as some detailed analyasis. A very interesting page comparing the Biblical story with a similar Buddhist story can be found ( here). The Prodigal Son The Biblical parable of the Prodigal Son can be found ( here) It's short, so I won't summarize it. For a more detailed exploration of moderation and the Nicomachian Ethics (a ten volume work, in which moderation is but one subject), go ( here). In this vein, Aristotle viewed virtue to be the average of extremes, as shown by this ( nifty chart). So if 2 cupcakes is too little, and 12 cupcakes is too much, then the best route is to take the mean (/2=7). Therefore, it is generally best to take the average of two extremes. His argument is essientially this: it is possible to have too much, and it is possible to have too little. In his Nicomachian Ethics, Aristotle articulates the "doctrine of the mean". Aristotle and Moderation "Moderation is best, Aristotle said it: Everyone feasts, but no one is full." (Lyse, pg 62).
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