Thoreau: An Author Profile
ThoreauAn Author Profile By Travis Copeland Few authors are less timely than Thoreau, and it is in this that he is most edifying to us. ❧ Full name: […]
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The Great Conversation: Liberty—Part II
The Great Conversation: Liberty—Part II By Gabriel Blanchard The liberties of speech and person we take for granted are part of a larger philosophic framework—one with a more
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The Great Conversation: Liberty—Part I
The Great Conversation: Liberty—Part I By Gabriel Blanchard Liberty is among the most complex and controversial topics in the Great Conversation—which is saying a lot! One of the
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Student Essay: Ardor and Artistry
Student Essay: Ardor and Artistry By Caleb Diener The meaning of art is always hotly disputed: it was true in classical Athens, it was true in the Russian
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The Great Conversation: Experience
The Great Conversation: Experience By Gabriel Blanchard Nothing gains credentials for fools like experience, just as nothing discredits the well-informed like the lack of it. Like many themes
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Nietzsche: An Author Profile
NietzscheAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard Only a few authors can claim to have foreseen (or foreshadowed) the chaos of the twentieth century, but the shadow of Nietzsche
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The Great Conversation: Same & Other
The Great Conversation: Same & Other By Gabriel Blanchard The person in the mirror is the same person as you. … Isn’t it? One of the first things
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Descartes: An Author Profile
DescartesAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard If all philosophy can be called a footnote to Plato, all modern philosophy can be called a footnote to Descartes. From a
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The Great Conversation: Quality
The Great Conversation: Quality By Gabriel Blanchard Which one, what kind, how many, how much, whose … Quality is one of the many great ideas that exists in
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The Great Conversation: Life & Death—Part III
The Great Conversation: Life & Death—Part III By Gabriel Blanchard What is the future of life for ourselves and our descendants? Go here for Part I and Part
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