T his book is a trip. Among other things, it copiously details all the drugs that the US-born professor of history and philosophy of science at the Université Paris Cité has ingested. They include psi...
09.17.2025 Theguardian.com and 2 sitesThis author needed a breakdown in a small Pennsylvania town earlier this year when the world was still in the throes of New Year’s festivities. Some epiphanies can only occur when one is sleepless for...
09.14.2025 Hindustantimes.comToo many modern universities — for centuries hallowed halls that encouraged passionate debate — have lost their way. The first universities, Plato’s Academy (387 B. C. ) and Aristotle’s Lyceum (335 B....
09.16.2025 Dailyfreeman.com and 1 sites25th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C) Readings: Amos 8: 4-7; 1 Timothy 2: 1-8; Gospel: Luke 16: 1-13 (or 10-13) On this 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Scripture challenges us to true justice, faithful stewa...
09.19.2025 Heraldmalaysia.com and 1 sitesBy Abiodun Awolaja Philosophers have extensively discussed the dangers of power grabs and unconstitutional seizures of power. To take just one salient example, German-American theorist Hannah Arendt and the French theorist Michel Foucault do not exactly see power with the same lenses, but they are both united on the dangers of tyranny. Arendt associates power with non-violent collective action rooted in cooperation and mutual agreement, while Foucault sees power as ubiquitous and relational. Yet...
09.13.2025 Tribuneonlineng.com and 1 sitesBetween 2011 and 2022 I wrote eleven pieces for the much-missed Berfrois site . Most were reviews of recent books. Although the site closed to new submissions in 2022, I thought the archive would be p...
09.17.2025 Progressivegeographies.comThe overturn of Roe v. Wade in 2022 sparked arguments among pro-choice and pro-life advocates. There’s no shortage of loud opinions to be heard — whether from politicians, priests or just about everyo...
09.17.2025 Themiamihurricane.comOpinion “Laziness and cowardice are the reasons so great a portion of mankind remains under lifelong tutelage, and why it is so easy for others to set themselves up as their ‘guardians’ It is so easy ...
09.15.2025 Ammoland.comWelcome to the webinar, Navigating the Future of Access Management. My name is Alejandro Leal. I'm a Senior Analyst at KuppingerCole, and today I will be joined with this webinar. I'll be joined by Ja...
09.18.2025 Kuppingercole.comIn a dark library lit by a single lamp, four men, a young woman and three children crowd around a circular dais. They are staring at a clockwork contraption called an orrery, housed within giant bands of metal that suggest a celestial sphere. Below, ...
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