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In exploring intellectual history the means by which new ideas gain credibility and influence is fascinating. Why do some philosophies find fertile soil and become culturally dominant, while others do not? To what degree does an epoch shaping idea generate from within the current cultural climate... Read more -
A week on and we haven't said much here (well, nothing really) about the US Supreme Court's ruling regarding same-sex marriage. Largely this is because we had a lot to say on the matter when it was passing through the British Parliament, so it's a case of been there, done that, for our... Read more -
In his fascinating lectures on European intellectual history, Frank Turner makes the observation that, ‘If a person of intellectual maturity in 1800 had reawakened in 1900, in all likelihood no single new idea would have seemed so different and so all pervasive as that of evolution.’ Read more - Page ‹ First < 207 208 209 210 211 > Last ›