philosopher

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In his program note, Sharon quotes the doom-laden philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer as an inspiration for Wagner’s nothing-is-real masterpiece.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

I agree with French philosopher Etienne Balibar, who cautioned that to confront violence with more violence becomes a death trap for the left.

From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026

God had found a voice,” wrote philosopher Roger Scruton, “and the voice was English.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Jospin, who has two children with his first wife, also remarried that year, to feminist philosopher Sylviane Agacinski.

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026

“Seek simplicity, but distrust it,” Alfred North Whitehead, the mathematician and philosopher, once advised his students.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee