In an 1849 letter to a friend, five years before she began to translate the Ethics, Eliot wrote, “For those who read the very words Spinoza wrote…… Read more “Heavenly Geometries | America on the Brink | Issues | The Hedgehog Review”
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NEW : Geopolitics Podcast
Geopolitics Podcast: the Age of Paradox Episode 1 When future historians look back at our age they might think of it as the Age of Paradox. On…… Read more “NEW : Geopolitics Podcast”
China loses its lustre among Europeans but doors remain open: survey | South China Morning Post
Negative views are on the rise because of coronavirus and aggressive diplomacy but cooperation on trade and climate change still desirable. — Read on http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3110516/china-loses-its-lustre-among-europeans-doors-remain-open
Edith Wharton’s Moroccan Clichés | History Today
Some reviewers disagreed with her and In Morocco prompted political debate. ‘All the properties of an Arabian Nights tale are here’, wrote Irita Van Doren in the…… Read more “Edith Wharton’s Moroccan Clichés | History Today”
Brain Cell DNA Refolds Itself to Aid Memory Recall | Quanta Magazine
More than a century ago, the zoologist Richard Semon coined the term “engram” to designate the physical trace a memory must leave in the brain, like a…… Read more “Brain Cell DNA Refolds Itself to Aid Memory Recall | Quanta Magazine”
How Sultan Selim’s Ottoman Empire Shaped the Modern World | Literary Hub
The coronavirus pandemic is dramatically disrupting not only our daily lives but society itself. This show features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers…… Read more “How Sultan Selim’s Ottoman Empire Shaped the Modern World | Literary Hub”
What comes first: ideas or words? The paradox of articulation | Aeon Essays
… (a) seemingly contradictory observation is that articulating our thoughts, in the hard cases, is a purposive activity that doesn’t simply consist in producing words mechanically, in…… Read more “What comes first: ideas or words? The paradox of articulation | Aeon Essays”
The Philosopher and the Detectives: Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Enduring Passion for Hardboiled Fiction | CrimeReads
The scene is London; the year, 1941. Ludwig Wittgenstein, likely the greatest philosopher of the twentieth century, has taken a hiatus from his Cambridge professorship to do…… Read more “The Philosopher and the Detectives: Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Enduring Passion for Hardboiled Fiction | CrimeReads”
Immersion in fictional worlds allows us to own our dark side | Psyche Ideas
Our liking for fictional villains such as Voldemort tells us something about the dark side of our own personalities — Read on psyche.co/ideas/immersion-in-fictional-worlds-allows-us-to-own-our-dark-side
Christiane-Marie Abu Sarah: How do daily habits lead to political violence? | TED Talk
What drives someone to commit politically motivated violence? The unsettling answer lies in daily habits. Behavioral historian Christiane-Marie Abu Sarah shares startling insights into how seemingly mundane…… Read more “Christiane-Marie Abu Sarah: How do daily habits lead to political violence? | TED Talk”
