It is a banal philosophical idea, espoused by the Buddha, Sufi masters, Schopenhauer, Bergson, and Weil: Civilization depends on humility... more »
Marcel Proust began writing as a snob but ended it as the great critic of snobbery. How a dandiacal dilettante became a penetrating social observer... more »
Would human extinction be a tragedy? A philosophical investigation reasons that it would, but that it might also leave the world a better place... more »