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Published: 17/04/2018Neuroscience, social science, and history give us radically different ways of approaching empathy. But is empathy a moral force? Or a shibboleth? Read moreSource: the-tls.co.uk -
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How to be an intellectual . Find three uninterrupted hours per day; overcome boredom; mind the distinction between intellectuals and academics
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Seven Types of Atheism by John Gray review – is every atheist an inverted believer?
Published: 11/04/2018An impressively erudite work, ranging from St Augustine to Joseph Conrad, embraces an atheism that finds enough mystery in the material world There has been a rash of books in recent years by thinkers ... Read moreSource: www.theguardian.com -
While science advances, philosophy stays the same , asking the Big Questions again and again. The field is still immature
Published: 11/04/2018While science advances, philosophy stays the same , asking the Big Questions again and again. The field is still immature Read moreSource: aeon.co
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Monsieur Bébé: The Brief, Strange Life of Raymond Radiguet
Published: 10/04/2018In the spring of 1923, the young married artists Jean and Valentine Hugo began inviting people to séances at their Paris apartment. A new mood of occultism, influenced by Freud and the early Su ... Read moreSource: www.theparisreview.org -
The cult of Tocqueville : How did a Frenchman who hasn’t been in the United States in over 185 years become the man everyone loves to quote?
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The fate of handwriting . It was imperiled by the printing press, then the typewriter, the computer, and the phone. But is an elegy premature?
Published: 9/04/2018The fate of handwriting . It was imperiled by the printing press, then the typewriter, the computer, and the phone. But is an elegy premature? Read moreSource: the-tls.co.uk
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The death of Seamus Heaney lets us mourn not only an artist of rare verbal gifts but also the loss of a language that long mapped a way of living
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How the Advice Columnist Conquered America
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For 200 years, Frankenstein has been read as a warning against unfettered scientific inquiry. That reflects a profound misunderstanding of the story
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As Kate Manne and Mary Beard plumb the depths of the patriarchy, a question emerges: Has anything changed since The Odyssey ?
Published: 4/04/2018As Kate Manne and Mary Beard plumb the depths of the patriarchy, a question emerges: Has anything changed since The Odyssey ? Read moreSource: the-tls.co.uk
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Beware the grammar bullies ! Morality and language are linked, argued Ursula K. Le Guin. But morality and correctness are not the same thing
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Life with Doris Lessing . An author attempts to enact her radical concept of freedom. But can a life so liberated regain a conventional shape?
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Erasmus vs. Luther — a Rift That Defined the Course of Western Civilization
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