Essays
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Manet and Modernity – Steven Gambardella
“I really would like you here, my dear Baudelaire; they have been raining insults on me, I’ve never been led…
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The Palliative Value of Art – Raja Halwani
Since being confined to our homes because of Covid-19, every night, after a long day of working from home, I…
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An Interview with Raja Halawani by Badr Mostafa
We are pleased to welcome you to the Mana platform that aims to spread culture and knowledge in the Arab…
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An Interview with philosopher Robert Brandom
An interview that Robert Brandom specialized for Mana platform Let us start with an introductory overview, could you tell…
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The Consolation of Philosophy: Reasoning in the Face of Death – Steven Gambardella
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthius – known to us as Boethius – was one of the richest and most powerful men…
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Misanthropy and Virtue – Raja Halwani
I am a misanthrope, and I aspire to be as virtuous as possible. But misanthropy is, in brief, dislike…
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Socrates: The Many Faces of Virtue – Steven Gambardella
There’s a commonly told ancient parable of a group of blind men who are introduced to an elephant for the…
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Beauty in Disgrace? – Irina Symons
One of the distinctive capacities of human beings is that we appreciate and desire beauty, as well as strive to…
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The Magic of Magritte – Steven Gambardella
Rene Magritte’s paintings tell us more about reality than his Surrealist label lets on There are moments when reality makes…
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On Niceness as an (A)moral Value – Irina Symons
People tend to evaluate the world and events in the world according to three major domains of value: epistemic value…
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