A new biography of Aaron Swartz tells the story of the ongoing fight between open-data philosophy and the federal government. Calling someone—or oneself—an idealist is not always a compliment. It ...
AMONG the papers of the late George Ripley is the following list of names under the head of “ Transcendentalism,” plainly intended to convey his notion of the phases through which idealism in New ...
“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” —Martin Luther King Jr. “Stumbling is not falling.” —Malcolm X “In contrast to idealism, whose problem is how to explain ...
Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Alan Saunders: Hello, and welcome to The Philosopher's Zone, I'm Alan Saunders. This week we're ...
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MISS MAY SINCLAIR'S “Defence of Idealism “is written with a most refresh ing ease and freedom from technicality. It is the work of an amateur, but of an amateur who has read much and sees how ...
Book Description: The appearance of Problems of Idealism in 1902 was a watershed in the vibrant cultural renaissance known as the Russian Silver Age. A collection of twelve essays by some of Russia's ...
The courts have varied their approaches to context and perspective when assessing the similarity of trademarks—and might have arrived at the right answer for the wrong reason, says Mark Engelman of ...