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Philosophy

Plato and Marx: Two Contrasting Visions of Humanism

There are two sorts of humanism (though the two strands are often intertwined): a humanism of constraint and moderation that talks of nature and limits; and a humanism of self-creation…

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8 min

Culture & Media

James Baldwin’s Ambiguous Legacy

Whether it is conservatives using Martin Luther King Jr.’s colorblind principles to argue against progressive anti-racism, while ignoring his condemnations of white moderates, or leftists using the legacy of Frederick…

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5 min

Politics

Enlightenment Thought: A Very Brief Primer

The controversy surrounding Steven Pinker’s latest book, Enlightenment Now, has led to a scurry of casual pronouncements on Enlightenment philosophy, some of which are misguided. While this is far too expansive…

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5 min

Science & Tech

“Nothing Human Is Foreign to Me”: On the Nobility of Science and the Humanistic Instinct

Only recently did I realize there was a word for the desire to understand and prevent disease, and, more generally, to help people flourish: humanism.

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Humanism

Plato and Marx: Two Contrasting Visions of Humanism

James Baldwin’s Ambiguous Legacy

Enlightenment Thought: A Very Brief Primer

“Nothing Human Is Foreign to Me”: On the Nobility of Science and the Humanistic Instinct

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