Δαφνη Ευτυχια Αρθουρος

[Shana tova to my Jewish friends celebrating the start of 5779!]

"What Genesis is, in fact, is philosophy written in a deliberately non-philosophical way. It deals with all the central questions of philosophy: what exists (ontology), what can we know (epistemology), are we free (philosophical psychology), and how we should behave (ethics). But it does so in a way quite unlike the philosophical classics from Plato to Wittgenstein. To put it at its simplest: philosophy is truth as system. Genesis is truth as story." -- Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, Genesis: The Book of Beginnings

Today is:
Gregorian: 2018 September 10
Julian: 2018 August 28
Hebrew: 5779 Tishri 01 -- first day of Rosh Hashanah -- first day of 5779
Islamic: 1439 Dhu I-Jija 29
Persian: 1397 Shahrivar 19
Mayan: 0.0.0.13.0.5.14.9
Indian: 1940 Bhadra 19
Coptic: 1734 Pi Kogi Evanot 5 -- new year's eve
(The thirteenth month of the Coptic & Ethiopian calendars is only a few days long.)