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Butterfly Punch: Shaming your opponent into putting on kid gloves before you knock him out.
Think back to a time when you fought really hard for something. Back then, how sure were you that...
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Ancient Science and Diseases
Many effective methods for curing diseases were developed in ancient cultures. However, the physical bases of diseases were not...
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New Paradigms of the Idea of Europe
Ivan Illich, a great advocate for intercultural communication, gifted us with a great insight. It is found in his...
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Turing’s Blurring Anxiety (TBA): Forgiving dead jerks but not live ones.
What do you say about a deceased jerk, someone who treated you badly before shuffling off this mortal coil?The...
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The Occult
Closely related to astrology and magic was the practice of the occult which was another feature of ancient science....
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From the Executive Director—May 2008
Spring is here, and that means that “conference mode” is in full flower here at the Institute! Plans are...
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Klaus Held on Religion, Science and Democracy in European Culture
Klaus Held, from the University of Wuppertal, has recently written a brilliant essay on the identity of European culture....
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Guesswork: Enough is enough, but how much is enough?
Three weeks ago I recounted a lot of tough problems raised over the ages about how cause and effect...
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Leeches on the Road to Enlightenment
I have long claimed to practice Buddhist mindfulness, but for me that means filling my mind full with as...
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Emmanuel Levinas’ Challenge to the Modern European Cultural Identity
Also check out Deconstructing Europe, Emanuel Paparella’s new weekly column in the Global Spiral. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————– “I am quite...
