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Education
fromPsychology Today
1 day ago

A True Believer in the Intellectual Spirit

Entrenched anti-intellectualism, market-driven educational priorities, and political pressures are undermining liberal arts, academic freedom, and intellectual life while religious movements retain transformative power.
Philosophy
fromThe Conversation
1 week ago

Fifteen years after Egypt's uprising, how faith and politics reshaped a generation

Egyptians across social and religious lines united in 2011 to demand bread, freedom, and social justice, briefly toppling a 30-year authoritarian regime.
History
fromWorld History Encyclopedia
3 weeks ago

Alexander of Abunoteichos: Fraud or famed oracle of emperors?

Greco-Roman magicians faced persecution yet gained popular authority by mediating with gods, offering effective practical and psychological aid, and earning fame and income.
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