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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[Revised entry by Tim O’Keefe on November 19, 2024. Changes to: Main text, Bibliography] From at least Aristotle onwards, ancient...
What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing,” wrote Oscar Wilde....
The capacity for the practice of blaming roots itself deep in the core of the human condition. “Core” here should...
[Revised entry by Erland Sellberg on November 19, 2024. Changes to: Main text, Bibliography] While Petrus Ramus (1515 – 1572)...
