Human and Divine Wisdom in Anselm of Canterbury
an unpublished paper presented at the Cardinal Virtues: Wisdom conference at Viterbo University
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The Voynich Manuscript: A Translation
Part Three: Manuscript Pages 9-14
Three Popular Views That Are Provably Wrong
Some wrongheaded folk philosophical views
The Fantasy of Sanders Socialism and the Bitter Pill of Trump's Revolution
Or: towards "Cutrone’s 10 Commandments for Socialist Unity" in a dialectical unity with the necessity of "remembering, repeating, and working-through"
Suggested Readings
A few recommendations by Figs in Winter for your reading pleasure
Episode 50 - The Concept Of Digital Natives
an idea it's probably time to retire
Middle-Power Multilateralism In A Hard Power World
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A Buddhist Sun Miracle?
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"Predictive History" and the Second Coming
Evil Cabals and Angelic Communities
The Trumpian Real and Post-Neoliberalism
The real history of Trump, his parallel with Sanders, and his core motivation: what was the point?
Catastrophe markets
Americans love to gamble. But placing bets on wildfires, floods and storms comes with serious moral and social costs - by Jamie L Pietruska Read on Aeon
Book Review: The White King Of La Gonave
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Hidden Open Thread 426.5
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Under the Aspect of Eternity
An Excerpt of "Transcendence for Beginners" by Clare Carlisle
Let Robots Vote!
If they have minds
What The AI Consciousness Question Conceals
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How Natural Tradeoff And Failure Components?
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The thousand-year silence
How Stoicism and Epicureanism nearly vanished—and why we got them back
She never dances alone
Broadcast at Times Square, this kaleidoscopic reimagining of a powwow dance celebrates the strength of Indigenous women - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
One China, one world
China’s regime insists on national unity and international harmony. Is this anything more than an imperial posture? - by Peter C Perdue Read on Aeon
Authenticity as Grace
Last week I realized that today’s rapid cultural evolution, mediated greatly by youth movements, seems encouraged by the common modern norm favoring “authenticity”.
Virtue In Epictetus' Works
a puzzle and a plausible solution
The Architecture Of Cooperation
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Every Debate On Pausing AI
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Being in the world: technology and humanity
If technology threatens to flatten our humanity, artists can deepen it. Hear how, from a flamenco musician and a juggler - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
Many AI Debates Are Way Too Philosophical and Theoretical
You don't need to sort out abstruse metaphysical questions to figure out if AIs will take jobs
On the proper use of arguments
The Discourses of Epictetus, 1.7
The clock in our genes
The biologist Victoria Foe discovered a timing device in ‘junk’ DNA that could unlock the evolution of complex life - by Beatrice Steinert Read on Aeon
Finish The Industrial Revolution, Or Bust
Do you love something historically-unusual about today’s culture?
Resources On Heloise And Abelard's Letters
five lectures in video and podcast format on love, marriage, and tragedy
Open Thread 426
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The city that wasted nothing
Edo, modern Tokyo, transformed from a city near ecological collapse to a thriving epicentre by creating a circular economy - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
An African philosophy
Lansana Keita rejected Eurocentric ideas, tracing the philosophical tradition back to African Kemet or ancient Egypt - by Sanya Osha Read on Aeon
Anselm on Divine Simplicity and the Trinity (part 5)
an invited talk given to the Dionysius Circle
Many Culture Causes
I asked a set of polls, and 3 LLMs (ChatGPT,Claude,Gemini) to rate the relative explanatory power of the following 16 causes of cultural change for the two periods 1700-1900 and 1900-2025.
Žižek's (Black) Hole
In-between the Parallax of Lack-Excess, Towards the Drive of Communisation
Comments on Torture vs. Dust Specks
Responding to both the serious and unserious objections
Anselm on Divine Simplicity and the Trinity (part 4)
an invited talk given to the Dionysius Circle
Three Ways to Change Your World. Right Now.
Launching the Network of Networks.
The Philosopher and the Tsar
When G. W. Leibniz Went to Work for the Russians
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