Sheet music cover dated 1852

Christy’s Minstrels Go to Great Britain

...our countrymen had, by the force of native genius in arts, arms, science, philosophy and poetry, &c., &c., confuted the stale cant of our European detractors that nothing original could...
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Nice Guy Spinoza Finishes…First?

...the philosopher from the philosophy, the life from the legacy. Teaching Tips Discuss the reception of the Tractatus theologico-politicus, using van Bunge’s book chapter, “Becoming Spinoza: On the Failure of...
Total solar eclipse, May 29, 1919, at Sobral, Brazil

Total Solar Eclipse, 2024 Edition

...In a blackout, you do not hear or taste the darkness; you see it. It looks a certain way. On the philosophy of shadows. Why We Need to Start Listening...
Total solar eclipse, May 29, 1919, at Sobral, Brazil

Bridging The Gap of War: Einstein’s Eclipse

...One dissenter to the general anti-Hun feeling was A. S. Eddington, Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy at Cambridge University. A member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers),...
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From Jamaica to the World: Contextualizing Bob Marley

...(there’s more to say here, but…spoilers). The connection between Marley’s music-philosophy and the political activism of Marcus Garvey is evident in the lyrics of Redemption Song and One Love; in...
A full-page newspaper advertisement published in the New York Times on March 29, 1960. It was paid for by the Committee to Defend Martin Luther King and the Struggle for Freedom in the South.

“Heed Their Rising Voices”: Annotated

...Conference conducts Student Workshops and Seminars in the philosophy and technique of non-violent resistance. Weekly Newsletter Get your fix of JSTOR Daily’s best stories in your inbox each Thursday. Privacy...
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Do You Own Your Body?

For many people, there’s a common-sense argument for the right to cosmetic surgery, euthanasia, or abortion: It’s my body. I own it. Political theorist Anne Phillips asks us to consider...
From the cover of Volume 7, Issue 6 of The Angolite, 1982

The Cost of Inflation in Prison

...given to survive in prison, compelling many to procure daily necessities—such as feminine hygiene products—through illegal means. A “prison philosophy” first elucidated 100 years ago says that formerly incarcerated people...
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What Is Intellectual Humility?

JSTOR Daily features editor Sara Ivry speaks with Mark Leary, professor emeritus at Duke University about the concept of intellectual humility. Transcript Sara Ivry: Hi, everybody. I’m Sara Ivry. I’m...

Intellectual Humility: Foundations and Key Concepts

...free to access through JSTOR. What is Intellectual Humility? Dennis Whitcomb, Heather Battaly, Jason Baehr, and Daniel Howard-Snyder, “Intellectual Humility: Owning Our Limitations,” Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 94, no. 3...