For Montaigne, cruelty is the worst vice. But being mean, however fraught, has definite social value
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This is Part 4 of a 4-part series on the academic, and specifically philosophical study of disagreement. In Part 1...
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Bits, cheeky, clever, gutted: Ben Yagoda explains the British invasion of American English
A New Yorker staff writer takes a hard look at New York’s rave scene, and develops a cynicism — not...
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