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WEBPhilosophy Essays from Aeon. World-leading thinkers explore life’s big questions and the history of ideas from Socrates to Simone de Beauvoir, political philosophy to philosophy of mind, the Western canon and the non-Western world.
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WEBPsychology Essays from Aeon. World-leading psychologists, neuroscientists and science writers explore topics from personality to neurodiversity, consciousness and altered states to mental health, identity and more.
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WEBThe latest and most popular Essays from Aeon. Longform articles on philosophy, psychology, science, society, history and the arts, written by the world’s leading thinkers.
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WEBSociety Essays from Aeon. World-leading thinkers explore big ideas from history, politics, economics, sociology, philosophy, archaeology and anthropology, and more.
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WEBSociety Essays from Aeon. World-leading thinkers explore big ideas from history, politics, economics, sociology, philosophy, archaeology and anthropology, and more.
Tools for thinking: Isaiah Berlin’s two concepts of freedom
WEBFeb 11, 2019 · Freedom from control by others vs freedom to control oneself: Isaiah Berlin’s concepts of negative and positive freedom
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WEBThought-provoking articles about human nature from psychologists, philosophers and other experts.
We will never be able to live on another planet. Here’s why | Aeon …
WEBJan 16, 2023 · At the start of the 22nd century, humanity left Earth for the stars. The enormous ecological and climatic devastation that had characterised the last 100 years had led to a world barren and inhospitable; we had used up Earth entirely. Rapid melting of ice caused the seas to rise, swallowing cities whole.
The Indian epic Mahabharata imparts a dark, nuanced moral vision …
WEBNov 6, 2020 · The Mahabharata is a tale for our times. The plot of the ancient Indian epic centres around corrupt politics, ill-behaved men and warfare. In this dark tale, things get worse and worse, until an era of unprecedented depravity, the Kali Yuga, dawns.