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Arts
fromArtnet News
1 week ago

How Raphael Made-and Unmade-the Renaissance | Artnet News

Raphael's exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum showcases 237 works, including paintings and drawings, marking a significant event in art history.
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History
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Michelangelo or bust? Researcher divides experts with attribution of sculpture

A marble bust of Christ at a Rome church is claimed to be a Michelangelo sculpture based on newly discovered archival documents, attracting visitors and debate among art experts.
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Philosophy
Tyranny corrupts all psychic faculties into servants of lawless appetite, with reason producing ideology to rationalize control rather than ceasing to function.
World politics
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

What We Can Learn from History's Demagogues

Democracies resist demagogues best when an affluent, educated middle class mediates between rich and poor, supported by a stronger economy and broader education.
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

A Better Grammar for Political Debates

I am using the word pragmatism in a specific sense. I am not speaking about being pragmatic as a political tactic; deciding what issues should be given priority and what battles to choose, or a willingness to compromise, or a recognition that there are limits to what can be accomplished at any time. I am writing now about pragmatism in a meaning closer to its philosophical origin in the writings of William James-that truth is not found in abstract principles or beliefs,
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World politics
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 months ago

Kluth: US foreign policy is now medieval

Neo-royalism frames contemporary global politics as centered on personalist, monarchical leaders whose loyalty networks and transactional power reshape state behavior.
History
fromWorld History Encyclopedia
2 months ago

Brutus: A Defender of Liberty or a Villainous Traitor?

Marcus Junius Brutus assassinated Julius Caesar, opposed autocracy, raised forces with Cassius, lost at Philippi in 42 BCE, and committed suicide.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
2 months ago

Michelangelo and Titian's Rivalry That May Never Have Been

Michelangelo and Titian shared long-term mutual regard and reciprocal creativity despite scant direct evidence, inferred through informed imagination and circumstantial evidence.
Philosophy
fromPhilosophynow
2 months ago

Cicero & the Ideal of Virtue

Cicero centers virtus as the Roman ideal combining courage, moral integrity, and civic responsibility as the ethical foundation for political leadership and civic life.
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