Gordian Knot

Board. I swear when I designed the problem, I was thinking of the Gordian knot and was confident it would have even challenged Euclid, at least I thought. However, I was so wrong. Before, the other students could pick up their pencils, Arabella had solved the problem.” Thomas, a close friend interjected in a joking manner, “Maybe your knot was not truly a knot, perhaps it was just a clump of string that gave the appearance of a knot.” Laughing, she said, “You would think, since I hold a Ph.D. in Advanced

components of our environment and take into account every side when considering current environmental issues. Many of our current environmental issues are seemingly being viewed as figurative Gordian knots: nearly impossible to unravel, except by the right people. Interestingly, the thing about the legend of the Gordian knot is that, while people thought it couldn’t be unraveled, all it took was a one section being cut into to unravel the

Does hope really demolish one from achieving the best or is hope the fuel that ignites one’s ambitions? According to Pema Chodron, a Buddhist nun, one can only be successful if they give up all hope of succeeding. In her article, “Start Where You Are”, Chodron shares her perspective on Buddhism and how giving up hope is the solution to all problems. On the other hand, Thomas Jefferson advocates hope by persuading his nephew in a letter to always strive to become better. These two authors provide

Alexander then traveled to Phrygia, where the Gordian Knot sat. According to legend, he who untied this great knot tied by a long dead king would go on to rule all of Asia Minor. Alexander simply slashed it in two with his sword. November, 333 BC: Alexander met Darius in battle for the second time. Though greatly outnumbered

The obvious aspect of Alexander’s life is war but the one I’m going with that’s usually ignored is the divine aspect of his life that he had before he was born. Alexander’s mother is Olympias from Epirus who was a worshiper of Dionysus and the bloodline of Achilles. Alexander’s father King Philip II is supposedly the bloodline of Heracles (or Hercules). After Philip wed and bed his wife sometime later he spied his wife sleeping with a snake, as far as I’ve learned its only sleeping but there has

from the European Union. The panel included Iain Murray, Vice President for Strategy at the Competitive Enterprise Institute and co-author of Cutting the Gordian Knot: A Road Map for British Exit from the European Union, Rory Broomfield, Director at the Freedom Association and the Better Off Out campaign and co-author of Cutting the Gordian Knot: A Road Map for British Exit from the European Union, Marian L. Tupy, Senior Policy Analyst at Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity, Cato Institute, and

Alexander the Great In 338 BC Phillip II of Macedonia, became ruler of Greece after a lengthy battle. Phillip’s plans to war against Persia were cut short when he was assassinated in 336 BC. Speculation suggest that Phillip’s previous wife, Olympias and his son Alexander may have been involved in the assassination plot. The murder had taken place after Olympias and Alexander were forced out of Macedonia once Phillip had remarried Cleopatra, who was much younger. In the wake of his father’s death

Alexander The Great Alexander The Great no doubt left his mark on history like the many kings before him. One thing he was known for was his hatred for representative government and the belief that zeal for Orthodoxy should be cultivated by every tsar. By the end of his reign Alexander III had also amassed a large amount of territory from him conquests of Persia and Egypt, his kingdom ranging from the Mediterranean to the border of India. Alexander The Great also strived for the Russifiication of

coast of Asia Minor. Alexander then turned northward to central Asia Minor, to the city of Gordimer. Gordimer was a home of the famous legend  who's called Gordian Knot. Alexander knew the legend who said that the man who could untie the ancient knot was destined to rule the entire world. Till that date no one had succeeded in uniting the knot. But the young Macedonian king simply slashed it with his sword and unraveling its

A great man who conquered, then created the largest empire in the ancient world had lived. Alexander the Great accomplished a lot in his short life conquering vast lands as well as spreading the Greek culture throughout Middle East also Asia. Alexander the Great has many accomplishments in his life, and changed history in more of a passive way than in a direct way because of his character and the accomplishment he had built over his lifetime. Alexander the Great was born into royalty in Macedonia