Encounters with great art can be absorbing, unsettling and even painful. How has this been tamed into mere ‘reading for pleasure’?
It is the UK’s National Year of Reading. Specifically, this governmen…
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Swearing, booing and spitting: is crowd behaviour out of control? ⊖⊖
As Ryder Cup fans throw beer at players’ wives, we investigate if fans’ conduct has got worse or changed little since ancient Athens when Plato bemoaned the mob
The abuse hurled at Europe’s golfers in…
7 months ago
Archaeologist says his team has finally discovered lost city of Atlantis as they unveil compelling evidence ○
Plato's writings describe an advanced civilization that built grand temples and massive harbor walls before being swallowed by the sea more than 11,000 years ago.
‘Europe is the core – America joined as an offshoot’: the historian challenging what ‘the west’ means ○
Was the ‘western alliance’ dreamt up to further American and British interests? Georgios Varouxakis argues that the idea is older, quintessentially European, and even anti-imperialist
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Transcendence for Beginners by Clare Carlisle review – a philosopher’s guide to enlightenment ○
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Can we experience something bigger than ourselves in the midst of busy, humdrum lives?
Some philosophers find inspiration in mountains, such as Nietzsche, and some in caves, like Plato. Clare Carlisl…
It’s all Greek to me – Plato and Socrates tackle a Captcha test: the Stephen Collins cartoon ○
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12 months ago
Academic freedom in the US is under threat – universities of the world, unite! | Andrew Graham ○
We cannot be neutral with respect to fake news, misinformation or outright lies
In western academia, everything began with philosophy. Ever since, especially since the Enlightenment and the scientific…
A scholar and a hater: new podcast focuses on historical figures that suck ○
Claire Aubin’s podcast This Guy Sucked explores the viler actions of ‘great men’ for a more holistic view of history
When the historian Claire Aubin gets together with her colleagues for drinks after …
14 months ago
Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl half-time show review – game over for Drake ○
The Pulitzer prize-winning rapper chose artistry over more obvious showmanship in an unusual set yet still delivered the final blow to his diss track nemesis
The Super Bowl half-time show is Plato’s p…
15 months ago
Political theorists have been worrying about mob rule for 2,000 years ○
Plato’s “Republic” was, in part, a meditation on the evils of mob rule
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