Daily Reads-23 (Level-2)

Reading Suggestion-1

Article Name: Arabic translators did far more than just preserve Greek philosophy
Author Name: Peter Adamson
Source: Aeon
Category: Philosophy

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Five Words to learn from this article:

Hellenic: The branch of the Indo-European language family comprising classical and modern Greek.
Antiquity: The ancient past, especially the period of classical and other human civilizations before the Middle Ages.
Corpus: A collection of written texts, especially the entire works of a particular author or a body of writing on a particular subject.
Incomprehensible: Not able to be understood; not intelligible.
Theology: The study of the nature of God and religious belief.

Reading Suggestion-2

Article Name: Deep time’s uncanny future is full of ghostly human traces
Author Name: David Farrier
Source: Aeon
Category: Literature

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Five Words to learn from this article:

Inanimate: Showing no sign of life; lifeless.
Cusp: A pointed end where two curves meet, in particular.
Consensus: A general agreement.
Stratify: Arrange or classify.
Vista: A pleasing view.

Reading Suggestion-3

Article Name: The revolution in cannabis law has begun, but Britain is stuck in the past
Author Name: Simon Jenkins
Source: The Guardian
Category: Society

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Five Words to learn from this article:

Inconceivable: Not capable of being imagined or grasped mentally; unbelievable.
Self-righteous: Having or characterized by a certainty, especially an unfounded one, that one is totally correct or morally superior.
Appalling: Horrifying; shocking.
Archaic: Very old or old-fashioned.
Antediluvian: Of or belonging to the time before the biblical Flood.