The Great Conversation: Necessity & Contingency By Gabriel Blanchard Though the pair may sound abstract, the ideas of necessity and contingency are interwoven with a vast range of […]
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DickensAn Author Profile 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 which
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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
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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
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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
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PascalAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard In a career of just over twenty years, Pascal changed the direction of European thought. Born in central France in 1623, Blaise
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ArchimedesAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard In the modern world as much as antiquity, few minds can hold a candle to Archimedes. As a man, Archimedes is one
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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
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BohrAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard Few men have investigated the fundamental structure of matter as deeply as Niels Bohr. ❧ Full name: Niels Henrik David Bohr [nēłz
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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
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