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To check the operation of a vague generality under fire, take the typical example, “Hume brought empiricism to its logical extreme.” The question is asked, “Did the philosophical beliefs of Hume represent the spirit of the age in which he lived...
Stallings, who studied classics at the University of Georgia and at Oxford, is currently at work on a verse translation of the Roman philosopher-poet Lucretius’ epic De Rerum Natura. Thus, Stallings’ preoccupation with classical themes is not particularly surprising. What is especially interesting about Stallings?...
Tuesday featured Arabic dance lessons, and last night there was a screening of Destiny, an Egyptian film about a 12th century philosopher that was nominated for the Golden Palm at the Cannes film festival in 1997.
A 10-minute walk south to neighboring Kreuzberg is the Jewish Museum Berlin, the lightning bolt-shaped landmark of Jewish culture in Germany. (Tel. 87 85 68 1; Open every day from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.) The Holocaust is movingly dealt with, but the museum also encompasses nearly 2...
This is not to argue against growth or a stagnating economy, and no, it is not to advocate communism. Instead, it is to remind ourselves why we seek growth in the first place—to better our lives. The Nobel Prize-winning Harvard economist and moral philosopher Amartya Sen...