Dickens: Satire and Sentiment
Dickens: Satire and Sentiment By Gabriel Blanchard The work of Dickens is at once politically radical and warmly domestic. Nineteenth-century Britain was rich in popular literature, much of …
The Great Conversation: Opposition
The Great Conversation: Opposition By Gabriel Blanchard Opposition is one of the richest ideas in the Great Conversation. Opposite-ness is a particular species of the broader genus of …
The Great Conversation: Idea—Part II
The Great Conversation: Idea—Part II By Gabriel Blanchard The pendulum of Western thought continues to swing between Plato and Aristotle, yet from radically different pivots … Go here …
The Great Conversation: Idea—Part I
The Great Conversation: Idea—Part I By Gabriel Blanchard This series is about the great ideas; so what are ideas? At its core, an idea is a fairly simple …
Pascal: The Calculation of Divinity
Pascal: The Calculation of Divinity By Gabriel Blanchard In a career of just over twenty years, Pascal changed the direction of European thought. Born in central France in …
Archimedes: The Mathematician With a Hundred Hands
Archimedes: The Mathematician With a Hundred Hands By Gabriel Blanchard In the modern world as much as antiquity, few minds can hold a candle to Archimedes. As a …
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The Great Conversation: Chance
The Great Conversation: Chance By Gabriel Blanchard Chance is one of those strange ideas that seems quite natural as long as you aren’t thinking about it. The general …
Bohr: The Father of Quantum Mechanics
Bohr: The Father of Quantum Mechanics By Gabriel Blanchard Few men have investigated the fundamental structure of matter as deeply as Niels Bohr. The twentieth century has been …
The Great Conversation: Sin
The Great Conversation: Sin By Gabriel Blanchard Without saying that sin is a great idea, it is one of the great ideas. Sin is one of the perennial …
Meet the Minds Behind the Great Books
Meet the Minds Behind the Great Books Ever wanted to get to know the great books of the western world? Our purpose at CLT is to encourage everyone …