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7 Ways of Reading Philosophy #5: Reading While Drunk
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7 Ways of Reading Philosophy #5: Reading While Drunk

Will Buckingham –

Is drunkenness the enemy of philosophical sobriety? Or are there circumstances where drunkenness can make our philosophical insight more acute?

Lucretius on Chance, Necessity and Free Will
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Lucretius on Chance, Necessity and Free Will

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Lucretius, the Roman poet and philosopher, on free will, creativity and the mysterious swerve of an atom.

Combat, Play and Aesthetic Experience: Three Metaphors of Philosophy
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Combat, Play and Aesthetic Experience: Three Metaphors of Philosophy

Will Buckingham –

Is philosophy a kind of play? Is it a kind of combat? Or is it a kind of aesthetic experience? Thoughts on Sarah Mattice and Michel Serres.

Advice for Rulers, Charioteers and Cyclists: the Huainanzi
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Advice for Rulers, Charioteers and Cyclists: the Huainanzi

Will Buckingham –

The Huainanzi, a fascinating Han dynasty guidebook for rulers, on resonance, non-action, charioteering, and how not to fall off a bicycle.

Knowing, Doing, and Doubting: Nyāya Philosophy
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Knowing, Doing, and Doubting: Nyāya Philosophy

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For the philosophers of the Nyāya school, the role of knowledge was to make effective action possible.

Constellations of Thought: God, Death, and Other Non-Problems
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Constellations of Thought: God, Death, and Other Non-Problems

Will Buckingham –

What are the fundamental questions in human life? And how can reading across different traditions enrich our sense of what questions might be fruitful to ask?