Freedom behind bars (Chris Wilson, Medium)
Books in a prison library provide freedom and new life.
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12, 2018
Need a new search?
If you didn't find what you were looking for, try a new search!
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11, 2018
Virtual scholarship: the lure of the fourth dimension
Learning from libraries past, present, and future.
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10, 2018
On true wealth
How artists can see the merit of what is invisible.
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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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08, 2018
The Dream of the Humanities
A telling dream about the humanities in our lives.
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08, 2017
In praise of polymaths (David Edmonds, BBC Magazine)
Why the broader knowledge possessed by polymaths is needed today more than ever.
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04, 2017
Painting, nature, and science
Why painting is more truth-seeking than philosophy and physics
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02, 2017
The lily and the river
The lily and the river: how much do we presume about our knowledge of the future, and how firmly rooted is our knowledge of our origins? Two fables from Renaissance scientists and polymaths: The lily set itself on the bank of the river Ticino, and the current swept away both the bank and the lily. Leonardo da [...]
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02, 2017
Mountain shadows, mountain light
The balance needed for wholeness.
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03, 2016
Better scientists with liberal arts (Loretta Jackson-Hayes, Washington Post)
We become better scientists, the more we value the liberal arts. The author recounts how the liberal arts "unlocked" for her the true value of education, and her students in turn became more adroit at their science and their ability to communicate their ideas to others. She writes: Our culture has drawn an artificial line between art [...]