In 1784 Immanuel Kant, responding to a general challenge by a clergyman and official in the Prussian government, wrote an essay entitled, “What Is Enlightenment?” Kant’s essay had great and…
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Meditations
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The word ‘diaspora’ comes from an ancient Greek word meaning “to scatter about.” Historically, it has referred to Jews living outside Israel. But we are all children of diaspora now,…
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Anthropologists used to say that the human brain represents “the pinnacle of creation.” No one voices such blatantly anthropocentric things anymore. Human egocentrism now takes subtler forms, such as “for…
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How are terrorism and climate change related? Are they two facets of the same crisis facing humanity?
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“The soul takes nothing with her to the next world but her education and her culture. At the beginning of the journey to the next world, one’s education and culture…
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A helicopter, blades whirring, sits in a grassy area next to the last parking lot before the closed gate in Upper Park. At first it looks like the young men…
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Most people would agree that humankind now has a global economy and global society but no global polity. Clearly, as long as we think in terms of nations, and retain…
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There’s a junior high school within sight of where I take my sittings a few times a week beside the creek that runs along the edge of town. I often…