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Aletheia Hitz is a student, writer, and invested lover of philosophy. She enjoys exploring significant ideas, and she’s passionate about helping others think well.
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Your Child Doesn’t Need To Be Entertained0
One constant of my growing-up years was my family’s afternoon “quiet time.” My siblings and I would each be given a separate space in which to play – our room, usually, or a designated spot in the house – and we would amuse ourselves quietly for an hour or two. I loved the days when
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Why Poetry Should Join Your Literary Diet0
- Culture, Featured, Literature, Western Civilization
- July 10, 2026
In the summer of 2023, I fell in love with poetry. I was living overseas, struggling to navigate a job teaching English and a new life in a third-world country. Amidst the external and internal chaos, Saturdays were a reprieve. I’d mount my moped, drive to a nearby coffeehouse, and spend several hours reading and
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Emotions Are (Not) King0
- Culture, Featured, Philosophy, Western Civilization
- July 1, 2026
We live in a society in which emotions are king. Feel something? Do it! Desire something? Pursue it! In fact, our contemporary age almost seems to chaff at the idea of doing something in which your emotions are not invested. How can you do something out of duty and still “be yourself”? The Cultural Novelty of “Emotions”
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10 Chinese Proverbs We Should All Take to Heart0
Several years ago, I wrote an article detailing 10 valuable Chinese proverbs, which I’d discovered in a 1937 book from Stanford University Press containing 700 such tidbits of wisdom. I later revisited the book and found numerous other apt sayings about living life well, 10 more of which I’d like to share below. To Cut Down Grass is
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The Occult Hiding in Plain Sight
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Did LBJ Say, ‘I’ll have those n*ggers voting Democratic for 200 years’?
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- October 10, 2016
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