Learning lessons from the past about the things we fear today

“Aristotle said of fear that you had to find the middle ground between being reckless and being a coward. He advocated prudence, taking the measure of things, which means we have to mitigate the noise, stop, think about what we know for certain, what is under our (...)Read the full article

By María José Carmona

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