Topic
language
- Harari vs. Henrich
An interesting piece from Joseph Heath that compares the opposed theories on the origins of human intelligence posited by Yuval Noah Harari and Joseph Henrich: What makes the field of human evolutionary theory so inte…
- Murray On English
The circle of the English language has a well-defined centre, but no discernible circumference.
- Ancient Greek Terms
From Classical Wisdom, a list of terms from Ancient Greek we should restore to use. A couple of goodies: Phronesis (Greek: φρόνησῐς) Phronesis is a type of wisdom or intelligence. It is more specifically a type of wis…
- Why Arabic is terrific
Maciej Cegłowski on his summer studying the language.