The Great Conversation: Emotion By Matt McKeown One of the few really universal human experiences, emotion is naturally a favorite subject of the “Great Conversation.” The emotions are […]
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BenthamAn Author Profile By Matt McKeown What is the proper calculus of morals and, to the extent they differ, of politics? ❧ Full name and titles: Jeremy Bentham
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The Great Conversation: Sense By Matt McKeown Sensation is inextricably linked with both knowledge and illusion. The senses are, of course, our earliest experience; indeed, they are arguably
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ChaucerAn Author Profile By Matt McKeown After centuries of obscurity, Chaucer restored vernacular English literature to prominence. ❧ Full name and titles: Geoffrey Chaucer [jĕf-rē chå-sŕ; see our
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The Great Conversation: Animals By Matt McKeown The significance of animals in the “Great Conversation” is as diverse as the millions of species the word covers. Animal is
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The Great Conversation: War and Peace—Part II By Matt McKeown Peace, frustratingly enough, can be as philosophically complicated as war. Go here for Part I. The pursuit of
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The Great Conversation: War and Peace—Part I By Matt McKeown War is one of the most ancient and persistent features of human civilization. The earliest name on our
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The Great Conversation: Opinion By Matt McKeown Opinion sounds like an easy thing to understand, but it ramifies quickly … Opinion is one of the oldest topics in
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LutherAn Author Profile By Matt McKeown Few have wielded a more universal influence upon world history than Martin Luther. ❧ Full name and titles: the Reverend Doctor Martin
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The Great Conversation: Cause By Matt McKeown Causation, like being itself, applies to nearly every philosophical topic in existence. Causality is a gigantic topic, covering not only different
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