Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Just an Amtrak Away by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to Roderick T. Long. Josephus was heavily influenced by Thucydides. There’s a monologue between King Agrippa and the Jews that’s obviously influenced by the Melian dialogue. “Resistance is futile because might makes right.” It should be read b…
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(Pixie Trix Comix) Pixie Trix Comix – No need for competition
New comic!Today’s News: You can now read Exorsisters on Pixie Trix Comix. It’ll update Monday to Friday! :)Want printed books or swag? Check out our store!https://tinyurl.com/yc56p4hwWe also have books available in bookstores and comic shops:…
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(Cat and Girl) The Further Tales of Venture Boy
This is a syndicated post, originally published by Dorothy at Cat and Girl.
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Just an Amtrak Away by Roderick T. Long
In reply to Irfan Khawaja. Josephus’s opening reminds me a bit of Thucydides’, in its insistence that the war he’s chosen to write about is the Biggest Deal Ever: “Thucydides, an Athenian, wrote the history of the war between th…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Just an Amtrak Away by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to Roderick T. Long. If someone had confronted me on the first day of Greek 101 with the first sentence of Josephus’s Bellum Judaica, I probably would have ditched Aristotle right there for Sartre or Unamuno. The war of the Jews agains…
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(Policy of Truth) Statement to Princeton Town Council
Statement Urging Passage of a Municipal Resolution in Favor of the Immigrant Trust Act Princeton Town Council Princeton Municipal Building 400 Witherspoon St Princeton, New Jersey July 28, 2025 My name is Irfan Khawaja, I’m a resident of Princeton, and I support a municipal resolution in favor of the Immigrant Trust Act. I’ll be forwarding…
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) Hope Jami gets involved in the underground electronic music scene
Comics Curmudgeon readers! Do you love this blog and yearn for a novel written by its creator? Well, good news: Josh Fruhlinger’s The Enthusiast is that novel! It’s even about newspaper comic strips, partly. Check it out! Gil Thorp, 7/28/25 There are two types of Gil Thorp summers: the wacky ones, with plotlines like “Kaz…
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(Our World in Data) The world left its fight against tuberculosis unfinished — how can we complete the job?
If we get it right, the world could save more than 1.2 million lives every year.
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Just an Amtrak Away by Roderick T. Long
As the kids say: Δαρείου καὶ Παρυσάτιδος γίγνονται παῖδες δύο, πρεσβύτερος μὲν Ἀρταξέρξης, νεώτερος δὲ Κῦρος. LikeLike
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