philosopher
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Lee, who saw himself not only as an actor but also as a poet and philosopher, encountered repeated barriers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026
Historians Timothy Snyder and Marci Shore, as well as philosopher Jason Stanley, left their jobs at Yale University to take positions at the University of Toronto.
From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026
A deep friendship with philosopher Ayn Rand in 1960s New York City helped cement his free-market thinking.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Prof János Tóth, a philosopher studying demographic issues at Hungary's University of Szeged, believes the incentives worked especially well for one particular group - the lower middle class in the countryside.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
“The King’s chief philosopher himself has said that greenwitches do nothing more than calm one’s nerves — which is no small thing,” William said.
From "Ash" by Malinda Lo
A central concept in the paper is what philosophers call "substrate flexibility."
From Science Daily ● Jun. 24, 2026
Since we—the authors of this essay—are philosophers, maybe you’d expect us to say it’s important to do all these virtuous things for the right reasons.
From Slate ● May 15, 2026
Ms. McDonagh also writes about Elizabeth Anscombe, who was one of the 20th century’s major philosophers, and also a student, friend and landlady of Ludwig Wittgenstein.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
These world-historical individuals were “practical, political men” of action, not philosophers.
From Salon ● Mar. 28, 2026
Quintilian is a fundamental reference point for Arnauld: ‘Quintilian and all the other rhetoricians, Aristotle and all the philosophers...’
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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