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A collection of 327 issues

A World Beyond Us: On Adam Kirsch’s “The Revolt Against Humanity”

THE REVOLT AGAINST HUMANITY: Imagining a Future Without Us (2023) belongs in a Columbia University series titled “Global Reports.” Reportage of the views of leading figures in “the revolt against humanity” indeed occupies many of its pages. But Adam Kirsch—best known as a poet and literary critic—does much

On Jacques Philippe

I bit the bullet and bought the entire Jacques Philippe Scepter Publishing collection. For years, I've eschewed contemporary spiritual writers. Mostly because I'm just arrogant. I figured that only the great ones can teach me anything, and you don't know who's great

Observing Limits to Re-enchant a Mute World: A Review of The Uncontrollability of the World

By Adam Smith at Front Porch Republic

Good Conversation and the Talking Cure: A Review

Amanda Patchin at Front Porch Republic

Strolling Through Spines for Solace and Sobriety

“I’ve been drunk for about a week now, and I thought it might sober me up to sit in a library.’” The man with owl-eyed spectacles, The Great Gatsby. I sit, in a battered, leather chair. It affords me a view of all three ceiling-to-floor bookcases in my study.

The World Turned Upside Down: Tom Holland's "Dominion"

Matthew Rose at First Things

Irritable Mental Gestures, Reconsidered

James Patterson at Law & Liberty

What is a Perfect Piece of Knowledge?

An allegory, of sorts

How to Become a Great Man or Woman

For starters, read about the great men and women Merely by thinking about certain sorts of people at all . . . we become objectively, measurably, more like them, in how we behave, think and feel. Iain McGilchrist Ask a college professor this question: “Did Moses write the Torah or did the Torah

Seeking Transcendentals

Why Did I Order a Two-Volume History of Economic Thought? Fun, improvement, and volunteerism. That's how we might use current catchwords to answer the primordial question, “How ought we to live our lives?” That question hit me hard a few summers ago when I opened up a mail