In this lively and engaging book, Margaret Jacob, one of the most distinguished scholars of the Enlightenment, navigates a complex topic, over which there has been much debate and considerable ...

The concept of infinity has fascinated philosophers, mathematicians, and theologians since ancient times. The notion of ...

The Enlightenment marks for many the birth of the Modern Age and evokes ideals of religious tolerance, political emancipation and human betterment. But how were such ideals expressed and what were ...

Secularism has long been viewed as integral to modernization due to its connection with the Enlightenment. The broad ...

Trump’s second presidency could derail progress, dismantle Enlightenment values, and reshape global politics for the worse.

A democratically elected, convicted felon for president; a neutered Supreme Court; a rubber-stamp Congress; a normalizing, ...

The Aspen Idea,” wrote Mortimer Adler, “uniquely demonstrates that in the scale of values the Platonic triad of the good, the ...

Most media describe Aspen as a monument to excess marked by an ambiance of opulence. Perhaps the Machiavellian triad is conspicuous in Aspen because the Platonic triad made it so appealing. Money, ...

New York City’s immigration sanctuary laws are under attack. President Trump, and more recently Mayor Adams, claim that the city’s refusal to participate in federal deportations undermines ...

Her goal is clear yet staggeringly complex: to help “individuals and ordinary people” around the world take powerful ...

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