What about Plato's Academy? It was an institution of higher learning, and it certainly existed long before the one in the meme. I'm not saying that the Academy was the first one either, it wouldn't surprise me if there were others before hand.
It seems to me like the claim "the oldest currently existing university" got converted to "the first university" and those are definitely not the same.
Whatever university has the strongest claim to be the oldest currently existing university probably also counts as the first university, because of the irregularity of the structure of learning institutions in the Classical and pre-Classical era (to the best of our knowledge).
That's a weird argument. So if the University of al-Qarawiyyin stops operating, then some other place becomes the first university?
Generally we consider a university more like a school - with set staff, set students, and a set course of learning
That's more of a modern understanding of what a university is like (and I doubt it is an accurate description of the mosque that Fatima al-Fihri made).
Academy was a place where philosophers and important folk got together to mutually intellectually enrich each other,
A 'community of masters and scholars' one might say, or in latin 'universitas magistrorum et scholarium' which is the origin of the word 'university'. The original point of Universities was the same as that of the Academy. The teaching of students is just a side effect of achieving that goal since teaching is a great way to learn.
You won't be getting any money back. While you did ultimately pay since the companies that technically paid just raised their prices, that doesn't matter. You didn't technically pay any taxes, so you have no recourse to get it back. This has all just been a massive gift to companies.
Autoridades de EE. UU. anunciaron que ICE y otras agencias federales estarán en Milán durante el evento. Argumenten que protegerán a los estadounidenses visitantes y le delegación de su país.
US authorities announced that ICE and other federal agencies will be in Milan during the event. They argue that they will protect the American visitors and their country's delegation.
Drivers licenses and other IDs are issued by the individual states, which can be issued by the states to anyone they decide to according to state laws. But the federal government (mostly just the TSA which is a part of the DHS) wanted to set a minimum standard for issuing IDs and so if you go through the process of proving you are who you say you are you get a state issued ID with a special star on it that indicates that the US government has 100% verified your identity.
If you’ve ever heard of Metamucil, that’s just psyllium husk in a powder form and it’s not just for old people. Adding some of this to your daily routine has a ton of benefits. I tried to write a few sentences explaining the benefits but they all turn out like shit.
Adm. Frank M. Bradley saw the two survivors of the first strike on an alleged drug boat as legitimate military targets based on the rules for the operation, a defense official said.
Buried beneath an ancient volcanic crater on the Nevada Oregon border sits an enormous deposit of lithium rich clay. Scientists now think this quiet landscape may hold enough lithium to influence the global battery market for decades. ...
The volcano now is about 400 miles away, in Yellowstone, so there shouldn't be a problem with that. And no, the volcano did not move, the continent did.
In Islam, it is believed that creating images of religious figures is the first step toward idolatry. Islam therefore generally discourages the creation of images of religious figures of any kind.
That's technically false. The prohibition is not on creating images of religious figures, but on creating images of any person.
Former White House aide Sarah Hurwitz, who served as a senior speechwriter for President Barack Obama, warned this week that Holocaust education was “confusing” young people into sympathizing with “weak, skinny Palestinians” instead of “powerful Israelis.” ...
It took 1 hour 22 minutes from the beginning of the eclipse to the maximum and a little more than that time from maximum until it ended. I would not call that suddenly. And we don't know if there were no clouds.
I experienced almost this exact thing last year, it's something that could fairly easily be missed.
We don't really. The largest group is obviously Christian. The second largest group in every state is those with no religion, but they are ignored here. And the remaining 1-13 percent is split among a number of minority groups, meaning that the second largest religion in each state is only about <1-6 percent of the population.
Why are there whales on Pike's Enterprise? I was under the impression that cetacean ops was a ultimately a result the events of Star Trek IV, which haven't happened yet.
Because of this we have blind spots, one for each eye. They are not usually noticeable because 1) the blind spot of one eye can usually be seen by the other, and 2) the brain fills in the gap.
So with this I will perform a magic trick, I will make your thumb disappear: Close your left eye and with your right look at a spot in the background, make a thumbs up gesture and place the tip of your thumb on that spot, move your thumb to the the right continuing to look at the spot in the background, when your thumb moves about 15 cm your thumb should disappear.
You can use your left eye too, just switch the directions.
I can try another way the blind spot is about 15 cm at arms length to the right of the right eyes center of vision. So put your thumb there and it should disappear
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin agrees with him that letting voters send in ballots by mail puts honest elections at risk. ...
Voting isn't like a test, where the questions are unknown before you get your hands on it. Sample ballots are available well before you go to vote, allowing you to research all the candidates and ballot issues as much as you want, before showing up at a polling location.
Gary, Indiana. took the number two spot. Jackson, Mississippi took number three, though they were nowhere close to Daytona Beach, with 3.84 and 3.79 times the median rate of car deaths. ...
That is an incredibly arbitrary definition, but still would seem to only rule out New Zealand. As far as I can tell 100% of the landmasses of Palau, Vanuatu, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Tuvalu, and Brunei are opposite another landmass.
Ah, so SHE was responsible for my low GPA!
Illinois Governor Pritzker's Demand Letter to Trump
Supreme Court says Trump global tariffs are illegal ( www.axios.com )
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Massive Protests against American fascist paramilitary forces in the Olympics (Milan, Italy - 2026) ( cdn.social.linux.pizza )
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If you’ve ever heard of Metamucil, that’s just psyllium husk in a powder form and it’s not just for old people. Adding some of this to your daily routine has a ton of benefits. I tried to write a few sentences explaining the benefits but they all turn out like shit.
Admiral saw alleged drug boat strike survivors as legitimate targets, defense official says ( www.nbcnews.com )
Adm. Frank M. Bradley saw the two survivors of the first strike on an alleged drug boat as legitimate military targets based on the rules for the operation, a defense official said.
World's largest lithium deposit, valued at $1.5 trillion, lies under a supervolcano in the U.S. ( www.earth.com )
Buried beneath an ancient volcanic crater on the Nevada Oregon border sits an enormous deposit of lithium rich clay. Scientists now think this quiet landscape may hold enough lithium to influence the global battery market for decades. ...
Is there an actual picture of Mohamed or painting that we can view? Without pissing off all of Islam?
Ex-Obama Aide Says Holocaust Education Is ‘Confusing’ Young People Into Sympathizing With ‘Weak, Skinny’ Palestinians ( www.mediaite.com )
Former White House aide Sarah Hurwitz, who served as a senior speechwriter for President Barack Obama, warned this week that Holocaust education was “confusing” young people into sympathizing with “weak, skinny Palestinians” instead of “powerful Israelis.” ...
Kamala Harris’s Memoir Shows Exactly Why Her Campaign Flopped ( www.currentaffairs.org )
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As if people wouldn't today
Tony Blair met Jeffrey Epstein in No 10 on advice of Peter Mandelson, documents reveal ( www.theguardian.com )
What's the spice you use most?
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Pope Leo tells Catholic bishops not to hide abuse allegations ( www.reuters.com )
The 2nd biggest religion in each state (US)
Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 3x08 "Four-and-a-Half-Vulcans"
Written by: Dana Horgan & Henry Alonso Myers ...
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18+ [Combat] Russian soldier uses an RPG exhaust nozzle as a buttstock. ( i.imgur.com )
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Trump says Putin agrees with him US should not have mail-in voting ( www.reuters.com )
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin agrees with him that letting voters send in ballots by mail puts honest elections at risk. ...
The US cities with the highest traffic fatalities. Daytona Beach, Florida, has 6.5 times the national rate of crash deaths per 100,000 residents
Gary, Indiana. took the number two spot. Jackson, Mississippi took number three, though they were nowhere close to Daytona Beach, with 3.84 and 3.79 times the median rate of car deaths. ...
How should the new US government be structured after the revolution?
TIL that Chile, Argentina, Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia, Taiwan, Greenland, and the Phillipines are the only countries that you can tunnel through to hit another land mass. All others lead to water.
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