[Revised entry by Hendrik Lorenz on May 15, 2024. Changes to: Main text, Bibliography] Ancient philosophical theories of soul are...

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philosophybits: “I always made one prayer to God, a very short one. Here it is: ‘O Lord, make our enemies...

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A vituperative 1979 debate pitted E.P. Thompson against Stuart Hall and Richard Johnson. At stake: Should history focus on realism...

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A continuación se encuentra una versión en español. A Spanish translation of this post is below. I remember the first...

thirdity: “Man does not exist prior to language, either as a species or as an individual. We never encounter a...