Melbourne’s State Library under lockdown. The wisdom of Seneca can help us through this difficult time.
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The Roman Stoic Seneca is the author of many letters and dialogues that can help us overcome adversity.
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Machine logic can be too precise to seem fully human. Chatbots that learn logic from Aristotle instead might behave more like people.
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Playing Red Dead Redemption 2 during a pandemic is a surprisingly moving experience. The game is a haunting meditation on time, death, and the persistence of the past.
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Optimism can become a force for social change – here’s how.
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Telling the public lockdown rules are just good common sense is irresponsible.
American thinker John Dewey in 1946.
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Though many in the US are disoriented and disheartened by the lack of an effective federal response to the coronavirus pandemic, American thinker John Dewey would not have been surprised.
An albino child and his mother get a visual test as part of programmes to expand social awareness for albino people in Lagos, Nigeria.
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It’s important to unravel how disability is understood as a step towards improving the well-being of disabled people.
Krishna the charioteer guiding Arjuna in the battlefield of Kurukshetra.
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As the COVID-19 pandemic exposes the risks of an interconnected world, Indian thinkers offer timely insights on how to understand our global community and act more wisely.
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Learning philosophy will help children think critically and make ethical decisions.
These boys danced in a very empty Times Square amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Whether they’re holding hands and singing Ring Around the Rosie or posing during a TikTok video, kids connect to each other and find joy through dance.
Distant relatives? Visiting mom during the pandemic may be a risk.
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Is it right to visit family members during the pandemic, even if they say they don’t want you to come? Philosophy may hold the answer.
Protesters in Berlin demand that the 1904-1908 mass killings in Namibia be recognised as the first genocide committed by Germany.
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The culture of remembrance in Germany is viewed by many as exemplary. But it has some grave shortcomings.
The crisis has forced many businesses to close, prompting a spike in unemployment claims.
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With so many people in need of financial support due to the coronavirus crisis, is it right to draw on unemployment when you have savings?
And you, do you apply the #stayhome principle that is displayed everywhere on social networks?
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Involving family and friends in decisions or rethinking the meaning of “getting back to normal” helps protect against cognitive bias and its harmful consequences.
The biblical book of Ezekiel describes a vision of the divine that medieval philosophers understood as revealing the connection between religion and science.
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Those experiencing stress and uncertainty amid the coronavirus may find guidance in medieval responses to plagues, which relied on both medicine and prayer.
Tipping from a social distance at The Lucky Devil strip club in Portland, Oregon.
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Strippers, by the nature of their jobs, need to get close to others. Is there a way to do this safely during the coronavirus crisis?
A still from the 1963 film of William Golding’s Lord of the Flies.
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Thomas Hobbes wrote that humans are motivated by self-interest. Often that means working together for the benefit of all.
All children harbor intense curiosity.
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Children are always brimming with curiosity about things that most adults take for granted.
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If every action spilts the universe into different versions, what does that mean for free will?
Trump’s supporters appreciate his strong opinons.
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Those with strong beliefs tend to be admired.