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The Books That Influenced C.S. Lewis as a Child 0
- History
- January 22, 2016
In a lecture delivered in 1954, C.S. Lewis (1893-1963) told his audience, “I myself belong far more to that Old Western order than to yours… I read as a native texts that you must read as foreigners.” In saying this, he did not intend to be arrogant; rather, he was simply making a point about
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Scientists Can’t Avoid Philosophy 0
- January 22, 2016
For the past generation or so, more and more physicists have been asking and speculating on questions traditionally thought of as philosophical. Much of that is summed up in journalist Jim Holt’s witty, absorbing book Why Does the World Exist?: An Existential Detective Story (2013). However, a certain subset of those physicists—the best-known being Stephen
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Religion is Down, Spirituality is Up 0
- Culture
- January 22, 2016
An interesting conundrum was raised by Pew Research earlier this week. Writing for Pew, David Masci and Michael Lipka noted that although religion is on the decline in America, the number of individuals who experience “spiritual peace and well-being” and “wonder about the universe” has seen a dramatic increase in the last several years. “The
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New Archaeological Discovery Indicates Our Ancestors Weren’t So Peaceful 0
- History
- January 22, 2016
A mass grave 9,500-10,500 years old has been discovered, and the bodies show evidence of a violent death at the hands of fellow men. According to a recent article in The Atlantic, researchers say this site shows that our hunter-gatherer ancestors were not as peaceful as we have presumed. The site was discovered in 2012
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How Technology Frees and then Enslaves 0
- Culture
- January 22, 2016
Arguably since Francis Bacon in the 16th century, the idea that science and technology can conquer nature and even give man a sort of utopian existence has grown more pervasive. But for all of our technological progress, are we any closer to such a life of freedom and bliss? There can be no doubt that
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Conservatives Attempt a Last Stand Against Trump 0
- Politics
- January 22, 2016
I’ve said before that conservatives were showing symptoms of a negative identity—one that criticizes rather than offers a positive vision; one that says what it’s not rather than what it is. Yesterday’s National Review issue has seemingly confirmed that diagnosis. In a feature titled “Conservatives against Trump,” NR has amassed condemnations of Donald Trump from
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Childhood Chores are a Predictor of Success 0
- Culture
- January 22, 2016
I think it’s pretty common for parents to think that their kids’ success in life will be guaranteed by things like learning their A-B-Cs at age one, enrolling them in a host of extracurricular activities and making sure they have all the latest gadgets. But according to the research (as pointed out in this WSJ
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Aristotle on Real vs. False Courage 0
- Culture
- January 22, 2016
It seems there is no shortage of problems promising to plague Americans in the coming months. Like the six hundred in Tennyson’s Charge of the Light Brigade, there are (pardon the parody): “Riots to the right of them, ISIS to the left of them, Diving Wall Street in front of them” In the midst of
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A 2,500-Year-Old Warning to America 0
- History
- January 22, 2016
Herodotus’ Histories is considered the first work of history produced in the Western world. Written around 450 B.C., it serves as a valuable source of information about the civilizations and cultures of the ancient world, and until recently, has been an important fixture in Western students’ education. The text of the Histories (in English translation)
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