ΓΚΕΜΜΑ - GEMMA

"Gemma" It is the name of a star but is also the title of a marvellous book and his writer is Greek professor Dimitris Liantinis. (Liantinis ) (information from French and German Wikipedia)

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book Gemma

Liantinis dedicated his life in the study of death. We remind that the ancient Greeks said

"the philosophy is the study of death". (Plato)

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professor Dimitris Liantinis (1942 - 1998)

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Liantinis in order to complete the study of death put alone him end in his life. He wanted in this way to imitate the ancient philosopher Empedocles who jumped in the crater of volcano of Etna.

Liantinis did not jump in a volcano. He entered in a cave and put end in his life. This cave is in the top of mountain Taygetos near Sparta . In June 1998. For seven years no one did not know where he was found.

In reality existed a cousin of Liantinis that knew the secret but had promised not speak if they do not pass seven years.

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The cave in the top of Taygetos

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So his skeleton was discovered in July 2005. The way that Liantinis died but also his philosophy and his books made big impression in the Greeks. Today enough men study his philosophy and they try occupy the reasons that led him to the suicide.

This is the reason that we make the hommage in Gemma, because this is the name of his last book. It appears that this star had particular importance for his philosophy. Particularly in combination the mythology that accompanies this star.

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Corona Borealis ( Latin: northern crown) is a small northern constellation whose main stars form a semicircular arc. It is one of the 88 modern constellations, and was also one of the 48 constellations listed by Ptolemy, who referred to the constellation as Corona.

It has no first magnitude stars. Its brightest star, α CrB (Alphecca, also known as Gemma) is of magnitude 2.2 (slightly variable) and is considered a member of the diffuse Ursa Major Moving Group.

• information WIKIPEDIA

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• SEE VIDEO WITH LIANTINIS (Liantinis speak for the death to concentration of military doctors. Explains to them how can no one overcome the fear of death and how can live genuinely his life. This is the deeper meaning of philosophy of Liantini.)

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• SEE: Next picture of Gemma
  

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ΑΦΙΕΡΩΜΑ ΣΤΗ ΓΚΕΜΜΑ

Προσπαθώντας να καταλάβουμε λίγο καλύτερα το γιατί ο Δημήτρης Λιαντίνης ονόμασε το τελευταίο του βιβλίο "Γκέμμα", κάνουμε αυτό το αφιέρωμα στο ομώνυμο αστέρι:

Η Γκέμμα είναι το αστέρι α του αστερισμού του Βορείου Στεφάνου.

Είναι γνωστή επίσης με το όνομα Αλφέκκα. (Alphecca )

Ο Βόρειος Στέφανος (Corona Borealis, συντομογραφία: CrB) είναι αστερισμός του βορείου ημισφαιρίου που σημειώθηκε στην αρχαιότητα από τον Πτολεμαίο και είναι ένας από τους 88 επίσημους αστερισμούς που θέσπισε η Διεθνής Αστρονομική Ένωση.

• Δείτε την επόμενη εικόνα της Γκέμμας.


• Για το αστερισμό του Βορείου Στεφάνου θα βρείτε πολλές πληροφορίες στη Βικιπαίδεια.
  

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