analysis of social relations emphasizing communications and evolutionary psychology
In the fourteenth-century Libro de buen amor, Don Melón pleads his love to Lady Plum by presenting himself as the good man among other evil men. … Read the post Don Melón badgers Lady Plum after love rejection
Gate 30 of Judah al-Harizi’s Tahkemoni presents a charlatan physician. Harsh fate, or a despicable excuse, is having to dupe others to get money for food. … Read the post anti-medical satire in al-Harizi's Tahkemoni
Yosef ibn Zabara’s Book of Delight is humorous medicine from a physician enmeshed in personal scholarly battles common in the ancient Islamic world. … Read the post humorous medicine for healing pain of personal scholarly battles
Secret of Secrets conveys Aristotle’s advice to Alexander to treat conquered Persian elites kindly. Persian elites under Islam thus addressed Arab leaders. … Read the post Aristotle’s advice to Alexander the Great on Persian elites
Through humoral physiognomy, a choleric temperament became associated with yellow skin color. Yellow skin in 13th-century France signified Orientals. … Read the post physiognomy of skin color before the Enlightenment