For reading between the lines with greater comprehension
Studying politics and history, one character keeps popping up and making trouble. Here are his essential characteristics:
1. He believes he knows what everyone should do.
2. He believes it is his mission to get everyone to do it.
3. He is 100% confident in this belief and mission.
4. He is also 100% confident that he has internalized [...]
You may have offended your friend; you’re not sure. You feel like apologizing. But if the insult didn’t even register, then you’ll open the very can of worms you’re trying to close. Still, if your friend is offended and fuming, you’d really better fix it.
Should you say something?
Another friend is chronically ill. You want to [...]
All philosophy is “footnotes to Plato,” or so said philosopher Alfred North Whitehead. He was exaggerating, but I will say this. All human life (including this year’s elections) plays out Plato’s most famous story, but with two divergent endings.
You have probably heard about Plato’s cave. Even if you haven’t, if you’ve seen The Matrix, you [...]
Neo-conservatives and militant Islamic fundamentalists both claim to be braver than the rest of us because they see a clear and present danger that we don’t. Both movements fear that liberalism and tolerance are powerful corruptive forces that are about to take over the world. They have that much in common. They differ on their [...]
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