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Two Types of Intelligence

Posted on October 26, 2021 by Abigail

Two Types of Intelligence We’ve been in California this past week. That’s where I go periodically for neuropathy treatments. This time, the improvements weren’t merely measurable but also experiential. For example, when we were trying to get to our connecting … Continue reading →

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Zeitgeist

Posted on August 24, 2017 by Abigail

Zeitgeist It’s a German word for the “spirit of the times.” The historian Norman Stone gives an example of a moment when the Zeitgeist changed: “Dangerfield had it right when he observed how, in the cartoons of Punch, there was … Continue reading →

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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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“Being Torn Apart–as a Method”

Posted on June 2, 2015 by Abigail

Being Torn Apart — as a Method Rene Descartes, the reputed “founder of modern philosophy,” held that the most important thing in life and thought – the thing without which nothing of significance can happen – is to have a … Continue reading →

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