Sex is nice but fleeting. The joys of syntax, on the other hand, are everlasting. For a good time, diagram a sentence or dive into <strong>Coleridge&rsquo;s poetics</strong>

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Sex is nice but fleeting. The joys of syntax, on the other hand, are everlasting. For a good time, diagram a sentence or dive into Coleridge&amp;rsquo;s
Sex is nice but fleeting. The joys of syntax, on the other hand, are everlasting. For a good time, diagram a sentence or dive into Coleridge’s [More]
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You can judge critics by the intensity of their feelings. Exhibit A: <strong>Michael Robbins</strong>, who swoons for Taylor Swift and tosses Molotovs at Charles Simic

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You can judge critics by the intensity of their feelings. Exhibit A: Michael Robbins, who swoons for Taylor Swift and tosses Molotovs at Charles
You can judge critics by the intensity of their feelings. Exhibit A: Michael Robbins, who swoons for Taylor Swift and tosses Molotovs at Charles [More]
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America endures another <strong>racial reckoning</strong>. Will this one lead to social disintegration, political breakup, or collective nervous breakdown?

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America endures another racial reckoning. Will this one lead to social disintegration, political breakup, or collective nervous
America endures another racial reckoning. Will this one lead to social disintegration, political breakup, or collective nervous [More]
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Descartes' Physics

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[Revised entry by Edward Slowik on August 22, 2017. Changes to: Main text, Bibliography] While Rene Descartes (1596 - 1650) is well-known as one of the founders of modern philosophy, his
[Revised entry by Edward Slowik on August 22, 2017. Changes to: Main text, Bibliography] While Rene Descartes (1596 - 1650) is well-known as one of the founders of modern philosophy, his [More]
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Cellular Automata

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[Revised entry by Francesco Berto and Jacopo Tagliabue on August 22, 2017. Changes to: Main text, Bibliography] Cellular automata (henceforth: CA) are discrete, abstract computational systems that
[Revised entry by Francesco Berto and Jacopo Tagliabue on August 22, 2017. Changes to: Main text, Bibliography] Cellular automata (henceforth: CA) are discrete, abstract computational systems that [More]
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Commentators on Aristotle

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[Revised entry by Andrea Falcon on August 22, 2017. Changes to: Main text, Bibliography, supplement.html] One important mode of philosophical expression from the end of the Hellenistic period and
[Revised entry by Andrea Falcon on August 22, 2017. Changes to: Main text, Bibliography, supplement.html] One important mode of philosophical expression from the end of the Hellenistic period and [More]
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Fine-Tuning

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[New Entry by Simon Friederich on August 22, 2017.] The term &quot;fine-tuning&quot; is used to characterize sensitive dependences of facts or properties on the values of certain parameters. Technological
[New Entry by Simon Friederich on August 22, 2017.] The term "fine-tuning" is used to characterize sensitive dependences of facts or properties on the values of certain parameters. Technological [More]
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<strong>Delmore Schwartz</strong> worried that he would be remembered as nasty, gauche, awkward &mdash; an overeager clown. The weight of his concerns, and his loneliness, hangs over his biographer

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Delmore Schwartz worried that he would be remembered as nasty, gauche, awkward &amp;mdash; an overeager clown. The weight of his concerns, and his loneliness, hangs over his
Delmore Schwartz worried that he would be remembered as nasty, gauche, awkward — an overeager clown. The weight of his concerns, and his loneliness, hangs over his [More]
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Her husband tried to commit suicide on their honeymoon, her brother disowned her, and at a ball, no one asked her to dance. <strong>George Eliot&rsquo;s humiliations</strong> enriched her writing

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Her husband tried to commit suicide on their honeymoon, her brother disowned her, and at a ball, no one asked her to dance. George Eliot&amp;rsquo;s humiliations enriched her
Her husband tried to commit suicide on their honeymoon, her brother disowned her, and at a ball, no one asked her to dance. George Eliot’s humiliations enriched her [More]
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Leopold Bloom&rsquo;s behavior may bewilder, but that&rsquo;s no reason to put down <em>Ulysses</em>. <strong>Confronting the enigmatic</strong> in literature helps us understand others and ourselves

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Leopold Bloom&amp;rsquo;s behavior may bewilder, but that&amp;rsquo;s no reason to put down Ulysses. Confronting the enigmatic in literature helps us understand others and
Leopold Bloom’s behavior may bewilder, but that’s no reason to put down Ulysses. Confronting the enigmatic in literature helps us understand others and [More]
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