W. T. Jones’s A History of Western Philosophy is excellent on all the major philosophers and integrates them well into historical context. He’s also a clear writer, which can be rare in philosophy. Also, one does not have to read the philosophers in historical order, as the presentations are self-contained and/or context-established along the way. […]
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Contrasting liberal to cancel culture. Image and text versions below, should you want to modify for yourself. Cancel Culture defined Liberal Culture Cancel Culture Range of opinion? Expect diversity of Expect uniformity of Attitude toward those who disagree? Tolerance of the eccentric Hostility to the deviant Atmosphere encouraged? Benevolence Fear
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For Covid-19, select countries as of February 26, 2021: Israel: 87% UK: 29% USA: 20.6% Turkey: 10% Canada: 4.5% Argentina: 1.9% New Zealand: 0.02% Fuller source for statistics: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1194939/rate-covid-vaccination-by-county-worldwide/
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According to his biographer: Karajan seems to have spent the greater part of his like seeking the one thing he believed would make him completely happy: absolute mastery over his own destiny. Richard Osborne, Herbert von Karajan: A Life in Music, Northeastern University Press, 1998, p. 33 Related: How other great artists became great:Igor Stravinsky
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Apparently mandatory for much Canadian journalism: When reporting on something you disapprove of happening south of the border: (a) If a Republican is in office, it’s because Republicans are bad. (b) If a Democrat is in office, it’s because Americans are bad.
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In his final days in office, President Obama commuted the prison sentence of Chelsea Manning. While in the employ of the US Army, Manning had downloaded tens of thousands of government documents and passed them on to Wikileaks. Among the leaked documents were many State Department cables, reports on incidents during the wars in Iraq
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A reader asked: “@SRCHicks: can you point to any examples where the greatest haters are priests, as Nietzsche claims? I find this fascinating but aside from the Inquisition and a litany of sexual assault cases against the weakest members of society (children) I can’t tangibly put this together.” The Nietzsche claim is from Genealogy of
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[This was posted anonymously on the web some years ago. I don’t know who the author is (Update: now I do), but I’m not inviting him to my kid’s next birthday party.] I am better than your kids. By Anonymous If you work in an office with lots of people, chances are that you work
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