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In Aristotle's Ideal Democracy, a Good Citizen Was a Good Friend

In Aristotle's Ideal Democracy, a Good Citizen Was a Good Friend

On the Virtues of "Civic Friendship"

By Edith Hall | January 23, 2019

Morris Collins on the Temptations of Certainty and the Lives of the Ex-Pats

Morris Collins on the Temptations of Certainty and the Lives of the Ex-Pats

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | January 4, 2019

What the Stoic Philosophers Knew About Being Free

What the Stoic Philosophers Knew About Being Free

The Best Path to Freedom? First, Take a Breather.

By A.A. Long | November 16, 2018

What It's Like to Be Rejected by Your Religious Family

What It's Like to Be Rejected by Your Religious Family

Jessica Wilbanks On the Pain of "Falling from the Nest"

By Jessica Wilbanks | November 16, 2018

So Many Rules to Break: On the Struggles of a Modern Muslim

So Many Rules to Break: On the Struggles of a Modern Muslim

Lur Alghurabi Discovers the Unlikeliest Places of Worship

By Lur Alghurabi | September 11, 2018

Is Atheism the Last Unforgivable Sin of American Politics?

Is Atheism the Last Unforgivable Sin of American Politics?

God Isn't Dead, At Least Not in the U.S. of A.

By Isaac Kramnick and R. Laurence Moore | August 16, 2018

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The Nun Who Wrote Letters to the Greatest Poets of Her Generation

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Growing Up a Preacher's Daughter

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Transcendent Compositions: On Making Perfume and Writing Fiction

Transcendent Compositions: On Making Perfume and Writing Fiction

"They Are Ways to Escape Material Borders—And My Body"

By TANAÏS | May 11, 2018

The Complicated Comforts of Marilynne Robinson

The Complicated Comforts of Marilynne Robinson

Could One Writer Help Me Reckon with Personal and Political Upheaval?

By Rachel Vorona Cote | April 13, 2018

The World Might Not Be As Disastrous As We Think It Is

The World Might Not Be As Disastrous As We Think It Is

Steven Pinker on the Virulence of Contemporary Pessimism

By Steven Pinker | March 1, 2018

11 Books to Read If You Want to Understand Caste in India

11 Books to Read If You Want to Understand Caste in India

A Reading List Anchored by Dalit Voices

By S. Shankar | December 4, 2017

Love and Death at the Library with the Astro Poets

Love and Death at the Library with the Astro Poets

"I had that nervous date feeling, like you were all a giant Earth sign”

By Kyle Lucia Wu | December 1, 2017

Science vs. Religion: Travels in the Great American Divide

Science vs. Religion: Travels in the Great American Divide

Dinty W. Moore Tries to Find the Mythical Middle Ground

By Dinty W. Moore | October 30, 2017

How Loving <em>The Princess Bride</em> Led Me to Buddhism

How Loving The Princess Bride Led Me to Buddhism

Ethan Nichtern on the Film He's Seen (At Least) 30 Times

By Ethan Nichern | September 22, 2017

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