The Great Conversation: One & Many
The Great Conversation: One & Many By Matt McKeown “One” and “more than one” do not seem like complex ideas on the surface … The “problem of the […]
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The Great Conversation: Labor
The Great Conversation: Labor By Gabriel Blanchard We know Labor Day as a popular holiday, but what exactly is it celebrating? Labor—or as we more often call it,
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The Great Conversation: Judgment
The Great Conversation: Judgment By Matt McKeown From religion to philosophy to civics to private life, judgment is a recurring necessity. Despite its Anglo-Saxon-sounding consonants, the word judge
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The Great Conversation: Infinity
The Great Conversation: Infinity By Gabriel Blanchard Naturally enough for finite minds like ours, infinity is a tricky concept. Like eternity, infinity is an idea we can articulate
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The Great Conversation: Game
The Great Conversation: Game By Gabriel Blanchard What is something so unimportant doing on our list of great ideas? Though not present on Mortimer Adler’s list of great
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The Great Conversation: Emotion
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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The Great Conversation: Tyranny
The Great Conversation: Tyranny By Gabriel Blanchard Tyranny is one of the oldest problems in western thought—and practice. What is tyranny? It is agreed by almost all the
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The Great Conversation: Sense
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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The Great Conversation: Matter
The Great Conversation: Matter By Gabriel Blanchard Matter may seem like the least complicated of ideas, but it has a rich philosophic history. Matter has been a favorite
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The Great Conversation: Animals
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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