Anchored: A Year in Review
Anchored: A Year in Review We’ve had an outstanding year with our own little corner of the Great Conversation. We launched our podcast Anchored at the end of […]
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Student Profile: Matthew Tolbert, First Ever CLT Perfect-Scorer!
Student Profile: Matthew Tolbert, First Ever 120 on the CLT At six years old, the Classic Learning Test has a perfect score for the first time! Classic Learning
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The Great Conversation: Necessity & Contingency
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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Dickens: An Author Profile
DickensAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard The work of Dickens is at once politically radical and warmly domestic. ❧ Full name and title: Charles John Huffam Dickens [chäŕłz
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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
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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
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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
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Pascal: An Author Profile
PascalAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard In a career of just over twenty years, Pascal changed the direction of European thought. ❧ Full name: Blaise Pascal [blāz päs-käł;
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Archimedes: An Author Profile
ArchimedesAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard In the modern world as much as antiquity, few minds can hold a candle to Archimedes. ❧ Full name: Ἀρχιμήδης Φειδίου (Archimēdēs
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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
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