writings

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His writings may lack the poetic fluency of Thomas Jefferson’s, but his prose is always clear and direct.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Rhodes, raised as a Swedenborgianist — a Christian denomination that emphasizes “divine love” based on the writings of theologian Emanuel Swedenborg — does not outright reject the comparison.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

Although scholars have long known about the writings, researchers say the significance of the descriptions was overlooked until now.

From Science Daily • May 13, 2026

"It's very painful, very deeply personal writings that were never meant for the world to see, but there's nothing in there I'm ashamed of," Brockman said in court.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

Moral certainty, grounded in probability, had, in the writings of Wilkins and Locke, joined deductive or self-evident knowledge as a form of truth.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton