Science and the superficial life
Can science promote, or impede, the understanding of our higher purpose?
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01, 2018
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01, 2018
The humanities need no case
The humanities chart the heights and depths of humanity.
21
01, 2018
Flowers, humanity, and the use of the useless
What is "useless" serves to remind us of our humanity.
10
01, 2018
The humanities, class, and the university (Justin Stover, American Affairs Journal)
The humanities have little standing in society at large.
21
12, 2017
The Big Dog: stars and their stories serve to inspire us
How stars become dogs, and vice-versa.
27
11, 2017
On American reading, technology, and intellectual life
How American society limits our reading and concentration, also by technology.
25
11, 2017
Thinking and thanking: reflections on Humanities Watch’s second anniversary
Reflections on thinking, thanking, and remembrance at the close of two years.
12
11, 2017
The joy of writing (Sirin Pilay, Harvard Heath Blog)
Writing may provide a release to anxiety.
29
10, 2017
History as quarry: how chemistry uncovered the routes of medieval artistry (Nicholas St. Fleur, NY Times)
Chemistry provides the sleuthing in finding the historical path of the medieval art trade
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10, 2017
Our voices and their deeper meaning
Our voices record our selves, through and beyond the spoken word.