Philosophy – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Mon, 08 Dec 2025 02:07:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg Philosophy – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com 32 32 Unbelievable: D’Holbach’s Salon and the Rise of Radical Enlightenment in the 18th Century https://brewminate.com/unbelievable-dholbachs-salon-and-the-rise-of-radical-enlightenment-in-the-18th-century/ Fri, 05 Dec 2025 15:36:53 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=266731 Paul Henri Thiry d’Holbach stands as one of the most systematic and uncompromising figures of the eighteenth century

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]]> From Faith to Reason: The Enlightenment’s Legacy in the Founding of America https://brewminate.com/from-faith-to-reason-the-enlightenments-legacy-in-the-founding-of-america/ Tue, 28 Oct 2025 14:04:00 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=265256 By transferring moral and political legitimacy from revelation to reason, the Enlightenment recast the relationship between the human

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]]> Hypatia the Scholar and Violent Christianity in an Ancient Alexandrian Mob https://brewminate.com/hypatia-the-scholar-and-violent-christianity-in-an-ancient-alexandrian-mob/ Fri, 24 Oct 2025 14:04:28 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=265104 Whenever religion merges with nationalism, Hypatia’s shadow reappears. Her story warns that the moment belief wields the sword,

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]]> When Freedom Fought Kings: The Birth of Classical Liberalism in the 18th Century https://brewminate.com/when-freedom-fought-kings-the-birth-of-classical-liberalism-in-the-18th-century/ Fri, 10 Oct 2025 14:05:33 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=250085 Classical liberalism gained full flowering in the early 18th century. Curated/Reviewed by Matthew A. McIntoshPublic HistorianBrewminate Introduction Classical

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]]> Tongues as Weapons: Violent Rhetoric and Its Consequences in Ancient Rome https://brewminate.com/tongues-as-weapons-violent-rhetoric-and-its-consequences-in-ancient-rome/ Tue, 23 Sep 2025 14:03:53 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=263355 In Rome, words were never merely words. They were instruments of power, sharpened in the crucible of political

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]]> A Little History of the Strange Power of Laughter https://brewminate.com/a-little-history-of-the-strange-power-of-laughter/ Sat, 30 Aug 2025 15:06:15 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=249582 Laughter is a far more complex phenomenon than simple delight. By Dr. Kirsten BellSenior Research Fellow in AnthropologyPatient

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]]> Regulating Ancient Invention: Power, Morality, and the Politics of Technology https://brewminate.com/regulating-ancient-invention-power-morality-and-the-politics-of-technology/ Thu, 31 Jul 2025 14:05:26 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=259256 Across ancient civilizations, from the dialogues of Plato to the bureaucracies of Han China, the regulation of technology

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]]> Hemlock and the Polis: Socrates, Dissent, and the Fragile Freedom of Thought https://brewminate.com/hemlock-and-the-polis-socrates-dissent-and-the-fragile-freedom-of-thought/ Fri, 18 Jul 2025 14:14:07 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=258633 The trial of Socrates is a foundational episode in the history of dissent. It exposes the fragility of

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]]> Shadows and Circuits: Plato’s Allegory of the Cave and the Rise of Artificial Intelligence https://brewminate.com/shadows-and-circuits-platos-allegory-of-the-cave-and-the-rise-of-artificial-intelligence/ Mon, 30 Jun 2025 14:56:55 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=257395 We must remember: the shadows are not reality. By Matthew A. McIntoshPublic HistorianBrewminate Introduction In Book VII of

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]]> The All-Seeing Eye: Bentham’s Panopticon and the 18th-Century Architecture of Surveillance https://brewminate.com/the-all-seeing-eye-benthams-panopticon-and-the-18th-century-architecture-of-surveillance/ Mon, 30 Jun 2025 14:54:39 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=257407 How do we remain human in a world that always sees? And who is watching the tower? By

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