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Even in ancient Greece, Plato questioned whether gender norms around masculinity were good for men’s individual freedom ...

Surveying his life, Carl Jung reflects on the collective unconscious, his clash with Freud and humanity’s uncertain future ...

After fleeing war-torn Liberia, an outsider artist creates haunting portraits while seeking asylum in the Netherlands ...

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The diplomatic intervention by a philosopher on a president shows the extraordinary consequences of unlikely meetings ...

In 1937, the longtime Bolshevik leader Georgy Pyatakov was tried in Moscow for treason, sabotage and other alleged crimes against the Soviet Union. He gave a false confession, declaring: ‘Here I stand ...

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It’s not possible. There must be a rational explanation. Surely, you say to yourself, there is a logical justification.But no matter how hard you look, there is no answer that aligns with what you ...