The Long Goodbye
According to Aristotle, to understand something we must grasp what it is not. We mustcome to terms with nothingness. But how?... Nothingness
You can't have missed it. Celebrities everywhere have been posting pictures and videos of themselves having buckets of freezing ice-cold water poured over their heads, but what's it all about?Cold water from celebrities
Horses and riders, youths and elders, men and women, animals being led to sacrifice: What is the Parthenon’s friezetelling us?... Rivers of Silence
What to do with church bells in post-Reformation England? Run linguistic experiments and letboozy young men ring them for exercise... Bellringers
In the combative “two cultures” debate, a case of epistemological humility shows up. The physicist Marcelo Gleiser on the intellectual arrogance of his field... Gemini
Against Transparency, Against Interpretation, Against Love: Has the popular posture of cranky provocationlost its edge?... Conflicting Metaphors