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"He is Poseidon’s head man, and knows every inch of ground all over the bottom of the sea. If you can snare him and hold him tight, he will tell you about your voyage, what courses you are to take, and how you are to sail the sea to reach your home." -- Homer on Proteus, in Odyssey.


Essays for the Human Mind

Essays on Revolution, Power and the Human Promise

Stories for the mind from people who have written about the human condition. Click Here

 

Asserting Our Mental Freedom

 John Stuart Mill on social pressure as a means of self-censorship. Click Here

 

Why Intellectual Diversity is a Good Idea

Think you know about tolerance? An Implicit Association Test tells us something about the perceptual images we carry in our brain. Click Here

 

Polarization - It's Not "Politics as Usual"

In Polarization, an opinion maker images one side in political debate as Good and other, competing actors as Evil. Click Here

 

"Freedom Lies in Being Bold"

 Quotes on Individualism. Click Here

 

 

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