The founding of Rome is in the realm of myth and legend as well as history. Rome’s historic past was obscured by the mist of time, and so when the Romans reached their apogee, and Rome had become the greatest and most powerful city in the world, Roman historians felt that her fantastic achievement in […]
Ancient Rome, Founded in Myth and Legend by Miguel A. Faria, MD Read More »
According to Swiss psychoanalyst and philosopher Dr. Carl Jung, modern as well as primitive man pondered the world with two types of thinking: Directed thinking, which primitive man used for survival skills and modern man for technological progress, is conscious thinking that requires effort and is used for solving problems. Fantasy or Non-directed thinking, used
Psychology of the Unconscious (1915) by Carl Jung—Reviewed by Miguel A. Faria, MD Read More »
Lucius Cornelius Sulla (138-78 BC) was a patrician aristocrat who entered the army under the general Gaius Marius. In the Roman war against Numidia in North Africa, Sulla was instrumental in defeating the Numidians and capturing their king Jugurtha. In the Germanic invasion of the Teutons ad Cimbrians, Sulla again distinguished himself under Marius. Both
Sulla as Military Commander in the East (88-82 BC) by Miguel A. Faria, MD Read More »
The United States of America was born. Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, who had covertly aided the American Revolution, had long recovered his civil rights. And in the France of the 1780s, the theater had become not only a center of major entertainment but also a political weapon, reaching all classes of Frenchmen. In addition to
Beaumarchais, the Man Between Revolutions by Miguel A. Faria, MD Read More »
I spend a lot of time attempting to understand the rising class that seeks to change society. Their view of the “perfect society,” and the need for their idea of a utopia, is so bizarre, so perverted and so illogical that the clear thinker, the one who has lived in a “normal” world, sees its
Rule by the Stupid by Russell L. Blaylock, MD Read More »
Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (1732–1799) was a man of many talents, whose life provides an interesting pivotal transitional point from the American Revolution on one side of the Atlantic Ocean to the French Revolution on the other. Born to a Parisian watchmaker, the young Caron initially followed in his father’s trade. At age 21, he
Beaumarchais and the American Revolution by Miguel A. Faria, MD Read More »
