Self-betterment through better reading (John McWhorter, New York Times)
Improving oneself through the study of great books.
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12, 2021
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06, 2019
The Place of the Humanities
The humanities debates too often overlook the place of the humanities.
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10, 2018
The ghosts of Rome
Voices of the spirit world and their historical, timeless importance.
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09, 2018
Dreams, yesterday and today
How dreams have affected our reasoning and reality, then and now.
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07, 2018
The truth of the soul and the soul of truth
What it takes to be a psychoanalyst.
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03, 2018
The science of mythology and the mythology of science
Our sciences have their roots in myth.
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11, 2017
Science meets mythology
Two formative thinkers of the 20th-century consider the force of instinctual aggression.
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03, 2017
On silence
On silence. Why poets, and others, look for quietude – with lovers, friends, or by themselves – in lieu of words Doodle: Good morning, Noodle. You appear deep in thought. Noodle: Thanks for the interruption. I’m puzzled by a poem. As a professor of the humanities, I’ve read a lot of poetry, and should be [...]
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02, 2017
Science and (the absence of) happiness
Science and (the absence of) happiness: to what degree do science and technology condition our sense of happiness? During the last few generations humankind has made an extraordinary advance in the natural sciences and in their technological application and has established humanity's control over nature in a way never before imagined.... People are proud of these achievements, [...]