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Our inability to find ultimate meaning to human life can often make everything seem pointless and absurd. For 20th century writer, Albert Camus, everything likely is, but perhaps that’s a good thing. Shop Pursuit of Wonder merch here: https://www.pursuitofwonder.com/store If you are interested in supporting the channel, you can donate […]
The Renaissance lasted from the 1300s to the late 1600s, and what a time it was to be alive. Even if you don’t love Renaissance Faires (and come on, who doesn’t?), you should definitely love the Renaissance itself. Where else can you find such an amazing blend of art, philosophy, […]
Emerson’s combination of eastern and western philosophies provided a uniquely eclectic perspective for his time. Today, his ideas may seem to permeate the common place, which is only a testament to the influence his work had on the world at large. Agree with his ideas or not, his work is […]
Throughout the 13th century, the group of nomadic tribes known as the Mongols unified under a single ruler and proceeded to carve out the largest empire the world had ever seen. From the Danube River in Europe to all the way across Asia up to the Pacific Ocean, the highly […]
In 1906, Upton Sinclair’s novel The Jungle, about conditions in industrial meat packing plants, was published. It was a fictionalized account of what it was like in the meat packing industry, and how horrible working conditions were in meat packing plants. Sadly enough, much of what happened in this novel […]
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Fans of all things Roman empire! Today we have stitched together our ‘Roman Empire’ videos into a compilation that is sure to give anyone a deeply intriguing and thorough understanding about how the ancient Romans ate, how they kept clean, how they dressed, and even what life was like in […]
