JOHNNY'S BLOG - 2

  GOLDEN  APPLE   -   THE  WORLD'S  FIRST  BEAUTY  CONTEST                                                                                    The Judgement of Paris   (1599) by   Hendrick van Balen the Elde r .   Gemäldegalerie, Berlin A " golden apple "   refers most commonly to th e mythological f ruit from the Garden of the Hesperides that sparked the Trojan War. Greek Mythology (Apple of Discord):   Thrown by Eris at a wedding, inscribed "For the Fairest," it caused a dispute between Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite , leading ...

  JEAN-PAUL  SARTRE  -  THE  ADVOCATE  OF  WESTERN  PHILOSOPHY -  EXISTENTIALISM                                          Jean-Paul Sartre   (born June 21, 1905,   Paris , France—died April 15, 1980, Paris) was a French philosopher, novelist, and playwright, best known as the leading   exponent   of   existentialism   in the 20th century. In 1964, he declined the   Nobel Prize   for Literature, which had been awarded to him “for his work which, rich in ideas and filled with the spirit of freedom and the quest for truth, has exerted a far-reaching influence on our age.” The other dignitary to refuse the Nobel Prize was Le Duc Tho (1973 Peace), who declined it, citing the lack of peace in Vietnam. Jean-Paul ...