Lucia's Book Club
Deep and interesting analysis of Lucia and friends on classics and contemporary literature on topics most important to all of us.
Boethius: The Consolation of Philosophy
Translated and introduced by V. E. WATTS The Folio Society London 1998
Outline
On the Consolation of Philosophy is laid out as follows: Book I: Boethius laments his imprison...
The Lady Philosophy
On the Consolation of Philosophy was written in AD 523 during a one-year imprisonment Boethius se...
Interpretation
In the Consolation, Boethius answered religious questions without reference to Christianity, rely...
Influence
From the Carolingian epoch[12] to the end of the Middle Ages and beyond, The Consolation of Philo...
The Mismeasure of Man
The Mismeasure of Man is a critical analysis of the early works of scientific racism which promot...
Introduction
The Mismeasure of Man is a 1981 book by paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould. The book is both a hist...
Author
Stephen Jay Gould (/ɡuːld/; 1941 – 2002) was a professor at Harvard, teaching paleontology, evolu...
Craniometry
The Mismeasure of Man is a critical analysis of the early works of scientific racism which promot...
Bias and falsification
The Mismeasure of Man presents a historical evaluation of the concepts of the intelligence quotie...
IQ, g, statistical correlation, and heritability
As an evolutionary biologist and historian of science, Gould accepted biological variability (the...
A History of Western Philosophy
A survey of Western philosophy from the pre-Socratic philosophers to the early 20th century. Ber...
Introduction
History of Western Philosophy is a 1945 book by British philosopher Bertrand Russell (1872–1970)....
Editorial: How and Why?
The select excerpts from this rather large book are selected to focus on a particular topic of ...
Historical Character of Democracy
Chapter XPROTAGORAS In Athens and many other cities, democracy was politically triumphant, but n...
The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals
Charles Darwin Publisher John Murray 1872
Background
In the weeks before Queen Victoria's coronation in 1838, Charles Darwin sought medical advice f...
Darwin's sources on emotional expression
Darwin attended debates about psychology at the Plinian Society in December 1826 and March 1827 a...
Structure
Expression opens with three chapters (1–3) entitled "General Principles of Expression", where Dar...
After Ten Years
An Account at the Turn of the Year 1942–1943 Dietrich Bonhoeffer Translation by Barbara and Mar...
Introduction
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (German: [ˈdiːtʁɪç ˈbɔnhøːfɐ] ⓘ; 4 February 1906 – 9 April 1945) was a German...
Ten Years
Ten years is a long time in the life of every human being. Because time is the most precious gift...
Without Ground under One’s Feet
Have there ever been people in history who in their time, like us, had so little ground under the...
Who Stands Firm?
The huge masquerade of evil has thrown all ethical concepts into con-fusion. That evil should app...
Civil Courage
What really lies behind the lament about the lack of civil courage? In these years we have encoun...
On Success
While indeed it is not true that success justifies even the evil deed and the reprehensible means...
On Stupidity
Stupidity is a more dangerous enemy of the good than malice. One may protest against evil; it can...
Contempt for Humanity?
The danger of allowing ourselves to be driven to contempt for humanity is very real. We know very...
Immanent Justice
It is one of the most astonishing experiences and also one of the most incontrovertible that evil...
Some Statements of Faith on God’s Action in History
I believe that God can and will let good come out of everything, even the greatest evil. For that...
Trust
Few have been spared the experience of being betrayed. The figure of Judas, once so incomprehensi...
The Sense of Quality
When we lack the courage once again to establish a genuine sense of boundaries between human bein...
Sympathy
We have to consider that most people learn wisdom only through personal experiences. This explain...
On Suffering
It is infinitely easier to suffer in obedience to a human command than in the freedom of one’s ve...
Present and Future
To this day, it seemed to us that developing a plan for our professional and personal life was on...
Optimism
It is more sensible to be pessimistic; disappointments are left behind, and one can face people u...
Peril and Death
In recent years we have become increasingly familiar with the thought of death. We ourselves are ...
Are We Still of Any Use?
We have been silent witnesses of evil deeds. We have become cunning and learned the arts of obfus...
The View from Below
It remains an experience of incomparable value that we have for once learned to see the great eve...