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• Catharsis in Aristotle's Poetics: What the Word Means
  In Aristotle's Poetics, catharsis is what tragedy does to audiences through pity and fear. Scholars still debate whether it means purging, purifying or clarifying.
• Stoicism: The Philosophy of Virtue, Control, and Calm
  Stoicism teaches that virtue is the only true good and that we should focus on what we can control. Learn its origins, key ideas, and practical exercises.
• The Antikythera Mechanism
  A geared bronze astronomical calculator from ancient Greece, recovered from a shipwreck in 1901 — the most complex mechanical device to survive antiquity.