Why Pain is Necessary
Antonio Damasio Tells Us Why Pain Is Necessary I’ve broken my usual rule, and copied this extract from an article with the same name [...]
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06, 2025
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06, 2025
A View From the Bridge
To have an informative view of matters is often a function of perspective. Pierre Ryckmans was a man with an enviable sense of perspective, [...]
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05, 2025
The West and the Rest
DD74 - The West and the Rest He died in 2020, but Roger Scruton still comes across as a contemporary critic. Idiosyncratic? Certainly. Alarmingly [...]
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05, 2025
The End of the Affair
The End of the Affair Some books are disconcertingly good. Why disconcertingly? It might be because, for the reader, they offer the kind of [...]
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05, 2025
Left, Right, and Wrong
Like many people, I find books about science and mathematics, and the existence of logical puzzles fascinating. Among the many writers who managed to [...]
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03, 2025
DD65 – Remembering
The older one becomes, the more we tend to reminisce with friends about past events – both achievements and failures. Memory is tricky, in [...]
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03, 2025
After Pooh
After Pooh And after Pooh, there was Piglet. If Winnie-the-Pooh was to offer an introduction to the world of Western philosophy, then his shy [...]
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12, 2024
The End of Time
The End of Time Nearly a quarter of a century later, it is hard to recall all the excitement – and angst – that [...]
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11, 2024
The Culture of the New Capitalism
The Culture of the New Capitalism It is often hard to explain – to oneself and to others – why you are drawn to [...]
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11, 2024
Bees and Their Keepers
Bees and Their Keepers Once more in my life, I am indebted to Wikipedia. Among the many delights to be found in this online [...]
