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An Art Lovers Guide to Outdoor Exhibitions in Japan
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‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
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Measuring the Shape of the Earth
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The Wonder Of Soviet Bus Stops
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“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone, demolished, or rebuilt. These pictures may be all that’s left in the end. I want to give them some kind of immortality.” — Christopher Herwig, Photographer and Soviet Bus Stop Hunter ...
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Here is a great story of how we WANTED to land on the Moon. It has wonderful illustrations and I am happy to share on this day of celebration of a landing.
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Mehrgarh: One of the Oldest Cities in the Indus Valley
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Ancient Greek Sculpture in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods
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10 Interesting Facts About Arthur Miller
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Manhattan in 1990 – NYC Before the Clean-Up
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At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some of its edge – and maybe a little of its spark – but was cleaner, safer and more tourist friendly. These photograph of the city – via Watchman – show us Manhattan in … Continue...
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What Is Voguing?
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We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd arrive at our destination on time. There was 126nm between us and Shima Yacht harbor, a distance we needed to do in part at night. This wasn't ideal. We knew that. Many people...
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‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
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How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
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Real Family Photos: A Mother of Photographs Her Seven Children’s Chaotic Coming Of Age
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Dust And Decadence In Weimar Berlin: Gustav Wunderwald’s Paintings Of Another City
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Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav Wunderwald (1 January 1882 – 24 June 1945) liked to look at the other side of life in Germany’s biggest city. He avoided the decadence and any obvious comment and conspicuous...
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Hanging Out With Rock And Pop Stars at The Zenith of Their Careers In The 1980s
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The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
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How Slavery in Ancient Rome Drove Farmers to Poverty
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The Search for the Historical Buddha
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With his cane, his famous waxed mustache, and his habit of taking unusual animals for walks, Salvador Dalí would appear to have cultivated his own photographability. But taking a picture of the man who stood as a living definition of popular surrealism wasn’t a task to be...
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Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the...
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The 10 Most Beloved Urban Parks in the United States
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On The Streets of America in the Early 1980s : Relaxing WIth Cigarettes And No AC
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The Treaty of Versailles: An Overview of Its Contents & Effects
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Richard Teschner And His Magical World of Puppets And Dreams
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Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops), is best known for his puppetry, especially that inspired by Wayang (“shadow”), the classical Javanese puppet drama that uses the shadows thrown by puppets...
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Who Am I, Really? A Philosophical Quest for Self-Discovery
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‘F*ck You, Philadelphia’ – When Blondie Opened For Rush In 1979
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When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres tour, Blondie got the call. Georgia-based southern rockers Stillwater couldn’t play. So would the New Yorkers deliver what 18,000 fans of the Canadian rockers packed into the...
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Once Upon a Time in Brick Lane: 1970s East London Before Gentrification
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Erté’s Naked Alphabet, 1967
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Discover the Lost Culture of San Agustín in Colombia
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What Was Life Really Like for WWI Tank Crews?
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over a year ago
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10 Curious Facts About Johnny Cash
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
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Facade: Bill Cunningham’s Tribute To New York Style
In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a...
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The Economic Effects of the Vietnam War
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Why Did Bruno Latour Claim that “We Have Never Been Modern”?
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L’Anse aux Meadows: The Viking Settlement of North America
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Photographer Photobombs Families In Their Homes (1973)
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Elizabeth Anderson: What is the Point of Equality?
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Did Jesus Teach Stoic Philosophy?
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Germans in Southwest Africa: A History of Colonization & Genocide
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What Are the Primary Sources of Information About Emperor Nero?
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What Is Conceptual Photography?
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Good Morning: The US Humor Magazine May 1919 – October 2021
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Philopoemen: The Last Great General of Ancient Greece
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How Accurate Were Aristotle’s Views on Science?
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Impeachment: What Does It Take to Remove a US Politician From Power?
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Plato’s Dialogue Crito: Should Socrates Have Escaped His Execution?
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Charles Green Shaw Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes (1930s)
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Which Countries Have the Most Official Languages?
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Frank Stewart’s Portraits of The American Journey – A Story of Jazz And Justice
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Is Right & Wrong a Matter of Perspective? Moral Relativism Explained
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Hunter S Thompson Sets Fire To His Christmas Tree (1990)
“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller...
5 days ago
“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller before the writer torched his Christmas Tree In January 1990, Sam Allis was on assignment for TIME magazine at writer Hunter S. Thompson’s (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) home...
TheCollector
How Did Christianity Affect Japanese Immigration to America?
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TheCollector
How to Understand the Book of Revelation: 4 Common Readings
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TheCollector
Winnie Mandela: Mother of the Nation?
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8 months ago
Global Inequality...
Freedom to be “wrong”: the only real advantage of democracy
Why the liberal project will fail
10 months ago
Why the liberal project will fail
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mother of Rome
9 months ago
CrimethInc.
Announcing The Beautiful Idea : A New Podcast
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media...
a week ago
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media platforms on a new podcast, The Beautiful Idea, which will offer reporting and analysis of current events. The first episode of The Beautiful Idea has just been released!
In their own...
TheCollector
Alexander the Great’s Legendary Horse: Who Was Bucephalus?
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Why Aren’t We Happy?
Count no man happy until the end is known
5 months ago
Count no man happy until the end is known
TheCollector
Oskar Kokoschka’s Strange Obsession With Alma Mahler
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3 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
donsol, ported our Famicom(6502) code to Varvara(uxn).
uxn,...
Trying to Understand...
The Newer World Order.
But can they get their heads round it?
10 months ago
But can they get their heads round it?
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to Visit Niagara Falls?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
10 Presidential Elections That Shaped the US Forever
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Alexandre Dumas: The Life & Legacy of a Great Novelist
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TheCollector
10 Artworks by Yoko Ono You Should Know
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TheCollector
6 American Film Noirs Influenced by German Expressionism
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Why Did Claude Monet Paint Series of Paintings?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Brussels Statue Supposedly Damaged by Irish Tourist
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Grand Egyptian Museum Soon Opens for Visitors
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Seneca's Tragic Plays
Stoic or Not?
8 months ago
TheCollector
Danish Unknown Royal Family Discovered Thanks to Ring
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10 months ago
Flashbak
When Gilbert Shelton’s Fabulous Furry Freaks And Poddy Ruled The World!
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground...
5 months ago
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground comix movement. He is the creator of the characters The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and Fat Freddy’s Cat, and a co-founder of Rip Off Press in San Francisco in 1969. Shelton...
TheCollector
Rijksmuseum Discovers Identity of Couple Painted by Frans Hals
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6 months ago
TheCollector
When Is St Patrick’s Day? (Traditions & Festivities Around the World)
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Margery Kempe? The Medieval Mystic Who Couldn’t Stop Crying
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TheCollector
Rome Considers Entry Fee for Famed Trevi Fountain
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Are Isaac and Ishmael Enemies in the Bible?
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Trying to Understand...
Into the Waste Land
Nothing connects.
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Prometheus and AI?
a month ago
TheCollector
Who Is Zeus? The King of the Greek Gods
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The Theory of Self-Image: The Concept of the Looking-Glass Self
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
No More Heroes.
Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
a month ago
Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
TheCollector
Women Portraitists of the Renaissance: A League of Their Own
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato on Political Polarization
2 months ago
Plato on Political Polarization
TheCollector
Philip Marlowe: The Rise & Fall of The Private Detective
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Was Pope Innocent III’s Role in the Medieval Crusades?
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11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The End of Power Projection?
We can't get there from here, anymore.
a year ago
We can't get there from here, anymore.
TheCollector
Horse Archers: The Feared Unit of Ancient and Medieval Warfare
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/30/2024 -...
10 months ago
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/30/2024 - 10:13
African History...
The 'hidden founders' of African studies in Europe: African intellectuals in the Holy Roman Empire...
In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then...
4 weeks ago
In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then the Holy Roman Empire (modern Germany) where he met Hiob Ludolf, an envoy and linguist whom later generations of ‘Ethiopists’ would regard as the founder of Ethiopian studies in...
TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Director Karen Milbourne of The Fralin
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TheCollector
The Ethics of Epicureanism vs The Ethics of Stoicism
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a year ago
TheCollector
The History of Social Welfare Programs (& Current Debates)
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Freud’s Superego & What Does It Have to Do With Society?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
8 Facts About the Norse Goddess Freyja
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
King Tut: The Life & Afterlife of the Boy Pharaoh
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a year ago
TheCollector
Why Are There So Many Different Translations of the Christian Bible?
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Obligatory End-of-Year Essay.
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
12 months ago
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Ignatius of Antioch?
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a year ago
Global Inequality...
Abundance, capitalism and climate change
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where...
8 months ago
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where goods flow in abundance (“after the productive forces have…increased…all the springs of co-operative wealth flow more abundantly”, Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program
TheCollector
The Ancient Cities of Sumeria: Eridu & Uruk
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TheCollector
Carl Schmitt: The Most Influential Nazi Philosopher?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Emma Willard’s Time Maps
“Education cannot prosper in any community unless…the best and most cultivated talents of that...
7 months ago
“Education cannot prosper in any community unless…the best and most cultivated talents of that community can be brought in to exercise the way.” – Emma Hart Willard Emma Willard (February 23, 1787 – April 15, 1870) was a trailblazing American educator who founded the first...
TheCollector
Cannister Shells’ Devastating Effect: Nightmare of the Infantry
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
4 months ago
Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
TheCollector
What Is Pierre Bourdieu’s Theory of Taste?
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4 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Working offgrid efficiently
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the...
over a year ago
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the limits of our space, and at first, it was difficult to create new things, as we had to make time to learn how to solve underlying problems. Our boat was not just an office, it was...
TheCollector
Why Is Blues Music More Than a Genre?
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2 months ago
Global Inequality...
The politics of physiocracy
Quesnay and China
11 months ago
TheCollector
Where Is Alexander the Great Buried?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
The Mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
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a year ago
TheCollector
NY City Proposes Public Monuments Bill With a Context on Slavery
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Key Tenets of Rastafarian: Between Zion and Babylon
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a year ago
TheCollector
Three LA Museums Jointly Acquire Collection of Local Art
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TheCollector
Edward Hopper & Josephine Nivison: The Troubled Artistic Union
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6 months ago
Global Inequality...
Powerful, but within the orbit of the empire
A review of Clinton Fernandes’ “Subimperial power“
11 months ago
A review of Clinton Fernandes’ “Subimperial power“
History Today Feed
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
6 months ago
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
TheCollector
5 of George Washington’s Right Hands: All the General’s Men (& Woman)
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3 months ago
TheCollector
10 History-Rich But Affordable US Cities You Can Move to
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3 weeks ago
Patterns in Humanity
Genes and social stratification
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
8 months ago
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
TheCollector
Liberalism, Democracy, and Pragmatism in John Dewey’s Philosophy
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Give All to Love: A New Documentary on Ralph Waldo Emerson Debuts
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Olympics Special
4 months ago
A Collection of...
Gap Week: August 2, 2024
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one)...
4 months ago
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one) whatever fresh COVID-19 variant is going around. Everyone is fine, but being sick left me pretty exhausted over the past few days with fewer productive writing hours available. Since I...
TheCollector
America Rising: The Arts of the Gilded Age (Video)
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/26/2024 -...
9 months ago
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/26/2024 - 09:54
TheCollector
7 Key Beliefs and Practices From Hasidic Judaism
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Hades
The God of the Dead
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Forgotten Gods
Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
6 months ago
Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
TheCollector
Fall of Constantinople (1453): The Siege That Changed the World
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4 months ago
African History...
A history of the west African diaspora in Arabia and Jerusalem before 1900
The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
a year ago
The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
Classical Wisdom
Have We Become Anti-Human?
Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
a year ago
Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
TheCollector
What Is the Significance of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Mid-19th Century California Gold Rush
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in Georgia You Should Visit
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TheCollector
US Returns 600 Stolen Artifacts to Italy
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Are Paul Cezanne’s Most Famous Paintings?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Night Witches: The Female Russian Combat Unions of the Sky
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Are Three Theories of Animal Ethics?
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Landmarks in Argentina You Should Visit
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TheCollector
Was Saint Augustine the First Philosopher of History?
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Flashbak
William Gedney: Watching America At Night (1960-1973)
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she...
8 months ago
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she flew away, flew away. She had two pretty children, but one night these two pretty children flew away, flew away, into the sky, into the moon.” – Night of the Hunter, 1955 …...
TheCollector
Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Story of Magic & Heartbreak
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TheCollector
Homo Habilis: The First Humans?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Guy Fawkes Influence Shakespeare?
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TheCollector
The 5 Most Influential Modern Political Philosophers
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Brigantaggio: How Did Southern Italy Respond to Unification?
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6 days ago
TheCollector
What Was Jesus’s Religious Background?
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TheCollector
Beyond the Scream: 10 Lesser-Known Paintings by Edvard Munch
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Egyptian Cat Goddess: Who Is Bastet?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Makes a Celt & Did They Ever Inhabit Britannia?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Let's Be Enemies
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
a year ago
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
TheCollector
Iowa Museum Returns Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Secret Life of Latin
Still A Living Language?
3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
James Joyce's Ulysses
Retelling of the Odyssey
a year ago
African History...
The Swazi kingdom and its neighbours in the 19th century: from the rise of Zulu to the British
an island in the maelstrom
a year ago
an island in the maelstrom
TheCollector
What Is Assemblage? A Look Into 3D Collage Techniques
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African History...
**a Brief note on Africa's intellectual history
plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
a year ago
plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
TheCollector
What Was the Rhodesian Bush War?
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TheCollector
9 Unskippable Memorials in Washington DC
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Edward IV: The Life of a Man Who Was King Twice
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Successors of Constantine the Great?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Hendrik Verwoerd’s Life & Death: The Architect of Apartheid
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a month ago
TheCollector
World’s Oldest Egyptian Museum Unveils New Galleries
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
The Art of Fear: What Is Italian Giallo?
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8 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
an island to oneself
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things...
over a year ago
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things Devine and I were really looking forward to, like a good latte, craft beer, a fresh food market and a bulk food store. I found a city that checked all of the boxes.
Many of the...
TheCollector
Cecilia Beaux: Esteemed American Portraitist
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Does FREE WILL Exist?
And if not, what are the consequences?
a week ago
And if not, what are the consequences?
TheCollector
Rise of Abraham Lincoln: The Road to the 1860 Election
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2 months ago
TheCollector
How Many Presidents Served Two (Full) Terms?
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a month ago
TheCollector
Who Won Sherman’s March to the Sea?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
A Brief History of Blackface (& Its Legacy)
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2 months ago
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