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If, in this Age of Misinformation, you find yourself exhausted by the divisiveness, sickened by the dissent, poisoned by the discord, you are not alone. OF, BY, AND FOR THE HANGED MAN is indeed a memoir equal parts hilarity and vulnerability, but just as important, it is a declaration for navigating our post-truth world. Because as the 21st-Century deepens and humanity fails to keep pace with the rapid advancements, any further divergence will be...
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A deeper look at how people individually and collectively form religious beliefs-and what that means for faith in a society of declining religious affiliation.
Secularism is increasingly a fact of life in Western society. But that doesn't necessarily mean that faith is harder than it has been before. Even in the past when organized religion enjoyed more widespread cultural acceptance, there were still obstacles to true belief. Today, the obstacles...
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John Cottingham is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Reading, Professor of Philosophy of Religion at Roehampton University, and an Honorary Fellow of St. John's College, Oxford. His many books include How to Believe, The Spiritual Dimension, and On the Meaning of Life.
How our beliefs about the soul have developed through the ages, and why an understanding of it still matters today
The concept of the soul has been a recurring...
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Extrait : "La philosophie, oubliant ce qu'elle devait à la parole, l'a quelquefois accusée d'être un obstacle au mouvement de la pensée et aux progrès de la raison. Aucune erreur ne semble plus naturelle, quand on songe aux imperfections et aux vices des langues; et cependant, aucune erreur ne saurait être plus éloignée de la vérité; car l'esprit humain est tout entier dans l'analyse, il est tout entier dans l'artifice du langage..."
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Partez à la découverte de Simone Weil avec ce Grand Article Universalis !
On ne séparera pas chez Simone Weil l'action et la pensée, le témoignage vécu et la doctrine vivante. Sa passion de militante (de La Révolution prolétarienne à la « France libre » du général de Gaulle) naît des exigences de sa réflexion, et sa réflexion se fait péremptoire pour nous enjoindre ...
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Extrait : " Messieurs, Nous allons continuer l'étude de la philosophie. C'est ainsi que nous désignons, tous, l'objet que nous désirons de connaître. Mais on peut être d'accord sur le langage sans avoir les mêmes idées; et cela arrive surtout lorsqu'on transporte dans sa langue naturelle les mots d'une langue étrangère..."
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This complete summary of "Think!" by Michael R. LeGault, award-winning editor and writer, presents his argument that 'feel-good culture' and instantaneous results have contributed to a reduction in reasoning and critical thinking abilities, which might cause America to lose its competitiveness on the global landscape.
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The must-read summary of Rodney Stark's book: "The Victory of Reason: How Christianity Led to Freedom, Capitalism, and Western Success".
This complete summary of "The Victory of Reason" by Rodney Stark, a prominent American sociologist of religion, presents his argument that Christianity and its institutions are responsible for the most significant breakthroughs of the past millennium. In his book, the author explains how Christianity is what led...
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