Brainwash
BRAINWASH – AMSTERDAM, 24 OCTOBER. Sinds Aristoteles houden filosofen zich bezig met de vraag of wij een vrije wil hebben. Stuurt[…]
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Battle of Ideas
BATTLE OF IDEAS – LONDON, 17 OCTOBER. Taking part in two debates at this year’s event. Is today the Age of[…]
ReadDoes Humanism need Christianity?
DOES HUMANISM NEED CHRISTIANITY? – LONDON, 13 OCTOBER. Angus Ritchie says it does in his new Theos essay The Case for Christian[…]
ReadNot In God’s Name
CHELTENHAM LITERATURE FESTIVAL – SUNDAY 11 OCTOBER. Chairing a discussion on Jonathan Sacks’s new book on religion and violence, Not in[…]
ReadDo we need metaphors?
The whole point about metaphors is that some are much better than others. It makes sense to say the world shook when the Berlin Wall fell, not that it danced, slept or cooked. Nietzsche said concepts were “merely the residue of a metaphor” but there is nothing mere about it. Believing words to be metaphorical did not prevent him from choosing his very carefully indeed. We should do the same.
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