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- Henry James and H.G. Well's Feud About Writing and the Purpose of Art (2016) https://www.themarginalian.org/2016/03/09/henry-james-h-g-wells-art/ 0 comments
- The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows https://www.themarginalian.org/2024/04/12/dictionary-of-obscure-sorrows/ 13 comments
- Umberto Eco's Antilibrary: Why Unread Books Are More Valuable Than Read Ones https://www.themarginalian.org/2015/03/24/umberto-eco-antilibrary/ 2 comments
- A parliament of owls and a murder of crows: How groups of birds got their names https://www.themarginalian.org/2024/01/04/brian-wildsmith-birds-company-terms/ 76 comments
- Carl Sagan's Rules for Bullshit-Busting and Critical Thinking https://www.themarginalian.org/2014/01/03/baloney-detection-kit-carl-sagan/ 206 comments
- Love after life: Richard Feynman's letter to his departed wife (2017) https://www.themarginalian.org/2017/10/17/richard-feynman-arline-letter/ 127 comments
- Mars and Our Search for Meaning https://www.themarginalian.org/2023/09/18/the-sirens-of-mars/ 8 comments
- What is an emotion? William James’s theory of how our bodies affect our feelings https://www.themarginalian.org/2016/01/11/what-is-an-emotion-william-james/ 69 comments
- Leo Tolstoy on why people drink (2014) https://www.themarginalian.org/2014/12/30/why-do-men-stupefy-themselves-leo-tolstoy/ 286 comments
- De Beauvoir on the art of aging https://www.themarginalian.org/2022/07/31/simone-de-beauvoir-coming-of-age/ 3 comments
- A Life of One’s Own: Marion Milner (2017) https://www.themarginalian.org/2017/10/11/a-life-of-ones-own-joanna-field-marion-milner/ 2 comments
- A seamstress who solved the ancient mystery of the Argonaut https://www.themarginalian.org/2022/12/26/jeanne-villepreux-power-argonaut/ 41 comments
- Psychedelic Dinosaurs, Four-Dimensional Hummingbirds, and How We Got Our Vision https://www.themarginalian.org/2022/08/10/ed-yong-an-immense-world-color/ 2 comments
- The fine art of Italian hand gestures: A vintage visual dictionary (2012) https://www.themarginalian.org/2012/12/13/bruno-munari-speak-italian-gestures/ 47 comments
- How to Do Nothing with Nobody All Alone by Yourself (2014) https://www.themarginalian.org/2014/10/24/how-to-do-nothing-with-nobody-all-alone-by-yourself/ 102 comments
- Alain de Botton on existential maturity and what emotional intelligence means https://www.themarginalian.org/2019/11/25/the-school-of-life-book/ 133 comments
- Tolkien’s Little-Known Original Drawings for the First Edition of “The Hobbit” https://www.themarginalian.org/2011/11/01/art-of-the-hobbit/ 9 comments
- The story behind Beethoven's “Ode to Joy” https://www.themarginalian.org/2022/05/17/beethoven-ode-to-joy/ 49 comments
- Yo-Yo Ma Performs Richard Feynman’s Ode to the Wonder of Life, Animated https://www.themarginalian.org/2022/04/22/richard-feynman-yo-yo-ma/ 19 comments
- Mary Somerville, for whom the word “scientist” was coined https://www.themarginalian.org/2020/10/20/mary-somerville/ 16 comments
- The Four Desires Driving All Human Behavior https://www.themarginalian.org/2015/09/21/bertrand-russell-nobel-prize-acceptance-speech/ 68 comments
- Carl Jung and Wolfgang Pauli bridged mind and matter (2017) https://www.themarginalian.org/2017/03/09/atom-and-archetype-pauli-jung/ 50 comments
- A Parliament of Owls and a Murder of Crows: How Groups of Birds Got Their Names, with Wondrous Vintage Illustrations by Brian Wildsmith https://www.themarginalian.org/2024/01/04/brian-wildsmith-birds-company-terms/ 21 comments truereddit
- The First Scientist’s Guide to Truth: Alhazen on Critical Thinking https://www.themarginalian.org/2023/11/14/alhazen-truth/ 4 comments history
- The Temple of Knowledge: An Animated Celebration of How Libraries Change Lives https://www.themarginalian.org/2018/02/20/the-temple-of-knowledge-storycorps/ 2 comments books
- The Eternal Return: Nietzsche’s Brilliant Thought Experiment Illustrating the Key to Existential Contentment https://www.themarginalian.org/2018/12/19/hiking-with-nietzsche-john-kaag-eternal-return/ 31 comments philosophy
- How to Criticize with Kindness: Philosopher Daniel Dennett on the Four Steps to Arguing Intelligently https://www.themarginalian.org/2014/03/28/daniel-dennett-rapoport-rules-criticism/ 213 comments philosophy
- William James on Consciousness and the Four Features of Transcendent Experiences https://www.themarginalian.org/2018/06/04/william-james-varieties-consciousness/ 65 comments philosophy