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Diogenes

Diogenes was a greek philosopher who flouted all social norms and was known for causing both discomfort and wonder, by his way of life and ideas. His philosophy has been preserved today in the form of strange, sometimes comedic anecdotes.

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Kafka

Franz Kafka always felt emotionally and socially isolated from the people in his life, which was reflected in the nightmarish world of his novels, published posthumously.

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Keller

Hellen Keller was blind and deaf which caused her to perceive the world uniquely through her sense of touch. She later became a pioneer in disability education.

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La Part de L'autre Cover (Mock)

"La Part de l'autre" is a novel by Franco-Belgian author Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt which sets the defining moment of Adolf Hitler's life as the day he was rejected from art school, and writes two parallel narratives about both outcomes. Schmitt also... More

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Mendel

Gregor Mendel was an Augustinian monk who’s experiments on peas allowed him to lay the ground work for modern genetics. His research was ignored by contemporary scientists (Only to be posthumously rediscovered and proven correct). His isolation... More

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Monks in Scetis

Orthodox Monks in the Egyptian Desert. Tension between communal life and seclusion in the austere desert mysteriously gives birth to what some have called "the angelic life"

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Naguib

Mohammed Naguib, first president of Egypt, was erased from history and forgotten after being put under house arrest and replaced by president Nasser. Naguib sought to instate democratic reform after the 1952 revolution while Nasser sought a... More

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Sanity

"A time is coming when men will go mad. And when they see someone who is not mad, they will say 'You are mad, you are not like us'"

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Semmelweis

Ignaz Semmelweis was the first to suggest the importance of antiseptic hand washing in hospital delivery rooms and was dismissed as insane. Continuing in this struggle to save as many mothers as possible, he was admitted by his wife to an insane... More

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Tesla

Nikola Tesla, who invented AC current among several other inventions (and sometimes outlandish ideas), was a largely unknown personality, unlike the celebrity inventors of his day. His affinity for isolation had caused him to spend all his money on... More

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The Crisis Within

Our (well-placed) zeal to protect ourselves from COVID has distracted many of us from the internal battle that has been raging. "All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone" as Pascal once wrote. I have... More

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The Imperfect Trinity

Inspired by Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novel "The Brothers Karamazov" which is set in Russia and deals with a family of three brothers and father that through greed, lust and selfishness descend together into utter hell and chaos. The composition is... More

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The Street

A personal piece attempting to express the current zeitgeist

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Tubman

Harriet Tubman saw visions of freedom, both metaphorically and psychologically. An injury to her head had induced episodes of epilepsy and visions which she interpreted spiritually. She went on to free hundreds of slaves earning her the nickname... More

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Verne

In his novels, Jules Verne predicted many modern technologies before their invention, including nuclear submarines, space travel, and video calling, causing him to be seen as an oddity by his contemporaries.

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Zamenhof

Ludwik Zamenhof believed that the world’s wars were caused by the misunderstandings created by language barriers, and believed that if one language could unite all peoples, world peace would come, endeavouring to create an impossible utopia.

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Kirollos Kilada aka. Kiro

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