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Discovering the Women at the Heart of Philosophy
By Anna Ezekiel
Academic philosophy, especially in the west, has long had a reputation as the near-exclusive domain of white men. These days, however, there is growing interest in philosophy by historical women and in philosophical traditions from other parts of the world. The rediscovery of neglected texts from outside the mainstream has made it increasingly clear that women have always done philosophy, even where this work has been obstructed, lost, forgotten, misattributed, unacknowledged, or plagiarized. Now, academic studiesandpopular op-eds alike are calling for philosophy to recognize that a narrow focus on only some kinds of thinkers at the exclusion of others forecloses possibilities for thinking and seeking out truths, rather than pursuing them.
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God in the quad // Ronald knox
Some die for their ideal; fewer live for it.
Alexander Berkman, in memory of Voltairine de Cleyre, Mother Earth, vol. vii, no. 5, July 1912
‘It just is, and we just are, at least for a little while. There’s no compelling reason why any of it or all of it should be coherent.’
‘Otherworldly Visitor’ — a short story by Dylan Ngan.
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