Id heard the name before, but I didnt really know what the Acropolis was until reading Sophies World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy; a phenomenal introduction to the subject and one of my favorite books this year. If you are interested in Philosophy, then definitely pick up a copy.
Acropolis means citadel or city on the hill. People have lived in the Acropolis in Athens since the Stone Age. Thats 9000 years of history on one hill!
Video footage from the October 23, 2006 protest in Budapest, Hungary. Shot and edited by my new friend William, an independent animator from NYC who is currently residing in Budapest.
Late at night, awaiting the last arriving ferry, yellow taxis sit double parked on both sides of the street outside of port Piraeus near Athens, Greece. Its a huge collection of idling Mercedes Benzs and during the winter months there are about twice as many of them as there are passengers getting off the ship.
Outside the gate, Desiree and I are sized up and lightly harassed by the most desperate of drivers who have left their post by the sides of the humming, yellow cars. They have come here to the gate, where they are surest to make a catch.
Calmly and thinking back to those much more aggressive fellows back east, I report to the three men who surround us that we will be taking the bus. We maintain our cadence to further express this position.
One man falls back, but two others keep on. They ask where were going. I tell them, but they are expecting the usual and so try desperately to decipher a hotel name from of the words Volkswagen and parked.
No thanks, were taking the bus, I reiterate.
Buses are no more. Too late! blurts one of the men.
Essay on the Freedom of the Will (Philosophical Classics) (Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences Winner)
by Arthur Schopenhauer
The Selfish Gene
by Richard Dawkins
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