The mysterious strength of Roman engineering trumps modern know-how (Charles Q. Choi, Inside Science)
Roman engineering's secret strength challenges modern scientists.
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07, 2017
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07, 2017
Finding the words in a sea of literature
Samuel Johnson charts the history of language to create a monumental work.
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07, 2017
Rediscovering the humanities in financial matters
Why literature, history, philosophy, and art offer countless examples of financial insight, and why knowing the ways of finance deepens our appreciation of the humanities.
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07, 2017
Medieval chivalry and the law of nations
Chivalry has enduring lessons for international law.
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07, 2017
The humanities of engineering (Tracy Chou, Quartz)
Engineering needs the humanities to find its greatest range and meaning.
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06, 2017
Latin lives, as much as we do (and perhaps more)
The life of Latin is part and parcel of our own.
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06, 2017
Do the sciences (or more generally ourselves) need philosophy at the present time?
Philosophy is wanted for the sciences and ourselves.
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06, 2017
Sounding the Anthropocene (Alex Bladsdel, The Guardian)
The Anthropocene as the latest stage of human, and planetary, development.
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06, 2017
The Worry-Fencer: the roots and restlessness of our present time.
Tracing the source of our restlessness, in dialogue.
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05, 2017
Dante, Petersburg, and the pages of memory
Poetry and recollection in Petersburg / Leningrad.