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...goes on to explain that the bridge served as a place for philosophers to meet and debate in the open air.Most importantly, Nadler draws a deft portrait of each philosopher, unearthing the intriguing personalities that lie beneath the verbose theological debates. His Liebniz is a slightly self-obsessed scholar, eager to impart his ideas and persistent in seeking out commentaries from the key philosophers of the day. “Not everyone was as impressed with Liebniz’s innovations as Liebniz himself,” Nadler writes. In contrast, Malebranche is the archetypical reclusive scholar, who is less...

Author: By Rachel A. Burns, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Book Reveals World of Philosophers | 11/7/2008 | See Source »

...glass building with a façade worthy of a SoHo gallery and branded with the signature red "H&M" - uses monochromatic tones and floor-to-ceiling windows to make the Swedish giant's bright-colored clothing stand out. But there's still one thing missing: lines of eager Japanese consumers winding around the block...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: H&M Still Winning Tokyo Hearts — and Wallets | 11/7/2008 | See Source »

Still, after last night’s blowout, conservatives have a blueprint for reform. They must adapt conservatism to the needs of the day and inject some life into their party. If they fail, the GOP will continue to sputter, and Democrats will be eager to pick up the scraps...

Author: By Brian J. Bolduc | Title: Poll Searching | 11/5/2008 | See Source »

...reasons: first, the cash-Hoover known as the Obama campaign was sucking down millions of dollars a day from the nation's liberals. Many gays expected it to be difficult to raise money to fight Proposition 8 and its plan to outlaw same-sex marriage from Democrats eager to give to Obama and to the outside 527 groups supporting him. As recently as August, one of the nation's top gay political givers told me that he expected the gay side to raise no more than $25 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Gay Marriage Was Defeated in California | 11/5/2008 | See Source »

...virtue, but it also means familiarity and wounds and scars, and it was hard to look at her onstage - her husband behind her, his gears visibly spinning - and see her as the future. Many who saw Clinton as the victim of virulent sexism could still be eager to move on to someone who did not fight in the last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Obama Rewrote the Book | 11/5/2008 | See Source »

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