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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on And So It Continues by Roderick T. Long
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(Policy of Truth) And So It Continues
I was at first going to call this post “And So It Begins,” except that nothing’s begun. What’s happening right now in America is just a continuation of what’s been happening all along. President Biden’s true-believing Democratic boosters keep reminding us that a Trump presidency betokens fascism, but someone needs to tell these people that…
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(A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry) Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part I: Divisa in Partes Tres
This is the first part of a three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb) series, examining the historical assumptions of Imperator: Rome, a historical grand strategy game by Paradox Interactive, set during the rise and collapse of the Roman Republic from 304-27 BC and covering the broader Mediterranean world and South Asia. This is also the…
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(Shelton Mill Townhomes) Coming Up: Idina Menzel at the Gogue Performing Arts Center
Do you find yourself belting the chorus to “Let It Go” from Disney’s hit “Frozen” more often than you want to admit? If you’re a fan of Elsa, save the date to see Idina Menzel at the Gogue Performing Arts Center on Tuesday, August 6. About the performance Start August off with flare when you…
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(QC RSS) 5355
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(The GiveWell Blog) What If We Have Extra?
What do you do if you’re in the very fortunate position of having more money than you need to meet your own immediate needs? You might find new things to buy. You might stockpile it for a rainy day. You might donate it to cost-effective global health programs. Or you might do some combination of…
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(Pixie Trix Comix) Pixie Trix Comix – Make me a woman
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(QC RSS) Beyond Top Secret
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on American Light by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to Roderick T. Long. I find the whole topic unsettling, particularly in the case of painting. I don’t quite get Aristotle’s argument even in the case he has in mind. Harder still to apply it to a case he couldn’t have had in …
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on American Light by Roderick T. Long
“I encountered Plato’s argument against mimetic art around the time I encountered American Light, and the question has tormented me ever since.” Here Aristotle differs from Plato: “poetry is more philosophical and more serious than h…
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