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Real Life and the Philosophic Life

Posted on December 6, 2016 by Abigail

Real Life and the Philosophic Life Is there any connection between the two? The book I recently fell in love with, John Kaag’s American Philosophy: A Love Story, was heartening to me on two fronts. First, the American philosophers, whose … Continue reading →

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“Visitors’ Day”

Posted on December 31, 2014 by Abigail

“Visitors’ Day” As a writer, just now I’m between the last chapter of a revised edition of Conversions: A Philosophic Memoir, and the still-unwritten Afterward and Preface that will provide its new wrapping. As I reviewed (in more detail than … Continue reading →

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